Shoot for the Moon or Take It Slow? Tech Giants Talk Blockchain
Three massive tech companies and one of the most heavily funded startups in blockchain today debated the merits of deploying blockchain technology incrementally or going after moonshots with the power to shift entire industry paradigms. Speaking on stage at this year’s Consensus 2016 conference in New York City, executives representing more than $571bn of market capitalization and $76m in venture capital engaged in a linguistic dual over which path was best, with the occasional point of agreement. Austin Hill, founder and CEO of bitcoin blockchain startup Blockstream, expressed a lack of....
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