Founding meetup for Ethereum in the Philippines

This is the founding meetup of the Ethereum community in Manila.

Because of the background of Ethereum, this will be particularly relevant to those with a background in Bitcoin. However, one of the key aspects of Ethereum is that it's more than just about crypto-currency, in fact it's a whole new approach to developing web applications (and is why it's now being referred to as "Web 3.0"). So this should also appeal to traditional front end developers, who can build applications on Ethereum using familiar technologies.

In this first meeting we'll look at:-

• What is Ethereum?
• What problems does it solve?
• Mining Ether for fun and profit.
• What is a Dapp and how do I write one?
• What is the Ethereum roadmap?
• What are the business opportunities?

We'll discuss each of these at an introductory level. In future meetups we can go into more detail, including hands-on sessions.

Thanks to the Ethereum guys in London, I have a small number of Ethereum polo shirts (mighty fine they look too), which I'll distribute. If Ethereum explodes in the way many in the industry predict, these could become tomorrow's heirlooms :-)

Welcome, Etherian. Have fun and prosper!

PS. I have a limited supply of Ether available, so if you get to the point of wanting to run live Dapps, let me know.