Dr. Nicholas Weaver is a senior staff researcher focusing on computer security at the International Computer Science Institute in Berkeley, California, and a lecturer in the Computer Science department at the University of California at Berkeley.

In this second of two parts, Dr. Weaver goes deep into his expertise as a network security and computer vulnerabilities expert to describe the reality of much of the hype around "blockchains". He pulls no punches and describes the actual utility in Blockchain, and perhaps the lack thereof.

More about Dr. Nicholas Weaver:

UC Berkley Homepage
https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Faculty/Homepages/nweaver.html

Twitter:
https://twitter.com/ncweaver

How to make money with Bitcoin in 10 easy steps!
http://www.buttcoinfoundation.org/how-to-make-money-with-bitcoin-in-10-easy-steps/

Cryptocurrency: Burn it with fire! (Presentation, YouTube Video)
https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2019/presentation/weaver

Blog:
https://www.lawfareblog.com/contributors/nweaver

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