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Understanding Web3: Unpacking & Exploring the Implications of the Bitcoin White Paper (Intense Reading Session)

How far do the ideas introduced in the Bitcoin White Paper extend beyond digital money to reshape the way people organize, cooperate, and exchange value?

Hosted by
vs_gregory @vs_gregory
Community
blockchain newbies
Topics
bitcoin blockchain web3 decentralized ledger technology

Opening claims from the host

1

Reading the Bitcoin White Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto firsthand provides a stronger base for understanding Web3 than relying exclusively on news articles, social media, or other people's explanations.

2

A person can develop a meaningful understanding of Web3 without having read the Bitcoin White Paper, provided they engage with its underlying ideas through other reliable sources.

3

Closely reading Satoshi's Bitcoin White Paper in a way that questions its foundations, assumptions and limitations is far more valuable for understanding Web3 than listening to 'crypto' noise.

Nov

5

420 minute tour

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Tour timeline

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0 min 400m — survey ends 410m — claims close 420m

How it works

  1. 1 Tour Profile Survey
    A short set of questions grounds the room. Takes two minutes. Earns back up to 30% of the ticket price.
  2. 2 Claims
    Make your best claim(s) in up to 200 characters. Clear, plain and compelling language. No jargon. Directly addressing the Tour title, Lead Question and/or Topic. Add a Confidence Rating to track Prediction Accuracy and for a chance to win a prize.
  3. 3 Vote
    Read this Tour's claims. Vote: Agree, Disagree, or Needs Work. Claims that reach 85% agreement become a Tour consensus and everybody wins a reward.
  4. 4 Deliberate & Persuade
    Challenge claims, refine ideas and respond to objections. Participants in a live event Tour conversation attempt to persuade the Audience and to strengthen various claims until broader agreement emerges. Audience live chat comments welcome too.
  5. 5 Results
    What the room agreed on. Rewards for claim winners and all participants present when one or more MVCs was reached. Prize pool distributed to leading or unique participant contributions.