Hello and welcome to The AwesomeAlgo podcast!

Cosimo Bassi is the guest of this episode, he is a Solution Architect from Algorand with a really interesting background in engineering.

This episode covers a variety of different topics such as:

1. Cosimo's biography and his journey to Algorand coming from an Electrical Engineering background.

2. What makes Algorand unique? What is blockchain and what is consensus? How pure proof of stake solves the blockchain trilemma?

3. What are the most notable capabilities of Algorand Layer 1 provided out of the box?

4. Cosimo's opinion on a great starting point for testing smart contracts.

5. An advice for aspiring software engineers who want to try out blockchain development on Algorand.[removed] [removed] This podcast is not sponsored by any third parties, I maintain  ...