Cryptocurrency Governance Systems with Decred {Workshop}


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Jake Yocom-Piatt, Project Lead for Decred, will be joining us to present an introduction to Decred and its governance systems. Decred has been built to address the current governance problems experienced by Bitcoin. It is an open and progressive cryptocurrency with a system of community-based governance integrated into its blockchain. Decred aims to disintermediate its own internal political decisions, effectively disintermediating central banking.
Jake has been using, funding and directing the creation of open source software for over 10 years. He funded and oversaw the creation of btcsuite, an alternative full node Bitcoin implementation written in go, whose source code has been used in several other notable projects, e.g. Lightning Network Daemon (lnd), Ethereum, Factom. He also is a co-creator of zkc, a high-security asynchronous chat system.
Who should attend? All ages and experience levels are welcome. If you’re new, you’ll find friendly faces excited and ready to show you the ropes. If you’re a Bitcoin or open-blockchain expert, you’ll find like-minded people to discuss new or existing projects.
Lightning Talks: All monthly workshop events include lightning talks by community members. In 3 minutes anyone can present their idea, ask for help, recruit partners, or launch new projects. It's a perfect opportunity to find co-founders, coders, advisors, designers, and clients to help make your idea a reality. Look for the sign-up sheet at the registration table.
Logistics: The workshop will be held between 4pm and 5:30pm. Plan to arrive at 4pm for networking and socializing until 4:15pm. Workshop events officially begin at 4:15pm and end around 5:30pm. After the event ends we'll be moving just a few doors down to Chief O’Neill's for beer and conversation.
Pumping Station One is a hacker/maker space in the city near Addison and Elston. It’s just a half mile from the Kennedy expressway and the Blue Line Addison stop. There is plenty of free street parking available in the area. The workshop will be held in the main conference room just to the right of the entrance. Look for the BOB signs!

Cryptocurrency Governance Systems with Decred {Workshop}