Coding a basic blockchain
Blockchain == buzzword * 10^10. By now, most of us have heard something about blockchains. Josh Butikofer walks you through building a very basic blockchain to demonstrate how the underlying technologies work and what they might be good for besides the cryptocurrency use case. Join in to go beyond yet another alt-coin to invest in and dig deeper into the tech.
| Talk Title | Coding a basic blockchain |
| Speakers | Josh Butikofer (Adobe) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Open Source Convention |
| Conf Tag | Put open source to work |
| Location | Portland, Oregon |
| Date | July 16-19, 2018 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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Blockchain == Buzzword * 10^10. By now, most of us have heard something about blockchains, Bitcoin, and distributed ledgers. You probably know someone who claims you can get obscenely rich (or, more likely, devastatingly poor) by investing in {FAVORITE_ALTCOIN_HERE}. All this hyped-up coverage still leaves the curious wanting more in-depth information about the underlying technology of blockchain (aka distributed ledgers). Josh Butikofer walks you through building a very basic blockchain to demonstrate how the underlying technologies work and what they might be good for besides the cryptocurrency use case. Join in to go beyond yet another alt-coin to invest in and dig deeper into the tech. Topics include:
