Understanding the Bitcoin handshake using Rust
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A few days ago, I had a brief technical chat with a friend who finds the world of distributed systems fascinating, regarding the Bitcoin handshake process. Although our conversation initially…
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Exploring Creative Programming with Rust and ggez. Fire Effect.
Today I bring something a little different. Since Rust has become one of the trendy languages and one of my favorites for working with Blockchain, I’ve been wondering whether it…
My Repositories on Github
These days I’ve had a bit more free time, so I’ve been uploading the programs I’ve been writing over the years to GitHub. Although I’ve been programming for a long…
The King is Dead. Long Live the King. (Truffle, Ganache & Hardhat)
ConsenSys announces the end of Truffle and Ganache, and the arrival of Hardhat. In a significant move in the Ethereum development ecosystem, ConsenSys has officially announced the end of life…
ChatGPT 4. OpenAI’s New Toy
Hello everyone! Today I want to share something really exciting in the world of Artificial Intelligence: GPT-4, OpenAI’s latest language model. What is GPT-4? GPT-4 is OpenAI’s most advanced language…
Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the ZX Spectrum: A Milestone in Computing History
This year marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic ZX Spectrum, the home computer that for many of us — including me — was the gateway into the world of…
Farewell to Sir Clive Sinclair, the Visionary Who Ignited My Passion for Computing
Today the tech world lost one of its true visionaries. Sir Clive Sinclair has passed away at the age of 81, leaving behind a legacy that inspired an entire generation…
Introduction to Quantum Computing (1)
Quantum computing is one of the most exciting and potentially transformative technologies on the horizon. In this first article of a series, I want to introduce the fundamental concepts of…
Design Patterns in Smart Contracts. Part 1.
Smart contracts are self-executing programs that run on the blockchain, with the terms of an agreement directly written into code. As with any software development, applying well-established design patterns to…
Tokenomics: Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”?
When Adam Smith wrote about the “invisible hand” of the market in 1776, he could not have imagined that centuries later, a new form of digital economy would emerge that…