Dates

The hackathon will take place on Oct 28th (12:15 am) to Oct 29th (5pm) 2022

Eligibility

You must be of legal age in Panama and attend in person with a valid physical ID.

Project and Submission Requirements

· Every team member must be registered for the Hackathon to submit projects
· Each participant can only be a part of one team
· Each team can only submit ONE project
· Coding ability is required for the project, but minor bugs will not prevent from qualifying
· Projects can not be existing or previously submitted ones at similar competitions, Participants are encouraged to begin thinking of ideas for their projects beforehand.
· All project components (written and video) must be uploaded by Oct 29th 3:00 pm and the length of the project video must not exceed 2 minutes
· By submitting your project you agree for the Code to be open source and available for the public, be advised it will be uploaded to repositories like Github or Google Drive.

Prizes

The equivalent to US$ 4,000 in Eth provided by the Ethereum Foundation and US$ 350 by other Sponsors

Judging Criteria and Winner Selection

· Judges will be reviewing all submitted demos and select winners for each prize track
· Winners will be announced on Oct 29th during the closing ceremony

Code of Conduct

· Participants are expected abstain from performing, allowing or encouraging any activities outside the law, neither harassment (which includes offensive verbal comments related to gender, gender identity and expression, age, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion or political views, sexual images in public spaces, deliberate intimidation, stalking, following, photography or audio/video recording against reasonable consent, sustained disruption of talks or other events, inappropriate physical contact, and unwelcome sexual attention).
· By registering participants authorize the recording of their image and voices during the events, given the exceptions of circumstances where is inappropriate to take photographs in contexts where people have a reasonable expectation of privacy (i.e. in bathrooms or when deliberately exit of the premises for private time).
· By registering you agree that the hackathon organizers (at their sole criteria) may take any action they deem appropriate, if a participant engages in any forbidden behavior. This includes warning the offender, expulsion from the hackathon, or reporting their behavior to local law enforcement.
1. Dates and Timing
Registration Period: October 7, 2022 (10:00 am East Time) – October 26, 2022 (10:00 am East Time) (“Registration Period”).
Submission Period: October 27, 2022 (10:00 am East Time) – October 29, 2022 (3:00 pm East Time) (“Submission Period”).
Judging Period: October 29, 2022 (3:00 pm East Time) – October 29, 2022 (4:00 pm East Time) (“Judging Period”).
Winners Announced: October 29, 2022 (4:45 pm East Time).
 2. Sponsor and Administrator
Sponsor: CAPATEC (“Sponsor”)
Administrator: Devpost, Inc. (“Devpost”), 222 Broadway, Floor 19, New York, NY 10038
 3. Eligibility
A. The Hackathon IS open to:
·        Individuals who are at least the age of majority where they reside as of the time of entry (“Eligible Individuals” and/or “Participants”)
B. The Hackathon IS NOT open to:
·        Individuals who are residents of, or Organizations domiciled in, a country, state, province or territory where the laws of the United States or local law prohibits participating or receiving a prize in the Hackathon (including any country designated by the United States Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control)
·        Organizations involved with the design, production, paid promotion, execution, or distribution of the Hackathon, including the Sponsor and Administrator (“Promotion Entities”).
·        Any Judge (defined below), or company or individual that employs a Judge
·        Any other individual or organization whose participation in the Hackathon would create, in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and/or Administrator, a real or apparent conflict of interest
4. How To Enter
Participants may enter by visiting eth-panama-hackathon.devpost.com (“Hackathon Website”) and following the below steps:
·        Complete and enter all of the required fields on the “Enter a Submission” page of the Hackathon Website (each a “Submission”) during the Submission Period and follow the requirements below.
Project Requirements
(i) Create or enhance an existing application for enabling ways to improve the world, foster inclusion and sustainability using Ethereum based blockchain resources  (each a “Project”).
Optional:
(ii) Functionality: The Project must be capable of being successfully installed and running consistently on the platform for which it is intended and must function reasonably bugs-free and as depicted in the video.
(iii) Platforms: A submitted Project must run on the platform for which it is intended  forand which is specified in the Submission Requirements.
(iv) Third Party Integrations: If a Project integrates any third-party SDK, APIs and/or data, Participant must be authorized to use them.
·        Including a link to the Project code on GitHub or another code repository sharing service and indicated in the testing instructions provided with your Submission. Code will be used only for Submission review, testing, and Judging.
·        Include all deployment files and testing instructions needed for testing your Project.
Submission Requirements. Submissions to the Hackathon must meet the following requirements:
·        Include a Project built with the required developer tools and meets the above Project Requirements.
·        Include a URL to your code repository for judging and testing by making your code public or by sharing access with testing@devpost.com and
·        Include a text description that should explain the features and functionality of your Project.
·        Include a demonstration video of your Project. The video portion of the Submission:
·        should be less than two (2) minutes
·        should include footage that shows the Project functioning on the device for which it was built
·        must be uploaded to and made publicly visible on YouTube, and a link to the video must be provided on the Submission Form on the Hackathon Website; and
·        must not include third party trademarks, or copyrighted music or other material unless the Participant has permission to use such material.
·        Provide the Wallet address or email associated with the team.
·        Be the original work of the submitter, be solely owned by the submitter, and not violate the intellectual property rights of any other person or entity.
·        Multiple Submissions: Not accepted, although updated until the time of closing are accepted.
Language Requirements
All Submission materials must be in English or, if not in English, the Participant must provide an English translation of the demonstration video, text description, and testing instructions as well as all other materials submitted.
Team Representation
If a team or organization is entering the Hackathon, they must appoint and authorize one individual (the “Representative”) to represent, act, and enter a Submission, on their behalf. The Representative must meet the eligibility requirements above. By entering a Submission on the Hackathon Website on behalf of a team or organization you represent and warrant that you are the Representative authorized to act on behalf of your team or organization.
Intellectual Property: Your Submission must: (a) be your (or your Team, or Organization’s) original work product; (b) be solely owned by you, your Team, your Organization with no other person or entity having any right or interest in it; and (c) not violate the intellectual property rights or other rights including but not limited to copyright, trademark, patent, contract, and/or privacy rights, of any other person or entity. A Participant may submit a Submission that includes the use of open source software or hardware, provided the Participant complies with applicable open source licenses and, as part of the Submission, creates software that enhances and builds upon the features and functionality included in the underlying open source product. By entering the Hackathon, you represent, warrant, and agree that your Submission meets these requirements.

6. Judges & Criteria.
Eligible Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges selected by the Sponsor (the “Judges”). Judges may be employees of the sponsor or third parties, may or may not be listed individually on the Hackathon Website, and may change before or during the Judging Period. Judging may take place in one or more rounds with one or more panels of Judges, at the discretion of the Sponsor.
the “Judging Criteria”:
Entries will be judged on the following equally weighted criteria, and according to the sole and absolute discretion of the judges:
·        Potential Value
Includes the potential social impact and the extent to which the solution can be widely useful to the community, easy to use, accessible, etc.

·        Quality of the Idea
Includes creativity, originality of the project, such as solving a challenge in a unique way.

·        Implementation
Includes how well the idea was prototyped by the developers using Ethereum based tools and the sponsors products if applicable.

The scores from the Judges will determine the potential winners of the applicable prizes. The Participant(s) that are eligible for a Prize, and whose Submissions earn the highest overall scores based on the applicable Judging Criteria, will become potential winners of that Prize.
Tie Breaking. For each Prize listed below, if two or more Submissions are tied, the tied submission with the highest score in the first applicable criterion listed above will be considered the higher scoring Submission. In the event any ties remain, this process will be repeated, as needed, by comparing the tied Submissions’ scores on the next applicable criterion. If two or more Submissions are tied on all applicable criteria, the panel of Judges will vote on the tied Submissions.

7. Intellectual Property Rights.
All Submissions remain the intellectual property of the individuals or organizations that developed them. By submitting an entry, participants agree that the Sponsor will have a fully paid, non-exclusive license to use such entry for judging the entry. Participants agree that the Sponsor and Devpost shall have the right to promote the Submission and use the name, likeness, voice and image of all individuals contributing to a Submission, in any materials promoting or publicizing the Hackathon and its results, during the Hackathon Period and for three years thereafter.  Some Submission components may be displayed to the public. Other Submission materials may be viewed by the Sponsor, Devpost, and judges for screening and evaluation. By submitting an entry or accepting any Prize, Participants represent and warrant that (a) submitted content is not copyrighted, protected by trade secret or otherwise subject to third party intellectual property rights or other proprietary rights, including privacy and publicity rights, unless Participant is the owner of such rights or has permission from their rightful owner to post the content; and (b) the content submitted does not contain any viruses, Trojan horses, worms, spyware or other disabling devices or harmful or malicious code.

8. Prizes.

IMPORTANT NOTES ON PRIZE ELIGIBILITY:
·        Each Eligible Submission can win a maximum of one (1) prize.
A. Substitutions & Changes: Prizes are non-transferable by the winner. Sponsor in its sole discretion has the right to make a Prize substitution of equivalent or greater value. Sponsor will not award a Prize if there are no eligible Submissions entered in the Hackathon, or if there are no eligible Participants or Submissions for a specific Prize.
B. Prize Delivery: Prizes will be payable to the Participant, if an individual; to the Participant’s Representative, if a Team; It will be the responsibility of the winning Participant’s Representative to allocate the Prize among their Team participating members, as the Representative deems appropriate. A monetary Prize will be mailed to the winning Participant’s address (if an individual) or the Representative’s address, or sent electronically to the participant´s appointed wallet account
 C.Fees & Taxes: Winners individually are responsible for any fees associated with receiving or using their allocated portion of a Prize, including but not limited to, wiring fees or currency exchange fees. Winners are responsible for reporting and paying all applicable taxes in their jurisdiction of residence (federal, state/provincial/territorial and local).
9. Entry Conditions and Release.
A. By entering the Hackathon, you (and, if you are entering on behalf of a Team, Organization each participating members) agree(s) to the following:
(i) The relationship between you, the Participant, and the Sponsor and Administrator, is not a confidential, fiduciary, or other special relationship.
(ii) You will be bound by and comply with these Official Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, Administrator, and/or the Hackathon Judges which are binding and final in all matters relating to the Hackathon.
(iii) You release, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Promotion Entities, and their respective parent, subsidiary, and affiliated companies, the Prize suppliers and any other organizations responsible for sponsoring, fulfilling, administering, advertising or promoting the Hackathon, and all of their respective past and present officers, directors, employees, agents and representatives (hereafter the “Released Parties”) from and against any and all claims, expenses, and liabilities (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), including but not limited to negligence and damages of any kind to persons and property, defamation, slander, libel, violation of right of publicity, infringement of trademark, copyright or other intellectual property rights, property damage, or death or personal injury arising out of or relating to a Participant’s entry, creation of Submission or entry of a Submission, participation in the Hackathon, acceptance or use or misuse of the Prize (including any travel or activity related thereto) and/or the broadcast, transmission, performance, exploitation or use of the Submission as authorized or licensed by these Official Rules.
B. Without limiting the foregoing, the Released Parties shall have no liability in connection with:
(i) any incorrect or inaccurate information, whether caused by the Sponsor or Administrator’s electronic or printing error, or by any of the equipment or programming associated with or utilized in the Hackathon;
(ii) technical failures of any kind, including, but not limited to malfunctions, interruptions, or disconnections in phone lines, internet connectivity or electronic transmission errors, or network hardware or software or failure of the Hackathon Website;
(iii) unauthorized human intervention in any part of the entry process or the Hackathon;
(iv) technical or human error which may occur in the administration of the Hackathon or the processing of Submissions; or
(v) any injury or damage to persons or property which may be caused, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, from the Participant’s participation in the Hackathon or receipt or use or misuse of any Prize.
The Released Parties are not responsible for incomplete, late, misdirected, damaged, lost, illegible, or incomprehensible Submissions or for mailing address or email address changes of the Participants. Proof of sending or submitting the aforementioned will not be deemed to be proof of receipt by the Sponsor or Administrator. If for any reason any Participant’s Submission is determined to have not been received or been erroneously deleted, lost, or otherwise destroyed or corrupted, the Participant’s sole remedy is to request the opportunity to resubmit its Submission. Such a request must be made promptly after the Participant knows or should have known there was a problem and will be determined at the sole discretion of the Sponsor.

10. Publicity.
By participating in the Hackathon, Participant consents to the promotion and display of the Participant’s Submission, and to the use of personal information about themselves for promotional purposes, by the Sponsor, Administrator, and third parties acting on their behalf. Such personal information includes, but is not limited to, your name, likeness, photograph, voice, opinions, comments and hometown and country of residence. It may be used in any existing or newly created media, worldwide without further payment or consideration or right of review, unless prohibited by law. Authorized use includes but is not limited to advertising and promotional purposes.

11. General Conditions.
A. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right, in their sole discretion, to cancel, suspend and/or modify the Hackathon, or any part of it, in the event of a technical failure, fraud, or any other factor or event that was not anticipated or is not within their control.
B. Sponsor and Administrator reserve the right in their sole discretion to disqualify any individual or Participant if it finds to be actually or presenting the appearance of tampering with the entry process or the operation of the Hackathon or to be acting in violation of these Official Rules or in a manner that is inappropriate, unsportsmanlike, not in the best interests of this Hackathon, or a violation of any applicable law or regulation.
C. Any attempt by any person to undermine the proper conduct of the Hackathon may be a violation of criminal and civil law. Should the Sponsor or Administrator suspect that such an attempt has been made or is threatened, they reserve the right to take appropriate action including but not limited to requiring an Participant to cooperate with an investigation and referral to criminal and civil law enforcement authorities.
D. If there is any discrepancy or inconsistency between the terms and conditions of the Official Rules and disclosures or other statements contained in any Hackathon materials, including but not limited to the Hackathon Submission Form, Hackathon Website, or advertising, the terms and conditions of the Official Rules shall prevail.
E. The terms and conditions of the Official Rules are subject to change at any time, including the rights or obligations of the Participant, the Sponsor and Administrator. The Sponsor and Administrator will post the terms and conditions of the amended Official Rules on the Hackathon Website. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any amendment will become effective at the time specified in the posting of the amended Official Rules or, if no time is specified, the time of posting.
F. If at any time prior to the deadline, an Participant or prospective Participant believes that any term in the Official Rules is or may be ambiguous, they must submit a written request for clarification.
G. The Sponsor or Administrator’s failure to enforce any term of these Official Rules shall not constitute a waiver of that provision. Should any provision of these Official Rules be or become illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction whose laws or regulations may apply to an Participant, such illegality or unenforceability shall leave the remainder of these Official Rules, including the Rule affected, to the fullest extent permitted by law, unaffected and valid. The illegal or unenforceable provision shall be replaced by a valid and enforceable provision that comes closest and best reflects the sponsor’s intention in a legal and enforceable manner with respect to the invalid or unenforceable provision.
11. Limitations of Liability.
By entering, all Participants (including, in the case of a Team or Organization, all participating members) agree to release the Released Parties from any and all liability in connection with the Prizes or Participant’s participation in the Hackathon. Provided, however, that any liability limitation regarding gross negligence or intentional acts, or events of death or body injury shall not be applicable in jurisdictions where such limitation is not legal.
All issues and questions concerning the construction, validity, interpretation and enforceability of these Official Rules, or the rights and obligations of the Participant and Sponsor in connection with this Hackathon, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the substantive laws of Panama
 12. Additional Terms.
Please review the Devpost Terms of Service at https://info.devpost.com/terms for additional rules that apply to your participation in the Hackathon and more generally your use of the Hackathon Website. Such Terms of Service are incorporated by reference into these Official Rules, including that the term "Poster" in the Terms of Service shall mean the same as "Sponsor" in these Official rules." If there is a conflict between the Terms of Service and these Official Rules, these Official Rules shall control with respect to this Hackathon only.
 13. Participant’s Personal Information.
Information collected from participants is subject to the Devpost’s Privacy Policy, which is available at https://info.devpost.com/privacy.
For questions about Devpost management of Personal information, send an email to support@devpost.com
October 2022