Pint of Science: bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchain - Festival de la Ciència de Barcelona

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency created in 2009, behind which is the so-called blockchain technology. Victor Garcia Font, researcher with the K-riptography and Information Security for Open Networks (KISON) research group, will reveal what all these concepts mean, the multiple applications offered by this technology and the uses being made of it in such fields as research, economics and technology.