RE: My life in college - Day 4 - The convocation event, and the second day of classes
I forget, did we watch The Imitation Game together? I thought we did, but after watching the trailer, I'm not so sure. Even if we did, I want to watch it again now. ;-)
That movie was about Alan Turing, the conceputalist behind the Turing Machine (and also the Turing Test). This concept is relevant in the blockchain space because Ethereum's claim to fame over Bitcoin is that it has Turing Completeness for smart contracts.
Interestingly, back in 2015, Craig S. Wright claimed that Bitcoin was also Turing Complete (as designed). I wrote about it here. And the BSV camp is now claiming that their Bitcoin fork is Turing Complete.
Anyway, all that is just to point out the real world influence that the concept still has so it's less of an abstract idea while you're learning about it.