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TAIPEI, Taiwan, Oct. 6, 2020 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

Maxonrow hosted the closing ceremony of its first-ever Hackathon, MAXathon, on

October 3, 2020. People from over 30 countries participated and seventeen

pre-selected teams pitched their blockchain for healthcare solutions to a jury

of seven people, and five teams won from a 15,000 euro prize pool.

The Winners

There was one winner per each of the five challenges Maxonrow set participants

to solve for MAXathon.

For the first track, Physical Distancing, the winner was team "Move-Safe." They

created an algorithm that determines a safety score and creates a live map that

will allow people to avoid crowded places.

The winners of the second track, Credential, and Certificate Issuance, were

team "VeCura '' who came up with a solution using Maxonrow's Blockchain to

store test results on the blockchain.

The winners of the third track, Welfare, were team "Well and Fair", an

application where anyone can directly apply for a grant or stimulus package

that best suits their needs.

The winners of the fourth track, Virtualizing the New Norm, were team 010. The

project uses zero-knowledge cryptography to form cryptographic commitments and

proofs of identity.

The prize for the final track UI/UX was awarded to team "Med-Chain" a machine

learning-powered platform that will provide the best supply chain solutions for

medical organizations

World-Class Judges and Mentors

Seven judges were responsible for choosing the winners from a pool of over 40+

submitted projects. The judges were:

     - Holger Schmidt, partner at Strategy&, part of the PwC network.

     - Nisa Amoils, VC, Investor, Securities Lawyer, Blockchain + AI + IoT,

       Grasshopper Capital

     - Malte Schoenfeld, Venture Development Manager, Audi

     - Robert Wiecko, COO, Dash.org

     - Carlo Chung, CTO, Maxonrow

     - Sebastian Diaconou, CEO, Avantas Tech

     - Muhammad Salman Anjum, Managing Director, Avantas Tech

Nineteen mentors accompanied participants during the month-long hackathon by

having 1-1 sessions to discuss their projects:

     - Amber Urquhart, Head of Business Development,TDX Strategies

     - Gabriel Dymowski, CEO, Doxychain

     - Steven Boylan, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Start-up Mentor

     - Joshua Glenn, Serial Entrepreneur & Creative Director

     - Rasikh Morani, Co-Founder & CEO, The Arcadia Group

     - Rafael Schultz, CEO of Blockchainpunklabs

     - Massimo Buonomo, UN Global expert in blockchain

     - Alex Puig, CTO, Caelum Labs

     - Scott McKenzie, Blockchain Legal expert, Ph.D. Candidate at the

       University of British Columbia

     - Dr. Amin Oroji (Ph.D.), Senior Data Scientist, Maxonrow

     - Sik Jean Soon, Head of Engineering, Maxonrow

     - Chiew Mey Lee, Project Manager, Maxonrow

     - Louis Tan, Senior UI/UX Designer, Maxonrow

     - Riccardo Lamanna, Co-founder CryptoWalletCheck

     - Mostafa Sedaghat Joo, Blockchain Architect, Maxonrow

     - Nagaraj Manjunath, Senior Blockchain Developer， Maxonrow

     - Phua Ging Sheng, Head of DevOps, Maxonrow

     - Benjamin Lee, VP of Engineering, Maxonrow

     - YenKhoon Tan, Blockchain Developer, Maxonrow

What's Next?

MAXathon was a great success at leading blockchain enthusiasts to create

solutions for pandemics. Maxonrow will continue planning events that cater to

its growing developer community and have a real social impact.

Source - Maxonrow

CONTACT: Ximena Cordon, Marketing Communications Director, ximena@maxonrow.com,

Maxonrow LTD