Cryptocurriencies have been in the spotlight in recent times, and are now at the center of a political and economic battle between their supporters and opponents.Yet, everyone agrees that Blockchain, the technology upon which they are based, has a potential that goes way beyond cryptocurrencies. The talk will discuss what a "Blockchain" is – starting from its low-trust assumptions and technology stack – highlighting its potential, challenges and introducing the currently open questions about privacy. Company: Clearmatics’ “Distributed Virtual Machine” (DVM) combines logic with ledger to achieve true distributed automation of business processes. Leveraging the DVM will enable entrepreneurs in sectors across the economy to create new business models and redesign processes to drive innovation. Speaker: Simone Cortese, PhD(B.Sc, M.Sc. Physics, ElecEng, '17) is a Southampton Alumni who moved from Academia to work in the City of London at Clearmatics LTD. There, he is participating in a technological and philosophical journey to build a decentralized autonomous platforms based on low-trust assumptions, harvesting the power of the Ethereum Blockchain to foster stability and resilience in the financial markets and beyond. Come and join this truly unmissable discussion and gain useful insights around the world of Cryptocurrencies!
starting on 2018-05-08 18:00:00
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