Why we're proud to be sponsoring the Scaling Bitcoin event in Hong Kong this week:https://medium.com/p/7cd48c0ba05f/Kaiko: Helping Bitcoin Into the FutureWe’re off to Hong Kong this weekend for a first-hand preview of bitcoin’s future.
The Scaling Bitcoin 2015 event is all about gathering the industry’s finest minds in one place — to discuss how bitcoin can make the leap to the next level. We’re proud to be one of the event sponsors.
Can bitcoin scale and grow? How will it be used? Can it stay decentralized? Secure and private? Can it deliver economic opportunity to all? We rely on technical developers, academics, businesses and policy-makers to show us the next moves.
Also, it’s in Hong Kong. More about that in a moment.
Ongoing series of eventsThis week’s event is actually Phase Two of a concept that began in Montreal, Canada last September. That first event set the scene, started people thinking of ways bitcoin could scale to meet potential future demand.
This second phase, held in Hong Kong to encourage participation from major stakeholders like China-based miners, will look in particular at the various ‘block size’ solutions and how to accommodate them.
Our hope, along with others’, is that discussions will result in proposals that will have consensus support — ending the divisive and distracting nature of recent arguments that have not helped bitcoin’s image in the wider world.
What can Kaiko do?As well as financially supporting Scaling Bitcoin, we’ll be looking for ways we can
build Kaiko to suit the bitcoin industry’s needs as it grows.
What information does it need most, how often, and in what form? What can we
show miners about the state of the network? What do
traders and exchanges need to know every second? Can we give major investors and everyday consumers a broad overview of the landscape, and details on their preferred segment?
We’ll be meeting with reps from different sectors of the bitcoin economy to get better answers to these questions. Kaiko is
already thorough and easy to use — but we want it to be the most comprehensive data source the bitcoin industry knows.
Then there’s AsiaScaling Bitcoin is significant for two reasons. Firstly, there are tough questions facing bitcoin and these are the right people to be answering them.
Secondly, it’s happening in the heart of Asia. Asia has some of the world’s most important financial centers, of which Hong Kong is one. Jurisdictions in Asia have shown they have both the will and governance to take the next step in financial technology, and use it to create prosperity.
Asia understands technology and it understands money. Perhaps better than most other places. Holding the event in Hong Kong acknowledges this, and acknowledges China’s unique role in building and maintaining the bitcoin backbone.
Kaiko joins 24 companies sponsoring the event, with others coming from all corners of the bitcoin ecosystem: exchanges, miners, software developers and FinTech companies.
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