Dear all,
Transport For Greater Manchester is very keen to bootstrap a free software
and open source community to work on next generation public transport
solutions. They have started http://travelspirit.io -- which I'm helping to
create -- as a home for it and are planning a launch conference on June 28.
I believe there's a good chance to seed new free software-based businesses
in Manchester that will have a significant social impact. Supporters of
FSFE in and around Manchester are especially welcome to come along if you'd
like to get involved!
There are a few free tickets on offer, see
http://travelspirit.io/manchester-conference-june-2016/
Best regards,
Simon
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Hi all
The next Bitcoin Manchester is confirmed. It will be Tuesday 3rd May, 7-9pm at the Manchester Digital Laboratory (MadLab).
# Talks on privacy technologies
Summary: Max will describe Confidential Transactions, a new more private type of transaction for Bitcoin. Max will describe how this works, what benefits it has for privacy, and what trade-offs it makes in terms of transaction size and performance. Ash will describe CoinJoin, a more basic form of privacy (but already actively in use) that combines transactions from multiple users to make tracing the flow of money harder. Ash will look at two implementations of CoinJoin: JoinMarket for Bitcoin and DarkSend (to be rebranded PrivacyProtect) for Dash.
Full description on our (new!) website: http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/meetings/bitcoinmanchester-22
Free ticket/signup (optional): http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Manchester/events/230628219/
## Food / drink
As always we’ll have free pizza (paid for by bitcoin via Takeaway.com) during the event, and afterwards we’ll head over to Common bar.
See you there!
Ash + Max
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Bitcoin Manchester
http://www.bitcoinmanchester.org.uk/
Organiser group email: hello(a)bitcoinmanchester.org.uk