Jameson Lopp in Chicago for Bitcoin & Open Blockchain Meetup

This Thursday, on January 3rd Jameson Lopp of Casa Hodl visited Chicago for the Bitcoin and Open Blockchain Meetup at mHUB. He presented concepts primarily about security regarding the bitcoin protocol but also addressed his career in technology beyond crypto.

Lightning talks introduced a new Northside meetup, a secure messaging app, a blockchain for social good philanthropic effort, as well as a new crypto business directory.

After this handful of short pitch presentations, Jameson took the stage to begin his presentation.

Here are a few slides from the talk he gave. While it may seem as if things skewed toward the negative, it primarily addressed the human follies that have resulted in lost or stolen bitcoin.

Of course, malware and ransom ware have been critical issues within cyber security and information security in general — the bitcoin community is no exception.

As always, BOB did a great job of producing this event which celebrated the 10th anniversary of Bitcoin’s existence. If you live in the city or just happen to be passing by, it’s worth checking into their monthly gathering.

After Lopp concluded his slideshow, BOB Meetup host Hannah Rosenberg and the guest speaker sat down to have a discussion which included time for attendee questions too.

Highly recommend you follow Lopp on Twitter — better yet, try to catch a presentation if he comes through your area in the future.

He also maintains what I consider to be the very best collection of articles and resources in the space at this point.

Is there a good Meetup in your area? Who would you like to hear a presentation from and about what topic?

Thanks for reading!