New York blockchain Summit
On 19, 2018, "global media blockchain summit" was held in the financial hall of the Hong Kong stock exchange. The summit gathered more than 100 global media and dozens of top experts in the instry. At the meeting, we witnessed the establishment of the global media blockchain Alliance (bimg) and the release of bimg Hong Kong initiative, and discussed in depth the development prospect and instry trend of blockchain
member of the journalism and communication discipline evaluation group of the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council Professor Yu Guoming, executive director of School of Journalism and communication of Beijing Normal University, delivered a keynote speech entitled "the value of mainstream media in the tide of technology" at the "2018 global media blockchain summit"
Yu Guoming said: "for the whole social communication in China and other major countries and regions in the world, including the process of blockchain construction, development In terms of the communication ecology in the process of evolution, the value of traditional mainstream media should also be indispensable. Although its share has really declined worryingly, such responsibility and value bearing are still very important. "
Yu Guoming further pointed out that traditional mainstream media's professional adherence, social status conferring function and local advantages are its great advantages. At the same time, with the development of social development and Internet technology, blockchain is not only a technology, but also a way to reorganize the society to a greater extent. Yu Guoming said: "in the words of Marx a hundred years ago, it is a technological form on top of such a new Internet technology as" Free Alliance of free people. ". To a large extent, it is a new form of social evolution after the Internet technology activates the indivial. Such a new form needs the mainstream media to play an important role in it, because in the process of such a new social evolution as blockchain, it is embodied in the so-called emergent evolution in system science, that is to say, the micro force and micro value released by Internet technology is a qualitative change in the development process and direction, which is a kind of social development A qualitative turning point in the development of the field, instry and market. "in the presence of all guests, the global media blockchain Alliance (bimg) was officially established at the meeting. Ding Laibin, Secretary General of the alliance, pointed out in his speech that the blockchain is really using the mechanism to let people see some changes that may occur in the future, and these changes may subvert the current state and make the social efficiency leap forward. In this process, the media function can not be absent, should play a supervisory role, exert a strong media supervision role, let investors distinguish right from wrong
Ding Laibin said: "the media is the public knowledge and conscience of the society and the supervisor of the development of the instry. To play this role well, we should be close to the game and stand where we can hear the gunfire. Therefore, if there is still a little distance between traditional media and blockchain before, let's eliminate this distance at today's summit. The listing of any enterprise is not the end, but the starting point. It is the same for many blockchain projects. From the beginning to the development, it also needs a lot of disclosure and planning, so that the enterprise can be presented to all the public and investors without reservation. It should be open and transparent, from the beginning to the end. Only in this way can the instry grow more healthily and more rapidly. "in the bimg Hong Kong initiative released at the event, Ding Laibin called on the media to join hands and make joint efforts to create a fair, just, honest, dynamic, harmonious and orderly instry public opinion environment; At the same time, the media should be encouraged to be open and inclusive, advanced in communication, and ecological innovation in information dissemination in the blockchain field, so as to continuously provide high-grade, high-quality information and services
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According to foreign media reports, although the price of bitcoin has dropped sharply this year, the cryptocurrency conference is still a major event
This week, coindesk, a well-known bitcoin news website, will hold a three-day bitcoin conference in New York City with a ticket price of about $2000. It is expected that 4000 people will attend the meeting, which is a lot more than last year's 2700 people. As a result, ticket revenue for the conference will be at least $8 millionwithin a few days of the bitcoin conference in New York, there are 20 other conferences held at the same time, and the ticket price of these conferences is also very high. Three years ago, the consensus conference was first held, and only 400 people attended. Now, the conference has become the main feature of blockchain week NYC
before and after the consensus meeting held in May last year, the price of bitcoin soared to about $2000. Of course, this is also the result of the first tokensummit summit and ethereal summit
since then, the price of bitcoin has skyrocketed, successfully attracted the interest of Wall Street, and exceeded $10000 for the first time after the consensis invest meeting held in November. In December, the price of bitcoin peaked at more than $19000. But since then, its price has fallen by more than half
strong speaker lineup
this year's speaker lineup shows that the cryptocurrency instry has taken an important step towards the mainstream direction. Jack Dorsey, co-founder of microblogging site twitter, is e to speak at the consensus conference on Wednesday. Square, his mobile payment company, also launched bitcoin trading this year. Other members of the meeting's expert group include government officials and heads of start-ups
"the consensus conference is very famous. If you give a speech at the conference, it means that you are also very famous." Said Michael oved, co-founder of airswap, the cryptocurrency exchange. He is also the organizer of the fluidity blockchain conference held last Thursday
he said that he deliberately lowered the ticket price of his fluidity conference to $150-250. Because he thinks it's a "good opportunity for us to share what we're studying.". About 700 people attended the fluidity conference, and ticket sales reached about $140000, oweed said
"ironically, the organizers charge a lot, but they never pay the speakers. These speakers are the people who are most concerned about the development of the blockchain community and are most eager to share new developments. " She tweeted on April 28
she will give speeches at ethereal summit and consensus meeting this week“ Neither of these meetings paid me for my speech. " She said. She added, "live online is a great way for the public to watch the content of the conference."
"too many meetings, it's crazy"
all kinds of meetings are very powerful and lively, but we don't know whether they finally help start-ups, especially those with imperfect management
"there are too many meetings now. It's crazy." "In the San Francisco Bay area alone, there's a weekly meeting on blockchain," oweed said. It's easy for us to be distracted by these meetings. "
however, some people are convinced that these meetings will eventually be the catalyst for the recovery of bitcoin prices
"after the previous consensus meetings, the price of bitcoin will rise. This fact strongly supports our view that the price of bitcoin has hit the bottom this year. " "During every meeting, the price of bitcoin goes up 10-70%," Tom Lee, co-founder of fundstrat global research, a market research firm, said in a research briefing on May 7
he added, "considering the significant increase in the number of participants, we believe that the price of all cryptocurrencies will increase similarly."