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<h2 id="general">General:</h2><ul><li>BitHacks is an online, computer science and entrepreneurship-based event that seeks to foster an environment in which hackers can learn freely while maintaining a competitive spirit.</li><li>There will be guest speakers and workshops that will focus on entrepreneurship and artificial intelligence. For more information, please view the &quot;Schedule&quot; section of our website at https://www.bithacks.io/ (click on an event in the calendar to view the webinar&rsquo;s description).       </li><li>There will also be a competition. Participants will be able to work in groups of up to four people, and compete against other groups with their projects. Judges will assess these projects, and winners will be announced for various categories. Winners will receive prizes.</li><li>Projects that address a problem affecting society and attempt to solve it using artificial intelligence will be accepted. Please view the &#39;Rules&#39; section for important submission requirements.</li></ul><h2 id="when">When:</h2><ul><li>BitHacks starts at 9 am PST on June 22, 2020 and ends at 9 am PST on June 28, 2020</li></ul><h2 id="moreinfo">More Info:</h2><ul><li>All participants will receive access to:<ul><li>Wolfram|One for 30 days (worth $25)</li><li>90-day extended trial for the Balsamiq Cloud.</li><li>Business Tier Access to echoAR platform (teams must create their project using this platform if they want to submit it to the Best AR/VR Hack category)</li></ul></li><li>For more info, check our website at https://www.bithacks.io/</li><li>Please contact us at contact@bithacks.io or dm one of the Co-Lead Directors through the BitHacks Slack.</li></ul><h2 id="guides">Guides</h2><ul><li><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/taikai-storage/others/9979db30-b35a-11ea-899f-3b2655d93f7bTAIKAI-BitHacks-Participant-Guide.pdf">Participant Guide</a></li><li><a href="https://storage.googleapis.com/taikai-storage/others/1ab0fc60-b2b6-11ea-899f-3b2655d93f7bTAIKAI-Matchmaking-Guide.pdf">Matchmaking Guide</a></li></ul>

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<h2 id="general">General:</h2><ul><li><strong>Rules are subject to change. Rules will be finalized by the start of BitHacks.</strong></li><li>Abide by the MLH Code of Conduct</li><li>Everyone must sign up with a Taikai account (NOT one person per team). We will send an email to all participants containing information to sign up before the event begins.</li></ul><h2 id="who">Who:</h2><ul><li>Must currently be a student in high school or an undergraduate program.</li><li>If you are a special case, please contact us at contact@bithacks.io (for example, if you are between the age of 19 and 22, and are neither in high school, nor in an undergraduate program).</li></ul><h2 id="team">Team:</h2><ul><li>Can work as an individual or with up to 3 more teammates (up to 4 people total, including you)</li><li>Teams that include a combination of both high school and undergraduate students <strong>cannot</strong> compete in these categories: Best High School Hack and Best Undergraduate Hack.</li></ul><h2 id="project">Project:</h2><ul><li>The project should have the ability to solve a social problem.</li><li>Artificial Intelligence (machine learning, NLP, speech processing, etc.) must be used as the base of the project (in other words, the main part of the project).</li><li>Both software and hardware projects will be accepted.</li></ul><h2 id="categories">Categories:</h2><ul><li>Each team can submit their project for only one category</li><li>Teams containing both high school and undergraduate students can only apply for the Main prize</li><li><strong>Categories:</strong></li><li>Main:<ul><li>All teams are eligible for this category. The overall winner and the 2nd through 6th place teams of this category will receive prizes.</li></ul></li><li>Best Undergraduate Hack:<ul><li>Teams that are composed of only undergraduate students are eligible for this category. The overall winner of this category will receive a prize. Team members must be 18+ years of age in order to receive the prize associated with this category.</li></ul></li><li>Best High School Hack:<ul><li>Teams that are composed of only high school students are eligible for this category. The overall winner of this category will receive a prize. The overall winner of this category will receive prizes.</li></ul></li><li>Best AR/VR Hack powered by echoAR:<ul><li>All teams are eligible for this category, but only projects that use the echoAR platform will be considered. echoAR is giving all teams free business-tier access to their platform. Projects will be assessed and winners will be chosen by the CEO and CTO of echoAR. If teams need help using this platform, real-time support will be provided through their Slack channel.</li><li>Register here to access the echoAR platform: https://console.echoar.xyz/#/auth/register-hackathon?code=BitHacks</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="submission">Submission:</h2><ul><li>Projects must be created and submitted from the &lsquo;Projects&rsquo; tab</li><li>Only one group members should create and submit the project (you can add team members within the project, so everyone gets credit)</li><li>Projects must be finished by 9:00 am PST on June 26, 2020.</li><li><strong>Projects Submissions must include this (IMPORTANT):</strong></li><li>A short and concise description of the social problem your project is addressing/solving</li><li>A short and concise description of how you integrated AI into your project (Please make this description short. You will be able to explain further in the video)</li><li>Provide a video with a maximum length of 3 minutes that includes project demonstration, further explanation, etc. of your project.</li><li>If you used Wolfram Technology in your project, please mention this.</li></ul><h2 id="judging">Judging:</h2><ul><li><strong>Projects will be judged on the following judging criteria (does not apply to &#39;Best AR/VR Hack&#39; category):</strong></li><li>Social Impact (25%)<ul><li>General positive impact or in relationship to the city and community.</li></ul></li><li>Creativity (25%)<ul><li>How innovative is this idea, and how did you come up with it?</li></ul></li><li>Implementation of AI (25%)<ul><li>How is AI being used? To what extent is AI being implemented?</li></ul></li><li>Scalability (15%)<ul><li>Does this product work when applied outside of a hackathon setting?</li></ul></li><li>Functionality (10%)<ul><li>Is the project functional? Does this solution solve the problem it&#39;s intended for?</li></ul></li><li>More info will be added later</li></ul><h2 id="voting">Voting:</h2><ul><li>Participant voting will take place from 10 am PST on June 26, 2020 to 8 am PST on June 27, 2020</li><li>Judge voting will take place from 10 am PST to 11:59 pm PST on June 27, 2020</li><li>Participants will receive 100 tokens each and judges will receive 10,000 tokens each to vote on projects during the voting periods.</li></ul>

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<h3 id="qisbithacksfree">Q: Is BitHacks free?</h3><p><strong>A</strong>: Yes! BitHacks is a non-profit, and hackers pay absolutely nothing to participate and win prizes.</p><h3><br></h3><h3 id="qwhatifidontknowhowtocode">Q: What if I don&#39;t know how to code?</h3><p><strong>A</strong>: Anyone can attend regardless of their coding experience. There will be guest speakers and workshops throughout the hackathon that will teach concepts in entrepreneurship and AI, and mentors will be available to answer any questions.</p><h3><br></h3><h3 id="qwhatifidonthaveateam">Q: What if I don&#39;t have a team?</h3><p><strong>A</strong>:</p><ul><li>Don&rsquo;t worry! You can either work alone, find teammates using the &#39;Matchmaking&#39; tab, or find people with similar goals and interests as you through the #Teambuilding channel in our Slack.</li><li>For more info regarding Matchmaking, please check out the Matchmaking guide in the &#39;Resources&#39; section.</li></ul><h3 id="qisthereaprocesstoformateam">Q: Is there a process to form a team?</h3><p><strong>A</strong>:</p><ul><li>There is no process teams have to complete in order to become &ldquo;official&rdquo;.       </li><li>However, when one team member creates their team&rsquo;s project on the Taikai platform, they will be able to add their teammates to the project. For example, let&rsquo;s say that Billy, Bob, and Joe have formed a team. When Bob creates the team&rsquo;s project, he will be able to add Billy and Joe to it. In order to do this, you and your teammates must be signed up through Taikai using the link sent from <a href="mailto:support@taikai.network">support@taikai.network</a>. If you have not done this already, please do so as soon as possible, and feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns regarding this.</li><li>Please check out the &#39;TAIKAI-BitHacks-Participant-Guide.pdf&#39; in the &#39;Resources&#39; section for more info.</li></ul><h3 id="qhowwillwebinarsworkshopsandguestspeakersbehosted">Q: How will webinars (workshops and guest speakers) be hosted?</h3><p><strong>A</strong>:</p><ul><li>Webinars will be hosted on Zoom and will hold a maximum of 100 attendees. The day before a set of webinars occur, we will send an email containing forms that will allow you to sign-up for the webinars you would like to attend.       </li><li>An hour before the webinar begins, we will send a Zoom link to the email address you entered in the sign-up form.       </li><li>Please join the webinar with your name 5 minutes early so that we can start it on time.       </li><li>If you have any questions for the speaker, privately message the specified BitHacks Director so that they can ask it on your behalf. Please make sure that questions include the proper context for the speakers to understand them.</li><li>Please check out the specifics of each webinar in the &ldquo;Schedule&rdquo; section of our website at <a href="https://www.bithacks.io/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.bithacks.io/</a> (click on an event in the calendar to view the webinar&rsquo;s description).</li></ul><h3 id="qwhatcanibuild">Q: What can I build?</h3><p><strong>A</strong>: Anything using AI that has the potential to have a social impact. Both software and hardware projects will be accepted. Please check out the &#39;Rules&#39; section for more detailed info regarding project and submission requirements.</p><h3><br></h3><h3 id="qwhocanattend">Q: Who can attend?</h3><p><strong>A</strong>: If you are in high school or an undergrad, make sure to attend!</p><h3><br></h3><h3 id="qisthereacodeofconduct">Q: Is there a Code Of Conduct?</h3><p><strong>A</strong>: You will be expected to behave appropriately and safely at all times and follow the MLH Code of Conduct.</p><h2><br></h2><h2 id="stillhaveanunansweredquestion">Still have an unanswered question?</h2><p><br></p><p>Send us an email at <a href="mailto:contact@bithacks.io">contact@bithacks.io</a> or dm one of the Co-Lead Directors through the BitHacks Slack. If you have a Taikai-related issue, you can email <a href="mailto:support@taikai.network">support@taikai.network</a>.</p>

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<h2 id="categories">Categories</h2><ul><li>Teams must submit their project to only one of the 4 following categories: Main, Best Undergraduate Hack, Best AR/VR Hack, or Best High School Hack (check the &#39;Categories&#39; section for category requirements)</li><li>Unless specified, prizes should be split between team members.</li></ul><h2 id="main">Main</h2><ul><li><strong>1st Place</strong><ul><li>$500 in Amazon Gift Cards</li><li>Wolfram|One Personal Edition (for each team member)</li><li>1-Year Wolfram|Alpha Pro Subscription (for each team member)</li></ul></li><li><strong>2nd - 6th Place</strong><ul><li>Wolfram|One Personal Edition (for each team member)</li><li>1-Year Wolfram|Alpha Pro Subscription (for each team member)</li></ul></li></ul><h2 id="besthighschoolhack">Best High School Hack</h2><ul><li>Magoosh SAT/ACT Prep Subscription (for each team member)</li><li>$1000 in Bugsee Credits</li></ul><h2 id="bestundergraduatehack">Best Undergraduate Hack</h2><ul><li>Clerky Company Lifetime Package (value of $800). It provides legal help for startups, which is great if the winning team decides to move forward with their project. Must be 18+ to use this prize.</li></ul><h2 id="bestarvrhackpoweredbyechoar">Best AR/VR Hack powered by echoAR</h2><ul><li>$50 Amazon gift card</li><li>1-month free Business Tier access to echoAR platform</li><li>Feature in AR/VR newsletter (sent to investors and AR/VR ecosystem)</li></ul>

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