W3C’s Blockchain Workshop & Industry Standards

Armed with sky-high expectations and seemingly boundless enthusiasm for how tech could reinvent industry in the digital age, the "blockchain" industry has been overwhelmed with blockchains. Not only are there multiple open public blockchain projects, but legacy institutions and corporates are building exclusive permissioned blockchains. So far this year, there have been specialty blockchains created for everything from credit default swaps to managing global supply chains. It's unclear how these blockchains will need to interact with each other in the future to prove its....

The Bitcoin Event at LaGuardia is a Workshop set for March 25th. Beginning at 9AM at New York City's LaGuardia Community College, this half-day event is an opportunity to network with Bitcoin experts, hear their insights, and meet the entrepreneurs building the Bitcoin ecosystem. The workshop is a result of a partnership between LaGuardia and CRYPSA, the cryptocurrency standards association. CRYPSA is a member-driven community focused on safety and security of digital currency. This event is free and open to the public. Bitcoin Event Co-Sponsored By CRYPSA. CRYPSA began in August 2014. It....

WEF study says the ongoing efforts from blockchain organizations are not enough to set global blockchain standards. A study conducted by the World Economic Forum and Global Blockchain Business Council reveals the reasons why the blockchain industry still lacks well-defined standards on the global level.Dubbed the Global Standards Mapping Initiative, the study notes that the gaps, divergence and overlap in the standard-setting landscape of the blockchain industry are the biggest challenges the industry needs to surmount.Most organizations involved in setting standards for the industry have....

Stanford University's Computer Science building. Stanford University has since Saturday been playing host to a Bitcoin workshop that has featured several big players in the cryptocurrency space. The workshop will examine the relationship between blockchain technologies and the existing regulatory environment. The first two days of the workshop which were for a private audience ended on Sunday March 22nd, 2015, while the public part of the workshop will be held from Monday March 23rd, 2015 and will end on Tuesday March 24th, 2015. It brings together different experts in technology, law and....

The Identity & KYC conference in London hosted a workshop on using blockchain technology to improve know-your-customer processes earlier this week. Led by blockchain compliance consultant Siân Jones, the workshop was attended by a group drawn from banks, financial institutions, startups and regulators. The group discussed several challenges faced by banks and financial institutions when it comes to identity, and whether or not the blockchain can help solve these problems. The overwhelming consensus was that even though the blockchain is very promising, it has many real-world....