BTC Miami 2018 brief report. Some feedback from Bitcoin North Miami…
By: M Bysala
Tags: English, Cryptocurrency, Miami, ICO, Bitcoin

The following list is not exhaustive, and only covers some of the projects I have heard of at the BTC Miami conference this year, early 2018.

RSK

One of the best project representation out there was RSK. It’s been in development for years and its purpose is one of the most honorable and straightforward — bring smart contrats and scalability to Bitcoin.

Academy

This one covers an essential part of the ecosystem problem, education. The ambition is to provide global tuitions of the promising frameworks of the space, in partnership with universities, and utilize their token in all the related services.

Tzero

It was worth listening to the long term vision of Overstock’s CEO, in regards to its platform t0 and politics in general (I won’t describe it in this post as it deserves another dedicated one).

Crypto Terminal

The demo of the crypto terminal from CG Blockchain was also worthwhile. It will clearly help the institutions to truly(meaning other than futures)enter in the crypto space. Here again, a whole lot could be said about what they are planning to do, but in short it will attempt to solve the inconveniences that come with trading/investing: different exchanges platforms for different pairs, disorganized and largely spread data on different channels, lack of trading tools and liquidity, risk of funds loss and self mistakes on custody. It will also be an open platform for developers to add financial tools and be rewarded on usage.

Stable coins

Another early stage project, Send.sd, is tackling the very challenge of volatility for cross border payments. On paper:

“SEND (SDT) is the first cryptocurrency in the world with a 7-days stable price that increases its value if the migrant community and network’s liquidity grow on a weekly basis. Send (SDT) has been backed by private investors with 1,4M USD in seed funding and will be integrated by EuroExchange, ePayco, Instakiosks (120 Bitcoin ATMs), and WeSend that with a coverage of

40k points of cash-in/cash-out in 35 countries and combined with +50M USD/monthly liquidity will boost the Send (SDT) impact over migrants communities.” However the overall coherence of this crypto economic model remains to be proven, while many other approaches to stable coins are taking shape.

Other

Some other ones sounds fine at first glance, yet to be analysed further: 4new (Kwatt coin / solution of converting waste to energy for mining purpose, existing plants in place), Aspire (an evolution of Counterparty, great if claims are true), Daplie (cool solution for remote hard wallet cold storage + AI and other), Wanchain (platform for blockchain financial services).

The truth is that the best typically happens behind the scenes: private meetups from the app, private dinners, and other gathering in the hotel suites.

Cryptonomos private dinnner

Some other projects, from Cryptonomos sources;

Rentberry

“Rentberry launched its long-term home rental platform in 2016. Today over 100K users are utilizing the platform. By leveraging blockchain technology, Rentberry is creating a seamless rental experience which allows for crowdsourcing to help tenants unfreeze millions of dollars tied up in rental security deposits.”

8base

“8base is an extensible platform that powers rapid development of robust software applications using blockchain. 8base unites the world of software authors, contributors and users working together in a thriving decentralized ecosystem. The 8base team is lead by technology entrepreneurs well-versed in raising substantial funds from traditional venture capital firms and with a long track record of successful exits.”

Solve.Care

“The Solve.Care platform is a highly innovative platform for the decentralized administration of benefits and coordination of healthcare in the U.S. and globally. The Solve.Care platform replaces duplicative systems and automates complex processes to reduce billions of dollars in annual costs. The founder and CEO of Solve.Care — Pradeep Goel — has been in a variety of executive roles at innovative healthcare technology companies for more than 25 years and has unparalleled experience and expertise.”

BitMinutes

“BitMinutes are the first prepaid airtime token to provide low-cost financial services to the world’s two billion unbanked consumers. BitMinutes serve as the universal cryptocurrency for enabling global telecommunications providers, retail merchants and a network of trusted agents to offer free money transfer and guaranteed loans to six billion cellphone users.”

Qurrex

“The first hybrid crypto exchange integrating industrial infrastructure of traditional stock exchanges with a decentralized network. The platform offers a novel decentralized solution to provide secure, high-performance trading utilizing the best knowledge accumulated from the traditional and blockchain exchange platforms.”

Blockpass

“Through the use of blockchain technology and smart contracts, Blockpass is a production-ready Regtech platform offering shared regulatory and compliance services for humans, companies, objects, and devices. This will enable the development of new applications that rely on a trusted connection between human and device identities.”

Lucyd

“Lucyd is an emerging tech startup that specializes in developing augmented reality mobile apps and wearable smart products. Their flagship product offering is a pair of AR smart glasses, known as Lucyd Lenses. These wearable eyeglasses allow up to a 120-degree field of view, while also featuring optical micro-displays, eye tracking, head motion sensors, fast refresh speeds, free-form optics, and zonal estimation for both regular and irregular pupils.”

Simply Vital Health

“Simply Vital Health already has one revenue-generating blockchain solution under its belt — ConnectingCare — which provides solutions in Value-Based Care (payment for results). In the future, ConnectingCare will live on Health Nexus. Health Nexus is an open-source blockchain protocol that provides a more efficient, trustworthy and secure path for the data to travel. Health Nexus opens up a whole marketplace for innovation in data transfer for the healthcare community.”

Kript

“AI-driven interface designed to assist private investors to manage crypto and tokenized assets. Through Kript you can build and manage a crypto portfolio, be in touch with successful traders around the world, invest in cryptocurrencies and ICOs, and get insightful information about the market and the future price of crypto assets.”

View of the main conference room

The conference was of course much more popular than back in the days. I went to the very same one in 2013 in Miami, and at that time there was still plenty of room… Mainstream adoption is near, no doubt.

DISCLAIMER

Nothing in this post is intended to be a financial advice. As always, you should do your own research before investing in anything. The financial risk of investing in this market remains significantly high.