Wednesday: 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

Thursday: Local Decentralization, Shared Economy and Governance
Thursday, December 13th, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm (Free)

"Have you heard the words decentralization, shared economy, and/or governance in the last year? How do you feel about participating more in the decisions of your neighborhood/region? Does it feel complicated or unwelcoming? - Let’s talk about it! This is an invitation to explore these concepts of more local participation and governance in an environment that everyone can feel heard and seen. As a kick start for the imagination, please bring an idea of an event you would love to see/throw in the context of your locality. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions. Everyone is welcome."

Location: Bushwick Generator, 215 Moore St, Brooklyn, NY

Next Week: Meet The Director & Producer - Banking on Bitcoin Screening
Tuesday, December 18th, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm (Free)

"We'll be screening the Banking on Bitcoin documentary and then transition into a panel discussion with Director Christopher Cannucciari and Producer Phillip Galinsky to discuss their experience with producing this documentary and their upcoming projects. Moderated by Professor Jamiel Sheikh."

Location: Rise New York, 43 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10010

Next Week: Asset Tokenization - The Next Big Thing
Tuesday, December 18th, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm ($15)

"Tokenization promises significant advancement to dated economic models. This innovative process converts assets into tokens that can be transferred, traded, or stored on the Distributed Ledger Technologies (Blockchains). Asset tokenization is gravitating in fintech and may become one of the most disruptive use cases of technology to date."

Location: Littlstar, 588 Broadway, #603, New York, NY, 10012

Next Week: [Whitepaper Wednesday] CBC Casper  
Wednesday, December 19th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm (Free)

This week, we're reading the long-awaited draft of CBC Casper from Ethereum Research. This recent draft of the paper describes a proposed consensus protocol that could be used for a blockchain like Ethereum. We'll discuss the goals of the paper and work through some of the mathematical proofs of correctness. 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: 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

"BlockchainsForSchools is a mentoring program that pairs high school students interested in blockchain with mentors who are currently in the blockchain industry. The students are from high schools all over the city, and the mentors have worked on Wall Street and are from companies such as Cisco, Google, Ethereum, Consensys, and McKinsey. We have over 115 people in the program so far, and are looking for more mentors! Our program hosts monthly sessions for 1.5-2 hours from September to May. In these sessions, all the mentors and students gather to participate in activities regarding blockchain. Mentors and students are free to connect outside of the sessions as well. If you are interested, please sign up using the link above!"

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

• ETHDenver - Denver, CO - February 15-17, 2019

LIMITED EDITION CNYC "OG" T-SHIRTS

My Blockchain Journey (medium.com)

“With crypto all over the news and New York City being a place with a high concentration of enthusiasts from finance and tech backgrounds, a great deal of events went on and I went to a few; however, it felt to me like an insider’s game — as I wasn’t a trader, investor, developer, or founder, the engagements I had with the other attendees felt limited. Also, it looked like a good amount of the people there seemed to know each other.”

8 Important Things To Know About Security Tokens / Token Regulation (medium.com)

“2017 has truly been the year of Initial Coin Offerings with the investment volume of ICOs even surpassing venture capital funding. This happened even with these crowdfunding initiatives occuring in unregulated (or at least poorly regulated) territory. It is important for both investors and companies to be aware of the regulatory and legal landscape so that they can avoid future civil and criminal liabilities. That is why we put together the most critical things you need to know about token regulations.”

Answering your questions about Continuous Organizations (medium.com)

“If you have more questions about Continuous Organizations or Bonding Curves in general, please consider posting your questions on our discussion forum and I’ll make sure to answer all of them. Using the forum will also help others find the answers to their questions more effectively. Of course, feel free to reach out to me directly if you want your question to stay confidential but, as a general rule, please consider posting on the forum by default.”

Bitcoin Futures are Not the Future of Bitcoin (medium.com)

“The cryptocurrency markets are undeniably depressed right now, but instead of trying to clutch onto straws in the hopes of one more cryptocurrency pump to “cash out,” what the industry ought to be looking for is building out the infrastructure that will lay the foundation for more widespread adoption, ease of access and use cases. Whilst it is far beyond me to decypher (misspelling intentional) what Satoshi Nakamoto’s ultimate vision for Bitcoin was, I would think that its use as a tool for speculation and gambling on a regulated futures exchange is far from his Utopian aim.”

Blockchain Ownership & Crypto Anticommons (medium.com)

“Defining blockchain ownership may be as important a problem as “Blockchain Governance”. This post describes ideas and pitfalls in making ownership rights, the future of blockchain patents and collective goods, and some important tradeoffs to consider when creating new crypto property on blockchain.”
 

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

NEXT WEEK hear from Alex Adelmen of Lolli, which gives users free bitcoin when they shop online. 

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!