Amsterdam Blockchain
The boathouse
With my ticket I had access to the networking after-event thing. it was a nice chilled way to end the first day. there were a lot of people and a great buzz (and free beer)
Amsterdam Blockchain
Keynote panel: An E2E approach to tackling data security challenges of the IoT
keynote panel: An E2E approach to tackling data security challenges of the IoT Right now we have lots of theory about security, so intellectually we are good. in practice we are terrible – old devices, devices that cant update, etc when you learn dev you dont learn security – you Read more…
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Building smart contracts in c#
building smart contracts in c# stratis – they have their own platform first they built a compiler in c# that compiles down to solidity first so instead they built a smart contracts platform thats .net from the ground up – they have a coin – they try to make it Read more…
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Crypto Asset Convergence
Crypto Asset Convergence This was a really good talk – A company called New Alchemy from Seattle 4 categories of crypto currencies exist to be money utility tokens exist to access a network of value smart contracts exist to be a global compting network security tokens exist to confer ownership Read more…
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Keynote Panel: what does the future hold for blockchain technology
Keynote Panel: what does the future hold for blockchain technology I started watching a talk about investing in ICOs and moved over to the panel on blockchain in the future – there were lots of ideas on the uses of the technology – breaking down borders, accessible transfers of verified Read more…
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Blockchain expo day2
Day 2 at the blockchain expo – Im sitting outside looking through the brochure picking what I want to see today. there are a lot of IOT security presentations this afternoon, so Ill want to see as much of that as I can (I love security as a subject) other Read more…
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Build your own blockchain application in less than an hour
build your own blockchain application in less than an hour Edward Ciggaar developer advocate IBM I’ve been looking forward to this one for a while now :D starting with an example of a game (coffee with blockchain) the hyperledger platform was explained – a map was shown on the screen Read more…
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Looking for payment gateways
One thing we do at adeo is add payment gateways to our platform. Its something that draws clients, and its something that clients request. We are constantly looking for new gateways and we are constantly integrating new gateways and new technologies into our redback checkout process. I thought Id have Read more…
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Conversation Design for Google Assistant
Conversation Design for Google Assistant with Kimberly Harvey, Voice Interface Design, Google This is an excellent presentation about designing the interface to your system for use with google assistantThere are a lot of similarities betweeen UX / UI design for the web and UI/UX design for voice control (Thankfully I Read more…
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Cyber security and id management using blockchain
This is a very interesting panel on cyber security and id management / user verification using blockchain technologies its a lot of high level topics, and a few of the companies exibiting have product that addresses the topic ID verification seems to be a hugh topic here – for finance Read more…
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Developing Blockchain apps
Interesting talk about the process of developing a blockchain app – talking about integrations with businesses legacy systems to enable the transition to the new platforms. A lot of companies using blockchain as a direct replacement for a database. The development process for building theses distributed apps is just a Read more…
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How can developers make the most use of the blockchain opportunity
This panel is very geeky! It’s awesome! right now the guys (developers) are discussing the impacts of the GDPR on their apps (various platforms using blockchain, some containing personal data, some not) there is one theme here: developers arent lawyers. Each dev has its own interperatation of the rules and Read more…
Amsterdam Blockchain
Blockchain expo
Im at the blockchain expo in Amsterdam Im here to find out as much as I cam about crypto and blockchains Ive already watched a presentation from some guys who are making a self-sustained mining farm (off-grid windmills, mining rigs and all) – so some pretty interesting things
Amsterdam Blockchain
Blockchain europe
Today I am making my way with my boss at adeogroup to blockchain europe – a Blockchain conference with AI and IOT thrown in too. Its in Amsterdam, so I am writing this from my seat on a KLM flight from Glasgow. Over the next 3 days Ill be publishing Read more…