The opening Keynote was from Aya Miyaguchi, the Executive of the Ethereum Foundation:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/994948158915563520
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She announced that the 2018 Ethereum Developer's Conference will be held October 30th to November 2nd in Prague:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/994951253913493504
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Later, we were joined by Eva Kaili from the EU Parliament. She made sure to dispel the myth that Bitcoin is good for crime and fraud:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/994963641618362368
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She also found it very interesting that some recent disruptors, like Uber, have the potential of being disrupted soon:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/994964831924117504
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The next panel focused on the Middle East, including Rahilla Zafar, Managing Director of Consensys. She had a very interesting statistic about the population of Saudi Arabia:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/994975058690002944
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Next, Wall Street Journal writer Paul Vigna gave the audience a bit of a history lesson:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/994989457433559043
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He also took his shots at tech companies, like Google:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/994990809534648320
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Sandra Ro previously lead the CME Group to adding Bitcoin Futures. Since then, she has left to found the Global Blockchain Business Council, which is working to create Blockchain solutions worldwide:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/995025816923901955
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Later, Bermuda Premier David Burt made a number of interesting announcements, including one about Overstock and tZERO:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/995044203330711552
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We closed Day 1 with a keynote from for JPMorgan Blockchain Lead, Amber Baldet. Her latest venture is still in stealth mode, so she discussed some common misconceptions in Blockchain (a topic Blockchain Beach is passionate about as well!).
The beginning of her presentation focused on her thoughts that there will be many Blockchains with their own strengths and weaknesses:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/995055526449905665
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If you want to build on Blockchain, you need to understand which one aligns with your goals:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/995056123219709952
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She moved on to a point that privacy is not binary, there can be selected privacy. She even used an example that made ZK-SNARK make sense:
https://twitter.com/blocchainbeach/status/995058858547666944
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It was an exciting day and we're looking forward to another great Day 2. We'll also bring you coverage from some of their other stages and offerings, other than the main panel sessions!
