Announcing Encode Club’s partnership with the Algorand Foundation
We are delighted to announce that Encode Club and the Algorand Foundation are partnering on a year-long, university focused series to run an Algorand education series, a dedicated Algorand hackathon, and another follow-up accelerator.
This follows on from the success of the Algorand Foundation as sponsors for Encode’s Future of Blockchain 2 Hackathon in April 2020, and the follow-up Algorand Club accelerator in November 2020.
As of August 2021, the Hackathon phase of the programme is now underway.
You can sign up for the hackathon here.
The full video and write-up of the Hack Launch Event are available here.
Introducing Algorand Educate
Algorand Educate: The purpose of our Algorand Educate series is to teach students about blockchain through the lens of Algorand. Over 100+ university blockchain societies will be participating in the Algorand Educate series. They will be learning about the Algorand blockchain and how to develop applications using Algorand.
Events:
8th March: Algorand Educate Introduction
22nd March: Algorand’s Consensus Algorithm
6th April: How to set up your Algorand Development Environment
19th April: Algorand Standard Assets
4th May: Understanding Algorand’s Smart Contract Language
17th May: Building Algorand-Enabled dApps with Algosigner
7th June: Algorand Educate with Algo Builder
21st June: Building Algorand-Enabled dApps with Reach
Introducing the Algorand Hackathon
We will be running a dedicated 8-week Algorand Hackathon beginning in August 2021. This will be similar to our previous hackathons, however the sole sponsor and focus of the hackathon will be Algorand, and building on the Algorand blockchain.
The full video and write-up of the Hack Launch Event are available here.
Register for the Hackathon here.
Introducing the Algorand Accelerator
Following the Algorand Hackathon, projects will be able to apply for the Algorand Accelerator. Around 10 projects will be accepted into this exclusive program, which lasts 10 weeks and consists of 1-on-1 coaching and support from both Algorand and Encode.
The aim of the Accelerator is to support hackathon and early-stage projects to become fully-fledged startups. The format will be similar to the Algorand Club Accelerator from November 2020.
More details on the Algorand Hackathon and Accelerator will be released following the Educate series.
About Encode
Encode is a university and hacker blockchain community, helping to educate, build and support early-stage startups. Encode has a community of over 100+ blockchain clubs at universities around the world. Find out more via our website and our discord.
Encode Statement
“We are so delighted to continue our partnership with the Algorand Foundation. We have worked with them across two programmes since 2019 and their attention and vigour towards developer engagement and onboarding is second to none. This year-long partnership will introduce many developers to the Algorand ecosystem and help them build projects and hopefully a few breakout startups” Anthony Beaumont, Co-founder and CEO of Encode Club.
About Algorand
We are delighted to be working again with the Algorand Foundation and helping to champion the adoption of the Algorand blockchain. Their technology, the brainchild of Turing-Award-winning cryptographer Silvio Micali, stands out at the forefront of the blockchain space, particularly their pure-proof-of stake protocol. We also know first hand that their developer relations and support are second to none. For more information, visit https://www.algorand.com/ or https://algorand.foundation/.
Algorand Statement
“We are delighted to once again partner with the team at Encode club. The 2020 partnership led to the creation of some amazing projects, built by an inspiring group of students, and we look forward to creating an even greater experience for this year’s group.”
Sean Lee, CEO of Algorand Foundation.
Website
Read more about the programme here.
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