IPFS New York Meetup

IPFS -- the InterPlanetary File System -- is making the web faster, safer, decentralized, and more open. It is a new hypermedia distribution protocol, addressed by content and identities. Think Git + BitTorrent + The Web. IPFS is in use by thousands of developers, for all kinds of things from distributing files more efficiently, to making decentralized chat applications, to giving permanent addresses to content, to hosting content for Blockchains. IPFS is one of the hottest and fastest growing Open Source projects! You can learn more about IPFS at https://ipfs.io and https://github.com/ipfs/ipfs

This is the first IPFS NYC Meetup! And most of the core developers are here! Don't miss this opportunity to hang out with us! Join us for an exciting evening of p2p, filesystems, blockchains (bitcoin / ethereum), and apps. Lots of Go and Javascript!

Format: Mingling, 5 short talks, more mingling and maybe hacking.
Drinks: We will serve non-alcoholic drinks (too soon to get caterers or license)
Food: We will have some snacks.

Note that you will have to register again at AWS when getting there to enter. This shouldn't be a hassle, though.

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IPFS and COOL DATA STRUCTURES - 5 short talks

0. Quick Introduction to IPFS (5min).

Juan Benet -- IPFS core developer and Protocol Labs -- will attempt a short but deep introduction to The IPFS Project. This should give enough context for newcommers to follow the rest of the talks.

1. IPLD -- Merkle-linked JSON. (15min)

Juan Benet will give an introduction to IPLD, a new standard for secure, serialized data on the web. IPLD is just JSON (or YAML, or CBOR) that has merkle-links -- meaning that links between objects link using a cryptographic hash. This gives the distributed security properties of Git and Blockchains to any data. This standard is one of the most powerful parts of IPFS, and will enable a wealth of new applications to emerge.

2. uPort -- Identity Management with Ethereum and IPFS. (15min)

Christian Lundkvist -- CTO of Consensys and author of many Ethereum applications -- will give an introduction to uPort, an exciting new decentralized Identity system. uPort uses programs on the Ethereum Blockchain and content on IPFS to maintain identity records that are permanent, uncensorable, and controlled only by you! The uPort attestation system allows third party authorities as well as peers to validate the user's information creating both a rich social fabric as well as powering solid KYC/AML systems in the financial sector.

3. Mediachain -- Distributed media metadata protocol. (15min)

Arkadiy - will give an introduction to Mediachain, a collaborative federated media metadata protocol that allows parties to make statements about creative works. The metadata statements are cryptographically signed by the contributor, timestamped in the Bitcoin blockchain, and stored in IPFS. The statements can then be looked up via perceptual search using an instance of the media itself.

4. Gx and Registry Mirror -- Package Management on IPFS. (20min)

Jeromy Johnson and David Dias -- IPFS core developers and Protocol Labs -- will speak about Gx and registry-mirror, two exciting package management projects on top of IPFS. IPFS is fantastic for package managers, because of its decentralized, secure, and permanent linking. registry-mirror is a node.js module that makes it so you can install npm packages directly from IPFS, peer-to-peer! Gx is a new package manager on top of IPFS. It aims to be flexible, powerful, and simple. You can use it today to secure your Go dependencies!

5. Orbit -- Distributed p2p chat on IPFS. (15min)

Samuli Poyhtari -- IPFS core developer and Protocol Labs -- will speak about Orbit, a distributed p2p chat on IPFS. Think decentralized Slack or IRC! This talk will demo it, discuss how it works, and its components. And we will discuss how we can build realtime apps on IPFS.

6. Chris Pacia -- OpenBazaar And Decentralized Marketplaces

Chris Pacia -- Lead backend developer for OpenBazaar -- will speak about the challenges of building a decentralized marketplace and the goals for OpenBazaar 2.0. The talk will discuss how IPFS can help solve some key development challenges.

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