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About Blockchain Manchester

Who are we?

Blockchain Manchester is a community effort by BlockRocket.

@BlockRocketTech is a blockchain focused engineering and product delivery business specalising in the application and use of Blochcain & Distrubted Ledger technologies.

Primarily we are builders, engineers and consultants based in Manchester who live and breath all things Blockchain, cryptocurrency and it their related technologies.

Feel free to contract us if you would like to talk bussiness or just want to talk at one of our events.

Our Goals

Co-founders James Morgan and Andy Gray have been interested in Blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and decentralised technologies for several years, founding Blockchain Manchester in 2017.

Blockchain Manchester was set up for these reasons:

• To learn more about Blockchain, crypto and DLT through sharing ideas whos those who are involved in the space
• To meet other people in the North (of England) with similar interests and ideas
• Build a network of like minded individuals
• Explore the vast and often controversial ecosystem on all levels
• Build proof-of-concept use-cases/examples that can be presented (and potentially leveraged in the future)
• Engage with people and companies working with Blockchain technology in whatever capacity

Community Links

• Website - blockchainmanchester.co.uk
• Twitter - @blockchain_manc
• Telegram - blockchain_manc
• Meetup - meetup.com/BlockchainManchesterMeetup
• Slack - blockchainmanc
• Medium - medium.com/blockchain-manchester

Talks & Presentations

• Introduction to blockchain (Blockchain Manchester Genesis)
• An Introduction to Blockchain Tech (Leeds)
• Intro to Blockchain Tech (Sheffield)
• Equal Experts- Cambridge -Intro to Blockchain Technology

• Decentralised Apps and Trust
• NEO - "Smart Economy" Overview
• PoW vs PoS
• Minting a crypto-token
• Building real-world DApps with Oraclize.it & KnownOrigin.io - KnownOrigin Oraclize
• Self-Sovereign Identity by @wip-abramson
• Stellar Analysis
• Ethereum 2.0
• BCS Elite - Building DApps and Crypto Collectables
• Cardano, a blockchain platform built to last - by Vincent Almeida
• Stable Coins by Gavin brown
• MakerDAO by Emanuell Dan Minciu
• Libra - a technical overview

| Blockchain | Ethereum | Bitcoin | LTC | Neo | QTUM | UBIQ

Blockchain

Intro

• Intro explanation - http://uk.businessinsider.com/become-a-blockchain-expert-in-1384-words-2017-10?amp&r=US&IR=T
• Explanation of Blockchain - https://thenextweb.com/evergreen/2017/07/04/ultimate-3500-word-plain-english-guide-blockchain/#.tnw_zc4TPhV7
• Blockchain for dummies - https://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?htmlfid=XIM12354USEN

Whitepapers & More

• Build a blockchain (in Python): https://hackernoon.com/learn-blockchains-by-building-one-117428612f46
• UK Gov report on blockchain - https://www.gov.uk/government/news/distributed-ledger-technology-beyond-block-chain
• Various white papers on crypto-coins - https://www.coinlector.com
• Trust, But Verify: Why the Blockchain Needs the Law - https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2844409

Cryptocurrency

• Introduction to Cryptography by Christof Paar - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aHkqB2-46k
• Ever wonder how Bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies actually work? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=bBC-nXj3Ng4
• Creating paper wallets - https://blockgeeks.com/guides/paper-wallet-guide/

Blockchain Oracles

• What are Blockchain Oracles - https://cointelegraph.com/explained/blockchain-oracles-explained
• Understanding Oracles from Oraclize - https://blog.oraclize.it/understanding-oracles-99055c9c9f7b
• Setup custom Oracles - https://www.realitykeys.com/

Ethereum

• Understanding Ethereum - http://cfd.net.au/article/understanding-ethereum-full-guide-sat-10212017-0346.html
• ERC-20 Token spec - https://github.com/ethereum/EIPs/blob/master/EIPS/eip-20-token-standard.md
• What is ERC-20 - https://blockgeeks.com/guides/ethereum-token/
• Plasma - https://ethresear.ch/t/minimal-viable-plasma/426
• ABI signature generators - https://abi.sonnguyen.ws/ & https://abi.hashex.org/

Development

• Java Bindings for Solidity https://github.com/adridadou/eth-contract-api
• .NET Ethereum - http://www.nethereum.com/
• Solidity best practice - https://github.com/ConsenSys/smart-contract-best-practices
• New experimental programming language - http://github.com/ethereum/viper
• ether.js docs - https://docs.ethers.io/ethers.js/html/index.html
• An Ethereum based war game - https://github.com/OpenZeppelin/ethernaut
• Truffle boxes - pre-built starter apps for thruffle and Ethereum http://truffleframework.com/boxes/
• Easy to understand Solidity examples - https://github.com/robertsimoes/Solidity-Contract-Patterns

Faucets

• Ropsten Faucet
• Rinkeby Faucet & http://rinkeby-faucet.com/
• MetaMask Faucet

Block Explorers

• Ethplorer
• Etherscan

DApps

• List of DApps - https://www.stateofthedapps.com/
• New version of the famous million dollar homepage using Ethereum - https://thousandetherhomepage.com/
• DApp to help purchase .eth domains https://enslisting.com/

Bitcoin

• A newcomers guide to bitcoin - https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/6jlop4/rbitcoin_faq_newcomers_please_read/
• How to Protect Your Cryptocurrency - https://blockgeeks.com/guides/paper-wallet-guide/
• BTC blockexplorer - https://live.blockcypher.com/btc/

LTC

• A newcomers guide to crypto (litecoin focused) - https://medium.com/the-litecoin-school-of-crypto/a-newcomers-guide-to-crypto/home
• Lighting network (part 1,2,3) - https://medium.com/the-litecoin-school-of-crypto/a-primer-to-the-lightning-network-part-1-be909c403bde
• LTC blockexplorer - https://live.blockcypher.com/ltc/

Alt-coins

Neo

• https://storeofvalue.github.io/posts/neo-vs-qtum-which-is-the-real-chinese-ethereum/
• Loads of NEO resources - https://github.com/CityOfZion/awesome-neo
• NEO blockexplorer - https://neotracker.io/

QTUM

• https://storeofvalue.github.io/posts/neo-vs-qtum-which-is-the-real-chinese-ethereum/
• QTUM blockexplorer - https://explorer.qtum.org/

UBIQ

• https://ubiqsmart.com/
• A guide to UBIQ - https://blockonomi.com/ubiq-guide/
• UBIQ blockexplorer - https://ubiqscan.io/