{"id":306,"date":"2018-07-02T16:04:59","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T14:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/billigeplaetze.com\/?p=306"},"modified":"2024-08-14T13:44:50","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T11:44:50","slug":"boostcamp-in-berlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craftcoders.app\/boostcamp-in-berlin\/","title":{"rendered":"Boostcamp in Berlin \u2013 A Field Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every season we are attending to a hackathon. This spring we went to one of the biggest in Germany, so they say, the Open Codes Hackathon in Karlsruhe<\/a>. As one out of ~50 Teams we could choose one competition-category out of three:
\n* Art & Technology, powered by
ZKM<\/a>
\n* IT Brings People Together, powered by
CAS Software AG<\/a>
\n* Connect the Worlds, powered by
EXXETA AG<\/a><\/p>\n

So as we sat down to brainstorm about possible projects we came up with one that solves one main issue in the charity-ecosystem, connecting the concept of blockchain with charity \u2013 two worlds connected – we called it \u201cChario\u201d and registered for EXXETAs challenge.<\/p>\n

We developed an app for middlemen (Agents) and a web page for benefactors, both connected through a backend that facilitates the data between them. With our system, we enable benefactors to choose where exactly to donate to, then chose one out of several possible donation-types (material or money) to finally trace the donation throughout the process, till it finally reaches the beneficiary (proven by a photograph). After 24hours of creative teamwork, coding, struggling and getting-shit-done, a huge amount of coffee and a 15 minutes pitch to the EXXETA team we were done, and yet we somehow managed to hold on till the very end. Don\u2019t underestimate the pressure you\u2019re feeling and the effect of sleeplessness on your nerves when you didn\u2019t sleep for around 36 hours, facing a pitch in front of 200 people. Somehow, we gathered all our inner forces and simply just performed. The rest still seems blurry somehow: We didn\u2019t expect to win anything, so we were surprised, yet very very happy and thankful as Matt was standing on the stage, shouting out our name, saying we won the Category-Price \u201cConnect the Worlds\u201d:<\/p>\n