Episode 208: Blockchain with Tom Lindeman and Yorke Rhodes

In this episode Chris Risner is joined by Tom Lindeman and Yorke Rhodes. Yorke and Tom focus on the partner ecosystem for Visual Studio, Blockchain, and Visual Studio Marketplace. Tom and Yorke first start by explaining what Blockchain is and how it works. They then go into talking about what Microsoft is doing to make it easier to build Blockchain based applications with Ethereum, Visual Studio, Visual Studio Code, Azure, and more. Links from the show: [01:25] - What is Blockchain?[05:00] - What is Microsoft doing for Blockchain?[07:50] - Public and Private Blockchains[10:34] - The Visual Studio Marketplace[12:24] - Using the Solidity Extension in Visual Studio[16:20] - Blockchain-as-a-Service[18:10] - Azure Blockchain Templates on GitHub [18:40] - Blockchain extension for Visual Studio Code[21:32] - The Visual Studio Blockchain Challenge (going live within a few days)[23:58] - Decentralized Apps galleryVisual Studio Partner ProgramVisual Studio MarketplaceVisual Studio Solidity ExtensionVS Code Solidity ExtensionVisual Studio Blockchain Challenge (going live within a few days)Microsoft Azure BlockchainAzure Marketplace - BlockApps Ethereum ISVBlockApps SDK targeting XamarinAzure Blockchain Quickstart TemplatesAzure Block Chain Quickstart Templates on GitHubEthereum ProjectDecentralized Applications (Dapps) SiteLike Cloud Cover on Facebook! Follow @CloudCoverShowFollow @chrisrisnerFollow @haishibai2010 Follow @yorkerhodes