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Shock the Web, a brand-new bitcoin hackathon, begins adjacent week connected Tuesday, March 22. This is simply a week-long lawsuit focused connected Lightning and the unfastened web. As a virtual event, it's unfastened to information by anyone successful the world.
What Makes The Hackathon Unique?
"For Lightning adoption connected the exertion layer, we request large designers and developers to travel and larn astir however Lightning works successful a fun, intimidation-free environment" says Ed Pratt, 1 of the organizers of Shock the Web. Bitcoin and Lightning improvement tin look scary for caller developers, but it doesn't person to be. There are a fig of tools and libraries that purpose to marque gathering applications connected apical of Bitcoin and Lightning easier.
This hackathon focuses specifically connected integrating Lightning apps into the unfastened web. "We started this hackathon truthful we tin spot much innovation successful bitcoin usage cases," says Johns Beharry, different organizer of Shock the Web and a contributor to Alby, the Lightning browser extension. "Since the wallet is taken attraction of with Alby, what next?"
Imagine having a Lightning wallet that tin interact with websites you visit: it tin extremity radical who supply large content, assistance you wage for things connected e-commerce websites, oregon adjacent authenticate you erstwhile you log into a website. These are conscionable a fewer ideas: Shock the Web aims to animate a caller question of developers to physique awesome tools and products with Lightning and the web.
Furthermore, different extremity of this hackathon is to summation the engagement of designers successful the Bitcoin space. "There are parts of the protocol that designers don't cognize about, and if you absorption connected conscionable designing wallets, we don't get deeper into however bitcoin tin beryllium used," says Beharry. "I wanted to get designers successful the Bitcoin Design Community to attraction astir these smaller parts truthful we tin lick problems for the adjacent improvement of Bitcoin apps."
What Should I Expect From This Event?
"As idiosyncratic who's besides comparatively caller to Lightning and WebLN, I wanted to operation the hackathon successful a mode that archetypal promotes learning and experimentation with immoderate of the leaders successful Lightning. It shouldn't substance if you person zero cognition connected Lightning, design, oregon development," says Pratt. While you whitethorn take to statesman hacking connected the archetypal time of the event, determination are galore workshops and talks to assistance animate you and thatch you caller tools that you tin instrumentality successful your projects.
Moritz Kaminski volition present you to Alby. Michael Bumann volition thatch you however to physique your archetypal Lightning web app. Andre Néves from ZEBEDEE volition thatch you astir Lightning-powered gaming. Roy Sheinfeld from Breez volition speech astir the Lightning web economy. Ben Arc of LNBits volition speech astir gathering Lightning backends. Christoph Ono of Bitcoin Design volition demo the Bitcoin UI kit.
On Friday, you should beryllium acceptable to statesman hacking connected your project. Work connected your projects passim the weekend. Mentors volition beryllium disposable to usher you if you request assistance during this process.
Monday, March 28 is the last day! Presentations statesman astatine 17:30 CET that day, and winners volition beryllium announced during the closing ceremonial astatine 19:30 CET. Afterwards, determination volition beryllium a virtual hangout to observe and chat with different Shock the Web attendees.
What Are You Waiting For?
Shock the Web's extremity is to marque gathering connected Bitcoin and Lightning much accessible — but besides much fun! — for web designers and developers. You tin register for the hackathon here.
"We request immoderate caller humor and much designer-developer enactment — connected a smaller scale," says Beharry. "Not everyone coming into Bitcoin tin commencement designing and processing a wallet. That's a batch of enactment — connected a hackathon you can't get far. But a task similar pleb.fm? Oh that's breathtaking — let's bash much of that. Using Bitcoin."
This is simply a impermanent station by Stephen DeLorme And Bosch. Opinions expressed are wholly their ain and bash not needfully bespeak those of BTC Inc oregon Bitcoin Magazine.
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