Cornell Bitcoin Club Meeting #6 Follow-Up

Hi All, 

Happy Monday! Here are the slides & recording from the sixth meeting. 

Main Topic: Bitcoin x Policy & Regulation 

• Bitcoin Policy Questions

• Before Bitcoin: Internet, Digital Currencies, Privacy, and Decentralization, U.S. Patriot Act, Global Financial Crisis

• After Bitcoin: Regulation of Digital Currencies and Centralized Exchanges

• Ongoing Bitcoin Policy Issues

See you Thursday (03/28) at 5:30pm in Gates G01! We will be having a Guest Speaker, Bradley Rettler. Bradley is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming, Author ofResistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin, and Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. The topic will be"Objections to Bitcoin."

Calendar:

• 03/25: Finance, Regulation, & The Role of the Market SEC: Commissioner Hester Peirce in conversation with Cornelll SC Johnson College Dean Andrew Karolyi. Register here

• 03/28: GUEST SPEAKER: Bradley Rettler, Associate Professor of Philosophy & Author of Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin

• 04/04: No Meeting; Spring Break

• 04/11: GUEST SPEAKER: Elizabeth Stark, Lightning Labs

• 04/18: Halving Party & Plans for Fall '24

• 04/25: GUEST SPEAKER: D++, Entropy

• 05/02: GUEST SPEAKER: Arsh Molu, Human Rights Foundation

Reminders:

• Please join the Slack workspace

• Add the Gcal

• Review the Constitution and sign here (if you agree, of course!). 

• Drop your resume in our resume bank here for Fidelity (so far)

• Sign up here if you'd like a free ticket to Bitcoin 2024 in Nashville

Missed a Meeting?

• 02/08: Welcome | Intro to CBTC | Base Layer Knowledge (slides & recording) 

• 02/15: The Blockchain Trilemma, Timechain, State of Our World & Bitcoin as Money (slides & recording) 

• 02/22: PoW & Overview of Bitcoin x Energy | Part 1 (slides & recording)

• 02/29: No Meeting: Ella at conference.  

• 03/07: GUEST SPEAKER: Zach Young, Analyst at Trammell Venture Partners (slides & recording) 

• 03/14: GUEST SPEAKER: Manuela Rios, VP of Product at Strike (slides & recording) 

Be in touch if there's anything I can do for you. Thank you!

Warmly,

Ella