Just came back from the IOHKSummit in Miami with Stephen Wolfram and Caitlin Long as guest speakers. An incredible array of scientists (cryptography, theoretica

Just came back from the IOHKSummit in Miami with Stephen Wolfram and Caitlin Long as guest speakers. An incredible array of scientists (cryptography, theoretical computer science, mathematics, functional programming languages) presented their research and results of peer reviewed papers over the past few years. It was definitely the most substantial blockchain conference I have had a chance to attend in years. Fascinating talks on the ability to use standardized financial contracts (ARCTUS) via functional languages and gathered as library for developers in smart contracts blew my mind. The supply chain pro/con by Wyoming’s ranchers and their beef tracking USDA approved new standard showed the other end of the spectrum in terms of real world applications that already have an impact on industry. While there is a lot of hype and mania any time money is involved there is also an incredible universe of academic and tangible private progress being made using these distributed immutable / trustless (to higher degrees at least) ledgers.