Using the blockchain to find the next prime number - Alberto Mardegan
Channel: foss-north
Date: 18/04/2019

The nature of blockchain-based algorithms make them suitable for solving almost any class of software problems, vastly expanding the field of what is achievable with network computing. At least, if you believe the Internet.
In this talk we'll take a critical approach to the blockchain (with a brief mention of cryptocurrencies), giving an overview of how they work and bringing forward some reasons why, after all, the blockchain might not be the best technology for your next project.

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Alberto is a software engineer with a long development experience on Linux mobile devices. Formerly part of the Nokia Maemo team and Canonical Ubuntu phone efforts, he currently works in the automotive domain at Luxoft. His spare time is subdivided among innumerable hobbies and projects, among which a few programming ones concerning Qt, photography and the Ubports project.

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