SFB19 is where startups, enterprise companies, academics, developers, and investors from around the world come together to define the future of blockchain tech and cryptocurrencies.
7 Days, 4 Main Events, 5000+ Attendees, 250+ Speakers, 100+ Companies, and more…
By Steven Chen, Jonathan Allen and Kevin Huynh
There have been more major blockchain conferences than days in 2018. The surge in crypto prices over the past two years has sparked the interest of many due to the perceived opportunity for quick financial gains. Unfortunately, conferences became platforms for expedient networking and “get rich quick opportunities” in the crypto industry. This perceived financial benefit allowed conferences to charge exorbitant amounts of money simply for “access” to networking opportunities while providing little in the way of actual content to educate general consumers, investors, and developers…
By Kevin Huynh and Steven Chen
Bitcoin, a pioneering cryptocurrency invented in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto, was a first-of-its-kind technological advancement. Today, at over $50B valuation, it remains the dominant cryptocurrency, proving time and time again its resilience to government regulation, bans, and hackers. More importantly, bitcoin has made “distributed ledger technology ”a new field of research and development. What bitcoin has brought to the hearts and minds of successive visionaries and entrepreneurs is electrifying. What was once a single organism now flourishes within a rapidly growing crypto ecosystem.
As the vision and adoption of decentralized assets grow, however, bitcoin struggles to keep its technological lead: scalability is a formidable growing pain…
By Steven Chen
Amidst this crypto bloodbath, I have seen some strong sided opinions regarding Segwit2x, UASF, Bitcoin ABC, BIP141 and many others. I can tell there is a lot of confusion going on as well as misconceptions.
This article attempts to explain the key events that will be keeping the overall Bitcoin community abuzz over the next few months. I break this up to two parts; the first part describes What is happening and the second part aims to explain Why it is happening. If you already know that basics of the What, I suggest you to skip to second part, where I go into the game theory and incentives of the parties involved. The content does NOT take an investment stance as the article solely aims to provide clarity for you to make your own decisions…
By Steven Chen, Jonathan Allen and Kevin Huynh
There have been more major blockchain conferences than days in 2018. The surge in crypto prices over the past two years has sparked the interest of many due to the perceived opportunity for quick financial gains. Unfortunately, conferences became platforms for expedient networking and “get rich quick opportunities” in the crypto industry. This perceived financial benefit allowed conferences to charge exorbitant amounts of money simply for “access” to networking opportunities while providing little in the way of actual content to educate general consumers, investors, and developers…
