The Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh (BCOLBD) invites current and recent students to solve real-world problems with decentralized applications, built with blockchain or distributed ledger technology. This year is the first edition of BCOLBD.
ACTIVITIES:
- BUSINESS CASE COMPETITION
Contestants define their own problem scopes and develop plans to solve it
- TRAINING & WORKSHOP
Contestants may avail of Blockchain training and workshop opportunities arranged by Blockchain Olympiad Bangladesh.
- CONFERENCE & HACKATHON
Contestants may build something to impress investors and employers.
PROBABLE BLOCKCHAIN APPLICATION AREAS
Identity Application Domain: E-KYC, Reputation System, Birth Registration, Patent Identification
Finance Application Domain: Pension, Payment, Stock Market, Subsidies
Land Application Domain: Mutation, Registration, Verification
Expatriates Application Domain: Employment, Welfare, Remittance
Agriculture Application Domain: Procurement, Disintermediation, Agricultural Insurance, Agricultural product provenance
Commerce Application Domain: Consumer Protection, VAT, Fraud Detection of Consumer Products
Health Application Domain: Privacy-preserving collection, Storage and retrieval of health data
Banking/Insurance Application Domain: Digital Asset Management, Inter-bank Settlement, Trade finance (back to back L/C), P2P Lending, Anti-Money Laundering, Digital Currency, Credit rating, Insurance Policy Authentication
Judiciary Application Domain: Securing Digital Evidence
Supply Chain Application Domain: Agricultural Supply Chain, Medicine Supply Chain
Document Verification Application Domain: Government Certificate, Educational Certificate
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Smart City Application Domain: Smart Infrastructures, Citizen Services
Manufacturing Application Domain: Garments, RMG products or manufacturing goods provenance
Infrastructure: Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure
Above are probable examples. Participants are free to choose their own application area.
Location:
BangladeshBenefits
- First prize: Taka 100,000
- Second prize: 60,000
- Third Prize: 50,000
- Fourth prize: 40,000
- Fifth prize: 30,000
- Top five team will qualify for the International BlockChain Olympiad
- Airfare and accommodation expense will be provided by Blockchain Olympiad BD
- Free Bootcamp for winning teams will be arranged in May/June 2020
- For registered participants, there will be two days free workshop
Eligibilities
Current university students and recent graduates (passing year within 2017-2020)
Eligible Regions: BangladeshApplication Process
Register Online Through “Apply Now” section
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Application Deadline: March 31, 2020
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