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I had the pleasure of attending a few conferences and side events over August in San Francisco and New York. There was a lot to absorb, and many conversations to have had. This piece will be a small summary and my main takeaways of the conferences and talks. For a detailed summary, see my next post. While this might not be the full coverage of the events, if there’s any interest in some of these topics, I would highly recommend taking a look at the YouTube videos of the recordings, or, reading the documentation/papers. ...

I’m always so fascinated by the peer-to-peer (or p2p) networks that power the various blockchain ecosystems. Unknown nodes come together, communicate, and push enough data to decide on a global state. This was part of the reason that I started diving into the world of consensus for my phd/research. In future, I’m keen to dive into the worlds of consensus! So keep your eyes posted. But for now, let’s start with the networking - so that we can send messages to each other. ...

Hello! Finally, I got a chance to set up a blog. I’ve been meaning to really get on top of this for a while now, but I think the major delay is that I keep prioritising other parts of work/life. I decided to take the plunge, and this time - here it is with hugo! Why Hugo? Well, it’s been a bit of a mental debate, I wanted something that I could publish markdown files, have the ability to write drafts, and something that supports all the cool latex, code, etc. - but at the same time, I wanted to find something that was easy to set up. ...