Birmingham Bitcoin Bitknaves Meetup

[Knavecoin]

CoinFest Debrief And Conference Organisation


Thursday, May 11, 2017 - 7:30 till 9:30+


The White Swan

276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY, Birmingham


Behind The Irish Centre and Digbeth Coach Station


* A debrief session on the groups recent visit to Coinfest in Manchester which was very good.

* A discussion on creating a Bitcoin conference in Birmingham, which we clearly need.

* A bit of a chat about where bitcoin is going, and what the future might hold - particularly about the block size debate and what effect (if any) this might have on price, protocol and mining. I will be charging for this Meetup but if you want to come without paying that is cool as this is just a technical issue.

[Knavecoin]

Lecture On Bitcoin, Blockchain and Society

Thursday, June 1, 2017, 7pm - 10pm


The White Swan

276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY, Birmingham
(Behind The Irish Centre and Digbeth Coach Station )


Price:  GBP3.00 /per person 


Joe Public (InspiringCompanyUK) will be giving a lecture on Bitcoin, blockchain technology and the theory, philosophy, engineering, usage and its impact on future society.

Please take note that this will be an intensive 3 hours so punctuality is of utmost importance.

https://youtu.be/Ja1XMBFz6ug?list=PLE12811A7D52D80C6

[Knavecoin]

Lecture On Bitcoin, Blockchain and Society

Thursday, June 1, 2017, 7pm - 10pm


The White Swan

276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY, Birmingham
(Behind The Irish Centre and Digbeth Coach Station )


Price:  GBP3.00 /per person 


Joe Public (InspiringCompanyUK) will be giving a lecture on Bitcoin, blockchain technology and the theory, philosophy, engineering, usage and its impact on future society.

Please take note that this will be an intensive 3 hours so punctuality is of utmost importance.

https://youtu.be/Ja1XMBFz6ug?list=PLE12811A7D52D80C6

The fee is a very reasonable £3 or you can send 3KNC to

KPYnmWQG7qoaYAKATcWtTHvBxtv9mLEiaf posting your wallet address here as confirmation.

This will be the subject list.

AGENDA

Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System.

Background to Satoshi Nakamoto’s White Paper.

Bitcoin – The Protocol.

Why the Protocol is important and how anyone or anything can use it.

Bitcoin – The Currency

Bitcoin currency basics.

Crypto-currency Market Capitalisation.

Key crypto-currencies, e.g.. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Ethereum, Monero,etc.


Market capital and properties e.g. privacy, social reward, etc.

Alt-currencies & Coins.

Clones and forks of Bitcoin, the basics of coloured coins and digital assets.

Decentralisation.

Why centralisation is proving a problem for security & privacy and how de-centralisation helps.

Dis-intermediation.

How crypto-currencies remove intermediaries and allow you to “be your own Bank”.

Peer-to-Peer.

The basics of decentralised P2P networks and why taking care of your own coin security is important.

Secure Hashing.

The very basics of secure hashing algorithms e.g. SHA256 and how they are used to encrypt bitcoin transactions.

Asymmetric Keys.

How public and private keys are generated using Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithms and the importance of randomness and high entropy.

Digital Signatures.

How signing transactions ensures message integrity and ensures transactions are not tampered with.

Bitcoin Address Generation.

How addresses are related to keys and how they can be generated offline.

Transactions.

How transactions are constructed and broadcast to the network.

Wallets.

What are paper wallets, web & device (e.g. PC) based wallets and hardware wallets ? How do they differ and which is the most secure?

Blocks.

How bitcoin transactions are assembled into blocks to be validated by miners using proof-of-work.

Bitcoin Blockchain.

How the bitcoin blockchain is constructed and what it takes to successfully mine a block.

Proof of Work & Mining.

How Bitcoin transactions are validated and new blocks added to the blockchain.

Bitcoin Network Security.

The importance of mass adoption and diversity

Network Overview.

How the eco-system works together.

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Motives.

A clue to the motivation of the creator of Bitcoin.

The Political, Economic and Social Implications of Bitcoin.

Summary.

Key security & safety points.

Beyond Bitcoin / What’s Next?

Level – Novice, beginner.

Pre-requisite Knowledge – None.

[Knavecoin]

Forking Bitcoin - Is This Finally Armageddon?

Thursday, July 20, 2017
8:00 PM to 10:00

The White Swan
276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY, Birmingham


Segregated Witness has become very controversial. Due to the UASF the 1st of August 2017 will either be the day that makes Bitcoin go over ground or become the spawn of the devil in which a group of investors take over Bitcoin and everything associated.

So this meetup is an analysis by us to find out what may happen and how we as users can legislate for it's impact.

[Knavecoin]

Forking Bitcoin - Is It Safe?


Thursday, August 10, 2017
8:00 PM to 10:00 PM


The White Swan
276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY, Birmingham.



We will be looking the situation to see if August 1st hoopla was what it was.

Will it be confusing or enlightening, socially acceptable or an economic pariah equivalent to the Lehman's Day 2008?

Also, there will be updates about #BitBrum conference 2017.

[Knavecoin]

Thursday, September 21, 2017
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM

The White Swan

276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY, Birmingham

*More update about the #BitBrum conference.

*A discussion led by John about forks.

'I'll explain an alternative school of thought, and we can discuss why it's wrong (or why it's right - I haven't decided yet!)'

*A.O.B

[Knavecoin]

Pre-Conference Meetup

Thursday, October 19, 2017
8:00 PM

The White Swan
276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY,

This is the most important meetup of this group existence. It is important that you attend if you want to go to the BitBrum conference on the 19th November,2017.

The level of interest for this conference will exceed the amount of places available and will be a great place to network and interact with the movers and shakers within Bitcoin and blockchain world.

Also, please tell your friends and colleagues about this conference via social media (Facebook, Twitter etc) and approach organisations that would be interested in this conference and ask them if they would be a sponsor of some sort as this is a free conference.
Priority for attending will go to those who are willing to help out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=192&v=GpQ9VbOjqSU

[Knavecoin]

BitBrum Conference Feedback sponsored by BitcoinHelpDesk.co.uk


13th December, 2017
8:00 PM

The White Swan
276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY.

After a reportedly successful conference what should we take away from the event and when shall we hold another one?

Also, views and opinion on what www.bitcoinhelpdesk.co.uk should have as a goal?

[Gregmall]

This is awesome.
Really nice

[Knavecoin]

2018 - New Year, New Agenda

Items for discussion Telegram group, training topics, conference meetings aob.

8pm

The White Swan
276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY, Birmingham.

Behind Birmingham Coach Station and The Irish Centre

[Knavecoin]

CoinFest 2018 De-Brief sponsored by Knavecoin

Thursday‎, ‎April‎ ‎19‎, ‎2018
‎7‎:‎00‎ ‎PM to ‎11‎:‎00‎ ‎PM

All the news, tales, deals, trades, video, and gossip from Manchester.

Plus

Updates on the direction of the group since it is patently clear that some members are more interested in trading/investing questions and need room to develop strategies with other interested parties. The idea of another once a month meeting has been floated for some time and finally needs addressing.

Also

Having meetings in other areas and linking up with other groups within the Midlands and beyond as the rush of ideas about the future of crypto currency and blockchain technology grow more fervent.

Free snacks will be available at the meeting as it is Knavecoins 4th Birthday and it has been a rocky road in the great experiment in creating an artistic coin for the masses and not just the few.

The White Swan
276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY, Birmingham

Behind The Irish Centre and Digbeth Coach Station

[Knavecoin]

EOS, Tether and Other Blockchain Concepts

There are new ways of getting involved in crypto currency. A lot of it is bewildering and complicated, therefore Alan, a staunch member of the group will be giving a seminar about the latest development. Please be aware that with the latest news the agenda may well be fluid.

There will also be news about #BitBrum.

Thursday‎, ‎July‎ ‎19‎, ‎2018
‎8‎:‎00‎ ‎PM to ‎10‎:‎00‎ ‎PM

The White Swan
276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY · Birmingham

Behind The Irish Centre and Digbeth Coach Station

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[Knavecoin]

Live Streaming Topics

This time last year we were on the road to creating a cool conference on crypto currency and block chain technology.

Now, due to unsure markets, venue gazumping and other unfortunate circumstances we are scrambling to organise anything remotely equivalent to last years #BitBrum. However, there is an alternative way of doing a mass meeting by using technology and keeping it free. - Live Streaming.

At the next meetup there will be a list of venues that could fit the bill but obviously the most important element would be content. It is something we have done before, so we need ideas and preferably fresh ideas.

https://youtu.be/lFu3yzUpZF8


Thursday‎, ‎October‎ ‎18‎, ‎2018
‎7‎:‎30‎ ‎PM to ‎9‎:‎30‎ ‎PM


The White Swan
276, Bradford St, Digbeth, West Midlands, B12 0QY · Birmingham

Behind The Irish Centre and Digbeth Coach Station