Internet Computer is hosting a meetup with ICP HUB UNITED KINGDOM and OpenChat in London.

The event is scheduled for April 17, from 17:00 to 20:00 UTC. The OpenChat team will be present to discuss OpenChat, platform community growth, and new native BTC features.

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Internet Computer is inviting you to join an exclusive meetup with ICP HUB UNITED KINGDOM and OpenChat in London. The event will take place on Monday, April 17, from 17:00 to 20:00 UTC at The Fabricate, 36 Margaret St, London W1

The OpenChat team will be there to chat about OpenChat, platform community growth, and new native BTC features.

Come join the conversation and learn more about this exciting new project. We hope to see you there!

The Internet Computer is a versatile blockchain developed and launched by the DFINITY Foundation in May 2021. It sets out to become a “world computer” that can host decentralized applications (dapps). The aim is to provide controlled computing costs, which contrasts with traditional blockchains' cost variability and limited scalability. At the heart of the Internet Computer lies Chain Key Cryptography, which powers this mission with its innovative capabilities.

The Network Nervous System (NNS) is an integral part of the Internet Computer, functioning as an open and decentralized management system. It incorporates community proposals and enables infinite scaling of the blockchain network by continually adding nodes.

To keep dapps running smoothly on-chain, the storage costs are purposely kept extremely low.

Further enhancing the user experience, smart contracts on this platform run directly to serve users' HTTP requests. The platform also prioritizes user anonymity and employs a reverse gas model, where developers, not users, shoulder the costs.

In terms of infrastructure, the Internet Computer is modeled after Bitcoin and does not rely on centralized cloud nodes.

The Internet Computer's native token, ICP, plays several vital roles within this ecosystem. It grants governance capabilities, where staking ICP tokens creates "Neurons", allowing the holders to vote on and influence proposals while earning rewards.