Here's What You Missed at BlockShow Asia 2019

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Cointelegraph has you covered with some key highlights of BlockShow Asia 2019 held Nov. 14-15 in Singapore.

Cointelegraph moderated the first crypto media gathering as BlockShow hosted well-known personalities from the cryptocurrency industry, such as Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, and Hyperledger Vice President APAC Julian Gordon.

CZ: China's digital currency will use blockchain.

APAC vice president of open-source blockchain development project Hyperledger Julian Gordon shared how the pro-blockchain sentiment of the Chinese government affected him.

Overall, the experts at the event seemed to agree that while Bitcoin is just cryptocurrency, blockchain is a new connectivity framework.

The participants explained that, besides Bitcoin, blockchain allows for ecosystem connectivity and information in a trustless, decentralized fashion.

During a panel focused on blockchain scalability, all the speakers agreed that people have to choose between scalability and decentralization.

Da Hongfei, the founder of smart contract-supporting blockchain platform NEO, shared his views on the current state of the decentralized web during the event.

Chief FinTech Officer at the Monetary Authority of Singapore Sopnendu Mohanty spoke about the importance of blockchain for the economy, highlighting its indispensability for the development of green finance.

BlockShow Asia 2019 was sponsored by dozens of cryptocurrency companies and entities, including NEO, Changelly, Bequant, Bluehelix, Crypto.com, Apay logo, NGC Ventures and Soul startups.

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