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It’s time to show off your skills! The Identify-Build-Demonstrate (IBD) challenge is now open for participation.
Start building your decentralized prototype today!
📤 Please submit the public URL to your project repository using the form: Submit Here
⏰ Join us on April 20th, 2026 at EN 305, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM to demo your work! Final submissions due April 26th.
Encourage students, especially undergraduate students, to consider a career in industrial cybersecurity. Impart knowledge of emerging technologies through hands-on learning facilitated by hackathon challenges.
Duration: Flexible. Demos presented at the event on April 20th. Final submissions due April 26th.
Mode: Hybrid
Eligibility: Teams of up to 2 people. Challenge is open to graduate and undergraduate students from all disciplines!
Objective: Identify, build and demonstrate a valid decentralized application for a specific industrial use case. Your objective will be to build a working blockchain based, decentralized prototype using state-of-the-art tools such as IPFS and Ethereum in areas including but not limited to:
Expected Deliverables: A working decentralized prototype to be demonstrated at the event on April 20th. Your code including instructions on how to run it should be submitted using the submission link.
Team with the most innovative proposed prototype judged through the poster competition wins the challenge!
Registration opens on March 30th, 2026. Sign up online to secure your spot. Teams of up to 2 people are welcome!
Registration closes on April 15th, 2026 at 11:59 PM. Ensure at least one team member has registered before the deadline.
Enhance your skills with our curated tutorials covering:
Fundamentals: Understand the basics and applications of blockchain technology.
Cybersecurity Essentials: Learn key concepts and practices to protect digital assets.
Python Tools: Explore Python libraries and tools relevant to cybersecurity and blockchain development.
Access all materials here: InCySe Tutorials & Resources
Prizes worth up to $800 are up for grabs in the Identify-Build-Demo challenge!
Prizes worth $450
Prizes worth $350
We thank our sponsors for making the InCySe Hackathon possible.
Email: paritosh.ramanan@okstate.edu