Panasonic, IBM partner with Constellation Network to debut its DoD-vetted “Blockchain of Blockchains” in Global Hackathon

San
Francisco,
USA/California,
July
15th,
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,
running
from
July
15th
until
September
9th,
2024.
A
total
of
$100,000
USD
equivalent
in
$DAG
(Constellation
Network’s
cryptocurrency)
will
be
distributed
to
winners
across
several
categories
encompassing
metagraph
development
and
on-chain
tooling,
with
the
biggest
single
prize
of
$25,000
going
to
the
most
successful
Metagraph.

With
its
Hackathon,
Constellation
officially
unveils
its
“metagraph”
application
layer
technology
that
runs
on
top
of
its
Hypergraph
global
consensus
layer
to
a
worldwide
audience.
A
metagraph
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
metagraphs
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.”

Panasonic
and

IBM
have
partnered
with
Constellation,
along
with

SIMBA
Chain,
the

C14
cryptocurrency
on-ramping
service,
the

Stardust
Collective,
and
the

National
DigiFoundry,
led
by
members
from
the

US
National
Science
Foundation,
the

US
Space
Force,
and

US
Department
of
the
Treasury,
to
support
the
development
of
innovative
new
metagraph
technologies
that
interoperate
in
ways
we
have
yet
to
see
in
the
space.

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
buzz
word
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
metagraph
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
as
well
as
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
need
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
Alex
Brandes,
CTO,
Constellation
Network
Joao
Carvalho,
Technical
Product
Manager,
Constellation
Network
Dagnum
PI,
Head
of
Marketing,
Stardust
Collective
Andrea
Mullaney,
Ecosystem
Marketing,
Stardust
Collective,
Web3
Advisor
Martien
Van
Loo,
Ecosystem
Advisor,
Stardust
Collective,
CEO
and
Co-Founder,
Bundle
It,
Tech
Stars
Mentor