Visualization Tool For Blockchain Developers Solviz takes top prize at ConsenSys Grant Hackathon on May 27th

In Dublin, on the 27th of May Solviz, a visualization tool that helps blockchain developers’  took top prize at the ConsenSys Grants Hackathon held as part of Blockchain Ireland Week over the weekend.

The winning team took away a prize of €2000, with second and third place winners taking away €1000 and €500 respectively for projects focusing on digital asset verification toolsets for non-blockchain users and developers and a solution to secure your future through smart meters.
Winners Philip Tuomey, Bernardo Vieira, Thomas Moran and Paul Geraghty each came individually to the Hackathon and formed their team on Friday evening, with Bernardo coming all the way from Lisbon for the Hackathon

Gavan Drohan, Head of Student Entrepreneurship at Trinity College Dublin “I was really impressed by the quality of ideas submitted by the teams. We are seeing more blockchain based solutions with compelling use cases than ever before, it’s an exciting development in this space.”

Lory Kehoe, Managing Director of ConsenSys Ireland “We were delighted to offer some incredibly talented developers three days of mentoring and support to configure, systemise and accelerate their ideas. ConsenSys Grants is an exceptional platform for developers interested in building out the core infrastructure of the Ethereum ecosystem. Focusing on technology that will power and enable far reaching Social impact projects or improved developer tooling and UX, security, and access to knowledge.”
Judges at the Event

– Cathriona Hallahan, Managing Director at Microsoft,

– Gavan Drohan, Head of Student Entrepreneurship at Trinity College,

– Lye Ogunsanya, Portfolio Manager EMEA at One Foundation,

– Joanne Griffin, Finance Director and Global Lead of Quality Insights at LinkedIn.

About ConsenSys Grants Programme

ConsenSys Grants were set up to fund projects that are building the foundational infrastructure, tools and components required to improve the developer and user experience of Ethereum. This three-day event which ran from Friday to Sunday at ConsenSys’ Ireland HQ in Ringsend, offered participants the mentoring to develop an application project under one of the following tracks: Education and Technical Knowledge, Social Impact, Security, Usability and Developer Tooling and Infrastructure Development.

Teams now also have the opportunity post Hackathon to submit their ideas they have worked on into the ConsenSys Grants Programme. Throughout 2019 ConsenSys will give away $550,000 worth of grants dispersed in amounts of $10,000 and $25,000 via GitCoin, a community-driven tool that allows grantees to receive a stream of payments subject to successful milestones being met.

About ConsenSys

ConsenSys is a global technology company. Enabled by the Ethereum blockchain, who focus on building new products and services, by partnering with corporates and governments around the world. The ConsenSys Dublin studio is Ireland’s largest blockchain team and Ireland’s largest blockchain company. www.consensys.net

About Blockchain Ireland Week

Blockchain Ireland Week is a celebration of the unique community surrounding a core technology which will enable so many industries to transform in the next century. Blockchain Ireland is a combined effort of government and Irish based companies, led by the IDA Blockchain Expert Group, to help promote and share information on blockchain in Ireland.

With almost fifty events held nationwide, Blockchain Ireland Week will showcase the advances in blockchain innovation, education and research and industry first projects that have been born in Ireland to the wider blockchain ecosystem. Blockchain Ireland started as a small forum of Ireland’s leading DLT experts, and today it has grown to hundreds of members, who work together on updates to standards, knowledge sharing and collaboration opportunities with industry leaders, investors, innovators and startups amongst its ranks.

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