Upcoming Events Crypto Party this Friday, October 27 from 6:00-8:00pm. We care about your privacy. This will be a guided workshop on how to use practical cryptography to protect yourself in the digital space. RSVP here.  Plasma: Scalable Autonomous Smart Contracts this Saturday, October 28 from 5:00-6:30pm. Blockchain at Berkeley R&D will be giving a presentation on Plasma, the scalable smart contracts framework proposed by Poon and Buterin. RSVP here. Course Registration: Applied Data Science with Venture Applications – Live Now! The course material offers an understanding at the intersection of foundational mathematical concepts and current computer science tools, with applications to real-world problems. More information here. SEP, Dlab, and Makerspace Workshop. Blockchain at Berkeley is doing a workshop with SEP, Dlab, Makerspace in November. Stay tuned for more details. Blockchain at Berkeley Announcements & Accomplishments Ethereal Hackathon. We’re incredibly proud to say that 2 out of 3 teams that won the Ethereal Hackathon were from B@B! Congrats to Athena group members Saroj, Avneet, Jeremiah, Tammy, Kevin, and Federico and Zk-Sharks members Aparna, Zubin, Maaz, Glo, and Vishesh. Only 4 more days before they present and have a chance to win $5000 worth of ETH! https://etherealsummit.com/hackathon/ Spankchain Audit. Blockchain at Berkeley completed their first audit – spank chain’s state channel token auction. See the white paper along with a personal shout-out here! Certification Results. New members recently completed their “Blockchain Fundamentals” certification exam. Congratulations to all passing members on their success! Alternative Consensus Deep Dive. On October 14th B@B hosted a successful deep dive on Alternative Consensus.