Grin Mainnet Launch and Ethereum's Constantinople Upgrade

Details

IMPORTANT: Space at the venue is limited. All are welcome but seating is not guaranteed. If you'd like to reserve your spot and stake your attendance use [Kickback] (https://kickback.events/event/0xbe42ddf87024694748fc33053493ff62cb5dce68).

[Grin] (https://grin-tech.org/) is an in-progress implementation of the MimbleWimble protocol. Many characteristics are still undefined but the following constitutes a first set of choices:

Clean and minimal implementation, aiming to stay as such.
Follows the MimbleWimble protocol, which provides great anonymity and scaling characteristics.
Cuckoo Cycle proof of work.
Relatively fast block time (a minute).
Fixed block reward over time with a decreasing dilution.
Transaction fees are based on the number of Outputs created/destroyed and total transaction size.
Smooth curve for difficulty adjustments.

To learn more, read the [introduction to MimbleWimble and Grin] (https://github.com/mimblewimble/grin/blob/master/doc/intro.md)

SCHEDULE:

6:00pm - Arrival and networking
6:30pm - Kickback roll call
6:35pm - Intro to the [mimblewimble protocol] (https://cyber.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/andrewpoelstra.pdf)
7:35pm - What is Grin & State of the nation
Break
8:00pm - What's in store for tomorrow's [Ethereum Constantinople Network Upgrade] (https://www.coindesk.com/constantinople-ahead-what-you-need-to-know-about-ethereums-big-upgrade)
8:45pm - The Great Grin Hype
9:15pm - Possible impacts of new PoW chains on old PoW chains
9:30pm - Q & A and more networking