Technical Meeting

Date
Time
13:00–16:30
Location
IIJ (Internet Initiative Japan)
Iidabashi Grand Bloom
2-10-2 Fujimi
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0071
* Wait at the reception in the office entrance lobby in the 2F
* We will all go together to the room at 13:30
* If you arrive after that phone Edward to be let in Ph.
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TimeSessionPresenter
How things are routed on the Internet
Abstract

Do you want to know where and how your packets are routed across the Internet? Curt will explain this, based on actual data you bring in. Before you come to the meeting, run traceroute login.worldoftanks.asia and we will go through the list of names and IP addresses that come up and compare what's happening in your Internet connection with that of other TLUG members. Depending on interest, we might delve quite deep in to the details of either or both of Internet routing and how your host processes packets internally once they've been received.

Curt Sampson
Ethereum: The unstoppable decentralized world computer that's going to kill us all
Abstract

Edmund will talk about what Ethereum is and how you can use it to write fully-verifiable decentralized applications that don't need a server and can't be shut down. https://www.ethereum.org/ "Ethereum is a decentralized platform that runs smart contracts: applications that run exactly as programmed without any possibility of downtime, censorship, fraud or third party interference." "These apps run on a custom built blockchain, an enormously powerful shared global infrastructure that can move value around and represent the ownership of property. This enables developers to create markets, store

Edmund Edgar

Presentation recordings will be available on this page following the meeting.

Other items on the agenda
  1. Introduction of new members
  2. News about Linux/Open Source, general announcements, Q&A
  3. Auction (bring any gear that would would like to donate to TLUG)