HOW TO JOIN THE 2020 NETHERLANDS BLOCKCHAIN OLYMPIAD

Competition Process

By Rolling Deadline
Before June 15th

1

Optional for Finalists
Before June 15th

2

With Due Diligence
June 21st

3

Presentation
July 4th

4

Presentation
July 5th

5

1st place winner of a category
with 4096 USD prize

1

2nd place winner of a category
with 2048 USD prize

2

3rd place winner of a category
with 1024 USD prize

3

Recognition of the highest scoring
whitepaper with 128 USD prize

W

Recognition of the highest scoring
posterboard + PoC with 128 USD prize

P

Recognition of teams for
designing a complete solution

M

PAPER (40%)

COMPREHENSIVE DEEP-DIVE
Describe the project in a multipage document (no format or length limits

POSTER (40%)

OVERVIEW & DEMO
Describe the project on a research poster: max 14400×10800 pixels

PITCH (20%)

GUIDED TOUR
Recognition of teams for designing a complete solution

For each format, projects are evaluated on commercial (viability) and technical (feasibility) perspectives:

Below are probable examples. Participants are free to choose their own application area.

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
Smart City Application Domain: Smart Infrastructures, Citizen Services
Manufacturing Application Domain: Garments, RMG products or manufacturing goods provenance
Infrastructure: Protection of Critical Information Infrastructure