# [Theoretically Speaking: The Computer in the Sky - Tim Roughgarden](https://wknd.app/r/v3v6av/theoretically-speaking-the-computer-in-the-sky-tim)

- When: 2026-10-20 17:30-19:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
- Scarcity: one_day
- Cadence: once
- Where: Calvin Lab auditorium, Simons Institute, UC Berkeley, Calvin Lab, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720 (37.87127, -122.25387)
- Ages: all ages
- Price: free
- Category: meetup
- Topics: science
- About: Public lecture by Columbia professor Tim Roughgarden on blockchain protocols as a shared 'computer in the sky', surveying work across distributed computing, cryptography and algorithmic game theory. Part of the Simons Institute's general-audience Theoretically Speaking series.
- Source: https://simons.berkeley.edu/events/computer-sky-theoretically-speaking
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