Boston Code Camp is a free developer conference in the Boston area. Like many other code camps, it provides an opportunity for local area devs to share tools, techniques, and ideas. And it’s free! Sponsors provide funds to enable this, and it includes breakfast and lunch. Code Camp 36 was at the Microsoft Campus in Burlington on 3/23/24. I gave a new presentation which was more conversational than previous ones I had given. It was titled “Financial Incentives of Blockchain Technologies”. No code was shown, but we had a lively and interesting conversation, with help from other attendees.

Session Description

In this conversation, we’ll discuss some of the financially motivated reasons that individuals and companies get involved with blockchain technologies. If you ever wondered why you or your company would use a blockchain or a cryptocurrency or write a web3 application, you may find your answer here.

Topics will include:

• Earning rewards for supporting a blockchain network
• Transaction costs
• The economics of digital money, aka tokenomics
• Tokenizing real-world assets
• Pros and cons of non-government backed digital currencies
• The real ways criminals and law enforcement use and track the use of digital currencies
  

When you leave this presentation, I hope you’ll see why many are invested in a future that includes a decentralized, digital environment that includes blockchain.

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