Cornell Bitcoin Club Meeting #7 Follow-Up
Hi All,
Hope you are all having a good spring break! Here are the slides & recording from the seventh meeting.
Main Topic: Objections to Bitcoin | Bitcoin x Philosophy
Bitcoin Can't Scale
Bitcoin Enables Crime
Proof of Work is Bad
Bitcoin is Right-Wing
Blockchain, not Bitcoin, is the true innovation
Also, on Tuesday, Bradley gave a more "positive" talk (linked here) at his university. It was titled "Money for the Marginalized."
See you Thursday (04/11) at 5:30pm in Gates G01! We will be having a Guest Speaker, Elizabeth Stark. We are extra lucky to have her come and speak, so please try to make it live if you can!
Calendar:
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)
03/21: GUEST SPEAKER: Jason Brett, Former U.S. Regulator at the FDIC || Author || Speaker || Regulatory Analyst at Forbes Digital Assets || Government and Regulatory Affairs Consultant, Key Bridge Advisors LLC || Policy Advisor, Bitcoin Policy Institute (slides & recording)
03/28: GUEST SPEAKER: Dr. Bradley Rettler, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wyoming, Author of Resistance Money: A Philosophical Case for Bitcoin, and Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute (slides & recording)
Be in touch if there's anything I can do for you. Thank you!
Warmly,
Ella