# What is the Blockchain Technology Club?

Intro to the club, what we do, and the resources within this wiki

Founded in 2016, the Rochester Institute of Technology Blockchain Technology Club (aka, **BTCRIT**) exists to further the education and implementation of decentralized systems. We provide value to current, prospective, and past members with:

* A "crypto crash course" for a student-led, student-oriented overview about everything Blockchain, Web3, DeFi, etc aimed at those who want to learn more but don't quite know where to get started.
  * Our next Crypto Crash Course is under development! We hope to host one in sometime in March or April of this year.
* Club Meetings, with presentations on current events and demos/dives into various topics; often, these build on concepts from the aforementioned crash course.
* Opportunity to actively participate in the *implementation* of concepts discussed at the club (eg. on-chain voting, club participation in hackathons, coding resources, etc)
* Connections to industry professionals, other clubs, and hiring pipelines aligned with RIT's "Thinkers, Makers, Doers" motto
* An open forum for discussing the latest news, aka our Discord server

### Formal Mission Statement

Our mission is to educate students about blockchain technology and explore its potential implications for society. Blockchain technology is rapidly bringing finance, supply chain logistics, voting, and more into the decentralized digital age. We aim to make it as easy to understand as possible, so that everyone can participate. Our members are developers, miners, traders, and just plain enthusiasts. Come join us!

### Joining the Club

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> TL;DR: We're on discord and you can join us [here](https://discord.gg/w2S3KmmFmf).

The club primarily serves three categories of people:

* Current Undergradute and Graduate students at RIT (all majors welcome)
* RIT Alumni, Faculty, and Staff
* Members of the Rochester Community

We welcome all people above to join us at our discord server: <https://discord.gg/w2S3KmmFmf>

For RIT students, please join us on CampusGroups: <https://campusgroups.rit.edu/BTC/club_signup>

We also have a twitter: <https://twitter.com/btcrit>


# Schedule & Plans

What we'll be doing in the Spring 2022 Semester

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**Next Meeting:** 7 Feb 2022, 6:00pm, GOL-2690 with remote Discord option available.
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The club currently meets on a weekly basis on Monday evenings. Meetings normally consist of:

* Discussion of current events and recent developments in the blockchain space
* A presentation on a featured topic or protocol given by a member of the club
* Design and distribution of an "I showed up and all I got was this NFT" token

A tentative schedule is laid out below:

<table><thead><tr><th>Date</th><th>Topic</th><th data-type="rating" data-max="5">Difficulty Level (lower is easier)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Jan 24</td><td>Intro / Current Events</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Jan 31</td><td>TBD</td><td>null</td></tr><tr><td>Feb 7</td><td>DeFi Project Discussion</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Feb 14</td><td>TBD / Teaching Blockchain at RIT</td><td>null</td></tr><tr><td>Feb 21</td><td>Crypto Taxes: Does the IRS care about my monkey?</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td>Feb 28</td><td>Crypto Careers Presentation with TBD Guest Speaker</td><td>3</td></tr><tr><td>Mar 7</td><td>Spring Break<span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f334">🌴</span></td><td>null</td></tr><tr><td>Mar 14</td><td>TBD (Something related to Brickhack)</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td>Mar 21</td><td>Putting the "We" in Web3: Zapper.Fi Guest Speaker</td><td>2</td></tr></tbody></table>


# Previous Meetings

An overview of previous club meetings/events and resources provided for further reference.

### 31 Jan 2022

* Discussed current events and semester schedule
* Continued DeFi discussion
  * Walkthrough of what a Liquidity Pool is&#x20;

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### 24 Jan 2022

* Welcomed new members
* Club overview
* Discussion of current events and DeFi

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# Bitcoin Mining Facility Tour

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#### Fill this thing out

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# Blockchain Basics

Information about many important aspects of cryptocurrency and the blockchain.

## Whitepapers

* Bitcoin Whitepaper: <https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf>
* Ethereum Whitepaper: <https://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/>

## Learn More

#### Cryptography

* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography>

#### Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM)

* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethereum#Virtual_Machine>

#### Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)

* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-fungible_token>

#### Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)

* <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organization>


# Projects

A list of short and long term projects the club is working towards:


# On-chain tools


# Education


# News Sources


# Career Opportunities