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Unifying Banks & Blockchains @Coinbase
Jim Posen talks about blockchain protocols used by Coinbase, detailing Coinbase’s Bitcoin, Ethereum, and US banking integrations and comparing how they implement the generalized service interface.
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Blockchain: The Oracle Problems
Paul Sztorc talks about why the oracle problem is so hard (the historical evolution of failures, why they fail), and the basics of blockchain ("blockchain as immortal software", ledger "rents").
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Case Study: Alternate Blockchains
Jeremy Rand talks about Namecoin and Monero, the advantages to alternate blockchains, and risks of using chains that are not as secured or are merge mined.
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Practical Blockchains: Building on Bitcoin
Peter Todd answers the questions: why use Bitcoin over other blockchains, what is safe, future proof ways to peg data to Bitcoin's blockchain and what is Bitcoin script, and how it can be used.
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Practical Cryptography & Blockchain Panel
The panel discusses the most important trends involving the blockchain today and fields questions from the audience. Topics covered: smart contracts, oracles, sidechains, and blockchains.
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Banking from the Future: Cryptocurrency Key Storage
Olaf Carlson-Wee examines various novel cryptosystems used to facilitate the secure storage of billions of dollars in global crypto banks.
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Bitcoin Security: 1/10th Cent to a Billion Dollars
Olaf Carlson-Wee explores micropayment and wealth storage use cases for bitcoin and examines cryptosystems used to facilitate micro-penny payments and secure $B in global bitcoin banks.
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Hash Histories - Toy Blockchains for Great Danger
Chris Anderson discusses Document Coin and using blockchain in new and innovative ways. He presents the JavaScript Cryptography code line by line and runs test cases using Prova in the browser.
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Scammers, Hackers, and Fraud on the Blockchain
Olaf Carlson-Wee explores key strategies to keep a company safe from a wide range of malicious actors in the virtual Wild West.
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The Revolution Will Not Be Centralized
Chris Beams shares his findings from over two years of research into bitcoin and related technologies.
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