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On the heels of a successful PiFest event in December 2023, where thousands of Pioneers participated from 155 countries, it became evident that the Pi community, both merchants and customers, is enthusiastic to engage in Pi transactions within their communities, the protective cryptocurrency has announced the launch of the Pi Commerce Hackathon.
The Pi Commerce Hackathon is bringing together the Pi community to create an app to easily locate local businesses that accept Pi as such local businesses and customers need a platform on which they can discover each other and conduct business, all while using Pi.
The Pi Network founders, otherwise known as the Core Team, noted that the “hackathon is supporting development of a Commerce app that connects local Pi businesses with Pioneers.
“In support of this Hackathon, the Core Team has developed a prototype for a commerce app that developers can build off of.
“This prototype will be shared at the start of the Pi Commerce Hackathon, on February 1st, but for now, find a selection of images from the prototype below! This hackathon aims to bring together Pioneer developers to contribute to the development of this utility, furthering our goal of Open Network.
The Challenge
Based on the Pi Network founders’ Commerce App prototype, the Hackathon will provide a the opportunity for developers to work in teams to build a Commerce App that will support discoverability and connections between local businesses and customers.
The App features, according to the Core Team, include a searchable database and map of businesses, business profiles, menus, loyalty programs, Pi payments, and more!
Benefits and Support
The Core Team announced that “the winning app will be featured during our global Pi Day celebration on March 14, 2024! The app will be shared in our official communications, bringing it to millions of Pioneers around the world.”
On support for the winning app, the Core Team disclosed that “the winning app, if built using PiOS, may receive support from the Pi Core Team, including server resources to ensure app stability and the removal of cost barriers.”
Participation
To participate in the hackathon, interested developers are to fill out a registration form and sign up to the hackathon mailing list for official updates and team formation help.
“Collaboration is key, and participants are encouraged to reach out to other developers to create teams or groups focused on building their app.
“Between February 1 and March 3, 2024, developers around the world will collaborate to build a Pi commerce app that will connect merchants and customers, and facilitate Pi transactions and utility. The winning app will be announced to the community on Pi Day, March 14, 2024!”
Registration for the Hackathon and team formation began on January 23, 2024.
“The hackathon will officially begin on February 1, 2024, and submissions will be due on March 3, 2024 by 11:59pm PT.
“The app prototype will be available around February 1, after which developers will have a month to build the app.
“Therefore, the period of January 23 – 31 will be critical to forming teams and preparing to build your Pi App.
Team Size: There is no limit on team sizes as we encourage developers to collaborate on PiOS and contribute to building the best commerce app possible.
“Pi Community will see better Pi Commerce applications if developers band together to build a few, high quality apps instead of forming large numbers of teams that lack the necessary developer resources.”
PiOS License
“Just as participants are encouraged to use the prototype created by the Pi Core Team as a starting point, they are also strongly advised to use the Pi Open Source license for their app.
“This not only fosters collaboration with developers globally but also allows for additional contributions and localization for the diverse Pi community.”
Pi Network was founded by two Stanford University PhDs, Dr. Nicolas Kokkalis and Dr. Chengdiao Fan.
How To Become A Pi Network Pioneer
The Pi Network is a referral system, that allows you to complete your registration process and earn Pi coins when you input a code from the existing pioneer who introduced Pi to you.
While initiating a registration, choose the phone number option instead of Facebook ID. This is because most people don’t use their full names while creating a Facebook account.
You won’t be able to claim your Pi coins after the launch if you can’t provide government approved means of identification like national identity card, Driver’s Licence or International Passport.
You can register and get 1π (one Pi) free if you click here to download the Pi Network App from your app store or play store.
So, fo claim your Pi, follow this link: https://minepi.com/247signup and use the username “247signup” as your invitation code. Remember that mining Pi is free and Pi is yet to not on sale at the moment.
