Cornell Bitcoin Club Halving Party Details & Meeting #8 Follow-Up
Hi All,
Hope you've had a good week so far! Here are the slides & recording from the eighth meeting. The recording is only for Cornell Bitcoin Club Members.
Main Topic: Bitcoin x Lightning
What drew Elizabeth to Bitcoin & Lightning
What Lightning is & its main use cases
Lighting Lab's L402 Protocol (w/ naming inspiration from Error Code HTTP 402, meaning "Payment Required")
Taproot Assets & The verb "Bitcoinize"
The Bitcoin Renaissance
Resources Elizabeth Mentioned
Halving Party
See you Thursday (04/18) at 5:30pm in Gates G01! We will be having a Halving Party:
Setting up Bitcoin wallets & Nostr (I will be sending everyone some sats)
Talking about the Club's plans for next semester
Sharing quick reminder of what the halving is/means
Please RSVP (so I know how much food to order) & share your preferences HERE
Job Postings
Foundry (they are the largest Bitcoin mining pool) Link to internships. If you apply, please also let me know.
(I will have many more for you next semester!)
Calendar:
04/18: Halving Party & Plans for Fall '24
04/25: GUEST SPEAKER/WORKSHOP: D++, Entropy
05/02: Club Plans for FA '24 & Elections
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)
03/25: Finance, Regulation, & The Role of the Market SEC: Commissioner Hester Peirce in conversation with Cornelll SC Johnson College Dean Andrew Karolyi. Watch here
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)
04/04: No Meeting; Spring Break
04/11: GUEST SPEAKER: Elizabeth Stark, Lightning Labs (slides & recording)
Be in touch if there's anything I can do for you. Thank you!
Warmly,
Ella