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#### Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
#### Dates: Saturday/Sunday 8/9 October 2016
#### Host: Bryan Gmyrek
#### Participants: Bryan + Special Guest
#### Prizes: STEEM DOLLAR earnings from this post and the STEEM/STEEM DOLLARS donated to the @thunderwhale account

#### Goal: Develop a simple proof of concept app which can auto-upvote

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One of the key things that we need to make Project @thunderwhale! and similar projects happen is a cross-platform mobile (or desktop) app which is able to auto upvote posts. The main goal of this hackathon is to prove that we can do this. This will NOT be a full implementation of the Project @thunderwhale! idea, it'll simply be able to auto upvote.

#### Special Guest

I don't want to out this guy or scare him away because he's not on steemit (yet).
But let's just say he's one of the best developers I've ever met, a long time Bitcoin and blockchain fan, and he's written cross platform apps and Bitcoin/blockchain apps before.

<strong>Let's show this special guest how supportive the steemit community can be!</strong>

#### How Can I Help?

You can help by upvoting, resteeming, sharing, and if you would like/can afford it, making a donation to the @thunderwhale account. The STEEM DOLLARS from this post and the STEEM/STEEM DOLLARS in the @thunderwhale account will be used as rewards for successful completion of the hack. 

#### Background

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<strong>Project @thunderwhale! A decentralized curation pool application</strong><br>Bryan Gmyrek, Ph.D.<br>steemit.com/@nonlinearone<br>nonlinearoneREMOVETHIS@tuta.io<br><br><strong>Abstract</strong><br>We propose a decentralized voting pool system which automates the process of pooling votes. The votes are cast by an app which all users of the pool install on their device. To receive a vote from the pool, a post must be from a pool member and it must have a quorum of votes by current pool members. Users are not required to share their posting key with a trusted third party.
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For more information, <a href="https://steemit.com/thunderwhale/@nonlinearone/project-thunderwhale-a-decentralized-curation-pool-application-whitepaper-version-0-1">read the whitepaper</a>.

#### Image credits 

All whale images are from pixabay.com

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  <a href="https://bryangmyrek.com/">Bryan Gmyrek</a> is a <a href=
  "http://linkedin.com/in/physics">full time software developer</a> and lives in sunny Arizona with his beautiful wife, three sons and two golden puppies. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the University of Arizona based on the particle physics research he did at the world famous DZero Experiment at the <a href="http://www.fnal.gov/">Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory</a>. He has been online since 1993, into cryptocurrencies since 2013, won prizes at three Bitcoin hackathons, and co-organizes the highly technical <a href="http://meetup.com/blockchaintech">Blockchain Meetup</a> in Phoenix Arizona for over a year. Many of his <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGOvx143IGXMLCl1Hijvjig">videos are popular on YouTube</a>, including his <a href=
  "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-4itQTWNRM">recent SteemIt technical talk</a>. He also blogs about nature photography, dogs, national parks and hiking. Pay no attention to that Tardis. <a href=
  "https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@nonlinearone/hello-world-physics-ph-d-with-a-love-for-particle-physics-code-hiking-and-blockchains-here">Read more in my top 50 introduceyourself post</a>
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