Alex Tapscott: Thailand Should Embrace Blockchain
Alex Tapscott, chief executive of Northwest Passage Ventures, a blockchain business consulting firm, has said that Thailand should embrace blockchain technology to improve quality of life, according to a report from the Bangkok Post. At a recent seminar, ‘Blockchain Revolution,’ hosted by Total Access Communication Plc (DTAC), Tapscott was a keynote speaker on the disruptive technology, which he has called the ‘second generation of the Internet.’ It is reported that around 40 percent of Thailand’s population has Internet access through their smartphones with 60 percent among the general....
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Alex Tapscott, CEO of Blockchain consulting firm Northwest Passage Ventures, urges both businesses and regulators in Thailand to adopt Blockchain to cope with the Internet’s rapidly growing user base and startups. At the “Blockchain Revolution” seminar hosted by Total Access Communication in Bangkok, Tapscott emphasized the potential of Blockchain within the conventional financial industry, which could save banks and financial institutions blns of dollars in annual expenditures, such as maintenance fees. Tapscott stated: “There are things you can do with Blockchain technology that was not....
Microsoft (Thailand) has said that 2017 will see five digital technology trends – that includes blockchain tech – driving the country’s digital transformation, pushing organization’s capabilities to the next level. The five digital technology trends include cloud computing, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data analytics, blockchain and artificial intelligence, according to a report from Bangkok Post. According to Orapong Thien-Ngern, general manager of Microsoft (Thailand), the country has Asia-Pacific’s second-highest growth rate for Microsoft cloud service adoption. He said this is due....
Tech evangelists Alex and Don Tapscott believe blockchain will “rewrite the economic power grid and the old social order.” According to tech evangelists Don and Alex Tapscott, blockchain technology will prove itself the most disruptive technology of the next decade.“We now have an Internet of value that can give us another opportunity to rewrite the economic power grid and the old social order”, said Don Tapscott.However, Tapscott senior underlines that it will take a while to transform established, multi-trillion dollars industries, such as the supply chain and financial transaction....
Author Don Tapscott recently helped kick off the TED Summit in Banff, Alberta, with a lecture about blockchain technology. Released today, the video finds Tapscott reviewing points from his most recent book, "Blockchain Revolution," published earlier this year and co-authored by his son, Alex Tapscott. In remarks, Tapscott sticks to discussing the technology broadly and in terms that seek to communicate what he views as the coming wave of innovation spurred by the creation of the bitcoin blockchain and digital assets. Tapscott said: "For the first time now people everywhere....
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....