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From: Pindar Wong <pindar.wong@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [bitcoin-dev] CFP Bitcoin Scalability Workshop (Sept 12-13),
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Dear Mark,

Thank you for your email.

Registration <http://scalingbitcoin.brownpapertickets.com/> was opened on
Wednesday as planned and we list some initial background papers here:
https://scalingbitcoin.org/papers/

To encourage early submissions to help with planning, review and
circulation, we will accept on a rolling basis, expressions of interest and
proposals surrounding Bitcoin scalability *until 00.00 UTC Sept 1st 2015*.

Please email them to proposals@scalingbitcoin.org

I very much looking forward to meeting you and to the technical discussions
in Montreal next month!

Please feel free to also follow us on Twitter @ScalingBitcoin

Yours sincerely,

Pindar Wong

Chair, Montreal Workshop Planning Committee

Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd.






On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Mark Friedenbach <mark@friedenbach.org>
wrote:

> I want to put a big thank-you out to Pindar, Warren, and others in the
> organizing committee who I know must have put in a lot of hours to make
> this happen. I will be attending, and I hope to see many of you there too=
.
> It is my sincere hope that the academic structure of a workshop will help
> break down some of the communication walls that have arisen in this debat=
e,
> and help us all work towards finding a compromise towards scaling bitcoin=
,
> something we all want to see happen.
>
> On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 1:45 AM, Pindar Wong via bitcoin-dev <
> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
>> Bitcoin Scalability Workshops
>>
>> In recent months the Bitcoin development community has faced difficult
>> discussions of how to safely improve the scalability and decentralized
>> nature of the Bitcoin network. To aid the technical consensus building
>> process we are organizing a pair of workshops to collect technical
>> criteria, present proposals and evaluate technical materials and data wi=
th
>> academic discipline and analysis that fully considers the complex tradeo=
ffs
>> between decentralization, utility, security and operational realities. T=
his
>> may be considered as similar in intent and process to the NIST-SHA3 desi=
gn
>> process where performance and security were in a tradeoff for a security
>> critical application.
>>
>> Since Bitcoin is a P2P currency with many stakeholders, it is important
>> to collect requirements as broadly as possible, and through the process
>> enhance everyone=E2=80=99s understanding of the technical properties of =
Bitcoin to
>> help foster an inclusive, transparent, and informed process.
>>
>> Those with technical interest are invited to participate in this pair of
>> workshops with the following intent:
>>
>> Phase 1: Scene setting, evaluation criteria, and tradeoff analysis.
>>
>> Montreal, Canada: September 12th-13th, 2015
>>
>> Scalability is not a single parameter; there are many opportunities to
>> make the Bitcoin protocol more efficient and better able to service the
>> needs of its growing userbase. Each approach to further scaling the Bitc=
oin
>> blockchain involves implicit trade offs of desired properties of the who=
le
>> system. As a community we need to raise awareness of the complex and sub=
tle
>> issues involved, facilitate deeper research and testing of existing
>> proposals, and motivate future work in this area.
>>
>> The purpose of this workshop is to discuss the general tradeoffs and
>> requirements of any proposal to scale Bitcoin beyond its present limits.
>> Session topics are to include the presentation of experimental data
>> relating to known bottlenecks of Bitcoin=E2=80=99s continued growth and =
analysis of
>> implicit tradeoffs involved in general strategies for enabling future
>> growth.
>>
>> This event will not host sessions on the topic of any specific proposals
>> involving changes to the Bitcoin protocol. Such proposals would be the
>> topic of a 2nd, follow-on Phase 2 workshop described below; this event i=
s
>> intended to =E2=80=9Cset the stage=E2=80=9D for work on and evaluation o=
f specific
>> proposals in the time between the workshops.
>>
>> Phase 2 will be planned out further as part of Phase 1 with input from
>> the participants.
>>
>> Phase 2: Presentation and review of technical proposals, with simulation=
,
>> benchmark results.
>>
>> Hong Kong, SAR, China: TBD Nov/Dec 2015
>>
>> Hopefully to be easier for the Chinese miners to attend, the second
>> workshop pertaining to actual block size proposals is to be planned for
>> Hong Kong roughly in the late November to December timeframe.
>>
>> The purpose of this workshop is to present and review actual proposals
>> for scaling Bitcoin against the requirements gathered in Phase 1. Multip=
le
>> competing proposals will be presented, with experimental data, and compa=
red
>> against each other. The goal is to raise awareness of scalability issues
>> and build a pathway toward consensus for increasing Bitcoin=E2=80=99s tr=
ansaction
>> processing capacity or, barring that, identify key areas of further
>> required research and next steps for moving forward.
>>
>> Preliminarily, Phase 2 will be a time to share results from experiments
>> performed as a result of Phase 1 and an opportunity to discuss new
>> developments.
>>
>> How do the Workshops work?
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Both events will be live-streamed with remote participation
>>    facilitated via IRC for parallel online discussion and passing questi=
ons to
>>    the event.
>>    -
>>
>>    These workshops aim to facilitate the existing Bitcoin Improvement
>>    Proposals (BIP)[1] process. Most work will be done outside of the wor=
kshops
>>    in the intervening months. The workshops serve to be additive to the =
design
>>    and review process by raising awareness of diverse points of view, st=
udies,
>>    simulations, and proposals.
>>    -
>>
>>    Travel, venue details, and accommodation recommendation are available
>>    at scalingbitcoin.org. Registration begins August 12th at an
>>    early-bird ticket price of $150 USD until September 3rd. The ticket p=
rices
>>    do not come close to covering the venue expense and travel subsidies,=
 hence
>>    the need for corporate sponsors.
>>    -
>>
>>    Please see the FAQ at scalingbitcoin.org which should answer most
>>    other questions.
>>
>>
>> Travel Subsidies for Independent/Academic Researchers
>>
>> There will be an application process for independent or academic
>> researchers to apply for travel assistance to help cover the expense of
>> airfare and hotel fees up to $1,000 per qualified presenter who intends =
to
>> give a presentation.  The four underwriters of this event have agreed to
>> jointly review applications and cover the travel subsidies for qualified
>> presenters. See scalingbitcoin.org for details.
>>
>> Sponsors of the Montreal Workshop
>>
>> The first workshop is hosted and with logistics handled by the Montreal
>> consultancy CryptoMechanics <http://cryptomechanics.com>.
>>
>> The Underwriters jointly responsible for venue expenses and researcher
>> travel subsidies are currently the MIT Digital Currency Initiative,
>> Chaincode Labs, Blockstream, and Chain.com.
>>
>> Current sponsors include: Cryptsy, BitcoinTalk, Final Hash, Blockstream,
>> MIT DCI, Chaincode Labs, IDEO Futures, Kraken, and Chain.com.
>>
>> Additional sponsors are needed. Please see scalingbitcoin.org for
>> sponsorship details or contact me directly via < pindar dot wong at
>> gmail.com >
>>
>> Online Workshop Resources
>>
>>    -
>>
>>    Bitcoin-Workshops-Announce list
>>
>>    https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-workshops-=
announce
>>    -
>>
>>    Bitcoin-Workshops discussion list
>>    https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-workshops
>>    -
>>
>>    #bitcoin-workshops chat on the Freenode IRC network
>>    http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=3Dbitcoin-workshops
>>
>>
>> Call for Proposals/Papers/Presentations
>>
>> If you have any research relevant to issues surrounding Bitcoin
>> scalability, your proposal for a presentation at the Montreal workshop
>> would be most welcome.  Please see scalingbitcoin.org for submission
>> details.
>>
>> Pindar Wong
>>
>> Chair, Montreal Workshop Planning Committee
>>
>> Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd.
>>
>> [1] https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> bitcoin-dev mailing list
>> bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org
>> https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-dev
>>
>>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Mark, <br><br></div><div>Thank yo=
u for your email.<br></div><div><br></div></div><div><a href=3D"http://scal=
ingbitcoin.brownpapertickets.com/" target=3D"_blank">Registration</a> was o=
pened on Wednesday as planned and we list some initial background papers he=
re:=C2=A0 <a href=3D"https://scalingbitcoin.org/papers/" target=3D"_blank">=
https://scalingbitcoin.org/papers/</a><br><br>To encourage early submission=
s to help with planning, review and circulation, we will accept on a rollin=
g basis, expressions of interest and proposals surrounding Bitcoin scalabil=
ity <b>until 00.00 UTC Sept 1st 2015</b>.</div><div><br></div>Please email =
them to <a href=3D"mailto:proposals@scalingbitcoin.org" target=3D"_blank">p=
roposals@scalingbitcoin.org</a> <br><br>I very much looking forward to meet=
ing you and to the technical discussions in Montreal next month!<br><br>Ple=
ase feel free to also follow us on Twitter @ScalingBitcoin<br><br></div><di=
v>Yours sincerely,<br></div><div><br></div><div><font size=3D"2"><span styl=
e=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255=
);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:non=
e;vertical-align:baseline">Pindar Wong</span></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D=
"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255=
,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration=
:none;vertical-align:baseline">Chair, Montreal Workshop Planning Committee<=
/span></font></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;ma=
rgin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rg=
b(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:no=
rmal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Chai=
rman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd.</span></font></p><br></div><div><br><br><br><=
/div></div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quo=
te">On Wed, Aug 12, 2015 at 3:13 AM, Mark Friedenbach <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:mark@friedenbach.org" target=3D"_blank">mark@friedenbach=
.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"ma=
rgin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><div>I want to put a big thank-you out to Pindar, Warren, and others in =
the organizing committee who I know must have put in a lot of hours to make=
 this happen. I will be attending, and I hope to see many of you there too.=
 It is my sincere hope that the academic structure of a workshop will help =
break down some of the communication walls that have arisen in this debate,=
 and help us all work towards finding a compromise towards scaling bitcoin,=
 something we all want to see happen.</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"=
><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><div class=3D"h5">On Tue, Aug 11, 2015=
 at 1:45 AM, Pindar Wong via bitcoin-dev <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"m=
ailto:bitcoin-dev@lists.linuxfoundation.org" target=3D"_blank">bitcoin-dev@=
lists.linuxfoundation.org</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote =
class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid=
;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class=3D"h5"><div dir=3D"ltr"><p dir=3D"ltr" s=
tyle=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"=
><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(=
255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-dec=
oration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Bitcoin Scalability Workshops</span><=
/font></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0=
);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-=
variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">In recent mont=
hs the Bitcoin development community has faced difficult discussions of how=
 to safely improve the scalability and decentralized nature of the Bitcoin =
network. To aid the technical consensus building process we are organizing =
a pair of workshops to collect technical criteria, present proposals and ev=
aluate technical materials and data with academic discipline and analysis t=
hat fully considers the complex tradeoffs between decentralization, utility=
, security and operational realities. This may be considered as similar in =
intent and process to the NIST-SHA3 design process where performance and se=
curity were in a tradeoff for a security critical application.</span></font=
></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;m=
argin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-famil=
y:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;=
font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:b=
aseline">Since Bitcoin is a P2P currency with many stakeholders, it is impo=
rtant to collect requirements as broadly as possible, and through the proce=
ss enhance everyone=E2=80=99s understanding of the technical properties of =
Bitcoin to help foster an inclusive, transparent, and informed process.</sp=
an></font></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-heig=
ht:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"f=
ont-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font=
-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vert=
ical-align:baseline">Those with technical interest are invited to participa=
te in this pair of workshops with the following intent:</span></font></p><f=
ont size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-t=
op:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial=
;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font=
-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:=
baseline">Phase 1: Scene setting, evaluation criteria, and tradeoff analysi=
s.</span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-co=
lor:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;=
text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> =C2=A0</span></font></p><p d=
ir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><fon=
t size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);backgroun=
d-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:nor=
mal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Montreal, Canada: Septemb=
er 12th-13th, 2015</span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,3=
4);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font=
-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br><br></spa=
n></font></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin=
-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34=
,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal=
;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Scalabil=
ity is not a single parameter; there are many opportunities to make the Bit=
coin protocol more efficient and better able to service the needs of its gr=
owing userbase. Each approach to further scaling the Bitcoin blockchain inv=
olves implicit trade offs of desired properties of the whole system. As a c=
ommunity we need to raise awareness of the complex and subtle issues involv=
ed, facilitate deeper research and testing of existing proposals, and motiv=
ate future work in this area.</span></font></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font>=
<p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">=
<font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);backg=
round-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant=
:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">The purpose of this w=
orkshop is to discuss the general tradeoffs and requirements of </span><spa=
n style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,2=
55,255);font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decorati=
on:none;vertical-align:baseline">any </span><span style=3D"font-family:Aria=
l;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;fon=
t-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:base=
line">proposal to scale Bitcoin beyond its present limits. Session topics a=
re to include the presentation of experimental data relating to known bottl=
enecks of Bitcoin=E2=80=99s continued growth and analysis of implicit trade=
offs involved in general strategies for enabling future growth.</span></fon=
t></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;=
margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-fami=
ly:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:=
400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-ali=
gn:baseline">This event will not host sessions on the topic of any specific=
 proposals involving changes to the Bitcoin protocol. Such proposals would =
be the topic of a 2nd, follow-on Phase 2 workshop described below; this eve=
nt is intended to =E2=80=9Cset the stage=E2=80=9D for work on and evaluatio=
n of specific proposals in the time between the workshops. </span></font></=
p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;marg=
in-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:A=
rial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;=
font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:b=
aseline">Phase 2 will be planned out further as part of Phase 1 with input =
from the participants.</span></font></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=
=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font =
size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-=
color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:norma=
l;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Phase 2: Presentation =
and review of technical proposals, with simulation, benchmark results.</spa=
n><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb=
(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-de=
coration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> =C2=A0</span></font></p><p dir=3D"l=
tr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=
=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-colo=
r:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;te=
xt-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Hong Kong, SAR, China: TBD Nov/=
Dec 2015</span></font></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-t=
op:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial=
;color:rgb(51,51,51);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font=
-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:basel=
ine">Hopefully to be easier for the Chinese miners to attend, the second wo=
rkshop pertaining to actual block size proposals is to be planned for Hong =
Kong roughly in the late November to December timeframe.</span></font></p><=
font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-=
top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Aria=
l;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;fon=
t-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:base=
line">The purpose of this workshop is to present and review actual proposal=
s for scaling Bitcoin against the requirements gathered in Phase 1. Multipl=
e competing proposals will be presented, with experimental data, and compar=
ed against each other. The goal is to raise awareness of scalability issues=
 and build a pathway toward consensus for increasing Bitcoin=E2=80=99s tran=
saction processing capacity or, barring that, identify key areas of further=
 required research and next steps for moving forward.</span></font></p><fon=
t size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top=
:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;c=
olor:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-s=
tyle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baselin=
e">Preliminarily, Phase 2 will be a time to share results from experiments =
performed as a result of Phase 1 and an opportunity to discuss new developm=
ents.</span></font></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"=
line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(38,38,38);background-color:rgb(255,255,=
255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:=
underline;vertical-align:baseline">How do the Workshops work?</span></font>=
</p><ul style=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D=
"list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-colo=
r:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;te=
xt-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-he=
ight:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D=
"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);fo=
nt-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;ve=
rtical-align:baseline">Both events will be live-streamed with remote partic=
ipation facilitated via IRC for parallel online discussion and passing ques=
tions to the event.</span></font></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-sty=
le-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255=
,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decora=
tion:none;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38=
;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-fam=
ily:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight=
:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-al=
ign:baseline">These workshops aim to facilitate the existing Bitcoin Improv=
ement Proposals (BIP)[1] process. Most work will be done outside of the wor=
kshops in the intervening months. The workshops serve to be additive to the=
 design and review process by raising awareness of diverse points of view, =
studies, simulations, and proposals.</span></font></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" =
style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);backgro=
und-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:n=
ormal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D=
"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span =
style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255=
,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration=
:none;vertical-align:baseline">Travel, venue details, and accommodation rec=
ommendation are available at </span><a href=3D"https://scalingbitcoin.org" =
style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-family=
:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;fo=
nt-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-alig=
n:baseline">scalingbitcoin.org</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;c=
olor:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-s=
tyle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baselin=
e">. Registration begins August 12th at an early-bird ticket price of $150 =
USD until September 3rd. The ticket prices do not come close to covering th=
e venue expense and travel subsidies, hence the need for corporate sponsors=
.</span></font></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-=
family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-wei=
ght:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical=
-align:baseline"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;ma=
rgin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rg=
b(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:no=
rmal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Plea=
se see the FAQ at </span><a href=3D"https://scalingbitcoin.org" style=3D"te=
xt-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;colo=
r:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:no=
rmal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline"=
>scalingbitcoin.org</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34=
,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal=
;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"> which s=
hould answer most other questions.</span></font></p></li></ul><font size=3D=
"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;marg=
in-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(=
34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:norm=
al;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">T=
ravel Subsidies for Independent/Academic Researchers</span></font></p><p di=
r=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font=
 size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background=
-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:norm=
al;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">There will be an applicati=
on process for independent or academic researchers to apply for travel assi=
stance to help cover the expense of airfare and hotel fees up to $1,000 per=
 qualified presenter who intends to give a presentation.=C2=A0 The four und=
erwriters of this event have agreed to jointly review applications and cove=
r the travel subsidies for qualified presenters. See </span><a href=3D"http=
s://scalingbitcoin.org" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><s=
pan style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:rgb(25=
5,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decor=
ation:underline;vertical-align:baseline">scalingbitcoin.org</span></a><span=
 style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,25=
5,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoratio=
n:none;vertical-align:baseline"> for details.</span></font></p><font size=
=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;m=
argin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:r=
gb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:n=
ormal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline=
">Sponsors of the Montreal Workshop </span></font></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=
=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><sp=
an style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent=
;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none=
;vertical-align:baseline">The first workshop is hosted and with logistics h=
andled by the Montreal consultancy </span><a href=3D"http://cryptomechanics=
.com" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font-=
family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:=
400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertica=
l-align:baseline">CryptoMechanics</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:Aria=
l;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;fon=
t-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:base=
line">.</span></font></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=
=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><sp=
an style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent=
;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none=
;vertical-align:baseline">The Underwriters jointly responsible for venue ex=
penses and researcher travel subsidies are currently the MIT Digital Curren=
cy Initiative, Chaincode Labs, Blockstream, and Chain.com.</span></font></p=
><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margi=
n-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Ar=
ial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-styl=
e:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">=
Current sponsors include: Cryptsy, BitcoinTalk, Final Hash, Blockstream, MI=
T DCI, Chaincode Labs, IDEO Futures, Kraken, and Chain.com.</span></font></=
p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;marg=
in-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:A=
rial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-sty=
le:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"=
>Additional sponsors are needed. Please see </span><a href=3D"https://scali=
ngbitcoin.org" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=
=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;fon=
t-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underlin=
e;vertical-align:baseline">scalingbitcoin.org</span></a><span style=3D"font=
-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400=
;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:=
baseline"> for sponsorship details or contact me directly via &lt; pindar d=
ot wong at <a href=3D"http://gmail.com" target=3D"_blank">gmail.com</a> &gt=
;</span></font></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line=
-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-we=
ight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;ve=
rtical-align:baseline">Online Workshop Resources</span></font></p><ul style=
=3D"margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"list-style-t=
ype:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fo=
nt-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;ve=
rtical-align:baseline"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:=
0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;co=
lor:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:norm=
al;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Bitcoi=
n-Workshops-Announce list</span><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(=
0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-=
variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><br></span><a =
href=3D"https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/bitcoin-workshop=
s-announce" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D=
"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-w=
eight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;v=
ertical-align:baseline">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/=
bitcoin-workshops-announce</span></a></font></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=
=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-colo=
r:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-de=
coration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:=
1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font=
-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400=
;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:=
baseline">Bitcoin-Workshops discussion list</span><span style=3D"font-famil=
y:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-=
style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseli=
ne"><br></span><a href=3D"https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/listinf=
o/bitcoin-workshops" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span=
 style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transpare=
nt;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:un=
derline;vertical-align:baseline">https://lists.linuxfoundation.org/mailman/=
listinfo/bitcoin-workshops</span></a></font></p></li><li dir=3D"ltr" style=
=3D"list-style-type:disc;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-colo=
r:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-de=
coration:none;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:=
1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font=
-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400=
;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:=
baseline">#bitcoin-workshops chat on the Freenode IRC network</span><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;fon=
t-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;ver=
tical-align:baseline"><br></span><a href=3D"http://webchat.freenode.net/?ch=
annels=3Dbitcoin-workshops" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank=
"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:tr=
ansparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decora=
tion:underline;vertical-align:baseline">http://webchat.freenode.net/?channe=
ls=3Dbitcoin-workshops</span></a></font></p></li></ul><font size=3D"2"><br>=
</font><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-botto=
m:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);b=
ackground-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:=
normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">Call for Proposal=
s/Papers/Presentations</span></font></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height=
:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"fon=
t-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:40=
0;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align=
:baseline">If you have any research relevant to issues surrounding Bitcoin =
scalability, your proposal for a presentation at the Montreal workshop woul=
d be most welcome.=C2=A0 Please see </span><a href=3D"https://scalingbitcoi=
n.org" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"_blank"><span style=3D"font=
-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight=
:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertic=
al-align:baseline">scalingbitcoin.org</span></a><span style=3D"font-family:=
Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-st=
yle:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline=
"> for submission details.</span></font></p><font size=3D"2"><br></font><p =
dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><fo=
nt size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);backgrou=
nd-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:no=
rmal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Pindar Wong</span></font=
></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:=
0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);=
background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-va=
riant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">Chair, Montreal =
Workshop Planning Committee</span></font></p><p dir=3D"ltr" style=3D"line-h=
eight:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font size=3D"2"><span style=
=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)=
;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none=
;vertical-align:baseline">Chairman, VeriFi (Hong Kong) Ltd.</span></font></=
p><font size=3D"2"><br><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34)=
;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-v=
ariant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline">[1]</span><span=
 style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,25=
5,255);font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoratio=
n:none;vertical-align:baseline"> </span><a href=3D"https://en.bitcoin.it/wi=
ki/Bitcoin_Improvement_Proposals" style=3D"text-decoration:none" target=3D"=
_blank"><span style=3D"font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-co=
lor:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-=
decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline">https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bi=
tcoin_Improvement_Proposals</span></a></font></div>
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