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1. 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.

2. Do I need to have any specific qualifications to be a participant for the Hackathon? If you love to code, you should participate.

3. How do I submit what I have made for the Hackathon? You must develop the your submission using ROOST and submit it on HackerEarth as a GitHub or any public repository URL along with a short PPT and/or a video presentation (<5 mins) explaining what you have built.

4. Where do I download ROOST Desktop? Please download ROOST here: MacOS | Windows

5. 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.

6. How is the environment? Will your environment support any language? Will you provide any IDE and DB for us to work on ideas? You must develop the platform on your local systems using ROOST Desktop and submit it via HackerEarth as a GitHub or any public repository URL.

7. 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.

8. Is there any specific technology I need to use to build my project? You have to develop your solution using ROOST. You can visit the < ahref="https://www.hackerearth.com/challenges/hackathon/zettabytes-pilot-hack/custom-tab/resource-center/#Resource%20Center" target="_blank">Resource Center for additional details.

9. 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. If you are selected as a Winner, you will be invited to demo your project at an upcoming online Meetup, details of which will be shared with sufficient advance notice.

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

11. 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 on HackerEarth at any time.

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