Moscow's Blockchain Hackathon Reflects Booming Blockchain Industry in Russia
Since Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed interest in Ethereum at his meeting with Vitalik Buterin at the World Economic Forum held in St. Petersburg, the blockchain industry in Russia has been quick to heat up. The Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference in Saint Petersburg was held in June, followed immediately by a blockchain-focused hackathon....
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“ARE YOU A BLOCKCHAIN ENTHUSIAST, A HARD-CORE CODER, A DESIGNER OR JUST A HACKATHON OBSESSOR? IF SO, JOIN THE DBS BLOCKCHAIN HACK FOR AN INNOVATIVE TWO DAYS OF EXCLUSIVE BLOCKCHAIN CHALLENGES AND API ACCESS FROM TOP FINANCIAL INSTITUTES – AND SOME SERIOUS HACKING.” If you visit the DBS Blockchain Hackathon web page, this is exactly what you are greeted with. The hackathon will have a meeting on April 16, 2015 to where attendees can discus ideas and get acquainted with one another. The main event will be on May 8-May 9 — 48 hours of pure blockchain innovation.
Thomson Reuters along with EY and others is organizing a blockchain hackathon in Switzerland. The future of blockchain looks bright, thanks to increasing adoption of Bitcoin’s underlying technology by leading industry segments. Innovation holds the key to widespread implementation of distributed ledger technology across industries. Thomson Reuters, along with Ernst & Young and other blockchain players are trying to facilitate such adoption by organizing a Blockchain Hackathon. The two-day blockchain hackathon is being held over the weekend, between 27th and 29th January 2017 in Baar,....
Putin’s business ombudsman says Russia must become the world’s blockchain leader, as he’s certain the country has the necessary resources. There are currently around 500 000 of Blockchain users in Russia, and the number is growing. Following the UK’s decision to leave the EU the race is now on to replace London as the global fintech capital, and Moscow may join the race. Focus on Blockchain. The Party of Growth led by Boris Titov has developed a program which will be presented in the parliament elections this September. Researching and testing Blockchain applications are one of the main....
Government officials in Moscow today revealed plans to investigate applications of blockchain technology. According to a report by Gazeta.ru, Deputy Head of the Department of Information Technologies (DIT) of Moscow Andrey Belozerov said that the agency is now exploring how to apply blockchain to various use cases, including voting fraud. One proposal, according to the news source, would find Moscow incorporating blockchain into Active Citizen, an in-progress e-government effort aimed at getting citizens more involved in local decision-making. Sberbank, one of Russia's largest banks, may....
National Settlement Depository, Russia’s central securities depository, has successfully tested an e-proxy voting system based on a distributed ledger (blockchain) technology. It has been eight years since the mysterious Satoshi Nakamoto introduced the definition of blockchain and implemented it in the original source code for his peer-to-peer digital cash system. While it is still unclear whether or not Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies have any real long-term value, many argue that the acceptance and wider adoption of blockchain technology are fast approaching. Various industries see the....