Life Inside a Secret Chinese Bitcoin Mine
Motherboard has a look inside a BitCoin mine in northeastern China. It’s a more detailed look than the Deutsche Welle look inside a similar operation in Iceland.
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Mining Bitcoins in Iceland
Here’s an interesting look at the emerging world of BitCoin from DW English, along with a look inside a major BitCoin mining operation in Iceland.
The Power of the Blockchain
Siraj Raval explains how the Blockchain can improve AI.
How the Blockchain will Radically Transform the Economy
After watching the previous video about Blockchain and you’re still not certain as to why it’s so revolutionary, then check out this TED talk by Bettina Warburg. Bettina Warburg describes how the blockchain will eliminate the need for centralized institutions like banks or governments to facilitate trade, evolving age-old models...
What is Blockchain?
Shai Rubin, CTO of Citi Innovation Lab, explains in an easy and simple way the basics of blockchain.
Algorithmic Trading and Machine Learning
Simons Institute has a great video on Algorithmic Trading and Machine Learning. It’s an interesting look into a field of machine learning that is already widely deployed and how it works.
Five FinTech Facts
You may have heard of the them “FinTech” and wondered what it meant. The World Economic Forum explains the term and what it means for the banking and financial industries.
High Frequency Trading and the New Algorithmic Ecosystem
Dr. Sean Gourley is the founder and CTO of Quid. A Physicist by training, he has studied the mathematical patterns of war and terrorism. The speed of human strategic thinking is fundamentally limited by the biological hardware that makes up the brain. As humans we simply cannot operate on the...
High Frequency Trading Explained
Here’s an video explaining high frequency trading, or automated systems that trade commodities. They move markets and many are powered by AI algorithms.
Python Pandas from the Inside
In another great session from PyData DC 2016, Stephen Simmons takes a deep dive into Pandas, an open source, high-performance, easy-to-use data analysis toolset for Python.
