Consensus 2015: What the Internet Can Teach Blockchain Innovators
Digital currencies remain an exciting new technology striving for mainstream adoption, but their struggle is not without precedent - The consumer and technical roadblocks they face are akin to those overcome by key Internet protocols. Two new Consensus 2015 speakers will look back at the mainstreaming of e-commerce and Internet security, providing a deep dive into the historical lessons that could come to shape the technology's future. Last April the Heartbleed Bug was uncovered, revealing that the majority of websites on the Internet were vulnerable to information theft. The bug was....
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3,000 tweets, 600 attendees and 50 speakers later, CoinDesk's inaugural conference Consensus 2015 wrapped on 10th September. The one-day event drew together top minds in the fields of finance, charity, investment and law enforcement to discuss how blockchain technology might impact very real problems faced around the world today. It featured a diverse line up of speakers from Digital Asset Holdings CEO Blythe Masters to Internet security pioneer Christopher Allen and Assistant US Attorney Kathryn Haun. For those who missed out on the jam-packed day, you can watch the event in full below.....
There are only 21 days to go until Consensus 2015, CoinDesk's inaugural summit on digital currencies and blockchain tech. In honour of the very special nature of the number 21 in the cryptocurrency space (there will only ever be 21 million bitcoins created), we're releasing a limited batch of 2-for-1 Consensus tickets, available for 24 hours only. We've added some great new sponsors and speakers to our lineup recently, including Gyft, Coinbase, Chain, Abra and BNY Mellon. After receiving a great response to our call for Makeathon applications - it was oversubscribed by 300% - we've closed....
Consensus 2015, CoinDesk's inaugural conference, was held in New York last week. The event featured a wide range of speakers, including prominent figures from the crypto space, traditional finance, law enforcement and aid sector who engaged in a wide range of discussion topics; including the potential use-cases for bitcoin and blockchain technology. Below is a round up of the best quotes from the day's discussions, in case you missed the event. For a more detailed overview of the day's proceedings check out our live blog or our summaries of the morning and afternoon sessions. Consensus....
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams plans to make NYC the center of crypto and innovation. He says we must open our schools to teach cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, noting that bitcoin is “a new way of paying for goods and services throughout the entire globe.”
NYC Mayor-Elect Wants Schools to Teach Bitcoin, Crypto, Blockchain
New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams talked about making NYC the center for innovation and cryptocurrency in an interview with CNN Business Sunday. He also explained the reasoning behind his tweet saying that he will take his first....