Braintree - BattleHack Athens 2015 Become the ultimate hacker

The most epic series hackathon of the world comes to Greece 30-31 Mac 2015 weekend. The 2015 BattleHack hackathon, in co-organization PayPal and Braintree, the world's leading providers of international payments, will give local developers the opportunity to win epic trophies, airplane tickets and stay for the World Finals in Silicon Valley, where the winners of all his local events BattleHack 2015 will claim the big prize of 100.000 dollars.battlehack 2015

·         Through BattleHack η PayPal and Braintree demonstrate their overall dedication to helping developers achieve, develop and implement their impressive ideas.   

If you have not yet made your sign up BattleHack of Athens, you still have the opportunity: https: // 2015.battlehack.org/atHens

The trial

During the BattleHack, οι διαγωνιζόμενοι θα κληθούν να λύσουν ένα τοπικό πρόβλημα με χρήση .

The ingenuity of the participants in the development of their codes will be particularly welcome, however, in order to claim victory they should have taken care to integrate records SDK (Software Development Kit) Braintree or PayPal and aim to have their applications to be for the common good of the local community.

Each autonomous application that will be created during the competition will be evaluated based on the quality of its code and the incorporation of the APIApplication Programming Interface), and not on the feasibility of commercial exploitation.

His jury BattleHack 2015 consists of distinguished names of the site, with John Lunn, Senior Global Director of PayPal / Braintree_Dev., to be anxious to discover the most important talents of Greece and the wider region, while at the same time giving incentives to domestic developers. 

Οι νικητές του BattleHack Athens you will earn troops, air tickets and stay for the World Finals in Silicon Valley, where they will have the opportunity to see as "Top Developers of Greece" the winners from other local events BattleHack 2015 in the big final, where the prize will be 100.000 dollars.

In 2015, BattleHack competitions will be held in 14 cities around the world and in addition to Athens, these are: Melbourne, Los Angeles, Singapore, Raleigh, London, Tokyo, Berlin, Chicago, Venice, Toronto, New York, Stockholm and Tel Aviv.

Business Support Power

With the BattleHack 2015 series, PayPal and Braintree are aiming to invest in the activation of the next generation of companies. Since these two companies have worked with hundreds of thousands of top developers and start-ups worldwide, this global competition hackathon is the ideal opportunity to get in touch and support the growing community of developers.

In addition to the chance to win $100.000, BattleHack offers participants unlimited possibilities by meeting the top hackers in their area, sharing, promoting and developing ideas with each other, as well as connecting with people in the field. , who can help them emerge as the new great hopefuls in the field of technology and startups. The best proof of this is the highly successful cases from previous competitions.

The Hall of Fame of BattleHack

The BattleHack 2015 marks 3's annual event series BattleHack and noteworthy, the previous two have made tremendous successes.

2013, the Moscow team has won the $ 100.000 $ Donate Now, which uses technology CORN and PayPalin order to allow everyone, with the use of their mobile device, to make direct donations to a charitable purpose of their choice whenever they feel the need to offer without the need to complete extensive forms.

2014, the team from Tel Aviv won in the final with the AirHop - a "co-consumption" application that allows its users to share their server or Wi-Fi access so that someone who does not have a connection to their mobile can use the application to "jump" someone else's cell phone to make a phone call or send one sms, paying the corresponding price through PayPal 

That same year, the winning team of the contest BattleHack in Sydney created a "locker" that allows application users to borrow athletic clothing and equipment through their mobile. This application uses technology IoT (Internet of Things), which uses a timer to calculate the total rental cost and provides payment through it PayPal.

However, not only professional world and local winners enjoy professional support. The best example is the group Parmesan cheese from the competition held in Moscow, which in 2014 received a $50.000 grant from GVA LaunchGurus immediately after the event. Now, their app helps its users connect with people returning from abroad and allows customers to ask travelers to bring them that are not available in their country and compensate them accordingly for their travels.    

His Program BattleHack Athens 2015

Saturday, 30 May

10: 00 - Attendance

11:00 - Introductory Speeches

12: 00 - Meal

13: 00 - Start of Competition

17: 30 - Dinner

Sunday, 31 May

08:00 - Breakfast

13: 00 - End of Tender

14: 00 - Starting Slides

16: 00 - Closing ceremony

17: 00 - End of Event

For more information about the event, please visit the website 2015.battlehack.org. There you can find the application form, the details of the event, information of other partners, various videos, as well as answers to the most frequently asked questions.

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