[socal-piggies] How about Bitcoin.org at Scale9x (socallinuxexpo)??

Stephen Gornick sgornick at digicoast.com
Thu Feb 10 02:03:14 PST 2011 

Hi Gerald,

I subscribe to the SoCal Piggies mailing list and noticed your inquiry
to see if the Python group was interested in running a booth.

If Piggies declines or if any other space is available, might there be
any interest in allowing the Bitcoin.org open source project to run a booth?

If you aren't familiar with Bitcoin, it just got some fantastic coverage
on Steve Gibson's Security Now newscast on TWIT:
  http://twit.tv/sn287

Additionally, the project has been getting a lot of attention:

  SlashDot / Reddit / Digg / Hacker News posts, including:
     http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2200705

  Electronic Frontier Foundation Jan, 20 2011:
   
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/01/bitcoin-step-toward-censorship-resistant

  ReadWriteWeb Dec 29, 2010
    http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2010/12/interview-bitcoin.php

The project is particularly interesting for Linux enthusiasts due to the
ability to "mine" for bitcoins, potentially earning hundreds of dollars
a month simply by letting a computer's GPU crunch away:
    Mining Bitcoin
        Fedora 14: http://bit.ly/fb54ye
        Ubuntu: http://bit.ly/ewVzhu
That's what I envision as something to demonstrate and something that is
likely interesting to those visiting our booth -- i.e., a Linux-based
GPU mining machine hashing away, earning bitcoins.

The BItcoin project is novel.  At this time last year if Bitcoin were in
a booth at Scale, nearly everyone who knew anything about Bitcoin would
have physically fit all together inside that one booth.  Today, those
involved in Bitcoin number in the thousands (globally):
  http://maps.google.com/maps?q=https://smsz.net/btcStats/bitcoin.kml

I've been interested in learning and promoting Bitcoin. My contributions
include:
  http://www.bitcoinmoney.com (including my introduction to Bitcoin
podcast: http://bit.ly/rebootingmoney )
  http://www.bitconminer.com
 and other bitcoin-related projects:
    http://www.bitcoinjobs.com 
    http://www.bitcoinmap.com
    http://twitter.com/bitcoineconomy

I am in the process of forming a Los Angeles Bitcoin / Digital Currency
meetup group:
    http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Digital-Currency-Innovators-Group
<http://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-Digital-Currency-Innovators-Group/>

Additionally, there are several other Bitcoin enthusiasts in the area
whom I will recruit for this.  One such indivdual, for example, is Marc
Brevand of El Segundo, creator of White Pixel, the world's fastest
brute-force hashing box:
     http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=42

I've attended several previous Scale expos and use a Linux environment
nearly exclusively.

Hopefully I have described adequately how Bitcoin would be a sensational
linux-based open source project to feature at Scale9x and have provided
enough background to assure you that Bitcoin.org's first boot at Scale
will be a resounding success.

If you agree or would like to discuss anything further, please let me
know.  I look forward to hearing from you.

- Stephen Gornick
  sgornick at digicoast.com
  Phone: 1.310.356.9912
  Twitter: @SGornick


On 02/09/2011 02:24 PM, Gerald Fontejon wrote:
> Hi there.
>
> Scale9x is in two weeks, and wanted to follow up with Socal Piggies
> representing a booth at the expo.  It's the largest tech expo we have
> in Southern California, and all volunteered-based.  If you are
> interested please let us know, at least by Friday (Feb 11, 2011).  
>
> I'm also planning to attend socal-piggies meetup on 2/17 @ Evite HQ.
>  Look forward to meeting you guys and learning.
>
> -Gerald (gerald at socallinuxexpo.org <mailto:gerald at socallinuxexpo.org>)
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 22, 2011 at 5:10 PM, Gerald Fontejon
> <gerald.fontejon at gmail.com <mailto:gerald.fontejon at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Greetings Socal Piggies Group,
>
>     I would like to invite the Socal Piggies project to attend the 9th
>     Southern California Linux Expo.  The show will be held February
>     25th-27th, 2011 at the Hilton LAX in Los Angeles, CA.  SCALE 9x
>     will be an excellent venue to increase awareness and showcase the
>     work of Socal Piggies.
>
>     Because Socal Piggies is an open source project, SCALE
>     <http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/> will provide:
>
>         * a complementary booth on our show floor including all the
>           usual amenities such as a 6' table, chairs
>         * a 500W power drop
>         * one Ethernet drop
>         * and complementary passes to the show
>
>     If this is something that you might be interested in, please let
>     me know as soon as possible.  Please feel free to email or call me
>     if you have any questions.
>
>     Thank you for your time.  And look forward to hearing back from you.
>
>     And if you are curious, here is a current list of exhibitors:
>     http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/exhibitors
>
>
>     --
>     scal9x <http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale9x/>
>
>     Gerald Fontejon
>     web: http://www.socallinuxexpo.org
>     email: gerald at socallinuxexpo.org <mailto:gerald at socallinuxexpo.org>
>     phone: 310.876.2350
>
>     -- 
>     Gerald Fontejon
>     e-mail: gerald.fontejon at gmail.com <mailto:gerald.fontejon at gmail.com>
>     mobile: 310.876.2350
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Gerald Fontejon
> e-mail: gerald.fontejon at gmail.com <mailto:gerald.fontejon at gmail.com>
> mobile: 310.876.2350 
>
>
>
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