Met many great people at BlockCon involved in various crypto projects and invited many of the to join STEEM(it)!

Invite you to check out many projects that sponsored this great and fun two day event! So many to possibly write about so please let me know which you are interested in and I will share more information and links about each of these projects.

DECENTRALIZED PARTNERS

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Spent a bunch of time talking to Jeff McDonald who spoke about NEM at the event while also displaying a demo and explaining many things about current and future improvements to NEM.

Also got to listen to many speakers and meet many people listed below.
Please feel free to check them and their many great projects out!

Brock Pierce Managing Partner, Blockchain Capital, Kurt Kumar, Vinny Lingham CEO and Co-founder, Civic, Justin Newton CEO and Founder, NetKi, Armin Ibrahimi Founder and CEO, ShoCard Inc, Rouven Heck Project Lead – Digital Identity, uPort/ConsenSys, Matt Larson Mobile & Blockchain Partner Executive, Microsoft, David Vorick Co-founder, Sia, Gordon Hall, Developer, ORC Network, Liz Steininger CEO and Managing Director , Least Authority, Jeff McDonald VP, NEM, Crystal Rose COO and Co-founder, Sensay, Joseph Wang CEO, cryptoHWwallet, Martin Froehler, CEO, Quantiacs, Leonid Morozovskii Co-Founder, REGA, James Calhoun Co-Founder & CEO, Coinbot, Renat Khasanshyn CEO, Altoros, Karen Hsuhttps://twitter.com/karenhsumar Head of Growth, BlockCypher, Oleg Abdrashitov Head of Blockchain Practice , Altoros, Hudson Jameson Co-founder and COO, Oaken Innovations, Jimmy Song, Bitcoin Developer and Instructor, Programming Blockchain, Alex Mashinsky CEO, Celsius Network, Alex Bessonov CEO, BitClave, more to be added... :)

IMMUTABLE PARTNERS

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Celcius Network looked interesting and here is a quote from their website, “The Blockchain has the potential to reinvent how financial transactions are originated and recorded around the planet. Celsius is leveraging this new exciting technology to reinvent consumer credit and provide a platform for hundreds of millions of Millennials and GenX citizens to get affordable access to consumer credit.” ~ Alex Mashinsky, Founder of Celsius

"Carlton Fields serves business clients in key industries across the country and around the globe. Through our core practices, we help our clients grow their businesses and protect their vital interests."

"Introducing Sparkchain Strategic communications & marketing for building Companies of Value – for the Internet of Value."

"YouNow is the best way to discover talented broadcasters, watch live streams and video chat live with people from around the world."

"Goodwin Law Unprecedented innovation flows from inspired solutions. Safeguarding the liberties of the most vulnerable demands an unwavering commitment."

"cryptoHWwallet.com offers the best hardware wallet brands in the industry today, We are an authorized dealer by Trezor (Satoshi Labs), Ledger, Keepkey and Digitalbitbox. These four brands are so far the only accredited hardware wallets by bitcoin.org (click here to view). This is also why we have decided to follow what the experts recommend. Ouf full line of wallets may fit everybody's budget from the high teens to the high hundreds USD. If you are serious about crypto, start securing your crypto assets with the largest selection of crypto hardware wallets we offer today."

CryptoHWwallet gave out a bunch of wallets to attendees of BlockCon too!

"Greeneum Network is a global community connecting all entities in the energy supply chain to participate in this revolutionary new platform based on smart contracts and AI."

"iBuildApp Network is building blockchain-based platform and marketplace for the mobile advertising industry."

"BLOCKv, the shared protocol for the blockchain developer stack, represents the interface moment in the maturation of the blockchain sector. BLOCKv provides developers with the building blocks to design the experiential economy of the future and unlock new revenue generating opportunities for businesses within this growing ecosystem. The BLOCKv platform enables the creation of smart digital objects on blockchains unlocking the potential to rapidly engage end-users and traverse digital and real-world environments. These smart objects, called vAtoms (Virtual Atoms) combine code with multimedia elements and are dynamic, compelling digital goods that make a cryptocurrency come alive as an asset for developers, brands and end users."

"BitClave is the next generation of search data privacy. You should have control over who can use it- and how. Our decentralized search engine helps you truly find what you're looking for and get compensated for your data, making third-party advertising networks unnecessary. Powered by blockchain, you can rest assured your data is protected."

"Datawallet provides users with a self-sovereign wallet that puts them in charge of their data, and allows them to monetize as well as utilize an asset that is rightfully theirs. It empowers developers to leverage a completely new data universe to build the most advanced applications ever. And it provides companies with insights that will boost their operations on a never before seen scale."

"Anthem Gold simplifies your gold into a digitized asset that is easy to manage in a global market. Move your gold fluidly and freely, while minimizing transaction costs."

"We all heard about shared economy: people sharing cars, home, bikes, even wi-fi. But why can’t we share our risks and protect each other without insurance companies. We have to pay lots of money because only insurance companies have algorithms for risk assessment, technology and resources.
Leveraging our 20 years experience in risk assessment and scoring we are creating REGA Risk Sharing platform where everyone could unite in groups to protect each other. As REGA Platform has fundamental differences with conventional insurance in foundations, rules and philosophy, we introduce new term “Crowdsurance”."

"OPSkins is creating a utility token called WAX that’s designed to be used on OPSkins.com and other marketplaces. We expect WAX to revolutionize and significantly expand the size of the digital items trading industry, and for a limited time, WAX Tokens are only available for purchase by OPSkins customers."

"Protos is an investment fund that will be run by veteran blockchain investors and technologists who have founded investment vehicles with combined assets of over 1 Billion dollars and invested in 3 out of 5 of the highest market cap blockchain protocols in their earliest days."

"Insights is automating the data brokerage industry via blockchain technology and smart contracts. Users securely own, manage, and monetize their data with the Insights Wallet. Data Brokerage corporations are generating $200 Billion a year in revenue. The Insights Network will transfer that wealth from corporation to consumer over the next ten years."

"Oracles Network is the first Ethereum-based public network with Proof of Authority consensus, reached by independent validators. Oracles Network makes smart contract platform cheaper and faster than POW predecessors."

"Rentberry is a transparent home rental service and a price negotiation platform uniting tenants and landlords. It automates all the standard rental tasks from submitting your personal information, credit reports and custom offers, to e-signing rental agreements and online rental payments. Welcome to the Rentberry neighborhood – where new tenants are moving in every day!"

Will be posting more soon as I spent time talking to many people there including CEOs and CTOs from many projects. Thank you to everyone and everything that has given me all these great opportunities!

Best,

@virtualgrowth

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