Terminal Tech Talk: Examples of How to Use State Channels - Liam Horne

The Terminal Tech Talk series is committed to bringing our technical communities together by sharing insights and learnings from the best and brightest minds on topics ranging from innovative best practices to culture, personal growth and more. Learn more at terminal.io/techtalks ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Liam left the University of Waterloo to become the co-founder and CTO of PiinPoint (YC W14). Liam was awarded the $100,000 Peter Thiel Fellowship in 2015 at the age of 19 for his world-class ingenuity. Liam then co-founded Hack The North, arguably the best hackathon in the world and certainly Canada's biggest hackathon. Liam co-founded ETHWaterloo and turned it into a global movement called ETHGlobal to foster a world-class ecosystem of blockchain developers and entrepreneurs, collectively building the Web 3 world. Liam co-founded L4 Ventures. L4 is creating the decentralized web, conducting cutting-edge cryptoeconomic research, building core blockchain infrastructure, and helping projects grow. Liam co-founded Counterfactual, a generalized framework for native state channels integration in Ethereum-based decentralized applications. Liam is also a board director at the publicly traded Ether Capital (NEO: ETHC) and acts as an advisor at Terminal.