This meetup will be accessible to beginners but geared towards intermediate levels of blockchain understanding. Topics that will be covered include decentralization, hashing, UTXO, and public/private keys.
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Chicago Blockchain Project loosely defines a "blockchain" as a community-owned organization creating trust in the validity of information through software.
There are plenty of questions surrounding the terms involved in blockchain. At this meetup CBP hopes to answer some of them beginning with a presentation from Disruption Joe and continuing on with a panel of local blockchain experts w/open Q and A from the audience.
Have you been confused or frustrated by the terminology in blockchain being misused and misunderstood? There doesn't seem to be a clear definition of "decentralization". What exactly is meant by "hashing" or "UTXO".
This meetup will be accessible to beginners but geared towards intermediate levels of understanding. Here are a few other terms that will be covered.
Decentralization
Hashing
UTXO
Public/Private Keys
SHA256
Consensus Mechanism
Governance
Mechanism Design
Custodial Wallet
Lightning
State Channels
Plasma
Gas
Proof-of-Work
Proof-of-Stake
