IoT, Smart Contracts Focus of Blockchain Expo London 2017
London Correspondent Nick Ayton gives us a summary of Blockchain Expo London 2017, the two-day event at London’s Olympia Conference Centre. As a speaker, chairman and panel member, I really enjoyed this event. It was slick, well organized, high in Blockchain content and it was rammed. The atmosphere was expectant and I can see them needing a bigger venue for next year. The bar is now set very high for Blockchain events! The genius of Ian Johnson from Six Degree Events - who also managed to get “the Woz” involved in the “Hackfest” Hackathon in Berlin - has combined Blockchain with IoT,....
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