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<p>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.</p>
<p>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...)</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>The website for it is: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://cryptoswapmeet.org" class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://cryptoswapmeet.org</a>.
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 <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:reserve@cryptoswapmeet.org">reserve@cryptoswapmeet.org</a>.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.<br>
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<p>Besides the issue of crypto (which I suspect _some_ of you
have?), <b>it's also an opportunity to explain why BSD is a good
alternative for a wallet's operating system</b>. 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.<br>
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<p>Thanks for this shout out...<br>
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