Bitcoin has become one of the most disruptive technologies to the financial currency system since the invention of the wire transfer. Never heard of Bitcoin, blockchains, or cryptocurrency? Well have no fear, you'll get an intro from Cointerra (http://cointerra.com), an Austin hardware startup leading the Bitcoin mining race. More importantly, you'll hear about their extremely advanced hardware technology, from silicon to system, that enables Bitcoin transactions to work, and turns computation into cash money!



Plus we'll have a brief prezo from Pulse Electronics (http://www.pulseelectronics.com/), whose metal and magnetic components power Cointerra and several other Austin hardware startups.



We're excited to have Pulse Electronics (http://www.pulseelectronics.com/) sponsor food and drinks for this meetup!



Agenda:



6:30pm Grab food and drinks and meet others



6:45pm A word from our sponsor: Pulse Electronics (http://www.pulseelectronics.com/) on their components



7:00pm Cointerra (http://cointerra.com) and their bleeding edge Bitcoin mining systems



8:30pm Meetup adjourned - clean up & we get kicked out



Call to Action



If you have a new project or Kickstarter you'd like to demo, email me, [masked], and I'll add you to the agenda!



If you'd like to sponsor this meetup please contact me! If you're interested in Austin Hardware Startups (http://www.meetup.com/Austin-Hardware-Startup/), help spread the word!



Massive thanks to Pulse Electronics (http://www.pulseelectronics.com) for providing food and drinks at this event and continued thanks to Capital Factory (http://www.capitalfactory.com/) for providing meeting space!



To get in touch with the community, email the group list: [masked] . Also, you should probably follow @atxhw on twitter (https://twitter.com/atxhw) to stay in the loop on meetups!