Tonight: Cardano NYC Meetup
Tuesday, December 4th, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (Free)

“Welcome to the first dLab/emurgo Cardano NYC Meetup! This is an opportunity for those curious about Cardano and interested in evolving possibilities to learn more about the ecosystem, ask questions, and network with developers and Cardano enthusiasts. ~ Agenda ~ 6:30 - 7:00 Networking, 7:00 - 8:00 Speakers and Q&A, 8:30 - 9:00 Networking.”

Location: dLab, 255 W 36th St, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 

Tonight: Discuss ETC (Immutability, Value, Smart Contracts)
Tuesday, December 4th, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm (Free)

“Let's meet other ETC supporters. Laid back atmosphere. Open to everyone, developers, investors, enthusiasts, of any background.”

Location: DBA, 41st 1st Ave, New York, NY

Tomorrow: Whiteboard Wednesday
Wednesday, December 5th, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm (Free)

“We host a weekly meetup for builders and researchers to get feedback on their projects, protocol findings, dApps, research, and community ideas. The format is casual and lightly structured as the community feedback is the real advantage. Some of our past events have included whiteboard presentations on: How Lightning works and where there are opportunities and challenges, How to actively participate in the Livepeer ecosystem (no dev or hardware required), How Snarks work, Challenges to 2/3 voting mechanisms, Demos of new projects, including a decentralized exchange, non-fungible platform, learning platform for solidity, and becoming a validator on a network.How it works: 1. A few participants share what they've recently learned, built or researched, 2. Open forum for questions, discussion, and feedback, 3. Ask for support, intros, advice, input.”

Location: WeWork, 125 W 25th St, Room 2B, New York, NY

Thursday: Tech Duels™ New York City | Public vs. Private Blockchain Debate
Thursday, December 6th, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm ($20)
Use discount code “CRYPTOVIP” for a free ticket! (Limited)

“Tech Duels will convene hundreds of engineers and developers across all areas of technology. Come for the tool stack learning and tech debates, stay for the high-fives and ultra-diverse networking. Food & Drinks Included! Learn more about your career development, recruiting and retaining diverse tech talent, and more. The next installment will feature professionals in the Public and Private Blockchain camps to deep dive into the strategies and use-cases that make them great, and defend against the not-so-great moments. It's more than a lively debate, it's a celebration of the developer talent in New York City. Developers across industries, profficiency levels and more come to Tech Duels to connect, engage and educate.”

Location: Teach for America, 25 Broadway, New York, NY, 10004

Next Week: Decentralizing Art: The Hype and Hope of Blockchain
Monday, December 10th, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm ($15)
Use discount code “CRYPTONYC” for a free ticket! (Limited)

“Blockstack, an open source project on a mission to create the decentralized internet, is inviting leading thinkers to explore an important topic: the future impact of blockchain technology on the art industry. With creatives and technologists pairing up to explore this intersection, new ideas are coming to market that may have long-term impacts on the art industry…. or may not. Either way, we look forward to a lively discussion!”

Location: Foley Gallery, 59 Orchard St, New York, NY, 10002

Next Week: [Whitepaper Wednesday] Uniswap 
Wednesday, December 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Free)

Next week, we're reading about Uniswap, a smart contract system that allows anyone to create ERC20 trade pairs: https://hackmd.io/C-DvwDSfSxuh-Gd4WKE_ig We'll discuss how Uniswap works and how it compares to other methods of exchange. Come with questions and ideas about the paper. We'll talk through the technical details and tradeoffs. Bring lunch! All levels of experience are welcome. No coding required. We're here to learn from each other!

Location: Crypto NYC HQ, Rent24, 25 W. 39th St. Floor 14, New York, NY 10018

Next Week: Blockchain Security @ Empire Hacking
Wednesday, December 12th, 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm ($2)

“On December 12, please join us at Buzzfeed’s NYC offices to hear 10 excellent speakers share their knowledge of blockchain security in an event that will assuredly expand your abilities. Talks will include: Anatomy of an Unsafe Smart Contract Programming Language, Asset Insecurities: Evaluating Digital Asset Security Fundamentals, Designing the Gemini dollar: a regulated, upgradeable, transparent stablecoin, Property testing with Echidna and Manticore for secure smart contracts, Contract upgrade risks and remediations, Failures in On-Chain Privacy, Secure Micropayment Protocols, How To Buidl an Enterprise-Grade Mainnet Ethereum Client, Simple is hard: Making your awesome security thing usable.”

Location: BuzzFeed, 111 East 18th St, 13th Floor, New York, NY, 10003

Upcoming: Understanding Blockchain Smart Contracts 
Wednesday, December 19th, 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm (Free)

“Join Diversity in Blockchain and Shearman & Sterling for a two-part evening program. 1. Hands-on 1 hour class on smart contracts by Dr. Solomon Lederer, co-founder of Blockmatics. Dr. Lederer has been teaching about blockchain and Ethereum and co-authored “Blockchain: A Practical Guide to Developing Business, Law, and Technology Solutions.” You will even learn the basics of coding! 2. Panel on diversity in blockchain and what it takes to provide open and inclusive opportunities in the blockchain industry.”

Location: Shearman & Sterling, 599 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, 10022

Ongoing: Blockchains School for Mentors
September 2018 - May 2019

"Blockchains for Schools is city-wide mentorship program that's organizing a once-a-month event in Manhattan for NYC high schoolers to learn about blockchain. They're looking for crypto and blockchain mentors and speakers who work in the industry. Sessions are 11am-12:30pm from September through May. If you're interested in volunteering, sign up using the link above."

Upcoming conferences and summits we're attending (let us know if you are too!):

• ETHSingapore - Singapore - December 7-9
• ETHDenver - Denver, CO - February 15-17, 2019

LIMITED EDITION CNYC "OG" T-SHIRTS

Token distribution in perspective: Livepeer’s merkle mine not as successful as portrayed (medium.com)

“Token generation & distribution has always been a top concern for anyone seeking to establish truly decentralized networks. We’ve seen many methods attempted, but it remains quite challenging to distribute tokens fairly to real users (not speculators) while avoiding concentration of wealth.”

After the Crash (medium.com)

“The crypto crash is in full swing. Falls of 80–90% from the peak have already happened. What does this mean? The economist Scott Sumner says “never reason from a price change”. The fact that a price changed is unarguable, but we need to know why it changed in order to understand what to do about it.”

Blockchain Protocol Developers are not Fiduciaries (medium.com)

“This paper analyzes the role of protocol developers in the governance of open source public blockchain networks such as Bitcoin and Ethereum. It addresses whether certain developers should be considered legal fiduciaries given their influence over changes in a public blockchain’s software client. We argue that — in the context of open source production systems — protocol developers play a radically different structural role than that played by fiduciaries and do not create the type of risks that require the imposition of fiduciary duties.”

This Is the Way the Paper Crumples (nytimes.com)

“While working on his doctoral thesis at Harvard over the last few years, Omer Gottesman spent a lot of time at his desk crumpling sheets of paper, especially when he was stuck. He’d crumple a sheet, uncrumple it, stare into its depths, and think, “There must be something that would make all this mess look a little less messy.” Crumple, uncrumple, crumple. Sheet after sheet landed in the recycling bin, each one blank but for its chaotically creased geography. In time, a semblance of order emerged.”

Our core mission at Crypto NYC is to connect amazing people such as yourself working on blockchain technology. Join us every Tuesday at 1PM to hear industry experts and community members present their findings and latest blockchain projects, and to discuss current events. (Due to space constraints, please sign up for lunches beforehand on our Meetup page.)

New! Our friends at Livepeer are helping livestream our lunch talks. Tune in live at http://crypto.livepeer.tv/.

TODAY hear from Dan Raykhman of Fungible.Network. Fungible.network is a tokenization platform allowing users to construct basket products that combine crypto & fiat currencies, equities or ETFs. 

NEXT WEEK hear from Rodrigo Seira of DLx Law. Rodrigo will be speaking about his recent article, analyzing the role of protocol-level fiduciaries in blockchain network governance. 

To get involved, come visit the Crypto NYC space near Bryant Park, join our Telegram group, and send us suggested events and articles for the next newsletter.

Apply to be a speaker for our Tuesday Lunches!