Since we opened the registration for the Virtual Accelerator/Hackathon we’ve seen great enthusiasm from the community of budding entrepreneurs, counting over 1000 Hackers and over 500 Fans registered to take part in the event. With 280 ideas ready for development, a panel of experienced judges and the public ensuring crowd diligence, we’re confident that many of these ideas will flourish into groundbreaking projects.
THE VIRTUAL ACCELERATOR
The Virtual Accelerator democratises opportunity for everyone, from entrepreneurs gaining access to early funding through to anyone in the community gaining access to investment opportunities. The platform combines blockchain technology and crowd diligence to remove the barriers that prevent opportunity and investment being realised.
The Virtual Accelerator opens with the 2016 hack.ether.camp competition and will reopen to new entries in subsequent hackathons.
- hack.ether.camp - Virtual Accelerator
The White Paper is in its final draft, before we release it publicly you have the chance to provide feedback on our forum, let us know what you think:
https://hack.ether.camp/whitepaper- hack.ether.camp - Video AMA with Roman Mandeleil & Steve Taylor
HACKER GOLD
Hacker Gold (HKG) is the official token of the Virtual Accelerator. It’s the fuel that makes the platform possible. The sale starts on October 20th.
The goal for many teams in the VA is to create their own startup. The platform makes this possible by allowing teams to issue their own token, these can be bought solely for HKG during the event period.
For fans this is the chance to get in at the early stage, invest in a team and gain preferred voting rights on how funds are used. Startup tokens issued after the hackathon do not come voting rights.
HKG is also an investment in the future success of the platform. HKG will be issued only once. Once the crowdsale is over, to participate in future Virtual Accelerator hackathons HKG must be purchased on the open market.
https://hack.ether.camp/saleTHE FUTURE
The Virtual Accelerator has been built to allow any great idea, no matter who or where it comes from, to become a reality. The platform aims to be the primary place to validate ideas through crowd diligence, ensuring that a host of new startups are created, delivering value to all involved.
The sale of HKG will be used to fund the Virtual Accelerator and deliver on the vision. Funds will be used for running and enhancing the Virtual Accelerator including ongoing platform development, running subsequent hackathons, marketing, operations and legal.
How the funds will be spent
For more detail check out the timeline of events:
https://hack.ether.camp/timeline Video Interviews with some of our judges
We have the feeling that we’re building something transformative for the crypto community and beyond, join us and let’s write the future together.
Press:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/deloitte-becomes-third-gold-sponsor-ethercamp-hackathon-1593105http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogeraitken/2016/11/03/the-rise-of-blockchain-hackathons-the-hackonomy/#4407df1f110ahttp://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ethercamp-announces-crowdsale-hacker-gold-token-1585742http://www.coindesk.com/press-releases/six-high-profile-judges-added-ethercamps-hackathon-panel/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ethercamps-second-global-hacking-event-kicks-off-november-1579296http://www.coindesk.com/santander-vies-become-first-bank-issue-digital-cash-blockchain/http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/devcon2-santander-ethercamp-building-bridges-between-bank-accounts-ethereum-1582242
