Blockchain Lab at NYU

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I hope you are doing well. Our most recent group of virtual hackathons has just launched, looking for developers and innovators to solve problems ranging from data solutions to blockchain and machine learning, so I wanted to pass them along.

These hackathons not only provide an opportunity to win some cool prizes, but also to learn more about building with the latest technology, collaborate, and keep your skills growing over the summer.

There is no cost to enter and projects can be submitted online anytime prior to the deadline. Each challenge also has resources and a community chat available to help participants connect and ask questions along the way!

Could you please share these with your Blockchain Lab @ NYU members? Here are the basic details:

AWS Data Exchange
- Goal: Build (or update) a data-driven solution that tells a story by employing at least one of the categories using at least two AWS services and at least one of the 3rd-party data products from AWS Data Exchange providers.
- Categories: Data Visualization, Data Analysis,Data and Machine Learning
- Prizes: Over $35,000 in prizes
- Deadline: August 24
- Details + Registration: https://bit.ly/AWSde20s

PyTorch Summer Hackathon
- Goal: Build projects using PyTorch in one of the three categories: PyTorch Developer Tools, Web/Mobile Applications powered by PyTorch, PyTorch Responsible AI Development Tools
- Prizes: Over $25,000 in prizes
- Deadline: August 25
- Details + Registration: https://bit.ly/PyTorch2020s

Hackusama
- Goal: Use Substrate to build/update a blockchain, or build/update any project in the Open Hack for the Kusama ecosystem. (For more details on the submission requirements, please see the Hacker Guide.)
- Prizes: $30,000 in prizes
- Deadline: August 14
- Details + Registration: https://bit.ly/hackusama20s

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