Happy Friday. Welcome to the Weekend Update. Our goal with this weekly post is to share quick updates about online education, networking and collaboration opportunities and resources for the open source enterprise blockchain community.
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Open Climate Collabathon
Hosted by the Open Collective Foundation, this year-long collaborative hackathon aimed at the development of an open source and collectively owned global climate accounting system, platform and portal kicked off this week in conjunction with Earth Day. As part of the launch activities, the Collabathon will host break out sessions this weekend, April 25-26, with the 2019 teams to connect and grow existing and new teams. Sessions will be conducted on Discord throughout the different channels. Go here to get involved.
Meeting of Blockchain Minds – Hyperledger’s Behlendorf and ConsenSys’s Lubin on Hyperledger Besu, Ethereum and the Future of Enterprise Blockchain
Hyperledger Besu is an Ethereum client designed to be enterprise friendly for both public and private permissioned networks. In this webinar, Brian Behlendorf and Joe Lubin will provide insights into what that means for the world of blockchain technologies, and why CIOs, CTOs and business leaders need to start thinking more and differently about blockchain.
Tune in on April 28 at 8:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Registration details are here.
Blockchain Research Institute Webinar – Going Cashless: The Digital Dollar in the Face of COVID-19
On Tuesday, April 28, at 1 p.m. EDT, Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, will lead a discussion on “Going Cashless: The Digital Dollar in the Face of COVID-19.” Register here.
Global Blockchain Business Council (GBBC) Virtual Forum: Soramitsu on Creating a Blockchain-Based Payment System
Join Makoto Takemiya, Co-Founder & CEO Soramitsu, for a presentation on Soramitsu’s Project Bakong, a collaboration with the central bank of Cambodia to create a blockchain-based integrated payment system that incorporates digital identity, payments, and digital assets for the general populous. The innovative payment system is the first use of a blockchain system by a central bank for retail payments and is enabling Cambodia’s largely unbanked population to gain access to the broader financial system.
The session will be held at 9:15 a.m. EDT on April 30. Registration details are here.
Internet Identity Workshop XXX (#30)
This virtual three-day workshop is billed as the time and place to discuss, share your knowledge, work on and learn about anything and everything related to Internet Identity. IIW brings together the largest concentration on the planet of talent dedicated to designing and building identity systems that empower individuals. IIW has been finding, probing and solving identity issues twice every year since 2005 and moves topics, code, and projects downfield with each event.
The Internet Identity Workshop will run from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Pacific time from April 28-30. Tickets range in price from $65-$450. Registration details are here.
Hyperledger Summer Mentorship application deadline extended
If you are interesting in applying for one of the 18 paid mentorship opportunities in this year’s Hyperledger Summer Mentorship program, you have couple of extra days to make the deadline. The program is open to students anywhere in the world, and mentees can work wherever they are. The new application deadline is April 27.
Upcoming Virtual Meetups
See the full Virtual Meetup schedule here.
And, finally, if you can’t wait to get learning, check out this recording of IntellectEU’s webinar on KUBE: Bank Onboarding Made Easy. Learn how financial institutions are using Intellect EU’s KUBE to share corporate data using the Know Your Customer process.
