Decentralized social networks can bring power back to the users by sharing revenues, ownership and value-creation by means of blockchain-based protocols.



Cryptocurrencies or "app coins (https://medium.com/the-coinbase-blog/app-coins-and-the-dawn-of-the-decentralized-business-model-8b8c951e734f#.f5dl37tnp)" can also be leveraged in order to incentivize user behaviours and overcome the chicken-and-egg problem faced by new communities and marketplaces.



We have an all-star lineup for this meetup! Though due to timezone differences this one will run a little later into the evening.



---SCHEDULE---



• 6:30pm - Networking & drinks



• 7:00pm - Gregory Meredith, CTO @ Synereo (https://www.synereo.com/) (Skype-in)



• 7:30pm - Audience roundtable: what are you working on, what idea are you brewing, what do you need help with?



• 8:00pm - Pizza & drinks



• 8:30pm - Ned Scott, co-founder @ Steem (https://steem.io/) (Skype-in)



• 9:00pm - Mihai Alisie, founder/CEO @ Akasha (http://akasha.world/) (Skype-in)



• 9:30pm - To the pub?



• Continue the discussion: Telegram (http://bit.ly/ethereumaus) + Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/groups/sydethereum) + Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/SydEthereum/)



---PLATFORMS---



Synereo ( https://synereo.com (https://www.synereo.com) )



Synereo is a decentralized developer platform and economic structure utilising smart contracts, a social layer, identity systems, file storage and dApp platform all in one technology stack.



Steemit ( https://steemit.com )



Steem.io (https://steem.io/) is a blockchain-based social media platform where anyone can earn rewards.



Akasha ( http://akasha.world )



Akasha is a next-generation decentralized social media network powered by Ethereum and the InterPlanetary File System (https://ipfs.io/).