Only one week to go!
With less than a week until STW2⚡️, here's a rundown of what you need to know before the event begins
🚨Attention makers 🚨 We are now one week away from the start of #ShockTheWeb 2⚡️! Before we get into some exciting news and announcements about speakers, judges, prizes, and events on offer, let’s make sure you’re up to speed with a quick recap of the event details.
What you need to know
#ShockTheWeb 2 ⚡ takes place online between 16th - 19th June (next week!), where you will get hands-on experience learning to build web applications that integrate Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
We will dedicate day 1 to providing you with some awesome lightning workshops, talks, discussions, and more from some of the industry’s leading experts! We’ve got confirmed speakers from Breez, Synonym, Bitcoin Design, Amboss, Alby, Lightning Escrow, and Lightning Labs! You can expect all the details of where and when within the next day!
Days 2,3, and 4 will be fully dedicated to hacking. You’ll be able to connect with other makers and mentors (or just do your own thing) whilst you work away on your lightning web apps! On Sunday evening (17:00 - 19:00, UTC), makers will present their projects to the community & submit them to our judges’ panel for review for a chance to win some amazing bitcoin prizes!
All communications, team building, news, updates, schedules, and more will take place within BOLT🔩FUN’s Discord. Come and say hi 👋 to other makers, form teams, discuss project ideas, and get started on your lightning journey!
Awesome prizes on offer!
Just like last time, we’ll have some awesome bitcoin prizes for our top projects - with over $2600 up for grabs!
🥇 1st place = $1600
🥈 2nd place = $650
🥉 3rd place = $250
🍒 Best Design = $100
Maker Mixers & Spaces
To prep you for #ShockTheWeb 2⚡️, we’ve organised a few events and mixers where you can meet other makers, discuss hacking ideas, form teams, and get yourself aquatinted with BOLT🔩FUN’s community Discord.
Maker Mixers 🧊
We’ll be hosting some mixers inside of our Discord (#chit-chat) to give you a chance to introduce yourself to other makers in the community, discuss hackathon projects, form teams, get help on current projects, or to just hangout and say hi 👋
STW2⚡️: Maker Mixer 🧊 #2 (June 9th, @ 2PM UTC)
STW2⚡️: Maker Mixer 🧊 #3 (June 11th @ 1PM, UTC)
Twitter Spaces 🔩
Join us on Twitter (@boltfun_btc) every Tuesday @ 1PM, UTC for NUTS & BOLTS: our weekly conversations with makers building WE₿3 on bitcoin. We discuss electric news in the lightning ecosystem, updates from the Boltverse, and host appearances from special guests.
NUTS & BOLTS 🔩 #06: Meet some of STW2⚡️’s judges + talk hacking ideas 💡 (Tue 14th @ 1PM, UTC)
STW2⚡️ Panel Discussion: Lightning on Web (Thursday 16th @ 1PM, UTC)
First time hacking on lightning?
Is this is your first time building on lightning? Want a head start? No need to worry, we’ve got over 10 hours of online tutorials, workshops, and talks to get you hacking at lightning speed! Just visit BOLT🔩FUN’s YouTube or BitcoinTV channels and get started with some of these great tutorials:
Is that all?! Nope! Some of the kind folks over at Alby have also just released a WebLN Guide to have you building your first lightning web app in minutes!
Stay in the loop
As mentioned, all communication, news, updates, schedules, and more will take place within BOLT🔩FUN’s Discord 👾 You can:
Chit chat in 💬lobby
Form teams in 👯team-building
Discuss web app inspo in 💡ideas
Learn with other makers in 💻hacker-talk
Get help from mentors & other makers 🙋get-help
You can also find us on:
What’s next?
Stay tuned while we confirm our schedule for Shock the Web⚡️2 in the next 48 hours! In the meantime, clear your calendar, join our Discord, and begin learning about lightning on web using the resources above.
As always,
Shock and roll ⚡🤘