Paper Wallet Workshop

Our monthly event with talks, presentations, demos and workshops.

Did you know you can print your bitcoins on paper and store them safely offline that way? Also holiday season is near, so we'll have an introduction talk and workshop about paper wallets (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Paper_wallet), which make an original and unusual Christmas gift as well.

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Apart from that, far beyond the use in Bitcoin and crypto-currencies, the concept of private and public keys, as depicted on such a paper wallet, may become more and more pervasive in the future in general. Passwords seem to be unsafe, as users forget them or pick too easy ones. And no matter what certain big hardware and OS manufacturers try to tell you, biometric identification like face or fingerprint recognition is unsafe as well and can easily be spoofed, as often demonstrated by ethical hackers.

So we'll take a look how secure (while hopefully still easy) identification and authentication may look in the future of a blockchain world. Maybe personal crypto-key management can and will some day become an intuitive habit in everyday life, just like we're used to handle our physical keys.

Target audience: Beginners

You're encouraged to bring your tablets or notebooks for this hands-on session! You should already own some bitcoins (or fractions), and have a wallet installed, e.g. Electrum (https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Electrum).

Timetable:

19:00 Doors open, get-together, food + drinks

19:30 Bitcoin & Blockchain news roundup

19:45 Hans-Georg Michna about the OECD Common Reporting Standard (https://www.oecd.org/tax/automatic-exchange/common-reporting-standard/) + Discussion

20:00 Short Prelude (How might authentication look like in a Blockchain world?)

20:15 Rupert Zinnecker: Paper Wallets for Crypto-Currencies

• What are crypto-currencies?

• How do I manage my crypto-currency units? ⇒ Wallets, especially paper wallets

• Why do paper wallets work? ⇒ Blockchain technology

• The paperwallet.bit website

• Paper wallets as crypto cash, is that possible?

20:45 Workshop: Try it yourselves! And/or drinks, snacks, get-together. Open end!

You're very welcome to bring little things (cookies, tea-light candles, etc) to contribute to an xmas party atmosphere. Maybe leave a comment or contact one of the organizers so that we can better coordinate initiatives in this direction! Thank you!

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Hello crypto enthusiasts!

Apart from our more informal Stammtisch, we organize this monthly event with talks, presentations, demos and workshops.

We'll have invited guests talk about technical subjects, or who demonstrate their projects or present their businesses. (You're always welcome to give a talk or present your project too. Just contact one of the organizers!)

You're also free to bring your notebooks and devices for the hands-on experience, to try out stuff, or to advance your projects, with the opportunity to collaborate with others, to exchange knowledge, to inspire each other, and whatever else we would come up with.

Also if you're a newcomer to the crypto-world or a non-programmer, we'll gladly explain and show the basics, e.g. how to install and use a wallet. If there is demand, there will be a separate session for newcomers each time, explaining Bitcoin and the essentials of the Blockchain protocol and what the fuzz is all about.

The event takes place in the heart of Munich at the Kaufingerstraße near the Marienplatz. A big thanks to Wayra for making their great location available to us!

We're excited to have you, and we'll continue to strive towards making this event a great success! We have big plans for the future!

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Hallo Crypto-Enthusiasten!

Neben unserem eher informellen Stammtisch organisieren wir diesen monatlichen Event mit Vorträgen, Präsentationen, Demos und Workshops.

Wir laden Gäste ein, die über technische Themen referieren, oder ihre Projekte demonstrieren oder ihre Unternehmen präsentieren. (Ihr seid jederzeit willkommen, ebenfalls einen Vortrag zu halten oder euer Projekt zu präsentieren. Kontaktiert einfach einen der Organisatoren!)

Außerdem dürft ihr gerne eure Notebooks und Gerätschaften mitbringen zwecks der praktischen Erfahrung, um Sachen auszuprobieren, oder um eure Projekte voranzubringen, mit der Gelegenheit zur Zusammenarbeit mit anderen, zum Austausch von Kenntnissen, zur gegenseitigen Inspiration, und auf was wir sonst noch alles so kommen.

Auch wenn ihr Neuling in der Crypto-Welt oder Nichtprogrammierer seid, erklären und zeigen wir gerne die Grundlagen, z.B. wie man ein Wallet installiert und benutzt. Wenn Bedarf besteht, gibt es jedes Mal eine getrennte Session für Neulinge, bei der Bitcoin und das Wesentliche des Blockchain-Protokolls erklärt werden, und worum sich der ganze Wirbel eigentlich dreht.

Der Event findet im Herzen von München statt in der Kaufingerstraße nahe dem Marienplatz. Ein großes Dankeschön an die Wayra, die uns diese großartige Location bereitstellen!

Wir freuen uns auf euch und sind stets dran, diesen Event zu einem großen Erfolg werden zu lassen! Wir haben große Pläne für die Zukunft!