2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon Came to a Successful Conclusion

October 31, 2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon organized by Wanxiang Blockchain Labs and sponsored by Dfinity, Web3 Foundation, Protocol Labs, Qtum and Moonbeam has come to a successful conclusion.

Under the theme of “Digital World 2077”, 2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon attracted talented developers around the world to explore the value of blockchain and the collaboration of blockchain and other digital technologies, such as AI, IoT, 5G, VR and AR in building the digital future.

After the registration and preliminary that lasted over two months, 31 talented teams made it to the final that took place in Shanghai, China from October 22 to October 31 and competed for a total prize of over $72,500.

Jia Yaoqi ,Head of Parity Asia, Wang Longfei, Filecoin Developer Advocate, Zheng Yi, Core Developer of Qtum, Tang Yi, Vice President of Qiming Venture Partners, Henry DUONG, Moonbeam Developer Relations Engineer, Xiao Xiao, CFA, Investment Executive Director of HashKey Capital, Hao Yukun, Senior Director of Shanghai Wanxiang Blockchain Inc., Paul Liu, Technical Staff of Dfinity and Robert Yan, NEAR Asia Tech Lead were invited as judges in this hackathon.

With a professional judgement on the creativity, code, roadshow performance of the 31 teams, Wanxiang Blockchain Labs announced the prize winners as follows:

The first prize went to IC Contacts, who were awarded with 50,000 RMB (about $7.7k).

The second prize went to Web3go and Taishang NFT Wallet, Each of them won 30,000 RMB (about $4.6k).

Walnut, Witness and Amaralink got the third prize and won 10,000 RMB (about $1.5k) each.

Besides, our sponsors also announced the winners of sponsor prized at the awarding ceremony.

The sponsor prize winner list goes like the following:

Dfinity Sponsor Prize Winners:

DMail Network, NFTGaGa, CCC, IC Contacts

Web3 Foundation Sponsor Prize Winners:

Oasis Metaverse Protocol, Witness, Web3go

Protocol Labs Sponsor Prize Winners:

DE-PART, D-Trusts, IC Contacts

Qtum Sponsor Prize Winners：

NFTMovie

Moonbeam Sponsor Prize Winners：

Web3Go, Walnut, AmaraLink, Taishang NFT Wallet

We were excited to see talented and creative developers around the world response to the hackathon. The innovative solutions that participants created will hopefully contribute to unleashing the value of blockchain and other technologies in building not only Metaverse but a better digital future.

2021 Wanxiang Blockchain Hackathon not only offered an opportunity to developers around the world to showcase their talents but also marked the opening of 2021 Shanghai International Blockchain Week that took place from Oct.22 to Oct.27.

If you are interested in the latest development of blockchain in China and around the world and the hot topics in the industry, please replay the speeches and panels delivered by influential speakers in the blockchain industry at the Seventh Global Blockchain Summit at

https://www.blockchainlabs.org/week2021wx/#/playback?lang=zh-EN