Monero: the private cryptocurrency
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Fellow Bitcoiners and cryptocurrency enthusiasts, for our next Athens meetup we are lucky to have some really great presenters with us to talk about Monero!
Monero (https://getmonero.org) is an unlinkable currency whose transactions are private by default. Since it launched in 2014, it has worked to protect the privacy of transactions and fungibility of coins. The meeting will cover the history of privacy and fungibility in Bitcoin, discuss several approaches to these problems, and explain how Monero achieves its privacy in detail. We will discuss the next steps in development going forward and the limitations compared to other coins. Finally, there will be a Q&A session after the meeting, where he can clear up some final thoughts. Presentations will be in English.
Guest Speakers:
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Justin Ehrenhofer - Monero Community Contributor, President of the University of Minnesota's Cryptocurrency Club
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Riccardo Spagni - Monero Core Developer & Maintainer
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Ronen Kirsh - Head of Consulting, Blockchain at Berkeley
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Sunny Agarwal - Head of Innovation, Blockchain at Berkeley
Meetup Schedule:
19:00 - 19:30
Intro to blockchain, bitcoin & monero
George Papageorgiou - Co-Host
19:30 - 20:00
Monero - technical details, future developments and current limitations
Justin Ehrenhofer - Monero Community Contributor, President of the University of Minnesota's Cryptocurrency Club
20:00 - 20:15 Break
20:15 - 20:45
Monero today. What’s next. Debunking the FUD. Can Monero prevail?
Riccardo Spagni - Monero Core Developer & Maintainer (Skype link)
20:45 - 21:15
Are Monero transactions truly anonymous?
Ronen Kirsh - Head of Consulting, Blockchain at Berkeley &
Sunny Agarwal - Head of Innovation, Blockchain at Berkeley(Skype link)
21:15 - 21:30 Networking
Following the meeting we will proceed to have dinner or drinks near the venue. The venue will be announced shortly.
Monero: the private cryptocurrency