Nick Szabo to Keynote CDC Smart Contract Symposium in New York
The Smart Contract Alliance, an initiative ran by the Chamber of Digital Commerce to promote real-world application of smart contracts, has announced the launch of the Smart Contract Symposium, a conference to take place in New York City on December 5th, 2016. Of particular note is that renowned cryptographer Nick Szabo, who coined the term “smart contracts,” will give the event’s keynote address. Szabo to Keynote New York Symposium. The Chamber expects to host over 250 executives from financial institutions and firms exploring this technology at Microsoft’s Time’s Square Headquarters.....
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