The Blockchain Singularity of the Future with Dom Williams

On this episode of the DIVI Crypto Podcast our host Steve McGarry is joined by Dom Williams, Founder & Chief Scientist of Dfinity. To start the show Steve has Dom jump into his background getting into the blockchain space, and how Bitcoin originally caught his attention. Dom talks about how he started working on how to make blockchains work more efficiently and at a faster rate for the gaming industry, and how the aim was to make a cryptocurrency originally. They dive into how smart contracts play a big role in Dfinity, and also how they built a large international team that included a number of cryptographers. Dom talks about the creation of the “Internet Computer” project, explains what a “world computer'' is, and how they constructed everything within Dfinity.

Dfinity is a Swiss-based not-for-profit organization with the largest R&D team in blockchain. Their goal is to create a "blockchain singularity" in which every system and service is rebuilt and reimagined using smart contracts that run entirely from infinite public blockchain without need for traditional IT. The DFINITY Foundation is also a major contributor to the Internet Computer, the world's most powerful general-use blockchain.
- Website - https://dfinity.org/
- Website - https://internetcomputer.org/
- Twitter @Dfinity - https://twitter.com/dfinity
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