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Hard Fork Decentralized

Hard Fork Decentralized

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Hard Fork Decentralized is TNW’s cryptocurrency, blockchain, and tech event. Attendees meet and exchange ideas with industry leaders, discuss how blockchain can impact their business, and form new partnerships at meetups and workshops across the city.
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Ayelet Noff, Joon Ian Wong & Patrick de Laive on publicizing ICOs | #HardFork2018

Hard Fork DecentralizedMay 23, 2019

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Dominik Schiener (IOTA) on how blockchain will fare in the IoT sector | #HardFork2018

Dominik Schiener (IOTA) on how blockchain will fare in the IoT sector | #HardFork2018

Dominik Schiener, co-founder of IOTA, discusses how IOTA will develop in the future. With TNW's Patrick de Laive and Dimitar 'Mix' Mihov, Schiener explains the role that IOTA will play in the blockchain and IoT industry over the next years.

May 24, 201930:38
Chris Obereder & Alex Frenkel on cryptocurrency mainstream adoption | #HardFork2018

Chris Obereder & Alex Frenkel on cryptocurrency mainstream adoption | #HardFork2018

How can developers drive mainstream adoption of cryptocurrency? Christopher Obereder and Alex Frenkel discuss how their projects are getting creative to attract new users.

May 24, 201923:11
Agada Nameri, On Yavin, Kary Bheemaiah & Margarita Khartanovich | #HardFork2018

Agada Nameri, On Yavin, Kary Bheemaiah & Margarita Khartanovich | #HardFork2018

Is the ICO hype over? Our panelists discuss the future of investing in the blockchain industry, as well as the projected value of various tokens and the role that AI can play in this equation.

May 24, 201927:08
Berit Fuss & Jana Petkanic on the value of 1 USD | #HardFork2018

Berit Fuss & Jana Petkanic on the value of 1 USD | #HardFork2018

Berit Fuss and Jana Petkanic explore how we value cryptocurrency tokens, and compare it with fiat. They also discuss the future of valuing tokens and how this evolution is inevitable.

May 24, 201923:57
Min Teo, Ben Livshits, Tom Pocock & Dimitar ‘Mix’ Mihov on the Web3 stack | #HardFork2018

Min Teo, Ben Livshits, Tom Pocock & Dimitar ‘Mix’ Mihov on the Web3 stack | #HardFork2018

Min Teo (ConsenSys), Tom Pocock (AZTEC), and Ben Livshits (Brave) discuss how Web 3.0 means different things to different people. They also discuss how it will continue to allow for a plethora of opportunities for the future.

May 24, 201920:51
Margarita Khartanovich & Sergio Pereira on blockchain supply chains | #HardFork2018

Margarita Khartanovich & Sergio Pereira on blockchain supply chains | #HardFork2018

Sergio Pereira discusses how companies with large supply chains can turn to blockchain technology to improve their infrastructure. He also explores how new business models can be built on blockchain to keep trust and accountability.

May 23, 201922:51
Ayelet Noff, Joon Ian Wong & Patrick de Laive on publicizing ICOs | #HardFork2018

Ayelet Noff, Joon Ian Wong & Patrick de Laive on publicizing ICOs | #HardFork2018

Ayelet Noff (Blonde 2.0) and Joon Ian Wong (CoinDesk) discuss how the changing landscape has made the term ‘ICO’ unfavorable – instead, the focus is on the innovation of the company.

May 23, 201926:15
Elliott Callender (Nodeunlock) & Thomas Power (9 Spokes) on the future of tokenomics | #HardFork2018

Elliott Callender (Nodeunlock) & Thomas Power (9 Spokes) on the future of tokenomics | #HardFork2018

Thomas Power and Elliott Callender sit down to discuss the cryptocurrency landscape across the next few years. They debate on whether decentralization can stand the test of corporations acquiring projects, and how many tokens we’ll end up with.

May 23, 201926:19
David Sola, Ami Ben-David, Berit Fuss & Jeppe Stokholm on blockchain investing | #HardFork2018

David Sola, Ami Ben-David, Berit Fuss & Jeppe Stokholm on blockchain investing | #HardFork2018

Our panelists discuss how investment strategies have changed since the blockchain boom, and how certain projects will have a place in the future of blockchain investing.

May 23, 201927:01
Tomer Federman & Patrick de Laive on evaluating crypto assets | #HardFork2018

Tomer Federman & Patrick de Laive on evaluating crypto assets | #HardFork2018

Tomer Federman, CEO and Founder of Federman Capital, discusses hedge funds and the future of investing in blockchain technology. He explores the experiences learned from Facebook and Stanford.

May 23, 201926:52
Mustafa Al-Bassam, Sarah Azouvi & Dimitar Mihov on tradeoffs in scaling consensus | #HardFork2018

Mustafa Al-Bassam, Sarah Azouvi & Dimitar Mihov on tradeoffs in scaling consensus | #HardFork2018

These PhD students discuss their blockchain projects and how scaling protocols vary. Looking into the future, they explore which ones will have a place in the industry.

May 23, 201926:11
Jeppe Stokholm, Filipe Castro, Ibrahim Alkurd & Jóhann Snorri Sigurbergsson | #HardFork2018

Jeppe Stokholm, Filipe Castro, Ibrahim Alkurd & Jóhann Snorri Sigurbergsson | #HardFork2018

These cryptocurrency mining experts discuss how their business can move into the future, with massive influences from the cost of electricity and the market price.

May 23, 201921:52
Abdalla Kablan, Ian Gauci & Margarita Khartanovich on Malta and blockchain | #HardFork2018

Abdalla Kablan, Ian Gauci & Margarita Khartanovich on Malta and blockchain | #HardFork2018

Our panelists sit down to discuss why Malta is known as the ‘blockchain island’ and the lessons that the UK can learn from Malta’s blockchain scene.

May 23, 201930:20
Charles Hamel, Makoto Inoue, Cassidy Robertson & Alex Frenkel on decentralized apps | #HardFork2018

Charles Hamel, Makoto Inoue, Cassidy Robertson & Alex Frenkel on decentralized apps | #HardFork2018

Our panelists discuss how to bring dApps to the masses, and the challenges companies face when doing so.

May 23, 201918:21
Dimitar ‘Mix’ Mihov and David Canellis (Hard Fork) on blockchain journalism | #HardFork2018

Dimitar ‘Mix’ Mihov and David Canellis (Hard Fork) on blockchain journalism | #HardFork2018

Our very own blockchain and cryptocurrency journalists sit down for a chat on the difficulties of writing about industry news. They delve into exposing the truth, and dealing with the risks of being conceived as negative in their writing.

May 23, 201914:33
Yoni Assia, Letitia Seglah, Marloes Pomp & Margarita Khartanovich on regulation | #HardFork2018

Yoni Assia, Letitia Seglah, Marloes Pomp & Margarita Khartanovich on regulation | #HardFork2018

The panelists debate whether regulation will minimize or expand the blockchain industry. They go on to explain their personal philosophies on how to find the balance of regulation within the space.

May 23, 201926:26
Jemima Kelly, Joon Ian Wong & Margarita Khartanovich on debunking blockchain myths | #HardFork2018

Jemima Kelly, Joon Ian Wong & Margarita Khartanovich on debunking blockchain myths | #HardFork2018

Together with TNW's Dimitar 'Mix' Mihov, the panelists discuss the challenges of blockchain journalism and the ways in which they cover certain stories. They also delve into debunking the common myths surrounding blockchain.

May 23, 201927:41
Elizabeth Schulze, Kavita Gupta, and Sally Eaves on women in blockchain | #HardFork2018

Elizabeth Schulze, Kavita Gupta, and Sally Eaves on women in blockchain | #HardFork2018

The panelists discuss the gender inequality in the blockchain industry, and explain the reasons behind it. The conversation explores their personal experiences of being a woman in the space, and the challenges they have faced.

May 23, 201926:15
Kavita Gupta (ConsenSys) on looking into the future of blockchain | #HardFork2018

Kavita Gupta (ConsenSys) on looking into the future of blockchain | #HardFork2018

Kavita Gupta, Founding Managing Partner of ConsenSys, describes how the company's VC investment strategy has developed through the fluctuating cryptocurrency market. Gupta also explains how investing in various tokens will evolve over the coming years.

May 23, 201922:31