Building a React Application with Smart Contracts

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Erin Depew - Building a React Application with Smart Contracts | React Week NY ‘19 Blockchain isn’t just for the cryptocurrencies and get rich quick schemes your coworker won’t stop talking about. It’s also a genuinely useful database for web applications when paired with smart contracts. We will cover the next generation of blockchains, smart contracts, formal verification, and governance. We will also discuss the benefits they provide web engineers looking to build scalable and secure web applications by demonstrating how you can use React and Pact to build a simple crowdfunding app.

Erin Depew is a senior software developer, ex-designer, and full-time jack-of-all-trades currently working at Spotify. You can find her at the intersection of engineering and art, where she enjoys building interesting and occasionally useful things for the internet.