Blockgeeks Lab, a blockchain startup co-creation company, has announced Blockchain Hackathon in Toronto from 21-23 April 2017, that will bring together experts in the industry, along with fellow developers to realize blockchain idea and win prizes.

“The Blockgeeks Lab Hackathon wants to enable a new generation of technology leaders creating startups that will disrupt existing business paradigms with a new way of thinking, organizing, collaborating, and creating through decentralized applications,” the event website, stated.

The Hackathon will start with a Kickoff Speaker Event, where Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, will take the center stage at MaRS Discovery District to discuss the power of the blockchain. The event will see other key speakers including Jeff Coleman, Head of Technology at Ledger Labs, Michael Young, CTO of Paycase, among others.

The Hackathon is open to all developers and they have 38 hours to build a blockchain product from scratch along with 150 other participants to compete for. The selected participants will have a unique opportunity to work alone or in teams and will have access to blockchain and industry mentors throughout.

“Blockchain is a major technological invention over the last decade that creates unprecedented opportunities to re-think the way the world operates and interacts.” Dmitry Buterin, Founding Partner of Blockgeeks Lab, said. “We think it’s time more Canadian’s know about blockchain and the story of Ethereum, which was created by Vitalik, right here in Toronto.”

The participant teams will present their final blockchain product on the last day of the event, to a panel of judges, where the final winners will be selected. The first prize is $5k, followed by $3K and $1K for the second and third prize winners. The application deadline for developers is on April 16th.