P2P/Cypherpunk Conference in San Francisco: Live Demos Ahead

Cohen worked on MojoNation before quitting last April to concentrate on his BitTorrent project, and he's convening hackers in downtown San Francisco next month for a P2P/cypherpunk conference a world away from the usual corporate trappings. "[Other] Conferences cost a ridiculous amount of money, and hackers are treated like dirt," says Cohen.. . . Cohen worked on MojoNation before quitting last April to concentrate on his BitTorrent project, and he's convening hackers in downtown San Francisco next month for a P2P/cypherpunk conference a world away from the usual corporate trappings. "[Other] Conferences cost a ridiculous amount of money, and hackers are treated like dirt," says Cohen.

By contrast admission to CodeCon will cost $50, with ten bucks off if you register before Friday. The rules should ensure that it's free of sociological discussions of collaborative writing, and theoretical discussions of grids, swarms or hives:- "Everything has to have a working demo, presented by one of the implementers," Cohen tells us. "That should raise the signal to noise ration quite a bit."