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My rundown of Consensus Hackathon 2016. My project was called "Lead Market" and I was recognized last minute by Tierion with their sponsorship prize, but I challenge you to find mention of my project anywhere in the official coverage. I was one of just two Bitcoin related projects out of 26 or so total.

The Takeaways:
- Bitcoin is DEAD
- Bitcoiners are dinosaurs
- Ethereum invented this space
- Code doesn't matter -> Talk is better
- Blockchain stack apps are the new hottness
- The more complex and unrealistic the idea the better
- IBM/Deloitte/Microsoft are totally clueless and merely here to be here
- Consensys + Ether.camp are the two major boiler rooms for Ethereum now

My Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2a0LbKPJvI
GitHub: https://github.com/droplister/leadmarket
Awarded: https://twitter.com/tomkysar/status/726921668199878658
Xotika.tv: https://xotika.tv/#/channel804/UnconfirmedTransactions

**OFFICIAL**
Consensus: http://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2016/
Hackathon: http://www.coindesk.com/events/consensus-2016/hackathon/
Submissions: http://consensus2016-blockchain.devpost.com/submissions

Robert Schwentker
Twitter: https://twitter.com/schwentker
Women's Lunch: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Che4RcDWMAEr3Pv.jpg:large
Group photo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChoVhuBXAAE7Btz.jpg:large

Event Coverage
Bitcoin Error Log: http://www.bitcoinerrorlog.com/2016/05/01/live-blogging-from-consensus-2016-hackathon-day-2-may-1-2016/
Pete Rizzo: http://www.coindesk.com/consensus-2016-building-blocks-hackathon-winner/
Muneeb Ali: https://medium.com/muneeb/blockchains-are-not-magic-4fa6dd412ab

Not mentioned in this podcast, but Consensys announced a month long, virtual hacakthon, ie: free labor!

tl;dr - Total Scamathon

Ep. 9 - "Consensus Hackathon" (05/04/2016)

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Unlocking Creativity with Constraints - Beverly Parenti

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After Bitshares and Steemit, Dan Larimer's latest project EOS has also gathered lots of attention. Their record-setting crowdsale has already raised $300m and is continuing for another year. Dan joined us to discuss his journey in the industry, what connects the different projects, how EOS works and how the EOS crowdsale works. 

Topics discussed in this episode:
- A history of Dan's previous projects Bitshares and Steemit
- How Dan knows when the time has come to move to the next project
- Why they describe EOS as a decentralized operating system
- The EOS approach to scalability
- Benefits and downsides of the EOS fee model
- EOS' Delegated Proof of Stake consensus
- How EOS handles malicious validators
- Addressing criticisms around EOS's crowdsale terms and governance structure

Links mentioned in this episode: 
- EOS Website: https://eos.io/
- EOS Whitepaper: https://github.com/EOSIO/Documentation/blob/master/TechnicalWhitePaper.md
- EOS Consensus Presentation May 2017 - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUZWZj1pu94
- Vitalik Buterin Criticisms of EOS: https://np.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/6qm0y2/is_the_ethereum_team_defending_their_ground/dkyk94c/
- Dan Larimer's Response to Vitalik: https://steemit.com/eos/@dan/reponse-to-vitalik-s-written-remarks
- block.one: http://block.one/

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Ep. 9 - "Consensus Hackathon" (05/04/2016)

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