BLOCKCON 2018: Day 2 Recap

BLOCKCON 2018 continued Thursday with another day of speakers and panels. You can see our coverage from Day 1 and Day 3 using these links.

The highlight of the morning was a fireside chat between author Nassim Nicholas Taleb and AngelList Co-Founder Naval Ravikant:

#blockcon with @nntaleb and @naval @goBLOCKCON pic.twitter.com/1tZ9ajmLCp

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

For a full recap of their discussion, including topics like Bitcoin, Economists like Paul Krugman, and the Minority Rule, you can read that here.

The next panel included a number of heavy hitters from the world of marketing, tech, and public relations:

Building Global Communities with Shannon Ewing @shannonewing, Larry Sanger @lsanger @Everipedia, Alan Soucy @sparkpr, Niki Williams @nikiahwilliams @ConsenSys, and Eric Doyle @iamedoyle @sparkpr #blockcon #blockcon2018 pic.twitter.com/0dOvKOcwdf

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

Shannon Ewing of Presearch reminded the Blockchain entrepreneurs in the room that marketing and community don’t end at the conclusion of a token sale:

After his token sale, @shannonewing said that @markjeffrey just wanted to get back to building @guardiancircle. She made it clear to him that keeping up with transparent community updates was important to not getting labeled a “scam.” #blockcon #blockcon2018

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

She also had a top tip to keep scammers out of your Telegram groups:

“Use @MetaCert to avoid telegram phishing schemes.” – @shannonewing #blockcon #blockcon2018

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

Co-Founder of Wikipedia and current executive at Everipedia, Larry Sanger had a good point about Airdrops:

Airdrops: @lsanger said that the @Everipedia airdrop gave them a built in community of potential contributors #blockcon #blockcon2018

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

Later, Jeff McDonald from NEM posed an interesting question to Bitcoin doubters:

“How long does #Bitcoin have to work before people say it works?” – Jeff McDonald @NEMofficial #blockcon #blockcon2018 pic.twitter.com/w7mgpZoWzz

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

David Bleznak, CEO of Totle, sat down with Crypto Invest Summit‘s Alon Goren:

Fireside chat with @bleznak @TotleCrypto and @AlonGoren #blockcon #blockcon2018 pic.twitter.com/ObGtvEqEA4

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

Bleznak believes that products that make it easy on the user will gain more adoption:

“User experience & customer experience are important to adoption. This means showing them value, not explaining concepts. People want their assets to be secure… and the convenience factor” – @bleznak @TotleCrypto speaking to @AlonGoren @cryptoinvestsmt #blockcon #blockcon2018

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

We then learned a bit about how Blockchain can help the influence marketing industry:

Nathan Chandra from @buttrfly_net shows how Blockchain can improve influencer marketing processes #blockcon #blockcon2018 pic.twitter.com/PXrywC6QkY

— Blockchain Beach (@blockchainbeach) October 11, 2018

Lots has been going on at BLOCKCON 2018. You can see our coverage from Day 1 and Day 3 or our recap of the fireside chat between AngelList Co-Founder Naval Ravikant and author Nassim Nicholas Taleb using these links.