Bitcoin Special Lecture - Contracts and Guarantees (Nick Szabo)

Agenda: 18:30-19:00 - Gathering and refreshments 19:00-20:30 - Contracts and Guarantees (Nick Szabo) 20:30-21:30 - Free discussion In this talk, we will cover the evolution of contracts, computing, cryptography and communications, and analyze examples of contracts and their mapping to bitcoins. We will discuss the limitations of the Bitcoin protocol, and cover other systems with more advanced contracting properties. The talk will be given in English. We would like to start the lecture at 19:00 s…