On Saturday, April 3, 2021, Bitkub Capital Group Holdings Co., Ltd. together with its affiliates held the final round Bitkub Tech Challenge to find young developers for blockchain technology circles.

Mr. Jirayut Srupsrisopa, CEO of Bitkub Capital Group Holdings Co., Ltd., revealed the purpose of organizing the Bitkub Tech Challenge this time, which is to find new generations of people in technological career. Another significant purpose is to help software developers have a better understand in blockchain technology since the skill in this technology is the 1st most demanded one in the world and in Thailand and the personnel equipped with this skill is still lacking in this industry.

Bitkub aims to be a company that supports young people and creates blockchain technology personnel for Thailand, as well as presenting students a vision on working in the start-up industry or even creating their own start-ups. Bitkub has a plan to set up a fund to support and invest in young start-ups of the next generations according to the company’s objective which is to spread opportunities for the general public to have access to both investment and education, as well as supporting the building of businesses in the way of the new generations.

This competition was held at Bitkub Online Co., Ltd. (Head Office), FYI Center Building, Rama IV Road. The event started with a workshop on Smart Contract by Mr. Thitipong Krungkaew, Co-CTO & CIO (Chief Innovation Officer) from Bitkub. The event continued with an afternoon discussion that gave the contestants an overview of working at Bitkub, empowerment and development of people, including the start-up lifestyle from the steps of business building team to real working, by Mr. Sakolkorn Sakavee, President of Bitkub Capital Group Holdings Co., Ltd., including Mr. Atthakrit Chimplapibul, CEO and Mr. Nithiwat Maneesin, CTO of Bitkub Online Co., Ltd.

After the intense competition all day long with more than 2 hours of checking up on the answers and selection, the winners of the competition are as follows:

The first prize went to Mr. Piyawat Amnuaypolcharoen, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, receiving a prize of 0.1 BTC or approximately 180,000 baht according to the current price rate.
The first runner-up award went to Mr. Kongthap Arunrakwilas, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, receiving a prize of 0.04 BTC or approximately 72,000 baht.

The second runner-up award went to Mr. Intouch Yutinthorn, Department of Software Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, receiving a prize of 0.03 BTC or approximately 50,000 baht.

Honorable mention award went to Mr. Nithipat Tanticharoenwiwat, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Mr. Sorathan Kritviranan, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, and Mr. Supasin Liulak, Information and Communication Engineering (ICE) Program, International School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University.

After the announcement of the results, Mr. Piyawat Amnuaypholcharoen, the winner of the competition, who is a third-year student in the Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, revealed a personal feeling that he participated in this competition for the first time and has learned more that smart contracts on the blockchain network can do more than generate cryptocurrencies. And most importantly, he was inspired to improve himself, so he would like Bitkub to organize more events like this to inspire the new generations in this career more.

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