Get ready to unleash your creativity and innovation! We are thrilled to present U Hack! – an exceptional hackathon experience designed by students, for students.

U Hack! is your chance to dive into the world of innovation and problem-solving. We invite you to form teams of 5 members each and participate in an electrifying hackathon that transcends boundaries.

Registrations open from mid-January and close at the stroke of midnight on February 9th. Don't miss this window of opportunity to be a part of something extraordinary.

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Practical Byzantine Fault Tolerance (PBFT) stands as a pioneering concept in the realm of distributed computing, ensuring the robustness and trustworthiness of decentralised systems.

This talk introduces a replication algorithm that can tolerate Byzantine faults. BFT algorithms will be increasingly important in the future because malicious attacks and software errors are increasingly common and can cause faulty nodes to exhibit arbitrary behaviour.

Whereas previous algorithms assumed a synchronous system or were too slow to be used in practice, the algorithm described in this talk is practical: it works in asynchronous environments like the Internet and incorporates several important optimisations that improve the response time of previous algorithms by more than an order of magnitude.

By delving into the details of PBFT, this talk aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of its significance in ensuring fault tolerance and resilience in distributed computing environments.

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We have partnered with Encode Club (https://www.encode.club/) to bring you an incredible opportunity to start building in web3 🚀. ETH London Hackathon will be taking place at the end of October in the heart of the Capital.

We are looking forward to form a group of students interested in joining the hackathon and participate in a web3 project. Whether you have just heard about blockchain or you are an expert on the field, this can be the perfect opportunity for you to get hands-on experience!

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Join us for an introductory talk exploring the basics of blockchain. As part of the session, we will explore the origins of blockchain as well as different layers of blockchain stack.

By the end of the talk, you will grasp the fundamentals of cryptography, consensus, and computer networking allowing you to explore a more complex concepts.

Additional reading will also be provided, and slides will be available before the next session

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A great opportunity to find out about tech and enterprise related societies on campus and how to get involved

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In this new edition of the Electronics and Computer Science Society (ECSS) Expo, you'll be able to find out about the Decentralised Society and other ECS-related societies. Our exhibition talk will be happening from 17:30.

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The Decentralised Society (dSoc) is organising a new event for next Tuesday 25th where you will learn about other aspects of Web3 that are often disregarded, in particular, the Distributed Web. The talk is targeted towards any audience.

The current web relies on a centralised system, which comes with several issues such as censorship, single point of failure, lack of net neutrality, and no real digital sovereignty among many others.

The talk will be a journey through the different P2P protocols that have emerged in the past (and are still in use today) until reaching the InterPlanetary File System (IPFS), an exciting project that has the potential to change the web forever.

And that’s not all, there will be FREE PIZZA 🍕 AND DRINKS 🍹 PROVIDED!!

You can get your free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/distributed-web-a-journey-through-the-forgotten-reaches-of-web3-tickets-445099995067

See you on Tuesday at 6 PM at the Centenary Building (100 / 1001)!

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Fish on Toast and the Decentralised Society have come together to help you explore the Web3 space. Learn how to get started and what it takes.

Our session will feature Tom Humber who is a Special Projects lead at Parity Technologies. Special projects is a sub-department of Ecosystem Development, and primarily focus on schemes that fall outside the traditional mandate of Growth or Enterprise. This includes, CSR schemes, technical competitions and mergers and acquisitions.

The session will run for 45 minutes followed by Q&A. You will also have a networking opportunity afterwards.

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dSoc is organising their first pub quiz of the academic year at the iconic Brewhouse & Kitchen. This event will help both new and current members to get to know each other, have interesting discussions and learn a lot of fun facts about blockchain! We can't wait to see you there!

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This is your opportunity to find out what the UoS has to offer in terms of enterprise related student-run societies. Each of AiSoc, dSoc, Enactus, Women in Business (WiB), and Fish on Toast Entrepreneur Society (FoT) will be telling you all they have to offer, how you can get involved and what is coming up! Did we mention there will be free drinks and pizza! Remember the date, 4 October at 6:15pm in B46 (Physics Building) Room 3001.

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A welcome event organised by the Students' Union where students will be get to know about the different societies on campus and join those in which they are interested.

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A welcome event organised by ECSS to present the societies in Electronics and Computer Science.

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This is the crypto talk that you don't want to miss... Covering all the tips and tricks you will need to survive the Crypto revolution.

Heard about Crypto but never known where to get started? Ever wondered WTF an NFT is? Want to dive into DeFi but not know your ERC-20 from your ERC-4626? This is the talk for you.

Coming from Southampton's very own Bored Ape & DeFi Degen, this talk aims to provide you with a crash course to help wrap your head around Blockchain, Crypto, NFTs, and web3 more generally. More importantly, Tom will be taking you through the lessons that have been learned from his seven-year journey into this space. To do this, the talk will be divided into a handful of sections focusing on specific topics.

- A Market Overview: where have we come from, where are we now, and what's next?

- Crypto Basics: what are the fundamentals that you need to understand?

- NFT/web3 Basics: how do NFTs fit into this picture and the broader web3 landscape?

- Getting Started: how can you get started in this space?

- The Important Lessons: want to avoid some of the common pitfalls/mistakes? Don't miss this!

To conclude the event, there will be a Q&A as well as the opportunity to network and chat following the event.

Of course, as always, refershments will be provided. This event will not be live-streamed so be sure to get your free ticket asap to avoid disappointment as we expect this to be a sell-out event. Rumour has it, there may also be a crypto giveaway as well...

The talk will start promptly at 18:15, Building 100/1001.

So sign up now and don't miss out on what is set to be a great event!

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The current web mostly relies on centralised servers, which are subject to vulnerabilities and concerns, such as DDoS attacks, censorship, data breaches, or networking errors. However, an emerging protocol named IPFS could avoid these issues by establishing a distributed file-sharing network with no single point of failure.

In this workshop, we are going to introduce IPFS, explain its main features, and compare it with the current centralised web. It is recommended to have a basic understanding of P2P protocols such as BitTorrent and we encourage you to bring your laptop.

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Following Session 0, The Decentralised Society is bringing the second workshop of the Blockchain 101 series. Introduction to Ethereum, led by PhD researcher George Giamouridis, will take place on 46 / 2003 at 6 pm.

In this event, we are going to go through the Ethereum ecosystem and explain how the biggest decentralised world computer works. We will cover topics like clients, wallets, transactions and of course smart contracts. We will focus on smart contracts development, and we will walk you through how to code your own smart contracts using the Solidity programming language.

Prerequisites:

- Basic programming skills (variables, functions, data structures, etc)

- Blockchain fundamentals

- MetaMask wallet

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The Decentralised Society at the University of Southampton is hosting a talk — Crypto Trading 101 — where you can learn about DeFi protocols, NFT investments, coin market caps, crypto market analysis and more.

Whether you’ve just heard about crypto, or you’re part of the Bored Ape Yacht Club, we invite you to join us for this interactive talk by Tony Su from OTSO Fintech Corp., where he will show you how to identify opportunities in crypto and invest in them. He will also be giving out Fantom (FTM) — more info during the event.

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Following the first workshop, we invite everyone to our first social — Bitcoin Pub Quiz Test your knowledge of Bitcoin and basics of blockchain in teams of 5 people. Every member of the winning team will receive a dSoc T-shirt!

This is also a great opportunity to connect with other dSoc members and discuss anything related to crypto, blockchain and web3 in an informal setting.

We look forward to seeing you there!

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The University of Southampton Decentralised Society, also known as dSoc, is presenting Blockchain 101 — a new series of workshops that will introduce the wonders of blockchain technology to everyone interested. The first workshop is led by George Giamouridis - PhD researcher at the Cyber Security Research Group of our university.

The team will give a brief talk about the history and technical aspects of Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency that introduced the blockchain to the world. You will also be able to directly interact with the Bitcoin network and explore blocks, transactions and other metadata.

This workshop relies on working with a laptop and basic knowledge of the terminal is recommended. There will be helpers assisting with the setup and troubleshooting.

Refreshments will be provided!

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