BattleHack

This weekend, 14 teams of hackers from around the world are at PayPal Headquarters in Silicon Valley, California for the final showdown. Required to create and execute on an idea in just 24 hours, they’re competing for a prize of $100,000 USD, a glittering gold battle-axe, and the coveted title of BattleHack World Champions. The hack focuses on the challenge of ‘Hacking...

With just two hours left in PayPal’s BattleHack Melbourne round, the sleep deprived developers are approaching the end. Teams are taking turns to go through presentation rehearsals for their hacks and are receiving feedback to make sure they best explain their idea and how it was built in the 2 minute time frame. As part of the entry submission process, each team is required to...

PayPal’s development arm, Braintree are running their worldwide hackathon again in 2015. The first round this year will play out at the Plaza Ballroom, Melbourne, after first coming to Australia last year in Sydney. Being the first round, Melbourne has a big opportunity to set a high benchmark for the rest of the world and that US$100,000 prize should serve as a good incentive. Local...