Prizes and Prestige

Open to all students, faculty, professionals and independent developers

Join us virtually (online) at any time during the virtual hackathon period from October 25th to November 3rd to compete in our virtual hackathon for prizes and prestige!

Code for as long or as little as you would like during this time frame: it's up to you!

United Nations Coding4Integrity Hackathon Series

This event is part of a new 3-year series of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Coding4Integrity hackathons made possible through the partnership of UNODC, the United Nations Global Resource for Anti-Corruption Education and Youth Empowerment (GRACE) Initiative, Knowledge Foundation and DFINITY Foundation.

The Coding4Integrity 2.0 series is aimed at challenging young software developers (aged 18-35) with the task of creating a digital AI-based learning environment on anti-corruption within the open Knowledge Token^® educational ecosystem. The series is composed of four yearly events focusing on two specific technology components of the final AI product. This year's "Virtual Hackathon" is focused on AI and NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens).

For details see TWO TRACKS: AI & NFTs below.

Open to All

Open to all students, faculty, professionals and independent developers ages 35 and under. Please note that there is no cost to participate (hackathon participants do not pay a registration or participation fee).

See CRITICAL MATERIALS and REGISTER TO COMPETE below.

Two Tracks: AI and NFTs

The hackathon has two tracks. Compete in either, or both. Prizes are awarded for both tracks:

• Track 1:  AI (Artificial Intelligence)


• Track 2:  NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens)

See CRITICAL MATERIALS and REGISTER TO COMPETE below.

$70K in Prizes and Awards

Hackathon winners will be awarded professional Internet Computer developer grants (DFINITY Developer Grant)^* and Knowledge Token^® intellectual currency, for which there are two levels of awards (see below). A total of $70,000 in prizes and awards are available ($30K in developer grants + $40K in Knowledge Tokens).

Knowledge Token^® intellectual currency is awarded to all participants that complete the hackathon but are not on a winning team or a winning solo participant, for a total of $40,000 in token prizes. Knowledge Token^® awards are redeemable towards registration fees at all future Summits and Symposia worldwide.

CRITICAL MATERIALS

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS and PARTICIPANT GUIDELINES: For an overview of this Coding4Integrity hackathon, including details on how to prepare your team (or yourself, if participating by yourself) for the competition, please see the Call For Applications and Participant Guidelines below:

REQUIREMENTS, FREE CYCLES and JUDGING PREFERENCES: For an overview of the Requirements, Free Cycles and Judging Preferences that apply to ALL of our hackathons refer to these sections of the 2024 Oxford University Hackathon overview document below.

Note that the Oxford hackathon is over (this document is provided for informational purposes only to prepare you for the upcoming hackathon):

Problems or questions? Please contact hackathon@KnowledgeFound.org

See REGISTER TO COMPETE below.

START CODING as early as 9:00 PM Zurich Switzerland time

Don't forget to get CYCLES! See above for details.

The instructions for how to start coding are available below:

Problems or questions? Please contact hackathon@KnowledgeFound.org

SUBMIT YOUR SOLUTION BY 11:59 PM Zurich Switzerland time on November 3rd

This hackathon ENDS on at 11:59 PM (Zurich Switzerland time zone) on November 3rd. Submit your solution for judging by 11:59 PM Zurich Switzerland time on November 3rd using the submission form below:

Problems or questions? Please contact hackathon@KnowledgeFound.org

See REGISTER TO COMPETE below.

REGISTER TO COMPETE

Join us virtually (online) at any time during the virtual hackathon period from October 25th to November 3rd to compete in our virtual hackathon for prizes and prestige. Code for as long or as little as you would like during this time frame: it's up to you!

The hackathon is open to all students, faculty, professionals and independent developers ages 35 and under. Upon registering you will receive additional instructions. There is no fee to register (you can compete in the hackathon free of charge either as a team or individual).

AGES: The hackathon is open to all students, faculty, professionals and independent developers ages 35 and under.

TEAMS: All team members must register (below) to compete. Teams must be formed in advance of the hackathon. Individuals are welcome to compete by themselves (solo) without a team.

Problems or questions? Please contact hackathon@KnowledgeFound.org

Knowledge Token^®

Knowledge Token^® (Knowken^®) is designed to fundamentally transform the way in which learners, educators, and educational content creators acquire, distribute and generate knowledge.

As an incentive and participation token that is awarded to learners in exchange for intellectual achievements, while privately and securely recording corresponding academic progress, Knowledge Tokens are issued in amounts that correspond to the units or amounts of knowledge, skills and/or credits that learners earn.

First introduced at IMMERSIVE ITALY 2017 in collaboration with INDIRE, the Italian Ministry of Education's oldest and most highly regarded educational research organization and the benchmark for educational research in Italy, Knowledge Tokens can be considered to be intellectual currency and, as such, may be used to pay for goods and services such as mobile phones, tablets, computers, games, textbooks, tuition and more.

The Switzerland-based Knowledge Foundation was recently established as the educational organization responsible for the design, development, deployment and ongoing maintenance of the global Knowledge Token® system and related open international standards for blockchain technology in the field of education.