[FRIAM] Get ready for Blockchain

[glen ☣]

There's still time for early registration here:

  https://2017.pqcrypto.org/conference/

If I had even the slightest professional duties in the space, I'd take advantage of the opportunity to visit Utrecht!

On 05/18/2017 09:13 AM, Gillian Densmore wrote:
> Josh or someone else can explain it better than i. It's been a thing for as
> you know for Peering and P2P since IIRC the 80s. It's basically how banks
> works.  It got popular with 'fake' (*.Coin) money to sensably ask: well if
>  (insert economy) simply isn't working. Then these might be a better idea.
> And they might be right. Time will tell.
> Steve raved/ranted to me and others how it wasn't new but now sexy because
> people other than banks (bland) can use it for everything from Streaming
> Spotify, to P2P gaming and lots more.
> 
> I like you find it black magic yet cool
> (Clear as mud?)
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 18, 2017 at 10:04 AM, Owen Densmore <owen at backspaces.net> wrote:
> 
>> I blush to say that I'm not current with blockchain technology. Or why it
>> works. Or why I'd want to use it.
>>
>> If it is as robust as it appears, I'm wondering if it will have the same
>> revolutionary impact on the internet (tcp/ip and protocols built on top of
>> it), as the Brave browser is having on the web and browsers. Brave does use
>> bitcoin for contributing to content providers.
>>
>> For example, would an IMAP email tech built on top on blockchains make
>> email safer and make many vulnerabilities impossible?
>>
>> On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 1:36 PM, Tom Johnson <tom at jtjohnson.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Techno evolution?
>>>
>>> https://blockgeeks.com/guides/what-is-blockchain-technology/


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☣ glen