[talk] Another Tech Group: cryptoswapmeet.org

[steve.b at osfda.org]

Besides sys admin issues, I also have worked in digital currency 
development. I have always steered clear of Baller culture in crypto. I 
have dialoged with Gavin Andressen (on decentralized identity, among 
other topics...), and am working on a Zcash project at the moment.

A group I'm setting up will be having a Dinner in Chinatown. 
Reservations will be made via crypto ($20 for those showing a history in 
a meetup OR group, or the full cost -$60 for this particular venue...)

We used to do this after each meetup at the first bitcoin meetup in NYC. 
Some of us would like to do this on a repeated basis, once a month, 
using different venues and cuisines.

The website for it is: https://cryptoswapmeet.org. For those not wanting 
to join meetup (we leveraged off that to get maximal outreach to digital 
currency enthusiasts...), if you are interested and want to be notified 
as to when we will meet, and to possibly make a later deposit, you can 
Email the protonmail address reserve at cryptoswapmeet.org.

It's just an opportunity for digital currency aficionados to discuss 
usability issues with wallets, current legal issues, technical 
innovations, rumors, etc. over a good meal. Read the group's landing 
page for more about the philosophy we seek to advance in crypto, along 
with a reprint of a salient article from the ACLU on the issues at hand 
we now face.

The deposit helps to insure that the attendees are serious about crypto. 
We will post the name of the venue and their phone number when the event 
is announced, so that one can call them and verify that the event is 
reserved and that it actually costs what it does before plunking down a 
deposit.

Besides the issue of crypto (which I suspect _some_ of you have?), *it's 
also an opportunity to explain why BSD is a good alternative for a 
wallet's operating system*. Most crypto developers drop Ubuntu -which 
can be convenient for prototyping given its 
everything-but-the-kitchen-sink install style. But that's insanity for 
security in a production environment. You can discuss with others the 
topic of security homogeneity and BSD vs. linux -not only for wallets, 
but for elective cloud services some there might seek to provide.

Thanks for this shout out...

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