Coinbase Announces Winners of BitHack v2

Our second global Bitcoin hackathon, BitHack v2, recently concluded and we’re excited to announce the winners, who will collectively receive over $70,000 worth of prizes. The BitHack is important to us because it taps into a core benefit of Bitcoin: permissionless innovation. Anyone from anywhere in the world could submit a Bitcoin project to BitHack v2, as long as it met our simple guidelines. Over 300 teams registered, and we received 84 qualified submissions from twelve different countries. Many of these submissions came from people who were not able to build payment applications before Bitcoin. We’d like to acknowledge the following major prize winners, who (across multiple platforms and continents) have demonstrated an exceptional level of innovation and technical prowess in the development of their respective Bitcoin apps. True to Bitcoin’s global potential, the five winning projects were built in four different countries, each with a unique First an honorable mention goes out to Streamium, an app that received the highest score by many judges but whose team started work before the BitHack v2 start date, therefore disqualifying them from the formal competition. Nevertheless, we wish them continued success on their outstanding project. Now, on to the winners. 1st Place: $10,000* of bitcoin and a place in Boost VC’s bitcoin accelerator class, valued at $50,000 - Mailman Mailman is an email paywall system which allows you to reward timely replies with bitcoin and filter spam using the blockchain. 2nd Place: $5,000* of bitcoin- SatoshiPay SatoshiPay is a bitcoin nanopayment wall for publishers which allows you to pay for the section of text that really interests you, make metered payments for streaming video, and make paid downloads with a single click. 3rd Place: $3,000* of bitcoin - Rebittance Rebittance is a remittance aggregator that provides senders with a single place to find and transact with Rebittance cash-out partners around the world. 4th Place: $1,500* of bitcoin - BlockchainME BlockchainME offers a tool for creating verifiable IDs on the blockchain, promoting the encryption layer of cryptocurrency to help prevent skimming, catfishing, counterfeiting and other fraudulent activity. 5th Place: $500* of bitcoin - BitcoinDial BitcoinDial is a ‘pay phone’ app that accepts bitcoin instead of quarters, allowing users to make affordable international calls.