Bitcoin Lecture - The Blockchain as TCP/IP

Agenda:

18:30-19:00 - Gathering and refreshments
19:00-20:15 - Bitcoin 2.0 and OP_RETURNs - The Blockchain as TCP/IP? (Gideon Greenspan)
20:15-22:00 - Free discussion

With the addition of OP_RETURN outputs in version 0.9, it's now possible to attach arbitrary pieces of information to Bitcoin transactions. This turns Bitcoin into a low-level communications protocol, just like TCP/IP, on which many new applications can be built.

Despite its powerful features, Bitcoin is also limited, costly and inefficient compared to TCP/IP. After discussing which sorts of applications make this trade-off worthwhile, we talk about CoinSpark, a new open source protocol for enhancing Bitcoin transactions, which makes extensive use of OP_RETURNs.

The talk will be given in Hebrew, and will be technical.

We would like to start the lecture at 19:00 sharp, so please make an effort to arrive on time, taking traffic into account. From 18:30 you'll have the opportunity to enjoy refreshments and socialize.

As always, the talk will be recorded for those of us who can't attend.

Parking is recommended at the nearby Azrieli Center (7 minutes walk, about 12 NIS for the entire night).