Blockchain Challenge Winners 2019
On May 9th, five teams competed for $28,000 in the inaugural Virginia Tech Blockchain Challenge Finale, the culmination of a semester-long blockchain application development competition led by the Department of Computer Science at Virginia Tech and made possible in part through a generous gift from Block.one.
Three teams emerged with $7,500 top-prize recognitions:
- Eco1ogic
- HokieChain
- JW and the Blockchain Bois
Two teams garnered $2,500 honorable mention accolades:
- Soundbin
VotingBlock
Team JW & the Blockchain Bois
Team VotingBlock
Meet Virginia Tech Blockchain Challenge Judges
Mary Miller, Director of Regional Accelerator and Mentoring Program
Raphaël Gaudreault, Chief Technical Officer, Eva
Ritesh Johar, Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Moonlighting
Rick Schlesinger, CEO and Co-Founder, EOS NY
Facebook Live: Watch the Experts and Entrepreneurs Panel, moderated by Virginia Tech alumna Mary Miller.
Team HokieChain
Team Eco1ogic
Team Soundbin
Team Soundbin, honorable mention award winners.
Facebook Live: Watch the five Virginia Tech finalist teams make their final presentations.
Facebook Live: And the winners are...
Prizes
Undergraduate-Only Teams
- Top team: $7,500
- Honorable Mention: $2,500
Graduate Teams
- Top team*: $7,500
- Honorable Mention: $2,500
* Graduate teams may be all graduates or mix of grads and undergrads
Superlative Prizes
- Best social media post by participant: $750 Twitter: #vtblockchain @VT_CS @VTEngineering
