DLT Education

Blockchain & DLT Multi-disciplinary Hands-on Workshops & Hackathons

[The Block @TheBlockCo]

JUST IN: A senior official with the People's Bank of China said today the the country's central bank digital currency is "ready" after 5 years of research and development https://t.co/SdTsKsmo9Y

[Byron Gibson @byrongibson]

Stanford Blockchain Conference ‘20 #SBC20 CFP is open: https://t.co/DPHL4xIt1q CFP deadline: Nov 1; Notifications: Dec 15; Registration: TBA; Conf: Feb 19-21. @CBRStanford

[clearmatics @clearmatics]

zk-SNARKs are powerful cryptographic tools that provide new ways to achieve data #privacy and verification. But what is a zk-SNARK? This primer introduces zk-SNARKs and explains why they're so important in the #blockchain context: https://t.co/tut9yOQyRP #zksnark #zkproofs

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Will Libra play out like Bing vs Google? What else could Facebook do?
1) Launch wallet & stablecoin 2) Airdrop coins to the unbanked
"There’s no other company...better equipped to reach the unbanked...could be powerful way...to connect more people...to global economy"

[Nick Tomaino @NTmoney]

Thoughts on Facebook Coin https://t.co/I3ktRZdDIR

[Nathaniel Popper @nathanielpopper]

Maxine Waters' request for Facebook to put an "immediate moratorium" on the development of its new cryptocurrency, Libra, is gaining steam. Here is the letter sent to Facebook today from a bunch of congressional Democrats: https://t.co/mdlkCOuiCq

[proto @protolambda]

Libra TAKE-2. Whitepaper is somewhat confusing, source code is where it's at to get the details. Dug through it for you. Not an audit, just fun. Comparing with Eth1/Eth2 where relevant. Getting in merkleization/hashing/crypto/misc, but not consensus.
Tweetstorm ⬇️ 🧐

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Blockchain Workshop Geared for Women #NYCBlockchainWeek @ShearmanLaw brought together great speakers & students: @cybercodetwins @DianaZalles @atlanticoceane @amyannalee @josh_blockchain
@jnnylng @womeninvest @TaniChambers
@ofnumbers @fixanoid
@mattgcondon @jflowers1974 #DLTW4W

[tm @Tiffany_Mq]

Attended an awesome workshop this week! Learned about blockchain technology and connected with amazing women in tech! @dlt_education #BlockchainWeekNYC #WomenInSTEM

[ShearmanFinTech @ShearmanFinTech]

.@dlt_education's #Blockchain Workshop Geared for Women event is happening now at our #NewYork office! @jnnylng is pictured discussing the "Crypto Legal Landscape" alongside Tim Swanson. #DLTW4W #NYCBlockchainWeek #FiresideChat

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Amazing journey of @cybercodetwins - global hackathons, investing in crypto, inventing tech implementations to address women vulnerable to trafficking etc. Tangentially "Women need to be able to manage their own crypto, their own value, their own money" #DLTW4W #NYCBlockchainWeek

[ShearmanFinTech @ShearmanFinTech]

It was a pleasure hosting @dlt_education during #NYCBlockchainWeek. Thank you to all who joined the organization's two-day event "Multi-Disciplinary Hands-on Blockchain Workshop Geared for Women" at our #NewYork office. We had a blast! #DLTW4W @schwentker

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Demo of @Cordablockchain "How to book a mortgage and send it to a regulator in real time" by @amyannalee @blockchainqueen of @inside_r3 #DLTW4W #NYCBlockchainWeek @ShearmanLaw

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Amazing journey of @cybercodetwins - global hackathons, investing in crypto, inventing tech implementations to address women vulnerable to trafficking etc. Tangentially "Women need to be able to manage their own crypto, their own value, their own money" #DLTW4W #NYCBlockchainWeek

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Disrupting the ecosystem terminology - @ofnumbers avoids using the terms "blockchain" (prefers bchain), "DLT" (which he helped popularize) #DLTW4W #NYCBlockchainWeek

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Non-fungible token overview by. @mattgcondon "... turns out bitcoins are in a sense non-fungible as they each have a history, may unique content in OP_RETURN..." By the way check out Matt's podcast @digitallyrare & https://t.co/Ef2bD6lgUt #NYCBlockchainWeek #DLTW4W

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Genesis event * birth of new @CryptoKitties - @jflowers1974 kicking off the morning session. Now moving onto 'smart contracts, ' finality, oracles, @EthereumProject 2.0 Proof of Stake lab #NYCBlockchainWeek #DLTW4W

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Day 2 #DLTW4W presos:
@Cynthia_B_Yoon of @Citi, @cybercodetwins on @EOS_io,
Deepa Patel @inside_r3
on CBDCs, @womeninvest, @DianaZalles on Stablecoins,
@ofnumbers on dFMI,
@jnnylng fireside chat,
Hands-on labs by
@mattgcondon on NFTs & @jflowers1974 on POS w/ @metamask_io

[Tess Rinearson @_tessr]

I'm giving a talk @CraftConf on consensus algorithms, and before my talk, I thought I'd make a thread to share some of the references I used. (They're all in my deck, too, but tweets are more fun.)

[DLT Education @dlt_education]

Wrapping up day 1 of Blockchain Workshop Geared for Women @ShearmanLaw after excellent presos by @jflowers1974, @atlanticoceane of @medialab, @fixanoid of @goquorum, @emy_wng of @ripple, @josh_blockchain, @mattyboomboom of @OVioHQ #NYCBlockchainWeek #DLTW4W