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BattleHack

BattleHack was a series of global hackathon contests organised by PayPal. Competitors were required to solve a local problem by coding. Winners of the first prize of each contest got an axe as the trophy, and admission to the world finals where competitors competed for the $100,000 grand prize. Competitors retain the ownership of their applications made in the contests.

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BattleHack
BattleHack 2014 logo
Statusretired
Genrehackathon, competition
Years active3
InauguratedJune 8, 20131
Most recent
Nov 14-15, 20152
Organised byPayPal
Websitebattlehack.org

BattleHack (or Battle Hack in the 2013 series) was a series of global hackathon contests organised by PayPal.34 Competitors were required to solve a local problem by coding.45 Winners of the first prize of each contest got an axe as the trophy, and admission to the world finals where competitors competed for the $100,000 grand prize.467 Competitors retain the ownership of their applications made in the contests.34

In 2016 PayPal/Braintree shut down the developer relations program along with all related programs such as BattleHack.8

It was announced that BattleHack would be returning 8 however as of Jan 16, 2018 the domain name lapsed and has since moved into new ownership.

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References

References

  1. "Battle Hack - Berlin". PayPal. Archived from the original on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  2. "BattleHack London". PayPal. Retrieved April 26, 2015.
  3. Ronald Barba (October 18, 2013). "Battle Hack DC: How PayPal is Redefining the Hackathon Space". Tech Cocktail.
  4. "BattleHack - Become the Ultimate Hacker For Good". PayPal. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  5. "Battle Hack 2013". PayPal. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved February 3, 2014.
  6. "PayPal brings Battle Hack competition to Canada". CBC News. January 30, 2014.
  7. "PayPal Awards $100,000 Battle Hack Prize to Team Moscow for Donate Now App". Business Wire. November 18, 2013.
  8. Styles, Kirsty (2016-03-10). "PayPal's Braintree calls off its $100,000 hackathon and lays off staff". The Next Web. Retrieved 2018-01-30.