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Slide 15: Computation on a Blockchain
Text: Blockchain that runs code. "Bitcoin: The Next Generation." Ethereum is the leading blockchain for running a special kind of computer code. They call it the "Blockchain app platform". I call it “Bitcoin: The Next Generation” Blockchain apps are like iPhone apps, but nerdier. https://ethereum.org/ In technical terms Ethereum can do everything Bitcoin can and more. In reality Bitcoin still has advantages such as merchant adoption and higher blockchain security. Image from ethereum.org
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Background Info
I'm giving a talk in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA at the famous Pubcon conference on Thursday October 13th 2016.
The ten questions and answers, and info about my talk, were even featured on the official Pubcon.com blog.
About Pubcon Las Vegas 2016
Pubcon was created in 2000. I first attended in 2004 when Google announced AdWords and Microsoft tried to launch MSN Search, which did not go to well. I still have the t-shirt for that.
Treasure Island is the Official Pubcon 2016 Conference Hotel
Pubcon Las Vegas 2016 — named a Forbes must-attend conference and an Inc. top conference for growing your business — features the industry’s leading businesses, start-ups, speakers, keynotes, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, digital marketing, search engines, and online advertising, and will offer a week-long look at the future of technology presented by a vast array of the world’s top innovators... Source http://www.pubcon.com/las-vegas-2016
Image credits Slide background and Vegas strip image are public domain from pixabay.com
About the Author
Bryan Gmyrek is a software developer and lives in Arizona with his beautiful wife, three sons and two golden dogs. He holds a Ph.D. in physics from the U of Arizona based on the particle physics research he did at the world famous DZero Experiment at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. He's been online since 1993, into cryptocurrencies since 2013, won prizes at three Bitcoin hackathons, and has co-organized the Blockchain Meetup in Phoenix Arizona for over a year. Many of his videos are popular on YouTube. Check out my top 50 introduceyourself post.
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