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Do I need to pay any money to register for the Hackathon? No. You do not have to pay anything to anyone to register yourself for any Hackathon on HackerEarth.This has been sponsored by Dream Tank to support youth launching dreams to change the world. Dream Tank believes that the purpose of technology and entrepreneurship includes people and the planet, and we believe in creating a regenerative economy. For the winners and those who actually launch a business or app that generates revenue, we invite you to build a donation back into our youth investment fund equivalent to 5% of your annual profits - and you will be part of our network for life, giving you regular access to our global rockstar mentors, so give it your best shot!

Can we have more than 4 people on our team? Yes, you can have as many as you’d like, but we are giving the prizes to up to 4 people on a team.

Can I get help from adults, or does it only have to be kids who are working on this? Yes, you can get help from an adult mentor or collaborator, but youth are the leaders in our world! You can also access our mentor channel on slack and ask questions at any time during the hackathon.

Do I need to have any specific qualifications to be a participant for the Hackathon? If you love to code, you are more than welcome to participate in the Hackathon. However, you do not need any specific qualifications to join the Hackathon, just a dream and a drive to make the world better for everyone. Coding does help with some applications of ideas that one may have, but that does not limit the scope of this hackathon to only coders.

How do I submit what I have made for the Hackathon? You have to develop the application on your local system and submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code.

Do we need to have the entire idea fully working? The entire idea need not be fully implemented however, the submission should be functional so that it can be reviewed by the judges. The more developed the idea, the easier it is for judges to see your submission implemented into reality, so think out your idea as thoughtfully as you can.

How is the environment? Will your environment support any language? Will you provide any IDE and DB for us to work on ideas? You have to develop the entire software application on your local system and submit it on HackerEarth in tar/zip file format along with instructions to run the application and source code.

Does one have to be online and available for the entire duration of the Hackathon? No, one does not need to be logged in on HackerEarth or be online for the entire duration. You can develop the application on your local system based on the given themes and then submit it on HackerEarth, on the specific challenge page.

Since there is no specific technology mentioned, are there any restrictions on using a number of pre-built libraries? There is no restriction to use any language, technology stack, or libraries. You can use any of them to create the web/mobile application.

Do I need to give a demo for the product that I have built? If you want you can submit a small presentation or video that demos your submission, however it's not mandatory, and only good to have. In case you are one of the winners, you might be invited to demo your application at a physical event, details of which will be shared with sufficient advance notice.

A fully developed application needs to have a solid backend for data storage like SQL, SharePoint etc. since it's online, is it accepted to show only the proto type of it? Yes it's absolutely fine to submit just the prototype. If you use any database like MySQL or PostgresQL you can also submit a database dump along with your submission. However you are allowed to submit just the prototype.

If it is a team submission, does that mean all team members will have access to work at the same time? Yes, all team members can login from their account and do application submission on HackerEarth.

Who will own the IP(Intellectual Property) Rights to the product that I have built? The developer/developers of the web/mobile application will have all rights and own the IP of the product. However, all code needs to be in public domain (open source) so that it can be evaluated by the judges.