The DecentraTech Collective’s July 19 online meetup saw the debut of a new quarterly update on highlights from the worlds of decentralization and DecentraTech. The aim with these updates is to focus on recent items that will have a real impact on business adoption of decentralization. The meetup covered planned upgrades to the Ethereum blockchain and why they are important, a startup called Superfluid that allows peer-to-peer payment streams between applications, why Power Ledger is ditching Ethereum for Solana, and how Ethereum standards activity is coming together under one organization - which is good news for the Baseline Protocol.
The meetup was presented by Pete Harris, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the DecentraTech Collective. Click here to view presentation slides. For those looking for some background reading on the topics covered, check out these web-links:
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The DecentraTech Collective’s June 21 online meetup focused on a key component of the DecentraTech Stack, namely public blockchains. As well as an introduction to what makes a blockchain public and industry trends, the meetup provided overviews of Ethereum, Hedera Hashgraph, IOTA, Polkadot and Solana and covered applications in the areas of pharma supply chain, fine wine authenticity, real-estate investment funds, carbon credit tokenization and NFTs to improve the experience for motor sports fans.
The meetup was presented by Pete Harris, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the DecentraTech Collective. Click here to view presentation slides. 
The DecentraTech Collective’s April 19 online meetup presented a 101 on decentralization technologies, highlighting core components of the DecentraTech Stack and discussing some companies and applications that are bringing it to real-world business. Companies covered included Coinbase, ConsenSys, Helium and Akash. In addition there was a review of verifiable credentials, which have become very topical due to their use in COVID-19 health passports.
The meetup was presented by Pete Harris, Co-Founder & Executive Director of the DecentraTech Collective. Click here to view presentation slides. Play Meetup Archive video below. 
The Austin Blockchain Collective’s January 18 online meetup focused on “Lightning Network Basics, Lightning Pool and Shadowchains.” Lightning is a Layer 2 protocol for boosting the performance and scalability of the Bitcoin network. The presentation began with an overview of Lightning and then delved deeper into Inbound Liquidity problem, how Lightning Pool addresses it, and what shadowchains are all about.
The presentation was delivered by Ryan Gentry, Business Development Lead at Lightning Labs. Ryan was previously a research analyst at Multicoin Capital and before that he was a technologist at Intel working on IoT. Play Meetup Archive video below. 
The Austin Blockchain Collective’s December 21 Online Meetup considered “The Future of Bitcoin and Collaborative Custody” and was spurred by moves from the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), which has given banks the green light to custody bitcoin, resulting in bitcoin exchanges becoming banks and public companies investing in bitcoin as a store of value. Securing bitcoin has never been as important.
The meetup presentation was delivered by Michael Tanguma, Director of Sales at Unchained Capital, which has created a “collaborative custody” approach to lower the bar for individuals and businesses to allow them to achieve a level of bitcoin security that historically would have been reserved for large institutions. Play Meetup Archive video below. November 2020 - Blockchain and City of Austin’s MyPass Project - Credentials, Security and Keys11/16/2020 
The Austin Blockchain Collective's November 16 Online Meetup covered "Blockchain and the City of Austin’s MyPass Project - Credentials, Security and Keys”. MyPass leveraged Web 3.0 tools to help people experiencing homelessness hold on to their important documents, allowing them to access vital services.
The presentation from MyPass Program Lead Adam Wiedemann focused on how human-centered design affected the approach to Verifiable Credential Issuance and Authentication, PGP Security, and Cryptographic Key Stewardship. Click here to view presentation slides. Play Meetup Archive video below. October 2020 - Say Hello to OCI - EOS, Stellar, Graphene & Other Blockchains for Business10/19/2020 
The Collective's October 19 Online Meetup showcased Object Computing, Inc.'s experience with a variety of blockchains and DLTs, including EOS, Stellar and Graphene. OCI's Phil Mesnier and Ciju John presented.
Click here to view presentation slides. Play Meetup Archive video below. 
Over the last two years, Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has emerged as one of the hottest topics in the blockchain and crypto space. The focus of the DeFi movement is to create a decentralized financial system, one that is interoperable, inclusive, and transparent. Bass Bauman, Co-Organizer, Austin Ethereum Meetup, presented.
Click here to view presentation slides. Play Meetup Archive video below. 
Fluree secures data with unbreakable cryptography for extreme data integrity. It provides mathematical proof into the provenance, history, and legitimacy of every piece of information – forever. Brian Platz, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Fluree, presented.
Play Meetup Archive below. |
Meetup ArchivesThe DecentraTech Collective Community Meetup is a monthly online educational forum. Our interactive meetups present blockchain and Web3 topics with a bias towards business benefits (but including high level technical concepts). Meetups generally include presentations and panels and feature industry thought leaders. Archives
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