We are a group of students at the University of Michigan hellbent to make sense of blockchain and its implications.
People have often toted:
Blockchain is the future.
But have you actually heard a compelling argument why that should be remotely true?
Not that we have a perfect answer (and anyone that thinks they have a perfect answer is kinda wrong), the goal of our community is instead to satisfy this quote.
If you take the time to sit someone down and explain to him/her how blockchain works, I believe 95% of the people you explain to will agree with you, blockchain is a great idea.
Loosely transcribed from Olaf Carlson-Wee, founder of Polychain Capital.
We are here to talk about why blockchain is a great idea, and also why it might not be a great idea.
As an organization, we hold ourselves to a few core values:
Blockchain is an open sourced, egalitarian technology. Our community should reflect that.
We strongly believe that the industry is built on the principles of open thought, open ideas, and allowing anybody interested to be able to join and use this technology. To reflect that, as an organization, we are open to everybody to join us at our meetings.
Blockchain is a deeply political experience. It is not just a technology made by computer scientists.
Blockchain is not just reserved for engineers or computer science majors! We love the diverse voices a diverse community brings to our meetings. The only qualifications you need to be part of this space is to be interested.
Nothing is figured out. So lets be openminded.