Panasonic, IBM partner with Constellation Network to debut its DoD-vetted "Blockchain of Blockchains" in Global Hackathon
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Jul 16, 2024
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San Francisco, USA/California, July 15, 2024, Chainwire
The doors are now open for Web3 and Web2 developers to build on Constellation Network’s long-awaited Hypergraph distributed ledger technology - in development for the past several years under various contracts with the US Department of Defense.
Constellation’s Global Metagraph Hackathon is a fully virtual event, free to enter, from July 15th until September 9th, 2024. With its Hackathon, Constellation officially unveils its “meta graph” application layer technology, which runs on top of its Hypergraph global consensus layer, to a worldwide audience. A meta graph can be any type of Layer 1 decentralized application (dApp) network or legacy Web2 network with its own internal business logic. Other blockchains can even be meta graphs on top of Constellation’s Hypergraph.
“Constellation’s Hypergraph is the blockchain of blockchains,” says Ben Jorgensen, CEO of Constellation Network. “The best way forward with Web3 and blockchain technology for all of us is interoperability and collaboration across chains and communities. There are many of us separately building these networks that can support things like decentralized AI, tokenized assets, IoT edge computing, decentralized finance and many other Web3 creations that seem to be popping up everywhere.”
“But the Hypergraph?” Ben continues, “This technology can link them all together, make everything interoperable, give them an underlying infrastructure that can secure their networks and validate their data flows.”
Constellation’s fast and feeless Hypergraph network is uniquely designed using DAG-based infrastructure and microservices to create an underlying digital transfer layer with a flexible structure and application network overlay (metagraph). This facilitates interoperability and composability across both Web3 and legacy Web2 networks, offering network security, data validation, scalability, and simplified onboarding that businesses and governments need for adoption.
“Interoperability” is a buzzword in the Web3 space. It can be explained as all the networks that need to talk to other networks—like a smart factory or city where multiple networks of IoT devices communicate and share data, each with its own unique meta graph network communicating across the underlying Hypergraph.
“I’ve been waiting for this year since we started the company. It has always been our vision to have developer friendly and openly available blockchain tools for the masses. This hackathon marks the beginning of many expressions metagraphs have to offer and there seems to be no limit to the vast list of use cases. I am thankful for the team who made this possible and the partners who stepped up and helped make this a reality.”
- Benjamin Diggles, Chief Strategy Officer
Constellation's metagraphs can work with any data type, interface directly with external data sources, accept existing Scala or Java libraries, give complete control over validation and consensus logic within the network, and scale to the level applications needed through multilayered microservice architecture.
“With technology vetted by the rigorous standards of the US Department of Defense and with the collaboration of industry giants like Panasonic and IBM, this hackathon is more than a competition; it's an invitation for developers worldwide to pioneer the next generation of decentralized applications and revolutionize the digital landscape."
-Altif Brown, Global Community Architect
Judging
Hackathon submissions will be judged Sept 16-23, 2024, and winners will be announced on or around Sept. 30th. Hackathon judges include:
Alan Boeme, former CTO of H&M, Coca-Cola and Procter & Gamble
David Beck, Branch Chief, Space Industrial Base & Supply Chain, U.S. Space Force
Kevin Jackson, Forward Edge AI Vice President, Digital Assets
Dr. Dragan Boscovic, Clinical Professor, Director AZ Blockchain Applied Research Center
Ben Jorgensen, Co-founder and CEO, Constellation Network
Benjamin Diggles, Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Constellation Network
Altif Brown, Co-founder, Constellation Network, and Chair, Stardust Collective
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