- A new glass-electrolyte lithium (or sodium) battery chemistry was discussed that can be synthesized from common reagents (NaCl, NaOH, CaOH, carbon black, copper, sulfur) by baking at 250 °C and grinding under dry ethanol in a glovebox; participants noted no DIY replications have appeared a year after the original paper.  
- kanzure confirmed his role as a Bitcoin Core developer, citing participation in https://coredev.tech/nextmeeting.html and serving as the Bitcoin expert for LedgerX, the first CFTC-registered cryptocurrency swap execution facility.  
- A CNBC article (http://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/21/bitcoin-price-near-record-high-price-scaling-debate-segwit.html) was shared that quotes kanzure regarding Bitcoin scaling and SegWit.  
- rk[ghost] proposed “bitbean,” a commodity-backed cryptocurrency exchange where beans (as storable food) are traded directly for Bitcoin, bypassing fiat currencies.  
- kanzure gained access to the shared Google Drive repository for the Human Genome Project–Write (HGP-write) initiative.  
- Discussion of “Z-channel,” a new scalable and efficient scheme in Zerocash, with links to the IACR e-print (https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/684) and Zooko’s tweet announcement.  
- kanzure outlined ideas for a browser extension that tracks tab lifecycle metrics (creation, deletion, revisits, spawn relationships) and supports “warming” tab groups via a command-line interface; referenced the BrowserSocket WebSocket project (https://github.com/ryanseddon/BrowserSocket) as a possible implementation route.