[2015-09-15] The UK government and IBM open a high tech lab to research blockcha

[milaliss]

The UK government and IBM open a high tech lab to research blockchain
Two UK-based organisations, Innovate Finance and Hartree, in collaboration with IBM and with the support of the UK government open a lab to research the public ledger technology behind the bitcoin digital currency. The founders hope to move the blockchain one step closer to mass adoption.
http://www.coinfox.info/news/3040-the-uk-government-and-ibm-open-a-high-tech-lab-to-research-blockchain

[LiteCoinGuy]

“We are excited about the prospect of our members openly collaborating to deliver use cases to the wider community,” said Innovate Finance’s CEO Lawrence Wintermeyer. “If we can use the lab to develop open standards for the blockchain in financial services, we will be moving one step closer to accelerating the mass adoption of this breakthrough technology.”

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/21922/uk-government-ibm-support-fund-innovate-finances-blockchain-lab/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK96-ndfMgk

[Denker]

So it's again about Blockchain in general yes? Reading this I can not see any trojan horse that might help Bitcoin to become mainstream used. Would be happy if someone could correct me and say that I'm wrong.

EDIT: "...to develop open standards for the blockchain...". Can someone explain what does that mean?

[LiteCoinGuy]

there is only one blockchain  and we are on a good way.