Blockchain’s Backers Set to Improve its Image,  Form Muskoka Group

Blockchain’s Backers Set to Improve its Image, Form Muskoka Group

Is Blockchain ready to sex it up? A three-day conference held at the Lake of Bays in Muskoka Canada which involved Blockchain advocates, theorists and policy experts was held between August 24th-26th, 2016. The meeting participants explored ways that the Blockchain can achieve its fullest potential. Can this group of individuals who are already deeply connected with the Blockchain change the course it is on and steer it towards a better tomorrow? CoinTelegraph spoke to Brian Behlendorf of The Hyperledger Project, Don Tapscott of The Tapscott Group, Alex Tapscott of Northwest Passage....


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