Bitcoin Scaling - Lightning, SegWit and Schnorr, Oh My! {workshop}
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Join us for our monthly {workshop}! They're fun, informative, and highlight interesting and relevant topics to the Bitcoin and open-blockchain community.
Project: This month we will be learning about some of the promising solutions to scaling Bitcoin to billions of transactions from our very own co-leader Mark Howard (@mark_a_howard (https://twitter.com/mark_a_howard)). Mark is an IT Architect for a law firm by day, and an unrepentant Bitcoin fiend by night. With a quarter century of IT work, degrees in Finance and Psychology, and a teeny tiny streak of subversiveness, Bitcoin makes all of his brain happy-happy
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.
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.
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 to a nearby bar for beer and conversation.
The October Workshop will be held in a new location at Pumping Station One (https://pumpingstationone.org/), 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! Chief O’Neill's is just a few doors down and that’s where we’ll be headed after the talk.
FYI Pumping Station One does require all visitors to sign a waiver. It’s a basic I won’t sue you if I’m silly enough to wander off and hurt myself by using all the tools without reading any of the instructions first.
Please RSVP so we can get an accurate count for seating.