Reach Blockchain Development Platform & Algorand Interview with Dr. Jay McCarthy

In this interview, we discuss the Reach blockchain development platform with its founder, Professor Jay McCarthy, and Algorand. Professor McCarthy is an Algorand power user and describes beautifully the power of the Algorand blockchain and how Algo stacks up against existing blockchains.

https://docs.reach.sh/
https://reach.sh/
https://discord.com/invite/AZsgcXu
https://www.youtube.com/c/Reachsh/featured

0:00:00–0:00:10 — Intro
0:00:10–0.00:23 — Professor Jay McCarthy Introduction
0:00:23–0:01:54 — What are developmental challenges that Reach helps with?
0:01:54–0:04:28 — What are your thoughts on the no-code movement?
0:04:28–0:06:58 — Is the push into mobile apps going to sustain?
0:06:58–0:09:41 — How is blockchain perceived by top coders in the halls of academia?
0:09:41–0:12:23 — What’s the status of coding education in the US as you see it?
0:12:23–0:15:20 — What use cases do you have your eye on?
0:15:20–0:16:46 — What was your inspiration for Reach?
0:16:46–0:20:24 — Is the growth of reach inexorably linked with coding education?
0:20:24–0:23:19 — What are useful tool features that you’ve integrated into Reach and in general?
0:23:19–0:29:00 — What is Algorand and what do they do that is of interest to you, as a power user?
0:29:00–0:30:55 — What do you think about the number of GitHub commits as a determinate of a blockchain’s quality?
0:30:55–0:35:22 — What’s the process like to get on-boarded with Reach and get that competency with the tool?

#reach #algo #algorand

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