We made it through another semester! What better way to close out a semester than to chill out before finals. Join us this Friday for a very casual get together. We’ll be showing a movie, playing board and video games and much more! Also, Don’t miss out on the crypto giveaways as well!

When? Friday, December 7th at 4:00 PM (Not the usual 4:30 PM)

Where? Bruininks Hall 432

Snacks are provided! Contact us if you have dietary restrictions.

We’re moving from Slack to Discord

Last week, we migrated from Slack to Discord. Our Slack community has grown to over 200 users, and we are very excited to grow even more on Discord!

Slack lacks moderation features, spam filtering, complete message histories, unlimited file sharing, voice chat, and much more. Which makes sense since Slack was built for corporate teams.

Discord’s intended audience is gamers, but many large communities have switched from Slack to Discord, including other blockchain projects and cryptocurrency related subreddits such as r/Cryptocurrency. It’s an ideal choice going forward.

We look forward to seeing you online, be sure to spread the migration news!

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Coding Session

Join us for our last coding workshop of the semester where we will be adding some basic smart contract functionality to our blockchain.

When? Wednesday, December 5th at 7:00 PM

Where? Bruininks Hall 123

TelsaWorks Promo

How many CSE students does it take to change a light bulb? No idea, because they put together an impressive light show instead! The annual CSE Winter Light Show premieres this Friday night in the Civil Engineering Courtyard. Shows last roughly fifteen minutes and run at 5:30, 6, and 6:30 pm on these dates: Thursday, Dec. 6; Friday, Dec. 7; and Saturday, Dec. 8. Volunteers who stick around after the last show on Saturday (7:30-ish) to help clean up will receive free pizza. If you like flashing lights synchronized to music (or cool projects in general), Come join us for an amazing night you won’t forget. Seriously, it’s lit.

New Website

We have a new website! Check out the awesome new design at mncryptocurrency.org .It even includes our GopherLink and newsletter updates there directly. Let us know what you think! The website code is available on GitHub .

Market Update

Current Bitcoin Price: $3,884 (as of 4:00 pm)

The market has continued to rise and fall since the last Friday. Bitcoin is sitting just below the $3900 mark, representing a 7% price decrease in 24 hours.

The rest of the market followed suit, including XRP and Ethereum. Only a few tokens in the top-50 are working against the trend, including Doge which is up more than 5%.

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