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Dunya Labs hosted the inaugural sessions of its Catalyst Series in Bengaluru. Catalyst, a program of hands-on blockchain developer workshops, was launched in partnership with the Government of Telangana Blockchain District as part of the State's blockchain education efforts.
The aim of the Catalyst is a guide to understanding, experimenting with and developing cutting-edge public blockchain protocols. In India, less than 1% of the country's developers have exposure to blockchain, and Hyperledger and Ethereum. Catalyst aims to bring India to the global blockchain frontier through community participation and developer education.
This series is a first-of-its-kind EOS workshop and hackathon, kicking off with a three-week-long curriculum covering the EOS protocol architectural design, developer tooling / environments, and smart contract and dApp (decentralized application) development. Hundreds of applicants sought the opportunity to attend the workshops, which featured sessions by international blockchain experts across Ukraine, China, Korea and the United States.
The workshop concluded with India's first EOS Hackathon on November 24, 2018. Teams were tasked with building an EOS dApp within one day for a prize of INR 70,000. Numerous innovative ideas and use-cases emerging from the hackathon, such as utilizing blockchain to streamline and audit government benefits, decentralized predictive markets and augmented reality-based gaming platforms with tokenized virtual goods.
Dunya Labs launched this event in partnership with pioneers from the blockchain industry including the local leaders Incrict and Koinex, as well as international EOS block producers EOS Canon, EOSYS, CryptoLions, Attic Lab, AlohaEOS, EOS Nation and Meet.One.
"The Catalyst Series is the first blockchain program in India focused on the frontier protocols which are emerging in the space. "Our goal is to give the Indian community a taste of cutting-edge innovations in decentralized technologies," said Cathy Guo, Co-Founder and CEO, Dunya Labs.
"Through our collaboration with Government of Telangana, in turn propelling India towards leadership in the global blockchain industry." Added Srikar Varadaraj, Co-Founder and Chief Research Officer, Dunya Labs. "Telangana's IT Minister and IT department have taken a great, forward-looking stance for blockchain education and new initiatives."
EOS is a general-purpose smart contract platform developed by Dan Larimer, who is also a member of the Steemit and Bitshares platform. The EOS platform has witnessed explosive innovation, activities and community engagement with over 500,000 account holders, more than 5 million transactions made. for day, and one of the most exciting infrastructures. (Www.dappradar.com).
"I was amazed by the vibrancy and infectious energy of all participants. It was incredible to see so many technology enthusiasts choosing to spend their weekends with us. Was one of my favorite aspects of hosting these workshops was interacting with each participant – from blockchain newcomers to dedicated believers. There's already a strong demand for teams to continue working together on building! We plan on expanding these workshops in 2019 to cover more hands-on building opportunities to India "- Grace Guo, Head of Business Development, Dunya Labs.
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