Cryptoledgers Community Group created

The Cryptoledgers Community Group has been launched:
  http://www.w3.org/community/cryptoledgers/

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This group aims at creating an international and interdisciplinary
network of researchers - academic and non-academic - interested in
exploring the economic, legal, technical and societal challenges raised
and faced by cryptoledger-based applications, such as Bitcoin or
Ethereum.
The purpose of this group is to enable peer support and collaboration
for researchers across institutions and disciplines to achieve a better
understanding of the opportunities and risks posed by cryptocurrencies
and other cryptoledger-based applications. 
This group includes those doing theoretical analysis, investigating
tools and applications that might hinder or support the adoption of
alternative cryptocurrencies, or collaborating on the development of new
tools to further promote their deployment worldwide.


This group will not publish specifications.

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To join:
  http://www.w3.org/community/cryptoledgers/join

If you do not have one already, you will need a W3C account to join:
  http://www.w3.org/community/account/request

This is a community initiative. W3C's hosting of this group does not
imply endorsement of the activities.

The group must now choose a chair:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-choose-a-chair

For more information about getting started in the new group, see:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/faq/#how-do-we-get-started-in-a-new-group

and good practice for running a group:
 http://www.w3.org/community/about/good-practice-for-running-a-group/

We invite you to share news of this new group in social media
and other channels.

If you believe that there is an issue with this group that requires
the attention of the W3C staff, please email us at site-comments@w3.org

Thank you,
W3C Community Development Team

Received on Thursday, 2 April 2015 13:00:02 UTC