Encode filecoin club intro presentation
- 2. What is the Filecoin Club A 9 month programme to teach you about the Filecoin ecosystem. Education series and events Global Hackathon Accelerator
- 3. About Encode We educate, support and back university and hacker talent in blockchain.
- 4. We’ve designed a process to bring the next-generation of talent to blockchain Educate • Support • Catalyse
- 5. Our university community We partner with student clubs and societies at over 125 universities across six continents. These clubs and societies have direct access to students interested in particular areas like blockchain, computing and entrepreneurship.
- 6. We’ve worked with the best in blockchain
- 7. Timeline overview 9 months Education Hackathon Accelerator July to Oct Oct to Dec Jan to April
- 8. July to October Educational series Learn about the Filecoin ecosystem through 12 weekly events happening virtually
- 9. Core details Lasts July to October Weekly events at Tues 5.30pm All happening online Recorded and uploaded along with slides thereafter Course material shared alongside the events to learn moer
- 10. Week Event 1 Intro to Web3 2 Intro to IPFS 3 Intro to libp2p 4 Intro to Filecoin 5 Intro to IPLD 6 Building with IPFS Schedule Week Event 7 Intro to NFTs 8 Hosting with IPFS 9 Pinning Services 10 Building with Filecoin 11 Storing data on the Filecoin network 12 How mining works in Filecoin Held weekly on a Tuesday at 5.30pm GMT+1
- 11. Hackathon October till December Global 8 week hackathon for students
- 12. Structure Answer challenges Get prizes Additional Workshops running throughout the hackathon
- 13. Welcome + team forming Meetup 1-1s with Encode team Meetup 1-1s with Encode team Meetup 1-1s with Encode team Submissions Judging Prizegiving 1 2 Weekly schedule 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Learning Building
- 14. Accelerator 10 week programme to take great hackathon and research projects and help them become startups within the Filecoin ecosystem.
- 15. Life of a startup: we’re bridging the gap Bright Ideas Stage Full grant Side Project Stage Full-Time Job Stage Quit job to work on this Token/Seed Investment The ‘moment before take-off’ Stage Passion Project Accelerator Hack Projects Research Projects Weekend Hackathons Hopes and Dreams
- 16. ● We source the best projects from the hackathon and our community. ● 10-20 teams are selected to take part in the programme, which lasts 10 weeks. ● Each team receives a weekly 1-1 session with our team and a group educational workshop. ● We help you with everything from idea formulation, technical building, design, product building and entrepreneurial coaching. ● Receive technical support After the Club, we help them raise and go full-time. ● Small stipend grant for participating How it works
- 17. Why projects love it ● Free support, guidance and fundraising help. ● Freedom to iterate and experiment without the pressure of full-time commitment and investors. ● YC-style support week-by-week our team through a workshop and one-one session. ● Like-minded people working together towards a common mission means greater synergy, collaborating and a constant positive feedback loop and competitive environment.
- 18. Course content 1 2 3 4 5 Workshop material Welcome Rapid prototyping Lean Startup Method Product market fit AMA Additional 1-1 session 1-1 session 1-1 session 1-1 session 1-1 session 6 7 8 9 10 11 Midway Demo Marketing AMA Fundraising Pitch Practice Pitch Day 1-1 session 1-1 session 1-1 session 1-1 session 1-1 session 1-1 session
- 19. Post-accelerator Raise from Encode Invest Raise equity/token funding Grant funding
- 20. Yiannis Psaras ● Research Scientist, Protocol Labs ● 10 years as a researcher at UCL ● Future of Blockchain hackathon participant!