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'''Use-a-Thon: A contest for innovative uses for off-the-shelf Byteball'''
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Use-a-Thon #1: See [[Use-a-thon/usb]]<br />
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Use-a-Thon #2: See [[Use-a-thon/steem]]<br />
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Use-a-Thon #3: See [[Use-a-thon/botwar]]
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'''Use-a-Thon: A contest for innovative uses for off-the-shelf Obyte'''
  
 
==Overview==
 
==Overview==
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The general idea is to come up with beneficial '''uses''' for the Byteball platform in a local community. There is a competition format, with small teams competing for a monetary prize. Entries will be submitted in English, and judged by Byteball veterans. Ongoing help will be available to any team, in writing, but such answers will also be visible to all the other teams too.
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The general idea is to come up with beneficial '''uses''' for the Obyte platform in a local community. There is a competition format, with individuals or small teams competing for a monetary prize. Entries will be submitted in English, and judged by Obyte veterans. Ongoing help will be available to any team, in writing, but such answers will also be visible to all the other teams too.
  
 
===Setting===
 
===Setting===
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*A university: A faculty member is the local organizer. He/she must speak good English, will be the main person in touch with "Byteball Competition Central", and will be expected to promote the competition locally and help the teams register.
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*A university: University people are the local co-ordinators, whether faculty or student council members or as appropriate. At least one of them must speak good English, and will be the main person in touch with "Byteball Competition Central", and will be expected to help the teams register. A local faculty member will have final approval of the teams. Local promotion may get done by the local Student Council, or as possible.
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*An online community, such as Steem.
  
 
===Contestants===
 
===Contestants===
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*Team of two or three, at least one of whom must speak good English.
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Prior familiarity with Obyte is not essential, but obviously the individual/team must rapidly discover what is possible and not possible to do with [[token]]s on the platform.
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*Prior familiarity with Byteball is not essential, but obviously the team must rapidly discover what is possible and not possible to do with [[token]]s on the platform.
 
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==Example==
 
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'''Byteball Use-a-Thon'''
 
  
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Students at [UNIVERSITY NAME] are invited to join the Byteball Use-a-Thon with a total prize money pool of
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Team make-up will vary depending on the circumstances.
  
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3.5 GB (currently worth USD $800)
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==Use-a-Thon Tokens==
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[[File:useathon-toks.jpg|thumb]]
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There are two tokens created specially for Obyte Use-a-Thons:
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*'''Prizewinner:'''<ref>https://explorer.obyte.org/#5fQqISLRM1SIXIoZpqMaOug1YCJapnrCNoH07B8U2IU=</ref> For the main prize winners
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*'''Honourable Mention:'''<ref>https://explorer.obyte.org/#D3INZ6ORL3DN2YZaCe5/8PWFYWPqxORHAyOgI3g71iU=</ref> Awarded at the organizers' discretion for an outstanding contribution
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{{clear}}
  
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'''General Rules'''
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==Help==
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*A maximum of 15 teams will be allowed to compete
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*See the presentation linked just below, including three videos showing Obyte features
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*Contributions must be handed in as a one-page pitch and a project report
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*Download the platform/wallet from https://obyte.org, get millions of free tokens from the fun-coins faucet in the wallet, and enough Bytes (Obyte currency) for transaction fees from @Punqtured or @Slackjore or some other local person, and try out things
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*The project must describe a real-world use case that the Byteball platform could provide a solution to, to solve an actual problem in your community
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*Contestants may ask questions directly on the Obyte Slack^ at http://slack.obyte.org (Channel #byteball_use-a-thon). Note that anyone can see these messages (there is no private help available). The four main people answering your Use-a-Thon questions are Punqtured, Tarmo888, Suirelav and Slackjore. They are all in the UK/EU time zones (UTC +1/+2), although others may be able to answer general Obyte questions when these four are not available
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*Financial sustainability must be included in your project
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*The rest of [[Main_Page|this wiki]] is very informative too.
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*Where applicable, a proof of concept or a prototype may be developed
 
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*Project must be in English (solution doesn’t have to be, though)
 
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*Each team registers one Byteball wallet address with user @Punqtured to receive transaction fees and unlimited tokens for testing during development of your ideas
 
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*Deadline for handing in projects is ___________
 
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*If less than 5 projects are handed in, the competition will be cancelled
 
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*Byteball Competition Central may choose to cancel the competition at its own discretion
 
  
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Help is available on the Byteball Slack at http://slack.byteball.org (Channel #byteball_use-a-thon). State your university and name of your team in the request.
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^ To get on Slack, contestants can either:
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*Go through slack.obyte.org and click one of the social media buttons Twitter, Facebook, Reddit or Linkedin. Depending on several factors (account age, number of followers etc.) you can get an immediate invite; otherwise you will receive an email from @cryptkeeper in which he will ask for other means of authentication. OR
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*Email Punqtured at <code>use-a-thon@obyte.org</code> from your registered account giving your name etc. Ask for the invitation. He will forward your info to @cryptkeeper.
  
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==Curious?==
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===Presentation===
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If you are at a university/college and wondering if this might happen there, at least be somewhat familiar with Byteball.
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[See individual Use-a-Thon pages for respective links]
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#Download the platform from the main website
 
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#Get some free bytes from @slackjore on Slack or Twitter
 
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#Download some free Tangos and Zingos tokens from the in-wallet [[fun-coins]] faucet and practise with them
 
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#Still interested? Then help to make it happen! Interest a faculty member in being the person in charge there
 
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#Then contact @punqtured or @slackjore on Slack.
 
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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<references />
  
 
[[Category:Browse]]
 
[[Category:Browse]]

Latest revision as of 12:58, 22 January 2019

Use-a-Thon #1: See Use-a-thon/usb
Use-a-Thon #2: See Use-a-thon/steem
Use-a-Thon #3: See Use-a-thon/botwar

Use-a-Thon: A contest for innovative uses for off-the-shelf Obyte

Overview

The general idea is to come up with beneficial uses for the Obyte platform in a local community. There is a competition format, with individuals or small teams competing for a monetary prize. Entries will be submitted in English, and judged by Obyte veterans. Ongoing help will be available to any team, in writing, but such answers will also be visible to all the other teams too.

Setting

  • A university: University people are the local co-ordinators, whether faculty or student council members or as appropriate. At least one of them must speak good English, and will be the main person in touch with "Byteball Competition Central", and will be expected to help the teams register. A local faculty member will have final approval of the teams. Local promotion may get done by the local Student Council, or as possible.
  • An online community, such as Steem.

Contestants

Prior familiarity with Obyte is not essential, but obviously the individual/team must rapidly discover what is possible and not possible to do with tokens on the platform.

Team make-up will vary depending on the circumstances.

Use-a-Thon Tokens

Useathon-toks.jpg

There are two tokens created specially for Obyte Use-a-Thons:

  • Prizewinner:[1] For the main prize winners
  • Honourable Mention:[2] Awarded at the organizers' discretion for an outstanding contribution

Help

  • See the presentation linked just below, including three videos showing Obyte features
  • Download the platform/wallet from https://obyte.org, get millions of free tokens from the fun-coins faucet in the wallet, and enough Bytes (Obyte currency) for transaction fees from @Punqtured or @Slackjore or some other local person, and try out things
  • Contestants may ask questions directly on the Obyte Slack^ at http://slack.obyte.org (Channel #byteball_use-a-thon). Note that anyone can see these messages (there is no private help available). The four main people answering your Use-a-Thon questions are Punqtured, Tarmo888, Suirelav and Slackjore. They are all in the UK/EU time zones (UTC +1/+2), although others may be able to answer general Obyte questions when these four are not available
  • The rest of this wiki is very informative too.

^ To get on Slack, contestants can either:

  • Go through slack.obyte.org and click one of the social media buttons Twitter, Facebook, Reddit or Linkedin. Depending on several factors (account age, number of followers etc.) you can get an immediate invite; otherwise you will receive an email from @cryptkeeper in which he will ask for other means of authentication. OR
  • Email Punqtured at use-a-thon@obyte.org from your registered account giving your name etc. Ask for the invitation. He will forward your info to @cryptkeeper.

Presentation

[See individual Use-a-Thon pages for respective links]

References

  1. ↑ https://explorer.obyte.org/#5fQqISLRM1SIXIoZpqMaOug1YCJapnrCNoH07B8U2IU=
  2. ↑ https://explorer.obyte.org/#D3INZ6ORL3DN2YZaCe5/8PWFYWPqxORHAyOgI3g71iU=
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