Crypto in Ireland - Issue 12
This week we bring you some more news from Ireland as well as upcoming local events where you will be welcome to come and learn about Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies.
What is happening on the Irish Blockchain scene?
Weekly News
ConsenSys
Dublin is on the global tech map due to the wealth of tech talent and global names in the city. The big news in recent weeks was the announcement by ConsenSys of up to 60 jobs for at their Dublin Innovation Studio.
Ethereum
According to Lory Kehoe there are 30 times more developers working on applications for the Ethereum Blockchain compared to the nearest competitor. Ethereum is certainly building up an impressive base and pool of talent. I am becoming more of a fan each day particularly because of its decentralised focus and gathering momentum of this Blockchain.
Blockchain Adoption
NUIG carried out research on Blockchain adoption among Enterprises in Ireland based on a small sample from a cross section of Industry and sectors. Of the 20 companies interviewed, eight had adopted blockchain and 12 had not, or did not intend to adopt blockchain in the next two years.
The significance of this study was that the authors, who have already introduced Blockchain into the curriculum at NIUG, would welcome further government action to promote blockchain in Ireland. Studies by well respected academics also get mainstreem press and increase the public knowledge and acceptance of Blockchain.
The key findings from the study demonstrate that blockchain is not confined to financial technology and financial sectors, and welcomes further government action and strategic policy to promote blockchain more broadly to encourage universal engagement, such as the roll-out of a national, government-backed blockchain initiative like other developed countries.
- https://irishtechnews.ie/nui-galway-study-on-factors-that-influence-low-blockchain-adoption-in-ireland/
- https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/government-urged-to-get-behind-blockchain-to-improve-adoption-in-ireland-1.3491658
Videos
Crypto Coast
A very interesting and inspiring interview with the boss of ConsenSys in Ireland from the Dublin Tech Summit.
Meetups This Week
Coder Forge
This 5 week course by Coder Forge begins on Tuesday in the Crypto Cafe in Dublin. Learn to create Distributed Applications (DApp's) on the blockchain.
Dublin Blockchain Forge
This weekly meetup group is in the Crypto Cafe on Wednesday. For more information check out their meetup page.
Recommended Reading
New to Crypto?
This article by Deloitte gives a great overview of the possibilities, and some of the industries that will be affected by it.
https://www2.deloitte.com/ie/en/pages/financial-services/articles/blockchain.htmlFor information about upcoming ICO's @lukebrn, an Irish writer and ICO consultant, has started writing about them on Steemit.
https://steemit.com/@lukebrnFor an intro to Bitcoin, the book Mastering Bitcoin by Andreas Antonopoulos is a great place to start.
As always please add comments to this post with any upcoming events or developments that you think may be of interest to readers.
Previous Issues
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-1
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-2
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-3
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-4
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-5
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-6
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-7
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-8
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-9
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-10
- https://steemit.com/ireland/@eroche/crypto-in-ireland-issue-11
Thank you for reading this. I write on Steemit about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Travel.
I love to read about positive adoption of crypto all around the world.I hope one day my country will start supporting crypto and change all that dumb crypto taxes that we have(crypto-crypto for example where you have to pay whenever you TRADE crypto for another crypto...)Anyway I would love to hear your opinion about future of ETH.I've been seeing quite a bit hate about ETH and that it has no long term future.I doubt most of those statements but Im not an expert and I would love to hear your opinion.And what do you think about EOS vs ETH?
I came across this post the other day which gives a really good comparison in my opinion.
https://steemit.com/eos/@julianhosp/eos-simply-explained-too-late-to-buy
Thanks a lot.I will check it out.
IRELAND’S NATIONAL CYBER Security Centre (NCSC) has said that it is aware that a number of websites have been infected by hackers using the sites’ to “mine” cryptocurrencies without their permission...
There have been issues recently with many sites being infected. Interestingly the ICO website in the UK was one. (ICO, The Information Commissioners website https://ico.org.uk/)
Ireland is a very developed and beautiful country
Really very wonderful news and very distinctive
Well done, my friend
Thank you for reporting more news from Ireland, as well as upcoming local events where you can learn about Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies. Thanks, we'll know a lot through your post.
Thank you @eroche. We know more about your posts. Keep working and always success for you.