Sharing Economy 2.0 - The Rise of a True Peer2Peer Economy

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Please join us at theDesk if you are interested in learning about the current state and the future of Sharing Economy.

We want to take a deep dive of how the sharing economy industry has evolved in the last decade and what the key challenges the industry is facing for established players and new comers.

We then want to propose our solution which is enabled by blockchain technology and token incentives.

This is our third time in Hong Kong and we are finally close to mainnet launch. We'd love to invite our community and show you what we have built.

# Agenda for Meetup

Sharing economy 2.0 - True peer to peer marketplaces built on the decentralized internet.

Sharing economy global bookings are expected to top $335B by 2025, with buyers and suppliers meeting on marketplaces like Uber, Airbnb, Postmates, Doordash, GetAround, Fiverr, and TaskRabbit. These middlemen are expected to extract $40B of platform fees annually by 2022 and the power of domination has hurt new innovation and fair use of data.

We believe in a new model of sharing economy where participants are also stakeholders who will enjoy long term benefits of a new network.

# What Is Origin Protocol?

Origin is building a platform that enables the creation of many decentralized marketplaces, allowing buyers and sellers to connect and transact directly on the blockchain. The company is building a set of protocols, developer libraries, and a decentralized application using the Ethereum blockchain and IPFS, with an initial focus on disrupting sharing economy marketplaces. Origin's mission is to reduce or remove transaction fees, promote open and transparent commerce, redistribute value more fairly to buyers and sellers, and empower the 2 billion currently unbanked individuals around the world to participate in digital marketplaces.

# Links

Origin Protocol Chinese WeChat ID: originprotocol

Origin Protocol English Telegram: https://t.me/originprotocol

Origin Protocol Chinese Weibo: https://weibo.com/originprotoocol

Origin Protocol Medium: https://medium.com/originprotocol

Origin Protocol Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/originprotocol/

Origin Protocol Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/originprotocol

# Speaker Bios:

Matthew Liu, Co-founder of Origin

3rd PM, 25th employee at YouTube (acquired by Google)
VP Product Qwiki (acquired by Yahoo)
VP Product Bonobos (acquired by Walmart)
Serial entrepreneur, building businesses generating over $1M USD annual revenue
BS Electrical Engineering and MS Management Science & Engineering, Stanford University

Jehan Chu, Investor in Origin

Founder of Ethereum Hong Kong
Founder of Hyperledger Hong Kong
Co-founder of Bitcoin Association of Hong Kong
Co-founder and Managing Partner of Kenetic Capital

Melody He, Advisor to Origin and co-founder of Spartan Group

Coleman Maher, Head of Partnerships at Origin

# Schedule

6:30pm - 7:00pm: Arrival/Networking

7:00pm - 7:10pm: Opening remarks by Jehan Chu

7:10pm - 7:40pm: Discussion - The current state of sharing economy by Melody He and Coleman Maher

7:40pm - 8:10pm: Origin Protocol Presentation by Matthew Liu

8:10pm - 8:30pm: Origin Product Demo by Matthew Liu

8:30pm - 9:00pm: Origin Q&A

9:00pm - 10:00pm: Networking