When some of the world’s biggest banks and companies start taking an interest in blockchain technology, it’s time to listen up.Rallied in the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance, financial titans like JP.Morgan and Credit Suisse made it very clear the technology’s potential for streamlining and securing transactions was a force to be reckoned with.And next Tuesday you’ll get a chance to ask all your questions at the upcoming session of the Philadelphia Ethereum Blockchain Meetup.RSVP James Slazas, director of financial products at Brooklyn-based ConsenSys, will be the main speaker for the event, part of Philly Tech Week 2017 presented by Comcast.Slazas, who advises financial institutions on blockchain strategy, will share insights into the Alliance’s purpose.“I think people should come for exactly the same reason I want to come,” organizer Thomas Rush said.“To learn more about this development.” (For more background on what Ethereum is and why it’s not going anywhere, read this primer on the subject over on our sister site Technical.ly Brooklyn.)

On Sunday, October 26, 2014 I spoke at the Silicon Valley Ethereum Meetup about the philosophy and technology of “Smart Contracts”.Here are the slides as a pdf file.Here is a ustream video of the first 51 minutes of the talk (unfortunately the recording stops there).There was also an audio recording but apparently interference with other audio equipment makes it hard to listen to.Smart Contracts 101 with Steve Omohundro Sunday, Oct 26, 2014, 6:00 PM Hacker Dojo Large Event Room599 Fairchild Drive Mountain View, CA 38 Members Attending To kick off a series of discussions of key Ethereum concepts, Steve Omohundro will present the basics of smart contracts.ethereum skype groupHe’ll discuss:• Why contract law is society’s programming language.• Nick Szabo’s radical invention of smart contracts in 1993.• The smart contract facilities in Bitcoin.• The smart contract facilities in Ethereum.• Ho… Sunday, October 26, 2014, 6:00 PM Hacker Dojo Large Event Room 599 Fairchild Drive, Mountain View, CA (map) To kick off a series of discussions of key Ethereum concepts, Steve Omohundro will present the basics of smart contracts.bitcoin decimals

He’ll discuss: • Why contract law is society’s programming language.• Nick Szabo‘s radical invention of smart contracts in 1993.• The smart contract facilities in Bitcoin.• The smart contract facilities in Ethereum.• How to create “DAO”s (“Distributed Autonomous Organizations”) and “DAS”s (“Distributed Autonomous Societies”) using smart contracts.These presentations are intended to be interactive with lots of questions and discussion.bitcoin historical graphIdeas will be presented in a clear and easy to understand way for those new to Ethereum while still being engaging for experts.bitcoin coinmarketcapCryptocurrencies 2.0 DC is designing a hands-on learning experience for anyone interested in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.snowden bitcoin nsa

The meetup group is building a product using blockchain platform Ethereum that will let people enter a betting pool and wager on the performance of newer cryptocurrencies.Here’s a handy Ethereum primer from our sister site Technically Brooklyn.)The meetup will be on the second floor business center of the Mosaic District in Fairfax, Va.Twenty-three-year-old organizer Jake Vartanian said when he first heard about bitcoin, he immediately when to his local CVS and used the red Moneygram phone to order some.bitcoin virus removal“When I was 18, I remember reading a news article about bitcoin.ethereum cloud storageAs soon as I heard about the concept I thought, ‘This is it.’” Vartanian told us over the phone Tuesday.bitcoin kurs 30 tageFive years later, Vartanian says cryptocurrencies have become his main focus.bitcoin mining in uae

So when he moved to Warrenton, Va., last month for a marketing job with Brooklyn-based “blockchain entertainment studio” Singular DTV, Vartanian rebooted a dead cryptocurrency meetup and began designing the betting project.(Singular DTV has a satellite office in Warrenton.)The project is a “smart contract,” or a contract that executes itself, being built on the Ethereum blockchain.Users will pay a small buy-in ($5) for a fraction of an Ether coin.Then the contract will allow people to pick which new cryptocurrency they want to bet on with their buy-in.bitcoin kurs moneyOver a five-day window, the contract calculates the exchange rate from the Ether coin buy-in to the chosen cryptocurrency.bitcoin farm calculatorThe goal is for your cryptocurrency to become more valuable over the week.bitcoin lottery hack

It’s winner take all for whoever picks the currency with the highest percent market capital increase.Vartanian hopes to have a minimum viable product by the end of the month.The meetup is sponsored by Singular DTV.Over in Brooklyn, where the cryptocurrency force is strong, we’ve written about Singular DTV cofounder Joseph Lubin.He’s also the CEO of Consensys, a company that builds businsses for the Ethereum platform, and the cofounder of Ethereum.According to Vartanian, Lubin is planning on stopping by future meetups to give cryptocurrency master classes to attendees.ethereum rig buycryptocurrency scene is in its infancy.bitcoin in bible codeLast year, the Chamber of Digital Commerce and Coin Center announced a public-private Blockchain Alliance to tackle misperceptions about digital currency.bitcoin forum dogecoin

About a dozen people attend the Cryptocurrencies 2.0 meetup regularly, Vartanian said, and it attracts a range of professionals from developers to patent lawyers.“But we could actually really use one or two Javascript developers,” admitted Vartanian.In the future, he says there are other ways people could play with cryptocurrencies, such as betting on which users can choose the best currency or increasing the buy-in to show people how the market capital of up-and-coming currencies are affected by investments.bitcoin machine madrid“I know personally one hundred people who’d wanna play that game with larger than $100,” he said.ripple labs bitcoin“But I don’t think pushing it too far at this time makes sense.bitcoin dogecoin chartWe want to be inclusive.” That’s because for Vartanian, who dropped out of a college finance program, the end goal is about more than viability or profitability “It’s not even just about the product or the value of the product,” he said.bitcoin non vbv