Sidechains: Bringing New Elements to Bitcoin

Blockstream's (http://blockstream.com) sidechains whitepaper (http://blockstream.com/sidechains.pdf) showed how multiple blockchains can cooperate and share a currency. In this talk, the company's CTO Greg Maxwell (https://github.com/gmaxwell)will talk about future cryptocurrency technology that is enabled by such sidechains: security, efficiency and additional features for Bitcoin. http://photos4.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/a/0/6/3/600_438221059.jpeg After Party: 10 pm @ Local Edition (http:/…