# Key Points from IRC Discussions

• The OneStart competition was announced by Oxbridge Biotech Roundtable and SR One, offering young innovators £100k and lab space near London to transform life science/healthcare ideas into businesses, with a December 1st deadline.

• Cryptocurrency security was debated, covering proof-of-burn, proof-of-stake vulnerabilities, and whether theoretically inaccessible cryptocurrency could be recovered by future superintelligent systems.

• Several important cryptography papers were shared, including "Fully Secure Functional Encryption without Obfuscation," "Efficient Generic Zero-Knowledge Proofs from Commitments," and "HaTCh: Hardware Trojan Catcher."

• The Hendo Hoverboard Kickstarter project was discussed, which uses eddy currents to hover over conductive surfaces, though this technology is limited to specialized environments.

• A detailed technical discussion occurred about magnetic fields, superconducting coils, and power requirements for engineering applications, noting potential dangers to unshielded humans.

• Internet demographics were analyzed, revealing that while 25% of internet users are Chinese, only 4% of content is in Chinese, compared to English which represents 27% of users but 50% of content.

• Media consumption trends showed a significant shift from traditional TV (134-157 hours monthly in 2013) to internet usage, with approximately one-third of waking time spent on TV versus one-sixth on internet.

• Transhumanist themes in popular media were briefly discussed, with mention of the anime film "Expelled from Paradise," described as "Ghost in the Shell meets Trigger."