Blockchain Hackathon to be held in London this week

HackCoin, an international digital currency and blockchain Hackathon organised by Hackcoin Limited, aims to catalyse investments in the digital currency startup community, during its hackathon events and beyond.

"We welcome fellow hackers to come and test out their most out of the box blockchain ideas, the applications could be ranging from crypto-currency to fintech and beyond. As long as you can imagine it, we're game."- HackCoin

A recent hackathon event, supported by Barclays Accelerator, was organised on the 24th July with the theme, "Identity and the Blockchain". The main sponsors for the event were the Barclays Accelerator, AlphaPoint, Eris Industries, NXT, Merkle Tree, Jetcoin, Diacle, Groovix, Drachmae, Supernet, Factom and Identity2020.

Speaking at the event, Preston Byrne from Eris Industries said that participants "were thinking about privacy, thinking about data and thinking about utility. It was really refreshing to see technology for what it is and what it can do".

The event saw more participants than the previous competition that was held, including international participants travelling from Sweden and The Netherlands.

Adam Vaziri, co-organiser of the event, was enthusiastic about the future prospects of HackCoin as a hackathon event in the blockchain space.

Speaking at the event he said "our next focus for HackCoin will be to hold an event in Mumbai, India. After that we are planning an event in Malaysia hoping to involve those important emerging economies into the international blockchain space."

The next HackCoin in London will be on Friday, 28th August again at the Barclays accelerator in Notting Hill, with the theme as "Trading and the Blockchain." The co-organisers are Adam Vaziri, Ajit Nayar and Yves Jacques Nicholson.