FIRST.- COLLABORATION OF THE EUROPEAN BLOCKCHAIN CONVENTION IN HACKATHON

The purpose of these rules is to regulate the competition detailed below, in which a series of prizes will be awarded to the winners of the Hackathon.

The prizes will be awarded in collaboration with the EUROPEAN BLOCKCHAIN CONVENTION (hereinafter, the “EBC”) together with “GETRADIX LTD” (hereinafter “Radix”), a UK company, with its registered office in 20-22 Wenlock Road, London N1 7GU, London, United Kingdom, registration number GB423966575 in accordance with the requirements and conditions set forth in these rules to carry out and execute the Hackathon Competition (hereinafter, the “Hackathon” or the “Competition”) directed at those participants who comply with the rules established that will govern the competition.

This document is intended to serve as an informative basis for the collaborative participation between the EBC and Radix, and does not constitute any binding relationship regarding the organization of the competition, nor does the EBC assume any responsibility for the management, resolution, and awarding of the Competition Prize by Radix, nor any legal obligations that may arise therefrom. By participating in the Competition, participants understand that any matter related to the organization, management, security, regulatory compliance, and/or any other aspect related to the delivery of the prize from Radix must be addressed to them, respectively.

Hereinafter, EBC and Radix will be collectively referred to as the “Competition Operators.”

The prize will be awarded during the 10th edition of the EBC, which will take place on September 25-26, 2024, in Barcelona.

SECOND.- REGISTRATION IN THE COMPETITION

Registration and participation in the Competition are completely free, and no capital is required from the participants or the winner.

Participation can be done individually or in teams of up to six (6) members, by completing the requested information in the registration form and accepting these rules.

THIRD.- APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Participants must meet the following requirements to be admitted to the Competition:

• Be over eighteen (18) years of age or of legal age in the jurisdiction in which they reside at the time of participating in the Hackathon.
• Be registered at the EBC.
• Reside in a jurisdiction where participation in the Hackathon is not prohibited by law.
• Not be listed or associated, nor any third party they represent, with any person or entity included in any of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s denied persons lists, the U.S. Department of Treasury’s list of specially designated nationals, the EU consolidated list of persons, groups, and entities subject to EU financial sanctions, or the Swiss SECO’s general list of sanctioned persons, entities, and organizations.
• Not be listed or associated, nor any third party they represent, with any person identified as a terrorist organization or any other relevant list maintained by any governmental authority.
• Not violate any applicable national, state, or local law or regulation.

Each contestant must arrange their own travel and accommodation, bear all associated costs and expenses, and provide their own laptop and cables to participate. Each team or contestant may submit more than one project, as long as the projects are completed within the Hackathon period. The submission of incomplete projects may result in disqualification.

FOURTH.- PRIZE

In accordance with these rules, the prize will be awarded by the Competition Operators as follows:

• 🥇 1st Place: The team securing the top position will be awarded 10,000 USDT.
• 🥈 2nd Place: The team finishing in second place will be awarded 5,000 USDT.
• 🥉 3rd Place (three prizes): The next three teams will each receive the following prizes:
  • The first 3rd place team will receive 3,000 USDT.
  • The second 3rd place team will receive 2,000 USDT.
  • The third 3rd place team will receive 1,000 USDT.

Each team can win only one prize. A total of five winning teams will be selected to receive these awards.

FIFTH.- COMPETITION MECHANICS

Contestants must submit their projects before 6:30 p.m. on September 26, 2024.

The results of the Competition will be announced by November 1st, 2024, on the following website eblockchainconvention.com.

The prize will be distributed among the 5 teams whose projects achieve the highest scores from the jury.

The Competition Operators will present a team of judges, who will evaluate the innovative ideas of the participants based on the following criteria:

Evaluation Criteria

Judges will evaluate teams based on the following criteria:

• Use of Radix Tech Stack: The project must consist of a Scrypto package (composed of blueprints) deployed on Stokenet, with a frontend integrated using the Radix dApp Toolkit.

• Quality and Asset-Orientedness of Code: Judges will assess the team’s ability to apply asset-oriented programming principles as outlined in Radix documentation, along with the use of design patterns where applicable.

• Breadth of Functionality: This evaluates the range of functionalities provided in the submission and their overall utility. Projects featuring novel or more complex functionality, particularly within DeFi dApps, will be rated higher (e.g., a Balancer-type dApp or Uniswap V3 would score higher than a Uniswap V2 DEX).

• Quality of Documentation and Code Comments: The clarity, thoroughness, and usefulness of both the documentation and code comments will be considered.

• Transaction Manifest: Teams will be evaluated on their effective use and understanding of the transaction manifest.

• UI/UX Experience: This assesses the team’s skill in utilizing a frontend framework to create a seamless and user-friendly interface.

• Innovation and Creativity: Judges will look for originality and creativity in the project’s approach and solutions.

What to Build

Consider building dApps in high-potential categories:

• Lending & Borrowing Money Markets

• Real World Assets (RWA)

• Yield Derivatives

• NFT Pro Trading

• Launchpad

• Stablecoins & Collateralized Debt Position (CDP)

• Liquid Staking & Restaking

Other considerations

• They must not contain any content that is sexually explicit, unnecessarily violent, or derogatory toward any ethnic, racial, gender, religious, professional, or age group; profane or pornographic.
• They must not contain any content promoting alcohol, illegal drugs, tobacco (or the consumption of any of the above), or a specific political agenda.
• They must not contain any content that defames, misrepresents, or includes disparaging remarks about other people or companies.
• They must not contain trademarks, logos, or commercial images without the express written consent of the rights holders or a reasonably apparent legal basis for their use.
• They must not contain copyrighted material owned by third parties (including photographs, sculptures, paintings, and other artworks or images published on websites, television, movies, or other media) without the express written consent of the rights holders or a reasonably apparent legal basis for their use.
• Contestants are expected to bring new and innovative ideas. Any copied idea will be disqualified.

Notwithstanding the above, if any of the winners fail to meet any of the requirements indicated herein, the prize will be awarded to the next highest-scoring participant, who will be entitled to the prize on the same terms.

SIXTH.- PUBLICATION OF WINNERS

The list of Hackathon winners will be published on November 2, 2024, through the following website https://eblockchainconvention.com, and they will be notified of the Prize via the email provided. Winners must confirm via email their acceptance of the Prize as well as the additional details required for its delivery. If such confirmation is not received within five (5) calendar days, the winners will irrevocably forfeit the right to the Prize, and the substitutes will be awarded it.

If the winners fail to comply with any of the rules of this contest, they will lose the Prize, and it will be awarded to the substitutes, who will also be required to comply with these rules.

If the Prize cannot ultimately be delivered to the winners, the Prize will remain with the Contest Operators.

SEVENTH.- SPECIAL CONDITIONS

The Prize awarded in this Contest is personal and non-transferable and under no circumstances may it be subject to economic exchange or compensation of any kind. The Contest Operators will not replace any lost or stolen prize.

The Contest Operators reserve the right to modify the Prize for one of equal or greater value if deemed necessary, committing in any case to publish the modification in advance through the following website eblockchainconvention.com.

By submitting the application form, winners expressly consent to being photographed or briefly recorded in audiovisual reports during the EBC event and accept the use of their image (as long as it is not transferred to third parties) for publication in the article, as well as in any other commercial event of Radix or EBC. They also consent to the use of their detailed biographical information provided in the registration form and statements attributed to the contestant for promotional and advertising purposes.

EIGHTH.- TERMINATION

These terms and conditions are effective from September 24, 2024, and continue until (i) the contestant’s participation in the Hackathon ends or (ii) the Contest Operators terminate these terms or the Hackathon, whichever occurs first (the “Term”).

If the Contest cannot be held as planned due to unforeseen changes in commercial conditions, the Contest Operators’ inability to create websites or applications for managing the Hackathon, computer virus infection, errors, unauthorized intervention, fraud, technical failures, or any other causes that corrupt or affect the administration, security, fairness, integrity, or proper conduct of the Contest Operators’ products and services or this Hackathon, the Contest Operators reserve the right, at their sole discretion, to modify these conditions or cancel, terminate, modify, or suspend the Hackathon and resolve these conditions.

The Contest Operators may also terminate these conditions for convenience with prior written notice of ten (10) days. In the event of termination, interruption, or cancellation of the Hackathon or these conditions, all provisions of these conditions that by their nature should remain in force will continue to do so, including, but not limited to, provisions on ownership, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and dispute resolution provisions.

NINTH.- TAXATION OF THE PRIZE

The winner must pay any applicable taxes and fees on the Prize awarded in the Contest according to the tax laws that apply to them.

TENTH.- CLAIM PROCEDURE

By merely participating in this Contest, contestants accept its rules and the decisions of the Contest Operators regarding the resolution of any matter arising from its celebration.

The claim period for the Contest ends three (3) months after the date the Prize is communicated to the winners. Claims must be submitted via email to missgago@eblockchainconvention.com, and the date and time of receipt of claims submitted by these means must be recorded.

The Contest Operators will send a communication to the claimant acknowledging receipt of their claim, including their identity and the one (1) month period from the date of receipt of the claim to respond.

To resolve any dispute that may arise regarding the interpretation or application of these rules, both the Contest Operators and the contestants expressly submit to the jurisdiction and competence of the Courts of Barcelona, expressly waiving any other jurisdiction that may correspond to them.

ELEVENTH.- LIABILITY REGIME

For the purposes of this Contest, and by virtue of the established rules, the following liability regime is set:

• Any condition caused by events beyond the control of the Contest Operators that may cause the Hackathon to be interrupted or corrupted;
• Any claim that a project submission infringes on the intellectual property or proprietary rights of third parties;
• Any dispute between team members;
• Any injury, loss, or damage (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential, or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the prize, or the acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or participation in the Hackathon;
• Any typographical or printing error in any material related to the Hackathon; technical errors that may affect their ability to participate in the Hackathon; and/or
• Errors in the administration of the Hackathon.

Furthermore, an additional liability regime applies exclusively to the EBC, which is in no way responsible for any of the following circumstances, as its sole role is the delivery of the EBC Prize and collaboration regarding the provision of space for the execution of the Contest:

• Information or events that may result in a potential claim, injury, damage, expenses, or losses to persons or property, and/or liabilities of any nature
• Any condition caused by events beyond the control of the EBC that may cause the Hackathon to be interrupted or corrupted;
• Any claim that a project submission infringes on the intellectual property or proprietary rights of third parties;
• Any dispute between participants or between participants and Radix;
• Any injury, loss, or damage (compensatory, direct, incidental, consequential, or otherwise) of any kind arising in connection with or as a result of the prize, or the acceptance, possession, or use of the prize, or participation in the Hackathon;
• Any other circumstance arising from the participants or from Radix;
• Any damage arising from or caused by the delivery of the Prize from Radix shall be their responsibility. The EBC assumes no responsibility for the actions, omissions, and/or breaches in any sense caused by Radix.

The EBC is not responsible for the occurrence of any of the described or other exceptional or unforeseeable circumstances, nor for any other legal obligations that may apply in this regard. Any inconvenience or exceptional situation that may arise in the process will be managed in accordance with the terms and conditions previously agreed upon by the involved parties.

TWELFTH.- DATA PROTECTION

The data collected will be processed by the EBC for the purpose of managing the entry of participants into the Contest. Each participant declares that the data provided is accurate and truthful and is obliged to notify the Contest Operators of any modifications or changes that may occur.

The basis for processing your data to manage participation is the acceptance of the applicable rules or conditions and subsequent participation in the Contest.

Additionally, the EBC may collect data related to the image, name, and surname of the contest winner for the purpose of promoting the Contest. The basis for processing this data is based on the legitimate interest of the Contest Operators to enhance and/or promote their promotional activities.

Participants are informed that the EBC will not disclose contestants’ personal data to third parties.

We will retain personal information until the Contest is effectively concluded. Once completed, the contestants’ data will be properly blocked and only retained for the applicable statute of limitations, after which it will be deleted.

Each participant may exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, portability, or restriction of processing by submitting a written request to “SABANA LABS, S.L.” at the postal address: Barcelona, 0805, Calle Pujades, 51-55, Box 33, or via email to missgago@eblockchainconvention.com, indicating their name and surname and attaching a copy of their ID, passport, or equivalent identification document. Additionally, participants have the right to file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency via its website www.aepd.es.

The EBC is committed to treating contestants’ personal data with absolute confidentiality at all times and solely for the purposes set out in this clause. The EBC will adopt the necessary technical and organizational measures to ensure the security of personal data and prevent its alteration, loss, unauthorized access, or processing, taking into account the state of technology, the nature of the stored data, and the risks to which it is exposed.

THIRTEENTH.- INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The Contest Operators and sponsors will not claim ownership of any project. At all times, both during and after the Hackathon, contestants will retain any intellectual property rights they may have in their project submission.

The protection of such intellectual property is the sole responsibility of the contestant. Contestants must ensure that third parties have no rights or claims over the information or programming language included in the project submission.

Contestants represent and warrant that the project submission does not violate any agreement or obligation related to the assignment of inventions, proprietary rights, confidentiality, non-solicitation, non-competition, or similar agreement with any employer or other party.

Contestants represent and warrant that the project submission is and will be their original work and does not and will not infringe on the intellectual property or proprietary rights of third parties, including, without limitation, patents, copyrights, or trademarks of third parties.

Contestants hereby agree not to instigate, support, maintain, or authorize any action, claim, or lawsuit against the Contest Operators or sponsors, or any other person, on the grounds that any use of the contestants’ project submission infringes on any of the contestants’ rights as creators of the project submission, including, without limitation, trademark, copyright, and moral rights.

FOURTEENTH.- FORCE MAJEURE

The EBC is not responsible for possible losses, damages, theft, delays, or any other circumstance attributable to the Internet or third parties that may affect the development of the contest. Under no circumstances will the EBC be responsible for the services of any other entity whose participation is necessary for the winners to enjoy the Prize.