InfoQ Homepage Presentations
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Blockchain: The Oracle Problems
Paul Sztorc talks about why the oracle problem is so hard (the historical evolution of failures, why they fail), and the basics of blockchain ("blockchain as immortal software", ledger "rents").
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Big Ideas: Decentralized Storage
David Vorick talks about the need for distributed/decentralized storage, real life use cases for distributed storage systems, dealing with data loss in a distributed system, overviewing IPFS and Sia.
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Case Study: Alternate Blockchains
Jeremy Rand talks about Namecoin and Monero, the advantages to alternate blockchains, and risks of using chains that are not as secured or are merge mined.
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Practical Blockchains: Building on Bitcoin
Peter Todd answers the questions: why use Bitcoin over other blockchains, what is safe, future proof ways to peg data to Bitcoin's blockchain and what is Bitcoin script, and how it can be used.
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The Journey to a Customer Experience Driven Enterprise
Laura Heritage discusses key aspects - Cloud services and API-led integrations - essential to having success in building a customer experience driven enterprise.
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Serverless - Power to the Black Box!
Michael Bruns shows for which purposes serverless is a good fit, how it actually works and in which cases it is better to avoid it.
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Changing the World of Work
Todd Little discusses the Agile Development Conference whose purpose has been to change the world of work.
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Creating a Culture of Value through HR
Isabella Serg considers that the role of HR is not just to implement controls and standards, but rather to drive programs that create adaptability, innovation, collaboration and speed.
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Reaching Agreement: eSignature API strategies
Larry Kluger discusses strategies for designing and using APIs to deal with electronic signatures.
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Building Mobile Clients for GraphQL
Martjin Walraven discusses building mobile applications with GraphQL.
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IoT, DDoS, and the DNS: Development Models for a Hostile Internet
Chris Baker overviews the IoT DDoS landscape, providing both a comprehensive mental model for IoT botnets, as well as sharing some insight into recent adaptations to network threat models.
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Practical Cryptography & Blockchain Panel
The panel discusses the most important trends involving the blockchain today and fields questions from the audience. Topics covered: smart contracts, oracles, sidechains, and blockchains.