London, UK, Oct 22 – The Ethereum Foundation is pleased to announce the keynote speaker for the annual Ethereum conference DOVCON1, Nick Szabo. Nick’s keynote address will focus on the history of the blockchain, smart contracts, and assets on the blockchain.
Nick is a computer scientist, legal scholar, and cryptographer known for his research on digital contracts and digital currency. Szabo developed the phrase and concept of “smart contracts” with the intention of merging contract law with programming protocols on the Internet.
Szabo recently compared the use of smart contracts on Ethereum in relation to the Bitcoin blockchain: “If you want to have a flexible general-purpose programming environment that programmers have been used to since the 1950s at least, then you want to use Ethereum because it has a Turing complete language and a large state. I sometimes make the comparison of a pocket calculator (Bitcoin) versus, say, a general purpose computer (Ethereum).”
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin noted: “We are delighted to welcome Nick to DOVCON1. His pioneering work on smart contracts and the evolution of blockchain technology will add a tremendously valuable perspective to the conference.”
DΞVCON1 will take place from November 9 to 13 at Gibson Hall in London, UK. It will feature five days of technical presentations and events on core research and protocols, decentralized application (dApp) development, and industrial and societal implications.
Ethereal is a decentralized blockchain protocol that runs smart contracts – applications that run exactly on schedule with no chance of downtime, censorship, fraud, or third-party interference.
Ethereal This is how the internet was supposed to work.
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