London, Tuesday, 21st January at Club Workspace, Clerkenwell. Coinscrum host an informal evening with presentations from Circle’s CEO, Jeremy Allaire, and CTO, Sean Neville. Also core Bitcoin developer, Mike Hearn, will be joining Jeremy and Sean and will also be taking to the stage.
http://www.iamsatoshi.com/coinscrum-networking-evening-circle-london/BobAlison (summary):
What's ahead for Bitcoin? Here are some highlights from the video:
HD Wallets, used by Trezor and others
Time to scrap addresses. They are too limited and problematic.
The Payment Protocol to replace addresses. Supports refunds, memos, receipts, proof-of-purchase, and digital signature.
Minimum fee will float. Payment Protocol to allow receiver to pay fee.
TOR by default (ambitious goal). Encryption for free and other advantages.
WiFi hacking countermeasures. How do you know you're connected to the real network and not a spoof? Localbitcoins seller can trick you into connecting to his/her own wifi network at a cafe and cheating you.
TOR disadvantages. Tor hides node IP addresses. How do you know you haven't connected to 10 different nodes that area actually all the same computer?
Proof of Sacrifice. Node burns coins to make it costly to spoof the network.
Proof of Passport. Goal is to make network spoofing harder. Goverment-issued passports contain an NFC chip. Data digitally signed by governments and can be read with standard hardware. Didn't understand the rest.
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