Crypto in Ireland - Issue 3
As the "Beast from the East" bore down on Europe, events were cancelled last week but there was still plenty of local news in the Blockchain space.
This series of weekly newsletters cover what is happening on the Dublin & Irish Blockchain scene.
Weekly News
Blocknubie is a startup that aims to make it easier for Entrepreneurs and businesses to launch blockchain businesses. It completed its private presale raising $5m. You can read more about this round of fundraising in this article by @jilliangodsil
To learn more about what Blocknubie is you can see the 2 minute elevator pitch in the following article from irishtechnews
The Dun Laoghaire based Crypto Coast launched a youtube channel Crypto AM. The first episode covered ICOs, the Crypto markets as well as interviews with local businesses in this sector.
Blockchain Labs
Are you interested in where there are Blockchain labs in Ireland? Which large multinationals are choosing Ireland as an innovtion hub?
Rakuten, the Japanese e-commerce giant, bought Belfast based Bitnet back in 2016. The name came up a few times this week for me and I found this article from earlier this year.
I am always interested to hear about new home grown talent making their way on the world stage.
Business Accepting Bitcoin
Northern Ireland's Hagan Homes has announced it will accept Bitcoin as a payment method according to the Belfast Telegraph.
- https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/large-housebuilding-firm-set-to-accept-bitcoin-36634884.html
It remains to be seen how useful cryptocurrencies are as a method of payment nevertheless news like this is a sign of the growing acceptance of Cryptocurrency.
This Week
Dublin Blockchain Forge
This weekly meetup group is in the Crypto Cafe on Wednesday. For more information check out their meetup page
Verge Meetup
Kareem, the creative director for Verge will be in town and @jilliangodsil has organised a meetup on Thursday.
- https://steemit.com/verge/@jilliangodsil/verge-currency-in-dublin-thursday-8th-march
I don't much about Verge but it may be a good opportunity to learn more the #28 currency on Coinmarketcap
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.
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
Thank you for reading this. I write on Steemit about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Travel.
Yes , Ireland is quite on the forefront with crypto currency. The pace at which blockchains and crypto currency is more accepted on a world scale is fascinating. This is just a strong hint at the decay of the old system. New solutions are necessary and they are coming fast!
So glad to hear that for my 2nd home! I lived in Cork for almost a year, and found out how progressive they are, not only in ctypto. They have the fastest growing economy in Europe, and in 5 years they are planning to completely rely on renewable energy.
Pretty impressive!
I will try
Nice post @eroche
Thanks for information
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