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WeAreDevelopers LIVE - Build Real Things: Real-World Problems That Blockchain Actually Solves

Chris Heilmann , Daniel Cranney , Marco Podien

How does blockchain actually solve real-world problems? Learn to deploy production-ready smart contracts on Algorand using standard Python or TypeScript, bypassing obscure tooling.

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