Live Blog: Consensus 2015 as it Happens

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....

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....

In a blog post summing up 2015 as a year for payments, Visa Europe deemed ‘Fintech’ as the industry where ‘everyone wants to be’ and made a marked point about blockchain and bitcoin becoming a reality that the ‘industry has to live with.’ A blog post titled “Why 2015 was the year for payments” published as a retrospective for the year went up on Visa’s European website to broadly summarize the Fintech sector with a focus on consumer banking. Citing ‘payment innovation’ as the driving force behind progress, the post noted tech giants such as Apple, Samsung and Google to come up with their....

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.....

Last week, over 500 attendees and speakers gathered inside New York's TimesCenter for CoinDesk's inaugural conference, Consensus 2015. It was a jam-packed day which bought together industry figures from the banking world, law enforcement, Silicon Valley and beyond to discuss the future use cases of blockchain technology. Away from the stage, the event saw numerous events, including the diversity scholarships, knowledge bars and book signing sessions. Toggle using the arrows below for our highlights, or search using the hashtag #Consensus2015 on Twitter. CoinDesk EventsConsensus 2015Galleries