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Winning the MIT Hackathon 2024

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Cross-Posted from Medium

Enrique Gamboa, May 5 2024

Introduction ๐ŸŒŸ

Greetings! As staunch advocates for open-source and cryptocurrency, participating in the MIT Bitcoin Hackathon 2024 was an excellent match for our teamโ€™s aspirations. Driven by a commitment to innovation, we embarked on a challenge to enhance how open-source contributions are rewarded ๐Ÿช™. We focused on integrating Bitcoin, GitHub actions and the Lightning Network into our solution.

The Hackathon Challenge โš™๏ธ

The atmosphere at the hackathon was charged with excitement, featuring a blend of intense coding and collaborative innovation. Over the weekend of April 19th to 21st (the Same as the Bitcoin halving 2024), we developed our project, โ€œLightning Bounties,โ€, which integrates GitHub Actions with Bitcoin rewards ๐Ÿช™, providing a compelling incentive for open-source contributions.

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Read the full article here: https://jegamboafuentes.medium.com/our-epic-win-at-the-mit-bitcoin-hackathon-2024-34fab944e78d