Digital Identity Hackathon by J.P. Morgan [Prizes Worth ₹8 Lakhs]: Register by Sep 12

Digital Identity Hackathon by Onyx by J.P. Morgan is a four-week online hackathon starting on September 12th hosted by Encode Club. Checkout more details below!

Encode Club is a Web3 education community learning and building together through fantastic programmes with the leading protocols in the space. They organize programmes like education series, bootcamps, hackathons, and accelerators both online and in person. They then help the community get jobs and funding for projects and startups.

Encode club was founded in 2019 by a group of entrepreneurs and technologists who believe that decentralized technologies have the potential to change the world. They believe that by providing education and support to developers, we can help to build a more decentralized and equitable future.

Onyx by J.P. Morgan is a global leader in banking-led blockchain, building next generation financial ecosystems that enable the seamless exchange of value, digital assets and information. Onyx’s deep understanding of financial services, emerging technology, and client businesses enables them to create reliable, effective infrastructures and products alongside clients to reimagine traditional business models.

Onyx believes digital identity will empower individuals and organizations to own, control and share their identity data on their terms. They are at the cutting edge of advancing new technologies to enhance digital identity ownership and verification processes. These efforts will enable new use cases that aim to empower greater self-expression and verification in Web2 and Web3.

The hackathon starts on September 12th with an online launch event. You’ll meet the Encode and Onyx teams, as well as the hackathon partners, who will tell you all about the available bounties and upcoming technical workshops. The launch event will be followed by a series of workshops hosted by Encode Club, Onyx by J.P. Morgan, and the hackathon partners, aiming to help you build and ship a hackathon project in just four weeks. You’ll have three weeks to build and submit a project. The best submissions will be invited to pitch live in the hackathon finale event and compete for the top prizes. The different categories of the hackathon are:

Tuesday, 12th September: Early registration

Tuesday, 12th September: Hackathon begins with an online Launch event

Sunday, 8th October: Submission deadline

Mid October: Finale and Prize giving Event

Interested candidates can apply directly via this link.