{"id":1509,"date":"2017-10-30T00:33:49","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T00:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.talkcrypto.org\/blog\/?p=1509"},"modified":"2017-10-30T03:43:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T03:43:34","slug":"sydeth-plasma-and-programmable-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.talkcrypto.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/30\/sydeth-plasma-and-programmable-money\/","title":{"rendered":"SydETH: Plasma and Programmable Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Sydney Ethereum meetup is bordering on a being a full on event. The meetups are scheduled but RSVPs are closed until 3 days before and when it opens at 6pm, the slots fill up fast. It was held at Optiver<\/a>\u00a0this time around which is a trading house with an amazing atrium!<\/p>\n

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The meetup was capped at 150 with 74 people on the waitlist. Everyone had to sign in and take an elevator to the 7th floor.<\/p>\n

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There were drinks and pizzas that were sponsored and a mix and mingle session prior to the start.<\/p>\n

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There were two talks at this meetup.\u00a0 Jeremy Lam, product lead from OmiseGO<\/a> gave a great non-technical explanation on plasma. He spoke slowly and clearly and gave great analogies. One example was an explanation of sharding which is a way of splitting up data so that different computers can process them in parallel. This is like taking a dictionary and splitting it into 26 dictionaries dedicated for each letter of the alphabet.<\/p>\n

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Nick Addison, co-organiser of the meetup and CTO of AgriDigital<\/a>\u00a0gave an overview of programmable money and has written a neat smart contract that distributes 1000 SydEth token to each member. Nick is also pushing the boundaries and experimenting with creating an Australian tether token. Very neat stuff!<\/p>\n

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On a final note, if you’ve ever wondered what $1200 worth of pizza looks likes…<\/p>\n

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One neat thing was at the end there is a community shoutout where anyone who wants to take the mic and announce anything can. Some startups took the mic, a hackathon was announced and also (and inevitably) an ICO.<\/p>\n

Here is a link to the meetup for anyone interested.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/SydEthereum\/photos\/28267562\/465629186\/<\/p>\n

It was a fantastic meetup, well run and lots of value with learning and networking opportunities.<\/p>\n

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