The 2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon final kicked off with excitement, marking the opening of Shanghai Blockchain Week!
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The 2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon final kicked off with excitement, marking the opening of Shanghai Blockchain Week!
How blockchain empowers digital transformation was the core topic of the 2021 Shanghai Blockchain Week. What will a highly digitized future world look like?
Navigating Web3 tides with focused insightsOn the evening of October 22, the opening ceremony of the 2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon marked the beginning of the final showdown phase of the competition and officially kicked off Shanghai Blockchain Week 2021. Hosted by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, this year's hackathon received strong support from sponsors Dfinity, Protocol Labs, Web3 Foundation, Qtum, and Moonbeam in event preparation and outstanding project selection.
How blockchain empowers digital transformation is the core theme of Shanghai Blockchain Week 2021. What will a highly digitized future world look like? With the challenge theme "Digital World 2077," the 2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon encourages participants to explore how blockchain can integrate with new infrastructure digital technologies such as 5G, AI, and IoT to build a highly digitalized and intelligent future. Under this overarching theme, each sponsor has also presented its own specific technical challenges.
The competition consists of an online preliminary round and an offline final round. After more than two months of preliminaries, over 30 teams advanced to the finals. While competing under the main theme "Digital World 2077," participants could also choose sponsor-specific challenges to qualify for dual rewards from both the organizer and sponsors.
Participants checking in
Wanxiang Blockchain Labs has set up four awards for the competition. The first-prize team will receive a cash award of 50,000 RMB and an opportunity to speak at the Seventh Blockchain Global Summit. Two second-prize teams will each receive 30,000 RMB, while three third-prize teams will each receive 10,000 RMB. Additionally, all finalist teams are eligible to compete for the community choice award—worth 5,000 USD—based on online voting.
At the opening ceremony, each sponsor detailed their respective challenges and rewards. Dfinity offered total prizes worth 14,500 USD, encouraging developers across fields to build Dapp applications on the Internet Computer. Protocol Labs provided 15,000 USD in total rewards, welcoming developers of all experience levels to contribute in areas such as decentralized application data storage, simplifying Filecoin development, and connecting Filecoin to the Web3 ecosystem. The Web3 Foundation invited developers to innovate using the open-source Substrate framework, focusing on building parachains and standalone chains, consortium chains, smart contract-related tools, or other blockchain utilities. Winning projects will be recommended for admission into the Web3.0 Bootcamp/Polkadot Decoded, gain free access to Substrate Course, and qualify for the next Substrate Seminar. Qtum offered total rewards worth 10,000 USD, inviting participants to leverage the Qtum platform to implement NFT applications that support smart city development. Moonbeam provided 8,000 USD in total rewards along with startup and market resources for all winning teams, encouraging participants to use Solidity on Moonbeam and unleash creative ideas using development tools such as Truffle, Hardhat, Remix, and Metamask.
Opening ceremony of the competition
Additionally, a judging panel composed of multiple technology experts and representatives from investment institutions—including Dr. Yaoqi Jia (Head of Parity Asia), Longfei Wang (Developer Advocate Engineer at Protocol Labs), Yi Zheng (Core Developer at Quantum Chain), Yi Tang (Vice President at Qiming Venture Partners), Henry Duong (Developer Relations Engineer at Moonbeam), Xiao Xiao (CFA, Investment Executive Director at HashKey Capital), Yukun Hao (Senior Director at Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain Co., Ltd.), Paul Liu (Core Technology Engineer at Dfinity), and Robert Yan (Asia Technical Lead at Near)—will provide feedback and guidance during the project showcase session on October 24. Promising teams may even secure direct investment opportunities!
Since its inception, the Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon has not only provided blockchain enthusiasts and developers with a platform to exchange foundational technologies but has also cultivated a large number of high-quality blockchain professionals and generated numerous innovative ideas. Many past winners and teams remain key contributors in the industry today.
The start of the 2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon finals officially launches Shanghai Blockchain Week 2021. Following the hackathon from October 22 to 24, a series of exciting events await, including the International Week Open Day and the Seventh Blockchain Global Summit. Click the original link to learn more about Blockchain Week 2021 activities!
Open Day
Forum on Blockchain Empowering Rural Revitalization
Wanxiang Blockchain Labs will host the "Forum on Blockchain Empowering Rural Revitalization" at the W Hotel on the Shanghai Bund. Focusing on "rural finance" and "industry," the forum will bring together representatives from agricultural companies, blockchain firms, and financial institutions to discuss practical models for applying blockchain in digital agriculture. By analyzing real-world case studies, the event aims to deliver actionable insights for the industry. The forum will be livestreamed simultaneously via Wanxiang Blockchain’s Bilibili channel and WeChat video account. Follow “Wanxiang Blockchain” on Bilibili or WeChat to watch live. Event details: Open Day Preview | Empowering Agriculture: Forum on Blockchain for Rural Revitalization Now Open for Registration.
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Launch Ceremony of Microsoft + Wanxiang Blockchain Ecosystem Joint Growth Program
Wanxiang Blockchain and Microsoft (China) will jointly hold the launch ceremony of the "Microsoft Cloud + Wanxiang Blockchain Strategic Cooperation Program" at Level 19, Hua Hong International Building, No. 463 Tanggu Road, Hongkou District, Shanghai. Du Yu, Deputy General Manager of Wanxiang Blockchain and Head of Wanxiang Blockchain Labs, and Mingqiang Xu, Chief Technology Officer of Microsoft (China)'s All-Channels Business Division, will attend the ceremony and officially announce the establishment of the "Microsoft + Wanxiang Blockchain Ecosystem Joint Growth Program."
Visit the link below to register:
https://9424105689699.huodongxing.com/event/6620713792200
Seventh Blockchain Global Summit
Themed around "Digital Transformation," the Seventh Blockchain Global Summit will focus on hot topics including blockchain technology and development, blockchain empowering the real economy, and the metaverse. It will gather influential thought leaders, tech entrepreneurs, senior practitioners from traditional enterprises, researchers from standards organizations, academics, and more to discuss the core value and practical applications of blockchain in digital transformation.
Over 50 industry leaders—including Dr. Feng Xiao (Chairman and CEO of Wanxiang Blockchain), Li Lihui (Former President of Bank of China and Head of Blockchain Research Task Force at the China Internet Finance Association), Zhimao Ma (Deputy Governor and Chief Information Officer at WeBank), Xiaoxun Zhu (Executive Vice President, President of Siemens China Research Institute and Siemens Advanta), Benqi Hou (HR Director and Head of Digital Banking Office at Hengfeng Bank), Yat Siu (Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Animoca Brands), Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum Founder and Chief Scientist at Wanxiang Blockchain Labs), Dominic Williams (Founder and Chief Scientist of Dfinity), Gavin Wood (Founder of Polkadot), Juan Benet (Founder of Protocol Labs), Dr. Whitfield Diffie (Turing Award Winner and Senior Advisor at Findora), Professor Robert Townsend (Elizabeth & James Killian Professor of Economics at MIT), Hanjian Xie (Architect at Nervos Network), Anatoly Yakovenko (Co-Founder of Solana), and Illia Polosukhin (Co-Founder of Near Protocol)—will share their insights through 25 keynote speeches, 7 panel discussions, and 3 fireside chats.
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