Blockchain conferences promise the world but almost always fail to deliver. The London Blockchain Conference stood in stark contrast to these events, exceeding expectations with speakers, topics, networking, staging, and production. The event was the biggest endorsement of the BSV blockchain and its enterprise-ready nature, nChain’s CEO Christen Ager-Hanssen tells CoinGeek TV.
“It’s totally everything I could have imagined,” Ager-Hanssen told CoinGeek TV host Becky Liggero on the sidelines of the third day of the event. “It totally rocked. Everyone I talked to is so inspired by the connections they created here.”
nChain Chairman Stefan Matthews concurred, noting that the registrations leading up to the event were four times higher than the conference capacity. The event lived up to the promise, both on stage and in the connections and networking. Matthews cited CoinGeek founder Calvin Ayre’s opening presentation and Ager-Hanssen’s presentation on changing the world as standouts.
Peter Schiff’s digital gold presentation on Day 3 also stood out for Matthews. He offered a little history lesson during the Q&A session, delving into Satoshi’s original plan to incorporate gold to back Bitcoin. Satoshi had to drop the plans as the gold required to back 21 million tokens would have been way too costly.
“I couldn’t help myself.”
The three-day event had a marked increase in the proportion of non-BSV attendees and blockchain newbies.
“All the new blood is coming in. That is the most exciting thing,” the nChain CEO noted.
In his interaction with the newbies, some of whom represent major enterprises, Ager-Hanssen found that most were unaware of blockchain’s explosive capabilities.
Upon explaining what BSV blockchain can do, “they were going, ‘Wow, we’ve never seen anything like this. How can we be part of it?’”
BSV blockchain adoption by governments
nChain has been on a major push for blockchain adoption to underpin public service applications by governments worldwide. Representatives from governments in the Philippines, Nigeria, and other countries were at the event.
In the Philippines, nChain is working with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), which is behind a recently-launched e-government super app.
“I don’t think I’m telling secrets by saying that DICT is in active discussions with us about blockchain enabling the super app on BSV. We’ve been on those discussions for a long time.”
During the event, Matthews also connected with representatives of the Nigerian government on a blockchain education project. Over the course of the next year, the project expects to churn out 30,000 blockchain developers.
“Government is a very important part of what we’re doing.”
India is also a big target, Ager-Hanssen revealed. Representatives from the Asian country attended the event and scheduled meetings with senior government officials for nChain executives to discuss blockchain integration.
The key to government adoption is education. Most of the officials the nChain CEO interacted with were unaware of what the BSV blockchain can offer government applications. He lauded the conference organizers, who he says offered the best opportunity for blockchain experts and government officials to converge and discuss enterprise solutions.
That BSV blockchain isn’t built around ‘crypto’ has been a major part of its attraction for governments, Matthews added. With the endless scams, rug pulls, and pyramid schemes over the past few years in the industry, governments have become wary of worthless tokens that leverage FOMO to squeeze millions of dollars from investors. BSV blockchain’s utility-driven approach is a breath of fresh air and has played a key role in attracting interest from government quarters.
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