Topic: Israel Bitcoin Meetup Group (Read 38635 times)

A meetup organized by IBM, "Blockchain Is Open for Business", has been scheduled for September 7, 17:00, in Rise Tel Aviv. Gathering at 17:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/233564342/.

A Bitcoin lecture, "Advanced Concepts in Blockchain Design", has been scheduled for July 27, 19:30, in Google Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/232620342/.

Video: https://youtu.be/soHe4UMyCCk
Slides:
https://bitcoil.co.il/files/Advanced.Concepts.in.Blockchain.Design.pptx
http://prezi.com/x8jyard5-h51/

On 7.7.2016 we will be holding the block [halving] party, a huge celebration for an event which only happens once every 4 years: http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/231962822/

A Bitcoin special lecture, "Bitsquare: The decentralized Bitcoin exchange", has been scheduled for May 31, 19:30, in Rise, Floor 5, Ahad Ha'am 54, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/231011433/.

A Bitcoin lecture, "Zeronet", has been scheduled for March 29, 19:00, in Google Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 18:30.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/229730017/.

A round table discussion on Bitcoin's roadmap has been scheduled for February 4, 19:30, in Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/228322084/.

Well, you can have a look at the list of those which already have: https://goo.gl/hmxVQN

Of course, we'll have more in the future.

You are truly interested in meeting new people and are open to learn.
I can not wait to see what BTC services and ideas come out from IL.

A Bitcoin lecture, "Breaking free from chains: Secure "chainless" protocols for Bitcoin", has been scheduled for December 17, 19:30, in Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/227289840/.

A Bitcoin special lecture, "How Many Private Keys Can We Compute in the Bitcoin Blockchain?", has been scheduled for October 29, 19:30, in Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/226233858/.

A special Bitcoin meetup as part of the DLD conference has been scheduled for September 8, 18:00, in the Bitcoin emBassy, Ahuzat Bayit 1 Tel Aviv.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/224537960/.

A Bitcoin panel, "The Looming Fork", has been scheduled for August 25, 19:30, in Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/224746783/.

A Bitcoin lecture, "Colored coins", has been scheduled for August 13, 19:30, in Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/224431371/.

A Bitcoin personal story by Ayal Segev has been scheduled for July 21, 19:00, in Google Campus Tel Aviv, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 18:30.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/223815651/.

I think Israel is less conservative than, say, the US.

When I read the comment about evolution I thought "WTF is he talking about...", but looking it up it seems that indeed evolution was missing from the curriculum until recently (which is slightly different from being banned - while evolution was not taught as a subject on its own, I don't think any biology teacher avoided referring to it.).

So while you got that one right, my very reaction is an indication of the generally low level of conservatism.

Specifically for evolution, the whole topic of "evolution vs. creationism" in education is simply not a hot topic of public debate here the way it is in the US.

You could also say that in the US there is a large number of moderate conservatives, while in Israel there is a smaller number of extreme conservatives which, with a few exceptions, keep to themselves and don't have much sway over the public opinion.

Given this, and the entrepreneurial and technophile spirit of Israel, there's not really much of a problem discussing Bitcoin here.

I think interest in Bitcoin in Israel is in a plateau for now, the way it is in most of the world. We'll need some more exciting stories to get the interest going again - for now we're spreading the word to whomever is willing to listen. In the smaller meetups we have every 3 weeks there are about 30 attendees. Bigger meetups can reach ~120 people and the last conference had ~250.


Actually I can't, since I'm not a mod of this section, and apparently being the OP isn't enough. I don't really think I should, either - it's a marginal comment.

Sorry for my prejudices

But I'm still interested in the topic: How many people attend the meet-ups and do you see an expanding interest?

Your impression of Israel is completely wrong. Yes, there is the conservative side but at the same time Israelis are one of the 1st to jump on any new technology.
Conservative? Only in some places. The biggest "gay parades" , nudity on TV (since forever) ........  As far as evolution- who told you that? Maybe in religious schools it was like that.

Now Meni can delete this since it's OT.

Perhaps it is not proper to ask question in these threads, but I am really interested in how it is to discuss, or even promote, bitcoin in a country so conservative it was banned to teach evolution theory in school until very recently?

Conservatism is of course not something unique for Israel, I could have taken another country, but I just saw that you have meet-ups and wonder how the work is going in such a culture setting.

A Bitcoin lecture, "Bitcoin Wallets & Security", has been scheduled for July 6, 19:30, in Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/223413528/.

A Bitcoin lecture, "The Bitcoin Meme", has been scheduled for June 15, 19:30, in Campus Tel Aviv, Floor 34, Electra Tower, 98 Yigal Alon, Tel Aviv. Gathering at 19:00.

Details and registration at http://www.meetup.com/bitcoin-il/events/222908113/.