HIVE Blockchain Society: Game Theory & Consensus Mechanisms

Oswald De Riemaecker

March 26, 2018

Continuous was at the HIVE Blockchain Society Event in Brussels the 24 march 2017.

The HIVE is a community for Blockchain enthusiasts and experts (developers, investors, entrepreneurs, etc.) starting a series of initiatives to promote Blockchain as outlined as below:

The program of this event was very interesting with a presentation of Game Theory & Consensus Mechanisms followed by very interesting projects show cases.

The program was:

Game Theory & Consensus Mechanisms: Dr Jamsheed Shorish, an experienced university teacher with a background in computational finances & mathematics has been talking about game theory, what impact it has on our daily lives and how it can be applied to rule consensus mechanisms.

Decred Decentralised Autonomous Crypto currency. Since 2016, Decred has striven to solve blockchain governance. Their innovative, hybrid proof-of-work/proof-of-stake consensus voting system empowers stakeholders and allows for the seamless transition from one set of rules to another.

Giveth is a Decentralized Altruistic Community (DAC). The team’s drive is defined as supporting transparency, open-source development, co-creation, and collaboration. The Giveth community is building a software system, using Ethereum smart contracts, that will radically shift the way people think charity can and should work.

In summary, this was a fantastic day meeting many very interesting people! Looking forward for more HIVE meet-up!

Oswald De Riemaecker

I am an Agile and DevOps Evangelist. By working for many years on various projects, I have been experiencing diverse project management methodologies, Agile values, principles and practices have proven to be the most successful. I like to be part of teams working on a new product, from its vision to User Stories writing and specifications by the example. I like to use brainstorming techniques and serious games to shape a product and its vision. I support and coach development teams so that they implement these principles and practices, including Agile development such as Unit Testing, BDD, Continuous Integration/Delivery and Deployment. Being a Linux and Open Source supporter for many years, I am a firm believer in the DevOps culture. I coach and give the best tools to organisations in order to streamline their product development till production and beyond. I like shaping everything as code so I can build scalable cloud native applications. I partnered with the continuousphp team, a PHP Centric PaaS to build, package, test and deploy applications in the same workflow. This platform is born of our shared experience gained these past years.