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TRACK 2: HACK

The Computational Law & Blockchain Festival will feature a Global Challenge, a distributed, 24-hour hackathon that challenges participants to build, from scratch, open-source solutions to computational law and blockchain issues. The Global Challenge includes several independent challenges, which are presented, designed, and managed by the companies and organizations listed below (please review the important notes below for more information).

Note: Please check back frequently for important updates to the HACK track challenges. The rules and submission procedures may change in the presenters’ discretion before the Fest begins.

How to participate in a HACK track:

1. Physically attend a local 2018 CL+B Fest node hosting a HACK track. The CL+B Fest does not permit “remote” participation in the HACK track. All participants (including all team members) must attend a local node in person at the beginning and end of the Fest. Each node’s organizers will designate a 24-hour period to serve as the official hacking period for the node and will be responsible for enforcing the time period
2. Join the Slack channel. Join the #clbfest2018hack Slack channel on legalhackers.slack.com for important information and announcements. Invitation here.
3. Review the Challenges and form your team. Each challenge below features unique rules and requirements, and terms and conditions of participation. During each node participating in a HACK track, there will be an opportunity to review the challenges and form teams to tackle the challenges.
4. Submit a completed INITIAL REGISTRATION form (before the 24-hour hacking period begins). All teams must register at your node before the beginning of the 24-hour hacking period, as designated by your local node. When you register, you will be asked to provide basic team and project information, including information to verify your attendance at a node, a point of contact, and a YouTube video project pitch. The INITIAL REGISTRATION form is located here.
5. 24-Hour HACK! Once the 24-hour period begins, it’s time for you and your teammates to hack the night away. As you hack, remember to comply with your local node’s Code of Conduct.
6. Submit a completed FINAL SUBMISSION form (before the end of the 24-hour hacking period). The final submission form will largely mirror the initial registration form, but will include final verification information, a point of contact, a final project pitch video, and links to your final project materials. You must submit both an initial registration and a final submission to be eligible for a prize. The FINAL SUBMISSION form is located here.
7. Demo time: After the hack period, local nodes will provide a time for teams to demo their hacks and receive feedback. Some nodes may have local judges and prizes, but not all nodes will. This is a great time to receive constructive feedback and plan how you will take your project to the next level.
8. Judging: Each Global Challenge will take approximately one month to review the challenges and select a winner. Winners will be announced publicly at a date to be determined in April.

The Global Challenges:

The challenges, which are non-exclusive (i.e., a team may submit a solution that addresses one or more challenges) are:

Challenge	Challenge Summary
Smart Legal Contracts Challenge presented by	Develop a conceptual design and rapid prototype for a smart legal contract to address a legal or business problem in areas that may include supply chain, employment, professional services (including service levels), media/entertainment, fundraising, or real estate. More info…
Collective Copyright Challenge presented by	Develop a conceptual design and implementation plan for control of copyright by a group of software engineers, who are contributing to a projects that’s not bound to any person or geography. In other words, the software project is a DAO and the DAO needs a way to manage copyrights. More info…
Democratization of Data Challenge presented by	Develop a conceptual design and rapid prototype demonstrating how blockchain technology can be used to improve AI access to and mining of anonymized legal data for analysis and prediction while protecting the security and privacy of the personal and confidential data of the type generated in legal services.  More info…
Dispute Resolution Challenge presented by	Develop a dispute flow diagram and rapid prototype that gives a dispute output based on the inputted dispute and a business model for the software system providing this service. Teams should also describe what type of dispute their system resolves, and who would use it (target customer: consumer or enterprise, high or low value disputes, disputes for a specific industry).  More info…
Sovereign Legal Identity Challenge (SLIC) presented by law.mit.edu	Develop a conceptual design and rapid prototype demonstrating how individuals can use blockchain technology to generate, use and control their own digital identities. The rapid prototype should demonstrate how the identity system enables an individual to execute digital signatures or provide other authorizations necessary for conducting one or more legally valid and enforceable transactions.  More info…
Transactive Power Challenge presented by Sanctity Energy	Develop a conceptual design and rapid prototype demonstrating how individuals/companies can use blockchain technology for energy distribution and trading on a transactive grid. The conceptual design should include an outline or sketch of a realistic approach to deployment and stable operation of the energy system, and the rapid prototype should demonstrate how the energy system enables individuals/companies to facilitate legally valid trading and distribution of electricity across regions.  More info…
Zen Governance Challenge presented by	Develop a conceptual design and rapid prototype demonstrating a blockchain-based system for self-governance by a group or community. This system may cover executive (enforcement and implementation), legislative (voting), and/or judicial (mediation and dispute resolution) functions of governance. The conceptual design should specify the intended groups or communities that would use the governance system and include a realistic approach to a specific method of governance by that group or community. The prototype should demonstrate the governance processes. More info…
The Corporate Structure for Blockchain Ventures Challenge presented by	Develop a corporate structure (in the form of an Articles of Incorporation/Organization) that would allow for: each participant in a blockchain network to participate in voting and guidance of the network, fund raising through the issuance of tokens, and the developers to remain agnostic in the management of the company. More info…
Meta-Challenge: Decentralized Terms Validation Meta-Challenge presented by	Develop a conceptual design and rapid prototype demonstrating a blockchain-based system for determining if contract terms have been honored. This system may cover verification of contract terms for services provided such as: adherence to terms of service, quality of work completed or other relevant applications. The solution should be an open source licensed design and code that demonstrates a realistic approach for verifying if a claim related to terms of service is true using a decentralized network and storing the determination on a blockchain.  More info…

We will post more information on these challenges and any additional challenges as information becomes available.

In addition to our global challenges, we also encourage you to hack on several existing projects, including:

Small Business Crowdfunding Initiative 
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IMPORTANT NOTES: 

• The only official CL+B Global Challenges are the challenges listed above. If you are interested in presenting a challenge on behalf of your company or organization, contact us at clbfest2018 @ gmail.
• Terms and conditions for each challenge–including but not limited to rules for participation, solution submission processes, judging criteria, and eligibility for prizes–are determined and managed solely by the challenge presenters listed above, not Legal Hackers LLC. Visit individual challenge pages for terms and conditions of those challenges.
• Individual challenge terms, including requirements, submission processes, and prizes, are subject to change in the challenge presenter’s discretion at any time in advance of the CL+B Fest. Please check this page frequently for updates.
• Most, if not all, of our challenges require teams to use GitHub to pitch their ideas and post their final project materials. If you are unfamiliar with GitHub or need a refresher, we strongly suggest you complete this short introduction in advance of the Festival and/or watch this video, each of which takes less than an hour to complete.

 

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