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Evolving the EVM

Duration: 00:24:54

Speaker: Alex Beregszaszi, Casey Detrio, Dr. Christian Reitwiessner, Dr. Greg Colvin, Martin Becze, Paweł Bylica

Type: Panel

Expertise: Advanced

Event: Devcon

Date: Invalid Date

A discussion focusing on the evolution of the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).

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