{"id":1119,"date":"2017-06-15T18:50:01","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T18:50:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkcrypto.org\/blog\/?post_type=port&p=1119"},"modified":"2017-10-03T00:17:19","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T00:17:19","slug":"wellington-blockchain-meetup-june-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talkcrypto.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/15\/wellington-blockchain-meetup-june-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Wellington Blockchain Meetup June 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

The June Wellington Blockchain meetup was held last night at BizDojo with a great turn out of about 55 people. What was interesting was that about 40 of them were first timers which was amazing to see.<\/p>\n

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Mark (organizer NZ blockchain conference) kicked things off with a summary of the event and noted that slides and videos are slowly being updated on www.theblockchain.nz<\/a> website so keep checking there.<\/p>\n

Klaus also shared some ICO and smart contract work that he has been doing. It was valuable to hear of actual hands on experience with ICOs.<\/p>\n

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Next, James, a Wellington Blockchain stalwart who’s been to almost every one since the beginning shared his blockchain reading list with the rest of the group which was very useful. Reading a proper book beats reading 100 blog posts hands down because a story is fully developed instead of getting piece wise information.<\/p>\n

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Paul contributed by announcing an idea of an informal meetup over a drink after work in between these formal monthly meetups which was a great idea. Instead of meeting only 12 times a year, it’s 24 now! Keep an eye out for the next announcement for this informal meetup.<\/p>\n

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Finally Sean moderated a short session on trading\/how exchanges work discussion which was a precursor to the next meetup which has already been announced for the 11th of July focused on a Beginners guide to wallets, buying bitcoin\/ether and trading tokens<\/a><\/p>\n

Afterwards there was a networking session where everyone got a chance to connect with others and learn more about this exciting space.<\/p>\n

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This event was live streamed for the first time as a trial. The event started at the 9:00 minute mark.<\/p>\n

12:57 – Mark on the Blockchain Conference.<\/p>\n

17:20 – Klaus on ICO’s and smart contracts.<\/p>\n

28:40 – James on reading material<\/p>\n

36:25 – Sean moderating a discussion on bitcoin exchanges.<\/p>\n

41:55 – Change of camera angle towards a nicer view of the audience!<\/p>\n