Third Generation Blockchains + The Future of Data Storage powered by Blockchains
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Guest talk (~20min): Third generation blockchains - how they scale, how they are governed and how they interoperate
Guest Speaker Bio:
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Charles Hoskinson - CEO and Co-Founder of IOHK
Charles Hoskinson is a Colorado-based technology entrepreneur and mathematician. He attended Metropolitan State University of Denver and University of Colorado at Boulder to study Analytic Number Theory prior to moving into cryptography via industry exposure.
His professional experience includes founding three Cryptocurrency related start-ups - Invictus Innovations, Ethereum and IOHK - and a variety of colorful positions in the public and private sector. He was the founding chairman of the Bitcoin Foundation’s education committee and established the Cryptocurrency Research Group in September of 2013.
His current projects focus on education of cryptocurrency topics, evangelism of decentralization and making cryptographic tools easier to use for the mainstream.
Main Talk (~45mins): The future of data storage and nano-barter powered by blockchains
Main Speaker Bio:
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Vlado Petrushev, Co-Founder Minebox
Vlado Petrushev has background in Economics/Information Science and started his career at IBM in Czech Republic, where he spent 2.5 years. Vlado learned about Bitcoin in 2012 and immediately recognized the potential of this technology, first as a explorer/trader and then as part of successful startups including Storj, advised Coinigy and externally consulted https://blockchain.info on market strategy related topics. Vlado learned In 2015, he co-founded Minebox (https://minebox.io) one of the most promising blockchain companies from Austria and he is also founder of http://0confirmation.com . Vlado likes to read about investing, economics, technology, libertarianism, and spends a lot of time swimming, cycling and boxing.
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Third Generation Blockchains + The Future of Data Storage powered by Blockchains