Building Decentralized Applications dApps using the BEAM

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Tyr Chen discusses why the BEAM is perfect for building dApps, using examples from ArcBlock. The talk discusses the DNA of decentralised applications and why Erlang and Elixir match perfectly to their DNA. Wednesday 27 November 2019 | 17:30 GMT / 19:30 CET / 12:30 ET / 10:30 PM

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Tyr Chen is the VP of Engineering at ArcBlock. @tyrchen @ArcBlock

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