On the 23rd and 25th November 2018, bitfwd hosted Australia’s biggest Blockchain Hackathon in Sydney. NEM helped sponsor the event that saw participants from all around the world participate in a crypto-epic 72hr Blockathon.

Biffwd started an experiment last year to host Australia’s Blockchain hackathon (Blockathon) to gather the community to work on decentralised solutions. It was a great outcome and since then they have run international Blockathons in Beijing, Shanghai and Lithuania with great success and have brought it back to Sydney for the second time.

Thanh Le, NEM Australia Lead, did a presentation showcasing NEM’s ground work since the formation of the foundation in late 2017, mentioning achievements and highlights such as NEM’s active community, 101 events around the world, the signing of many government MOU’s and organising and participating in various hackathons in cities like Shanghai, Bogota and Sydney.

This was then followed by detailing NEM’s many uses cases such as: