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Thursday, April 19 • 10:35am - 10:55am
KEYNOTE: Competitive Landscape of Blockchain Platforms: Which One Will Win And Why

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This session analyzes the characteristics of major players and presents the key success criteria for the winning platform. When people think about smart-contract platforms, they think Ethereum, or perhaps Hyperledger Fabric or R3 Corda. Looking at newer platforms, NEO, Qtum or EOS come to mind. However, there are more than 100+ blockchain platform technologies, all incompatible with each other, all competing to be the dominant platform for the future blockchain era. This session presents a forecast for how the sector will evolve, and which platforms will win over others.
Speakers
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Ray Valdes

CTO, ConsenSys
Ray Valdes is part of ConsenSys, a blockchain-focused venture creation studio with 700 employees in 27 countries. ConsenSys designs and builds solutions, core platforms, tools and services for the blockchain era. His title is CTO, where T=“transformation”, reflecting the goal... Read More →

Thursday April 19, 2018 10:35am - 10:55am PDT
Main Stage
  Keynote