Announcing our official round-up of Hack Boston!

On 23-25 November, we co-hosted the biggest ever student blockchain hackathon at Harvard university. Over 500 students hacked for over 36 hours and created over 61 projects ranging from AI to gaming, right down to quantum computing - all on the blockchain!

The build-up was insane. Teams flying from as far across the world as Korea, and teams getting hyped all month. We were thrilled to see our EasyA Harvard Chapter even made their own movie documenting their journey to the hackathon - that's how much excitement there was on campus! Want to see what the movie looked like? Check it out here!

This was the biggest ever assembly of the world’s smartest students, all in one place, and all working on building the future of web3. We were thrilled to have challenges with Algorand, Klaytn, BNB Chain, Cartesi, Moonbeam, Telos, and The Graph to reward students’ heroic achievements with over $100,000 in prize money.

Hack Boston was an incredible event, and we want to thank all our partners who helped make it possible. All hackers achieved truly heroic feats at Hack Boston, and a huge congratulations is in order to everyone who made it through to the final day! Rome wasn’t built in a day, but you created the most spectacular projects web3 has ever seen in just 36 hours! If you weren't able to make it, check out our awesome wrap-up video here!

So… What did they build? Check them out right here! 👇

See you at the next one! Hack Boston round 2 is already in the works! 👋

Overview of Winners

Algorand ($10,000)

College: Northeastern University

‍Short Description: A chrome extension that allows you to shop on Amazon using crypto in one click!

Klaytn ($10,000)

College: Harvard University

Short Description: Bringing together the world’s artistic creativity using AI and Blockchain. Smart contracts are used to build a fully-functional art marketplace. One side is powered by AI to create beautiful pieces of art, and the other side can place bounties for art they want to see or own!

BNB Chain ($5,000)

College: Northeastern University

Short Description: A multi-chain Dapp for secure web3 contract detection. Cryptolice lets you know if it's safe to transact with a contract before you do so. Once you input an address in our website you receive a security report detailing the security of the address, which helps you decide whether it's safe to use the smart contract or not.

Cartesi ($5,000)

College: Northeastern University

‍Short Description: Fully on-chain fighting game that pits bots against each other and allows viewers to place bets.

Telos ($10,000)

College: Harvard

‍Short Description: Lockbox - manage shared funds easier, faster, and safer! From DAOs/VCs to friends investing together, Lockbox simplifies fund management for organizations by enabling access control and a spend approval process. Backed by a smart contract, shared funds are secure, lockouts are avoided, and they are fairly managed.

The Graph ($3,500)

College: Northeastern University

Short Description: VeriFund is a decentralized crowdfunding protocol which allows full transparency for donators to see how their funds are being spent!

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