#coinding

Coinding is running a Global Hackathon, To Award Over $5000 USD in prizes for Winner

26 January 2015 | Deepak Tiwary | forexminute.com

Coinding API which is designed to provide a way for games developers to use Bitcoin, without having to learn how to use it, is organizing Hackathon wherein it will offer attractive awards for the winners. The organization is challenging game developers around the world to integrate block chain technology into a video game.

According to a blog Coinding is offering over $5000 USD in prizes. The first prize of $3000 cash will be given for the best integration of block chain technology into a game. It says, “All prizes will be given out in Bitcoin, opening up the Hackathon for worldwide participation.” Thus, there is no limitation regarding participation, candidates from around the world can apply for it.

Coinding Holds Global Bitcoin Hackathon For Game Developers With $5000 In Prizes

26 January 2015 | Dean Walsh | cryptocoinsnews.com

Bitcoin API provider Coinding is running a global hackathon, challenging game developers around the world to integrate block chain technology into a video game. Over $5000 USD in prizes are up for grabs in total, including a top prize of $3000 cash for the best integration of block chain technology into a game.

Bitcoin and Video Games

Video games are often held up as one of the most interesting and important use cases for Bitcoin, but so far real world progress in this area has been limited, with few concrete examples to point towards. Sure,Microsoft has announced that it will accept Bitcoin as payment for games and apps, but this is really just the tip of the iceberg – the real potential comes from integrating cyrptocurrency directly into the game, for international in-game purchases, to allow players to earn real money directly within the game, or even to develop a fully-fledge player-to-player economy within a game. As Coinding CTO Fabio Panettieri says:

Professional Combines Virtual Currency and Scavenger Hunt

By Iva Pope, blackjackchamp.com

elasquez, who has earned more than $250,000, while implementing impeccable casino table manners, got into the role of an entrepreneur with the unique idea of new online game, which combines the virtual currency Bitcoin with a scavenger hunt.

The new project is called Coinding and in the game, players hunt and collect Bitcoins, by completing different challenges in various locations, prepared by the designers of the game.

Poker Champion Launches Real-life Bitcoin Scavenger Hunt

26 December 2013 | By Joon Ian Wong | Coindesk.com

Mauro Velazquez, a former professional poker player, is planning to use his winnings to develop a new game that will allow players to collect bitcoin from real-world locations.

The game, Coinding, is designed to be virtual scavenger hunt (much like Geocaching) with players finding and collecting bitcoin from locations around the world. Players will be able to retrieve bitcoin deposited on the streets by the game’s developers, or collect them by completing challenges. Mauro Velazquez, Coinding’s Argentinean founder, said:

Meet Coinding. A real world game that helps you get started on the bitcoin world.

9 December 2013 | Derek N. | Bitcoinviews.com

Coinding – Making Bitcoin Fun