'Blockchain blockchain blockchain:' Check out the funny talk that some are calling 'the definitive guide to blockchain' (AAPL)

If you've ever heard an entrepreneur excited to discuss the potential of blockchain – without being totally sure what they're talking about — you're going to love this conference presentation. 

At one of the world's most prestigious cryptography conferences earlier this week, one speaker nailed exactly what makes blockchain technology so exciting.

Watch the video, via Jess Sorrell: 

In case you didn't get the joke, allow us to explain: Blockchain blockchain blockchain blockchain.

This short talk was given at Crypto 2018 in Santa Barbara, California, which is a conference for mathematicians and computer scientists to discuss new findings in the world of cryptography — the study of how to encrypt and decode data so unwanted parties can't access it. 

To be clear, it's not a cryptocurrency conference, although some presenters do touch on topics related to digital currency and blockchain. 

This talk was given in what's called a "rump session," an event during the evening that's a little bit less formal — many talks are jokes, and it's not meant to be a forum for serious security research.

The last slide in the blockchain talk includes a link to a similar stunt in 2007, where a scientist repeated "chicken chicken chicken" during a humorous session at a conference. 

"Presentations that are not purely technical in nature are also heartily encouraged," the conference website dryly states, going on to detail a few reasons for why a talk might belong in the rump session. And we quote: 

1. Money: I have already bribed the rump session chair.
2. Will be funny: I really, really promise.
3. Real breaking news: I found this result yesterday on the beach.

We don't know who exactly gave this particular talk. However, in this year's schedule of rump sessions at the conference, one four-minute talk on Tuesday was just titled "Blockchain!" It was given by Jon Callas, a well-known security professional who co-founded PGP Corp, Silent Circle, and Blackphone, and started working for Apple in 2016, according to Reuters. 

The programming community seemed to liked the talk:

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