Cool Things Happening at the MALTA BLOCKCHAIN SUMMIT

So, I am currently in the island nation of Malta for the first ever Malta Blockchain Summit. Malta is dubbing themselves as the Blockchain Island and aims to be the forefront country for all things blockchain and crypto. This conference is sure giving them that image. I'm hearing numbers of 6,000 to 8,000 people showed up to this conference. That's nuts especially since the venue isn't that big.

There are dozens, maybe even hundreds of booths with blockchain-based companies and ICOs trying to make their name and pitch their products/ideas to the enthusiasts here.

There is even a crypto dino. Don't know which company he is promoting

The Prime Minister of Malta made one of the keynote speeches telling us of his dream to turn blockchain into the present here in Malta instead of it being the future. The leader of the country, folks. So cool that he is a part of this revolution.

Prime Minister of Malta, Joseph Muscat

And one of the most well-known blockchain supporters in the world came and made his speech. John McAfee has an anti-virus company and a major league baseball stadium named after him. He spoke about taking control over our own lives with the crypto economy instead of the powers that be holding all the control over people's money.

I think John McAfee had more security than the Prime Minister

And to top off this post is something you don't experience every day. A robot helped give one of the speeches today. Sofia the AI robot. I think there are 6 of her in the world and this Sofia is owned by SingularityNet. She had some connection troubles during her talk, but hey, artificial intelligence isn't perfect. What would WE do if we couldn't access the cloud to collect our thoughts?

Sofia the AI robot

I'm actually having an awesome time at this summit. I am taking some video of it too so you'll see my vlog of it on DTube soon.