STACK’s first 24-hour hackathon, Stackathon, was not only a great way for the STACK & STK teams to connect with the local Toronto tech and blockchain community, but it was also intended to be a learning experience for the participants whether they were new or experienced in blockchain. Workshops and mini-events were planned in a way for new blockchain developers to ramp up fast enough to be able to build a Dapp Prototype by the end of the hackathon.
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Recent Progress:
Crypto Android V2 Development
- Further testing out the payment channel functionality with the app and testing with the server
- Fixing UI issues identified in previous sprint
Server
- Integrating authentication with STACK core server
- Bug fixes
STACK Updates
- Toronto Region Board of Trade and Toronto Finance International FinTech Series on Keeping up with Regulation: STACK was present at the Toronto Region Board of Trade and Toronto Finance International to showcase the STACK app and to learn about current regulations and innovative ways to stay ahead of the curve.
- ClassPass Partnership: The partnership with ClassPass provides members a special price of $58 CAD for one month. ClassPass is available in Toronto & GTA, Greater Vancouver Area and Calgary, but members can access a variety of classes at over 12,000 studios globally.
- New December Offers this week for STACK members:
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- Stackathon Recap: Stackathon was female-run, by STACK’s People & Culture Manager and Kata Boric and STK’s Blockchain Developer Nat Chin. The ladies did an incredible job organizing the event over the past few months, by not only with working through the logistics but also mentoring and judging. We’ve recently published a Stackathon blog that provides a full recap of the 24-hours, projects and winners.
Community:
- Women in Fintech: This month’s article was released yesterday on National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women Day in Canada. It marked the 29th anniversary of the attack at École Polytechnique and to pay tribute to the 14 women that lost their lives and all the victims that were affected, we dedicated the article to them. We hold this article very close to our hearts not only because of the tragic event but our Blockchain Developer, Nat Chin looks up to the featured woman and attended the referenced school in the blog.
- CryptoCamp Recap: The STK team attended CryptoCamp held at Deloitte last week where we attended insightful panels and presented. Lead Developer, Thomas Lui, presented the STK Crypto Beta, completed an STK to CAD conversion and a real time transaction using Samsung Pay.
- Ethereum Coding, Updates and Demos: Our team attended the monthly local Ethereum meetup. It was great meeting with the local ethereum community members regarding research updates, node deployment and project demos
- Cryptocurrency and it’s Social Impact: STK will be attending Cryptocurrency and it’s Social Impact by Fintech Community on December 12. The panel will provide their perspectives on questions like “has the proliferation of digital currencies created more good than bad?” and “what opportunities does this technology provide to promote social change?” We’re curious to hear their thoughts and experiences.
- AMA Recap: Thank you to everyone who made it to our AMA last Thursday, we always appreciate your feedback and questions. If you’ve missed it, click here for the recap and stay tuned on Twitter for details of the next AMA.
That’s it for now, we’ll see you in two weeks with more to report! As always, join the conversation anytime on Telegram, Twitter, Discord and Reddit. If you’re interested in partnering with STACK or STK, get in touch with us. To download the app, visit the STACK website.
