Will Blockchains Scale for the Masses? - Speaker Michael Tidwell

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Directions:
When you park at Ponce City Market you will want to head towards to the front of the building (ground level, if you use underground parking you can walk up the stairs to ground level). Go inside one of the front entrances and up to the 2nd floor, head to the left side of the building towards General Assembly (from the perspective of the front entrance. Feel free to ask the front desk where General Assembly is, if you get lost.

About This Event:

Featured Expert: Michael Tidwell has been studying the blockchain space for last 4 years. Has placed as a top finisher in multiple blockchain hackathons, is founder of The Atlanta Blockchain meetup group. Has given talks at several technology meetup groups about blockchain tech and has spoken at a couple conferences about blockchain technology. Now, he shares his latest material on how he thinks blockchain tech will scale.

Overview: The changing technical and political landscape in the Bitcoin and blockchain space has made it difficult to understand the technical truth in reference to the scaling Bitcoin debate. We will be parsing the topics related to scaling blockchains, like Bitcoin, in an easy to digest format.

What You’ll Take Away: After this presentation, attendees should have a grasp of the current political and technical landscape in the Bitcoin space and know the underlying technical compromises that will need to be made.

Learn about blocksize, segregated witness, transaction malleability, lightning networkGet the basics of the current scaling debateRun your own scenario of scaling Bitcoin

Why It Matters: The Bitcoin blockchain is the first and most secure public immutable ledger on the planet. It's important we explore how we can make this blockchain available for as many people as possible without jeopardizing the characteristics that make blockchains great.

Prereqs & Preparation

It would be great to have a general understanding of Bitcoin and how Bitcoin works. I recommend watching this 9 minute video ! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kubGCSj5y3k)

We will try to talk about specific topics from the ground up so no prerequisite knowledge is needed for the specifics of segwit, transaction malleability or lightning network. Although knowledge of these specific topics will help you follow the presentation at a low level.