Please join us on Thursday night, July 16th, for a very special presentation by OpenBazaar's very own Brian Hoffman. Brian's background in Computer Science from James Madison University has led him to head several successful StartUp projects during his career. He has also been an integral piece of many Identity Management Infrastructure Implementations for the likes of DuPont, the USAirForce and BoozAllen. Equipped with his MBA from The Carey Business School at Johns Hopkins in 2012, Brian looks to fully apply his cumulative knowledge into his newest, and what is sure to be his most successful startup, OpenBazaar (https://openbazaar.org/).



Brian forked the open source code from the 2014 Toronto Hackathon award winning, "proof of concept", DarkMarket. DarkMarket was created by Amir Taaki, Damian Cutillo and William Swanson. If you've been to a San Diego Bitcoin Meetup before you will have most likely seen or met Damian & William. They are both local to San Diego now and do development as part of the Airbitz (https://airbitz.co) Bitcoin Wallet team.



OpenBazaar recently received 1 million dollars in funding from Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and angel investor William Mougayar. They are looking to develop the OpenBazaar protocol and client, and build the first business on top of the OpenBazaar network.



Brian will discuss the origins of OpenBazaar, give a quick update on the project's current state and finish with the vision for the future.



We hope you can make it.



Come Early to grab a seat, introduce yourself and have an adult beverage ;) or other refreshment provided by our Sponsors Airbitz & CoinStructive.



https://youtu.be/nuRgHbTU9pk



The Nights Agenda:



630pm Doors Will be Open



715pm Presentation Starts



740pm Q&A Panel w/Original DarkMarket Devs



815pm After Party : Purchase City Tacos (http://citytacossd.com/) with Bitcoin



City Tacos is fairly small so we have designated an overflow venue that also serves up local craft beer.



Hess Brewery (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Mike+Hess+Brewing/@32.747703,-117.12854,17z/data=%214m6%211m3%213m2%211s0x0:0x9f3ff8e86a4281fd%212sMike+Hess+Brewing%213m1%211s0x0:0x9f3ff8e86a4281fd) around the corner allows you to bring in your own food.



P.S. Parking can be a real hassle. Street Parking is limited, but there are a few pay lots within walking distance here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/Ampco+System+Parking/@32.747757,-117.1308149,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m12!1m9!2m8!1sparking!3m6!1sparking!2s3919+30th+St,+San+Diego,+CA+92104!3s0x80d954f68f349911:0x7332ab1a34f564d3!4m2!1d-117.129791!2d32.748927!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0xa8c4f4e9e42b4263?hl=en) and here (https://www.google.com/maps/place/3949+Ohio+St,+San+Diego,+CA+92104/@32.749377,-117.128562,19z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x80d954f66f3c0c1d:0x68a6780914898ca?hl=en).



Update: LiveStream broadcast event by Ryan Taylor of Blocktech. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=19mUr86id2U