Status Hackathon – Aaron Anderson from web3devs gets 2nd place

by Webmaster | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog

The Status hackathon in Prague last week was one of the most anticipated events in the blockchain world this fall. Hundreds of coders from all over the world formed 32 teams and worked all weekend to build blockchain tools in the Status ecosystem.

Aaron Anderson’s team created DaiPOS, a point of sale solution using the DAI stablecoin. It has an interface similar to SnapChat, creates QR codes that hold the transaction data for purchases, and keeps track of sales and inventory. Purchasers do not need to have the app, any Ether wallet that can scan QR codes can complete the transaction.

The judges awarded them 2nd place in the Marketplaces Track and received the bounty from the DAI prize.

Since we’ve been cleaning up at these hackathons, we’ve decided to go all in and head out as a team to San Francisco next week to compete in the EOS Global Hackathon. Let us know if you’ll be there!

EthAtlanta hackathon web3devs win again in Atlanta

by Webmaster | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog

Following the big win at WyoHackathon in Wyoming, the web3devs team attended the EthAtlanta hackathon and won there, as well. James Ruffer and Brian Wentzloff created a suite of development tools to interact with the provide.services blockchain acceleration platform. They then used those development tools to create a suite of WordPress plugins that can interact with the provide.services infrastructure. Out of the 12 submissions, they were chosen as the overall winner by a panel of judges.

Web3devs pride themselves on building tools to help people and businesses interact with blockchain technologies. That’s why we don’t only specialize in blockchain technology, we also have a team of WordPress experts since close to 20% of websites are built on this content management platform. If you have a project you need built to connect WordPress and blockchain, let us know.

Also, keep an eye out for a couple of us at the Status.im hackathon in Prague.

web3devs win big at WyoHackathon

by Webmaster | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog

The WyoHackathon was a highly anticipated hackathon where participants were tasked with building a fully functional blockchain-related product in one weekend. More than 300 software developers from all over the world formed 30 teams to compete for a number of prizes. Wyoming has been incredibly innovative in the past year regarding blockchain technology, and their state government has led the way in proactive forward-thinking blockchain and cryptocurrency regulation, hence the anticipation from blockchain enthusiasts for this hackathon.

A team of developers from web3devs made the trek to the Cowboy State to participate. Aaron Anderson, David Bruno, Scott Finney, and Sam Steele created the Electronic Corporate Formation Portal to help blockchain businesses legally incorporate in the state of Wyoming and to help those companies comply with the new regulations Wyoming has enacted — and they did it in less than 48 hours.

The Electronic Corporate Formation Portal takes advantage of new Wyoming services that allow companies to incorporate an LLC with the state electronically instead of filling out paperwork manually. The web3devs team’s ECFP integrates with Wyoming’s new system and also allows companies to then create and associate cryptocurrency wallet addresses with the new LLCs, thereby complying with the state’s new financial regulations regarding blockchain LLCs.

The product they created was a hit, winning four awards including the final “Best for Wyoming” award. The judges included all 3 gubernatorial candidates in Wyoming as well as tech leaders in the Wyoming community and blockchain experts from around the country including Joseph Lubin, the co-founder of Ethereum and founder of ConsenSys.

The WyoHackathon was lots of fun and we had the opportunity to meet a lot of great people. Next stop is Atlanta! Check us out at EthAtlanta September 21-23 and check out what we’re going to build next.