Each team member will receive $500

Each team member will receive $300

This year's theme is nature! The team to create a hack best in theme will have each member receive $200 in DoorDash credit

In an era in which privacy is of great importance
and people are becoming distrustful of centralized solutions, what can be done? Enter web 3.0.

The web 1.0 era of the internet from 1991 to
2004 was mostly static pages read-only. This was similar to Wikipedia's interlinked static pages. Internet users went to the internet to get information.

From 2004 to the present day, Web 2.0 has grown
rapidly. Web 2.0 has made it possible for users to have an interactive experience. We pulled information from the web pages and sent information back to the web. As a result, centralized organizations were able to collect information from us to serve us related
content and keep us longer. Aggregated user information was also saleable to marketing agencies. This gave rise to targeted advertising and a lack of privacy.

As we are still in the very early stages of
the development of Web 3.0, there is no official definition. The objective of web 3.0 is to enable users to own their content through blockchain technology and decentralization tools. Theoretically, users are in complete control of their data. Digital identity
is not entirely connected.

Considering Web 3.0 is still relatively new,
expecting life-changing innovations all at once is not practical. To create a series of ideas that grow together, engineers will have to think outside the box.

We encourage all the participants to build any
application they want related to the financial payments industry in the next 24 hours and a bonus would be to align it with Web 3.0

The winning team will have each member earn an Oculus Quest 2!

GraphQL is an open-source data query and manipulation language for APIs, and a runtime for fulfilling queries with existing data. Create a database and GraphQL layer to interact with the database for your project.
The most creative way to use GraphQL will have each member of the winning team earn swag from Altec!

Register a .tech domain name using Domain.com during the weekend. Each team may submit one entry per person on the team. Each winning team member will receive a PowerSquare Qi wireless phone charger.

Build your hackathon project with a suite of secure storage, powerful computing, and integrated data analytics products provided by Google Cloud. See the full list of products here: g.co/cloud. Each winning team member located in the US will receive a Google Cloud Swag Bag complete with a beanie, pillow, journal, socks, and lanyards. International winners will receive a Google-branded backpack.

Twilio allows you to incorporate mobile messaging, phone calls and a ton of other awesome communication features right into your hackathon project using web service APIs. Are you building an e-commerce website and want to send text notifications or email confirmations once an order is completed? Or maybe your application needs to verify users based on their mobile numbers? Twilio makes all this possible and more. Build a hack that simplifies your life using any one of Twilio’s APIs for a chance to win a Twilio Swag Box and GameGo Console for you and each of your teammates!

Digital Ocean is offering all participants of AuburnHacks a $100, 60-day free trial!
You can redeem your free credit at: try.digitalocean.com/developer-cloud

Digital Ocean is a scalable compute platform with add-on storage, security, and monitoring capabilities.

Each team member of the best TWO projects that utilize Digital Ocean will be awarded an additional $250 of credit.

Auth0 wants your applications to be secure! Use any of the Auth0 APIs for a chance to win some exclusive swag, including a Miir 12oz tumbler, Rubik's Cube, and sticker! Why spend hours building features like social sign-in, Multi-Factor Authentication, and passwordless log-in when you can enable them through Auth0 straight out of the box? Save some time on your hack and set yourself up for a big win. It doesn’t take much to get started. Auth0 is free to try with up to 7,000 free active users and unlimited log-ins. Make your new account today!