Post by @frankiestyles • Hey

Can someone explain what the purpose of hackathons are like I’m a 5 year old?

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originally meant to solve a big problem in a short time. now they're used as sandboxes for devs to try new dev tools :) i wrote about their history in a piece here: https://mirror.xyz/jacqvaca.eth/mJH4wXDRggcr9z2SmIBgyPPOFUBPMjsRJpBYrOs9AGo
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Web2 companies started at hackathons: - Twitter - Discord - DropBox - Fitbit - Trello - Mint - Zapier Lens apps/companies started at hackathons: - Hey - Tape - MadFi - Soclly - Lenscan - Karma3Labs - Focalize Enough said?
to pay less to people or even just with pizza
At this point, I think the main thing about them is the opportunity for social connections. The actual results of most hackathons are not great, but you usually do them over a weekend in intense conditions and sometimes you meet people you never otherwise would have. 🤷♂️
Projects way of finding bugs and exploits in their system by letting hackers/users/programmers try and exploit the system for a prize
I want to join one next time there’s one. Been involved with ETHglobal to a certain level. You learn a lot, but if your project is FOCUSED then you can complete and potentially win $ for the winners. Although I think everyone gets some kind of surprise. So its a sprint type project and you try to finish it by a deadline. You can add people to your team, mentors and others.