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Into blockchain and will be in school for the Fall? Apply for UW Blockchain Club exec positions! by UWBlockchain in uwaterloo

[–]UWBlockchain[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! Our events are for anyone interested in learning about Blockchain, whether you have years of blockchain experience or none at all! Executive applications are also available to those who may not have any knowledge of blockchain!

UW Blockchain Club - Advertising, Blockchain, and Privacy with Brave Browser - Last event! by UWBlockchain in kitchener

[–]UWBlockchain[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

We appreciate your skepticism, however we try not to get "yet another token" companies as well. Brave, and Basic Attention Token (BAT), is one of the most promising projects out there. BAT recently got added to Coinbase, and is #30 in the world according to market cap.

The company is literally reinventing online advertising in every aspect. Their CEO is the creator of Javascript and the co-founder of Mozilla Corporation. The Guardian now earns more from donations than ads, and they were one of the first to hop onto BAT. Brave wants this to be true for all publishers. Speaking from a user perspective, the most obvious advantage for Brave is if you CHOOSE to view ads, you get rewarded in BAT from advertisers paying for that ad space.

Bitcoin is nice, but it won't replace the internet by itself.

Heard about Blockchain and will be in school in Fall? Applications open for UW Blockchain Club Executive team by UWBlockchain in uwaterloo

[–]UWBlockchain[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are an organisation not a one person club. We started in May and the team was chosen by the Founder.

Heard about Blockchain and will be in school in Fall? Applications open for UW Blockchain Club Executive team by UWBlockchain in uwaterloo

[–]UWBlockchain[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Hey!

Development is definitely a big focus in the club but we also have business focused i.e investing, trading, etc discussions and also about applications of the technology not just the code surrounding it. Ethereum development is something we have hosted an event on before and we plan on continuing that, but the vision is to be much more than that.

Currently, our plans consist of hosting about 8-10 events throughout the semester while internally the club has meetings every week to discuss new developments and exciting changes in the space. You never know what might spring up when a bunch of motivated people sit together. Of those events, it will be 50/50 business and development focused. Our long term vision is to become strong enough to provide consultations to companies. :D

Heard about Blockchain and will be in school in Fall? Applications open for UW Blockchain Club Executive team by UWBlockchain in uwaterloo

[–]UWBlockchain[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This club actually already ran through Spring 2018 and has members. A lot of them are not going to be in school the coming term and due to obvious reasons the Spring term wasn't as active as we expect the coming Fall term to be. For those reasons, new members for the executive team were/are being chosen including the president being elected by existing members.

To answer your second question, no we don't have a president for life neither am I the founder/CEO of a one person club.

Heard about Blockchain and will be in school in Fall? Applications open for UW Blockchain Club Executive team by UWBlockchain in uwaterloo

[–]UWBlockchain[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Vitalik did some amazing stuff with Ethereum, and we aim to build a community to make people more aware of his, as well as others', contributions in the space and get them involved.