{"id":13957,"date":"2018-10-05T11:32:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T11:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=13957"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:13:35","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T20:13:35","slug":"blockchain-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/2018\/10\/05\/blockchain-society","title":{"rendered":"Blockchain club grows like tech startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Expo-Poster-crop-1024x639.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Expo-Poster-crop-1024x639.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Expo-Poster-crop-300x187.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Expo-Poster-crop-768x479.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Expo-Poster-crop-1536x958.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Expo-Poster-crop-1200x749.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Expo-Poster-crop-600x374.png 600w, https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/07\/Expo-Poster-crop.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的 Blockchain Society, a University of Washington tri-campus club, runs like a fast-growing tech startup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since forming last spring at the University of Washington Bothell, the Blockchain Society has:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>expanded to include the Seattle and Tacoma campuses and now has about 700 members with 50 club officers; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>connected 15 to 20 students to internships and jobs; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>taken an office in downtown Seattle in a workspace for tech startups; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>set up its own nonprofit to handle financial contributions from sponsors; <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>partnered with clubs at colleges across the world to form the <a href=\"https:\/\/blockventurecoalition.com\/university.html\">Block Venture Coalition<\/a>, including Carnegie-Mellon, Harvard, MIT and Wharton; and <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>organized the Blockchain Exposition, involving hundreds of industry professionals, academics and students on Oct. 13 in Kane Hall on the University campus in Seattle.    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s kind of crazy to think that six months ago the tri-campus club didn\u2019t even exist,\u201d said Zack Nelson, president and co-founder, left.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/zack-nelson-180914a-007.jpg\" alt=\"Zack Nelson\" class=\"wp-image-26007\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the Blockchain Society\u2019s goals is to connect with professionals and universities to bring more opportunities to UW students. Officers have represented the UW at conferences, hackathons, workshops and networking events. 足彩app哪个是正规的y have traveled to California, New York, Germany, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vGJJuzOGyKE\">Korea<\/a> and the Philippines, with more invitations pending. 足彩app哪个是正规的y are being contacted by governments, small companies and big businesses (Amazon, Microsoft and T-Mobile), some of whom have sponsored their global outreach. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBlockchain is taking technology by storm, and we are at the forefront,\u201d said Nelson, a junior majoring in Media &amp; Communications Studies. \u201cOur club is known for being innovative for the way we are putting ourselves out there and sharing what we know.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blockchain is a secure digital record-keeping technology that increases transparency in the organization or service using it. It is gaining popularity in a number of  fields as a way to control online information and manage financial transactions over the internet. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的re\u2019s a lot of development around this technology that has the potential to give people back their privacy and change how they operate on a daily basis, said Brice Ward, a Blockchain Society officer who works at UW Tacoma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 Blockchain Society gives students on our campus one of the best ways to enter this emerging space,\u201d Ward said. \u201c足彩app哪个是正规的 Blockchain Society can speed up the learning process by being a direct place to go to learn about and ask questions on Blockchain and its tech.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的 technology has the potential to make decentralized information sharing and networking available to everybody, said Akshay Chalana, a senior majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics on the Seattle campus where Chalana is the club president. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is why so many students from a wide variety of disciplines want to build awareness, skills and projects in the blockchain space,\u201d Chalana said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why it grew so fast. We have been able to pool all these different talents and abilities and passions,\u201d said Sharel Satran, Blockchain Society vice president, a junior majoring in Management Information Systems at UW Bothell, left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sharel-satran-180927b-001.jpg\" alt=\"Sharel Satran\" class=\"wp-image-26008\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uwbce.com\/\">足彩app哪个是正规的 Oct. 13 expo<\/a> promotes education and access through fast-paced talks, panels and workshops. It aims to connect students with blockchain professionals. It\u2019s also an opportunity for startups to find motivated interns and employees. 足彩app哪个是正规的 cost to attend ranges from $5 to $99, but the club is offering a 100-percent discount when using the code UWFREE. \u201cWe want this expo to be accessible to all,\u201d said Nelson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the speakers is UW Bothell alumnus Kory Hoang, CEO of Stably, a startup developing tokens backed by U.S. dollars. 足彩app哪个是正规的 expo also received attention in <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/university-of-washington-to-host-major-blockchain-event\/\">blockchain<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/bitcoinexchangeguide.com\/first-ever-uw-blockchain-expo-is-october-13-at-university-of-washington\/\">cryptocurrency<\/a> websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> also is part of the first Seattle <a href=\"https:\/\/seattleblockchainweek.org\">Blockchain Week<\/a>, a series of events taking place Oct. 11-18 with multiple collaborators. Later in the year, the Blockchain Society also is planning a hackathon with Amazon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/expo-poster-aug-21.png\" alt=\"Expo poster\" class=\"wp-image-26009\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的 expo<\/p>\n\n\n<p>足彩app哪个是正规的 club has benefited from having UW Bothell School of Business Dean Sandeep Krishnamurthy as its adviser, said Nelson. \u201cHe\u2019s connected us with quite a few businesses,\u201d he said, \u201cand he\u2019ll help us if we need to get things done.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"\/news\/april-2018\/cryptocurrency-club\">足彩app哪个是正规的 Blockchain Society\u2019s rapid rise<\/a> is the result of hard-working students who regard it professionally and use skills learned in the classroom, Nelson said.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur growth and visibility didn\u2019t happen because we got lucky,\u201d Nelson said. \u201cWe put in a lot of time and effort, which shows in our results. We could hire out a lot of the work, but it\u2019s important to us that everything we do is designed and produced by students.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a pride point for us.\u201d<br>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>足彩app哪个是正规的\u202fBlockchain Society, a\u202fUniversity of Washington tri-campus club,\u202fruns\u202flike a fast-growing tech startup.\u202f It now has 700 members, a Seattle office, connections around the world and an upcoming Blockchain Exposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_is_archived":false,"_archived_contact_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[202,204],"tags":[264,225],"school":[],"class_list":["post-13957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-news","category-students","tag-clubs","tag-technology"],"acf":{"related_links":{"toggle_visibility":false,"link_1":null,"link_2":null,"link_3":null,"link_4":null,"link_5":null},"highlight_box":{"toggle_visibility":false,"title":"","content":"","button":null,"button_style":"angled-purple-button","button_screen_reader_text":""},"contact_type_1":{"toggle_visibility":true,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"contact_type_2":{"toggle_visibility":false,"contact_title":"","email":"","phone":"","box":"","address_line_1":"","address_line_2":"","location":""},"social_media":{"toggle_visibility":false,"facebook_url":"","instagram_url":"","linkedin_url":"","twitter_url":"","youtube_url":""},"blog_archive_sidebar_visibility":false},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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