# Parachain Consensus from the Ground Up

- Speakers: [eskimor](https://streameth.org/speakers/eskimor)
- Event: [Protocol Berg](https://streameth.org/ethberlin/protocol_berg), Berlin
- Channel: [ETHBerlin](https://streameth.org/ethberlin)
- Date: 2023-09-15
- Duration: 20:21
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/65b8f8cda5b2d09b88ec0f8c

## Description

We will start with a problem statement and build up together how Parachain Consensus works. If time permits, we can also cover current work like asynchronous backing and time disputes.
<tags>Polkadot</tags>

## About the speakers

### eskimor

I am father of twins and a programmer. At the age of 15, I heard that ordinary people can actually program computers, I bought a 1200 page book about C++ and started learning. I sticked with C++ for quite a while, learned Java, went back to C++, learned D, Python, Haskell and eventually Rust. Then I became interested in peer-to-peer systems, experimented with rust-libp2p and found that blockchains could play a major role in mitigating shortcomings of p2p systems. So it happened that I applied at Parity Technologies as a core developer. At Parity Technologies I am driving and implementing major parts of Polkadot's Parachain consensus.