Upcoming W3C Workshop: Blockchains and the Web, 29–30 June

Hello,

W3C is pleased to call for participation in a workshop:
    Blockchains and the Web Workshop
    29–30 June 2016, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
    https://www.w3.org/2016/04/blockchain-workshop/

Thanks to MIT Media Lab for hosting the workshop and to Bloomberg for  
sponsorship.

Many projects and companies are looking at ways to use the Bitcoin  
blockchain or other public or private distributed ledgers, to record an  
immutable timestamped public record that can be independently verified by  
any stakeholder.

What does this mean for Web technologies, beyond payments? What emerging  
capabilities could blockchains enable for the Web, such as distributed  
identity management? Conversely, should features be added to the Web  
Platform and to browsers to enable blockchain use cases, such as a  
JavaScript blockchain API to write to blockchain nodes? What will help Web  
developers to take advantage of blockchains?

We invite participation from diverse players in the blockchain community:  
Representatives from communities such as Bitcoin, Hyperledger, and  
Ethereum; browser developers interested in adding support for blockchain  
APIs, identity systems, and other functionality; digital currency  
projects; financial institutions; developers of blockchain systems who  
want to improve interoperability; privacy/security researchers; and more.

Expected topics of discussion include:

Technical enhancements to blockchains, such as:
* Smart contracts and conditional execution contexts
* Blockchain APIs, such as JavaScript or REST APIs
* Decentralization primitives, such as transaction initiation, key  
signing, wallet management
* Ledger interchange formats and protocols

Application areas, such as:
* Identity systems, including privacy, security, and confidentiality  
factors
* Rights expression and licensing
* Decentralized processing, computing, and storage infrastructure
* Voting systems

Other considerations, such as:
* Optimal use cases for blockchains
* Surveys of existing blockchain software systems
* Testing mechanisms to increase interoperability, robustness, stability,  
and confidence in blockchain systems

For more on the workshop, including proposed session tracks to organize
the discussion, please see the workshop details and submission
instructions:
    https://www.w3.org/2016/04/blockchain-workshop/

The event is open to all; position statements will be required to  
participate, due by 27 May.

If you have any questions, please contact organizer Doug Schepers  
<schepers@w3.org> or Domain Lead Wendy Seltzer <wseltzer@w3.org>.

We look forward to seeing you there.

For Doug Schepers, W3C staff contact,
Wendy Seltzer, W3C Policy Counsel and Domain Lead;
Coralie Mercier, Head of W3C Marketing & Communications


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Coralie Mercier  -  W3C Marketing & Communications -  http://www.w3.org
mailto:coralie@w3.org +336 4322 0001 http://www.w3.org/People/CMercier/

Received on Wednesday, 4 May 2016 20:52:31 UTC