San Francisco, USA/California, July 15th, 2024,
Chainwire
The doors are now open for Web3 and Web2 developers to build on
Constellation Network’s long-awaited Hypergraph
distributed ledger technology - in development for the past several
years under various contracts with the US Department of Defense.
Constellation’s Global Metagraph Hackathon is a fully
virtual event, free to enter, running from July 15th until
September 9th, 2024. A total of $100,000 USD equivalent in $DAG
(Constellation Network’s cryptocurrency) will be distributed to
winners across several categories encompassing metagraph
development and on-chain tooling, with the biggest single prize of
$25,000 going to the most successful Metagraph.
With its Hackathon, Constellation officially unveils its
“metagraph” application layer technology that runs on top of its
Hypergraph global consensus layer to a worldwide audience. A
metagraph can be any type of Layer 1 decentralized application
(dApp) network or legacy Web2 network with its own internal
business logic. Other blockchains can even be metagraphs on top of
Constellation’s Hypergraph.
“Constellation’s Hypergraph is the blockchain of
blockchains,” says Ben Jorgensen, CEO of Constellation Network.
“The best way forward with Web3 and blockchain technology for all
of us is interoperability and collaboration across chains and
communities. There are many of us separately building these
networks that can support things like decentralized AI, tokenized
assets, IoT edge computing, decentralized finance and many other
Web3 creations that seem to be popping up everywhere.”
“But the Hypergraph?” Ben continues, “This technology
can link them all together, make everything interoperable, give
them an underlying infrastructure that can secure their networks
and validate their data flows.”
Panasonic and IBM have partnered with
Constellation, along with SIMBA Chain, the C14 cryptocurrency on-ramping service, the Stardust Collective, and the National DigiFoundry, led by members from the US
National Science Foundation, the US Space Force, and US Department of the Treasury, to support the
development of innovative new metagraph technologies that
interoperate in ways we have yet to see in the space.
Constellation’s fast and feeless Hypergraph network is uniquely
designed using DAG-based infrastructure and microservices to create
an underlying digital transfer layer with a flexible structure and
application network overlay (metagraph). This facilitates
interoperability and composability across both Web3 and legacy Web2
networks, offering network security, data validation, scalability,
and simplified onboarding that businesses and governments need for
adoption.
“Interoperability” is a buzz word in the Web3 space, it can be
explained as all the networks that need to talk to other networks -
like a smart factory or city where multiple networks of IoT devices
communicate and share data, each with its own unique metagraph
network communicating across the underlying
Hypergraph.
“I’ve been waiting for this year since we started the
company. It has always been our vision to have developer friendly
and openly available blockchain tools for the masses. This
hackathon marks the beginning of many expressions metagraphs have
to offer and there seems to be no limit to the vast list of use
cases. I am thankful for the team who made this possible as well as
the partners who stepped up and helped make this a
reality.”
- Benjamin Diggles, Chief Strategy
Officer
Constellation's metagraphs can work with any data type,
interface directly with external data sources, accept existing
Scala or Java libraries, give complete control over validation and
consensus logic within the network, and scale to the level
applications need through multilayered microservice
architecture.
“With technology vetted by the rigorous standards of
the US Department of Defense and with the collaboration of industry
giants like Panasonic and IBM, this hackathon is more than a
competition; it's an invitation for developers worldwide to pioneer
the next generation of decentralized applications and revolutionize
the digital landscape."
-Altif Brown, Global Community
Architect
Judging
Hackathon submissions will be judged Sept 16-23, 2024, and
winners will be announced on or around Sept. 30th. Hackathon judges
include:
- Alan Boeme, former CTO of H&M, Coca-Cola and Procter &
Gamble
- David Beck, Branch Chief, Space Industrial Base & Supply
Chain, U.S. Space Force
- Kevin Jackson, Forward Edge AI Vice President, Digital
Assets
- Dr. Dragan Boscovic, Clinical Professor, Director AZ Blockchain
Applied Research Center
- Ben Jorgensen, Co-founder and CEO, Constellation Network
- Benjamin Diggles, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer,
Constellation Network
- Altif Brown, Co-founder, Constellation Network, and Chair,
Stardust Collective
- Alex Brandes, CTO, Constellation Network
- Joao Carvalho, Technical Product Manager, Constellation
Network
- Dagnum PI, Head of Marketing, Stardust Collective
- Andrea Mullaney, Ecosystem Marketing, Stardust Collective, Web3
Advisor
- Martien Van Loo, Ecosystem Advisor, Stardust Collective, CEO
and Co-Founder, Bundle It, Tech Stars Mentor
Users can visit Constellation’s Metagraph Hackathon
site to register and find full event details
and supporting materials.
Users can download the Stargazer
Wallet to hold $DAG.
To find out more about Constellation Network: www.constellationnetwork.io
X/Twitter: https://x.com/Conste11ation
and https://x.com/stardustco11ect
Developer Discord: https://discord.gg/9PhXJKeAWC
Telegram: https://t.me/constellationcommunity
Contact
Head of
Marketing
Dagnum
PI
Stardust
Collective
dagnum@stardust-collective.org