EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
BlockchainHub Zurich is joining our Network
As many of you already know BlockchainHub is a network of independent hubs that advocate blockchain & the decentralized web. We are happy to announce that a new hub is joining our network - BlockchainHub Zurich. The team plans many community-related...
Institute for Cryptoeconomics & Berlin Update
While the BlockchainHub network has been expanding last year, with new Hubs like Oslo, Sofia and Zurich on board, I have been actively involved in creating an Interdisciplinary Research Institute for Cryptoeconomics at the Vienna University of Economics &...
ArtTactic – Art & Finance Report by Deloitte
Deloitte just published a new edition of ArtTactic 2017, a 300 page report, covering art and finance industry, highlighting main trends and developments in the art market. This 7th edition brought together and compared the findings and developments from the previous...
Blockchain for Science – Hack’n’Share
PD Dr. Soenke Bartling, one of our BlockchainHub Berlin advisors, initiated BlockchainForScience. In addiction to regular meetups Blockchain4Science hosted a Hack´n`Share weekend in Berlin. Techies & scientist interested in blockchain technology were invited to...
The BlockchainHub Network is expanding
As many of you already know BlockchainHub is a network of independent hubs that advocate blockchain & the decentralized web. We are happy to announce that over the summer we on-boarded 3 new hubs in our network. All three hubs have been active in their...
Berlin Meetup: Blockchain & Film Industry
BlockchainHub Berlin & Propellor Film Tech Hub just partnered to will be hosting a series of meetups around the question of Blockchain for the Filmmakers and the Film Industry. The first introductory meetup on August 29, 2017 will featuring a Blockchain & Web3...
Brussels Meetup #4: Sharing economy & Music – Ghent
On the 10th of July the first BlockchainHub Meet-Up in Ghent took place at KIP in NEST. Some fifty people attended for the presentations and about fifteen stayed for discussions afterwards. The reactions were overall very positive and many hoped there will be...
BlockchainHub Graz – Foundation of LAB10 Coop
On July 8th 2017, the foundation assembly of the ‘lab10 collective’ took place in Graz, where 21 blockchain enthusiasts from the BlockchainHub Graz have joined hands to establish a cooperative to work on selected blockchain projects.
BlockchainHub Berlin joins Bundesblock
We are happy to announce that BlockchainHub Berlin has been actively involved in creating Bundesverband Blockchain, a joint effort driven by the german core Blockchain community to advise German policy makers towards Blockchain & Web3 friendly legislation. We are...
Brussels Meetup #3: Blockchain for Music & Social Good
On Monday, July 10, we will hold our 3rd Meetup in Ghent. The Meetup in Dutch will be a combination of speeches exploring blockchain for the sharing economy and the music industry. It will be followed by discussion roundtables and a short plenary summarizing the group...
Brussels Meetup #2: Crypto & Smart Contracts 101 – Leuven
On June 19, BlockchainHub Brussels held a second Meetup. This time in Leuven (Special thanks to Cronos for their hospitality!) The meet-up was organized around two streams: The first stream explained to newcomers what Bitcoin is all about, how they can buy their first...
Blockchain Conference @ HTW
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Katarina Adam, actively involved in BlockchainHub Berlin, is organizing the conference Blockchain @ HTW, which will be held at the University of Applied Sciences and Technology (HTW) Berlin on August 4th, 2017. Exiting student projects will be presented...
Blockchain & Art Workshop with UDK
BlockchainHub Berlin and Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) are collaborating on an Blockchain & Art Event. Prof. Hito Steyerl's UDK class is named Lensbased will be joining us for an intro to Blockchain, Smart Contracts and the Decentral Web where we will be...
Policy Paper for German Government
Bruce Pon (BigchainDB) and Shermin Voshmgir (BlockchainHub) were invited to introduce Blockchain and it's use cases to a group of CDU/CSU policy makers on 31.1.2017 at an event called Coffee & IT(ee), and were subsequently asked to compile a list of political...
Blockchain Roadmap Austria
BlockchainHub Berlin and BlockchainHub Graz were invited by the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economics, Science and Research to design and participate in an Ideahacking Eventon 6th/7th May 2017 which took place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. The...
KOINA Workshop
Money is a Contract - Let’s make it smart! KOINA aims to build a democratic monetary system that provide liquidity for a sustainable economy and relieves the real economy from the pressure of the financial world. The KOINA system wants to allow registered economic...
BlockchainHub @ Berlinale
BlockchainHub Berlin was invited to participate at Propellor | Speednic, hosted by the European Film Market of the Berlinale as well as the Propellor Film Tech Hub, an international innovation platform that aims to explore the touch points between film, technology and...
Legal Tech Hackathon & Conference
Florian Glatz, one of our Advisors and the co-ordinator of our Blockchain & Law Group is hosting Berlin Legal Tech 2017, a Legal Tech Hackathon & Conference. It is an event around legal applications of Blockchain, AI and Automation in law. BlockchainHub Berlin...
Blockchain Report
Download: We are happy to announce the press conference for a Blockchain report published by Technologiestiftung Berlin (in German language) authored by Shermin Voshmgir. The report, describes the potential of Blockchain Technology, for different industries,...
Blockchain LARP (Live Action Role Play)
Mick Halsband and Elad Verbin developed a metaphor of the Bitcoin blockchain as a social LARP (Live Action Role Play). The first event was conducted for a class of Art Students at Universität der Künste as part of the RCPP (Research Center for Proxy Politics) in...
Berlin Meetup: Blockchain Use Cases
Ric from Pey will join us and present two exciting Blockchain use cases he is working on: Monday, Dec 5, 2016 @ 7:00 PM Waldemarstrasse 37a, 10999 Berlin, Hinterhaus, 3rd Floor Ring @ Ethdev UG Hafven’s Decentralized Facility Management How can you reduce the effort...
Blockchain Contest Graz
On November 28, 2016 BlockchainHub Graz conducted a Blockchain Startup Contest. 80 projects from 32 countries applied. 20 where selected for the final round on November 28, 2016. There were two main prices and three runners up. Winning Teams Status, Singapore, Main...
Explaining Blockchain to Politicians
BlockchainHub Berlin was invited by State Secretary Dr. Helge Braun to explain Blockchain to selected Politicians and Administrative Staff of the German Chancellory on November 23, 2016. A delegation of Blockchain Experts presented the technology and it's uses cases...
Blockchain & Decentralized Governance
The vision of Blockchain is to disintermediate and decentralize. But the question of how such governance could look like in a decentralized world has not been sufficiently discussed. In a decentralized community no one single entity can make a descision without the...
Disrupting Industries with Blockchain
Abstract: The blockchain (i.e., a decentralized and encrypted digital ledger) has the potential to disrupt many traditional business models. This study investigates the emerging blockchain business-application landscape by analyzing its industry, venture capital...
Berlin Meetup: Blockchain for Life Sciences
BlockchainHub and Soenke Bartling will be hosting the first meetup in a series of "Blockchainified Science Meetups" Talks of the Day Decentralized Research Infrastructures Dr. Lambert Heller (TIB Hannover) "You broke the Internet. We‘re making ourselves a GNU one. –...
Advisory Meeting
On Monday September 5, 1016 we had our first meeting with all BlockchainHub Berlin's Advisory exchanging ideas, know how and setting up a roadmap for an interdisciplinary series of events and activities for the coming year in Berlin. Furthermore we discussed the role...
Blockchain Startup Contest
BlockchainHub Graz is organizing a contest for young startups and entrepreneurs together with partners from different industry sectors. You can submit any Blockchain related project and idea younger than two years, special questions from the energy and banking sector...
Alpbach Financial Market Symposium
BlockchainHub is organizing this years Breakfast Club at European Forum Alpbach. The event is titled BlockchainHub "Blockchain, the End of Banks?" Lightning talk by Elizabeth Stark (CEO & Co-founder Lightning Network), Panel with Jutta Steiner (COO &...
Blockchain & The Future of Law
Starting September 7, 2016 BlockchainHub Berlin together with DLA Piper will started an local interdisciplinary work group: Blockchain & Future of Law regarding the many unresolved legal questions that arise around Blockchain, Smart Contracts, dApps & DAOs....
Berlin Meetup #3
After a general Introduction to Blockchain, Smart Contracts & the Web3 in June, we will now delve into the technical ins and outs of Blockchains. Aim is to get a better understanding of the why, what and how of the blockchains, by unpacking its elements. Ideal...
e-Residency Program
BlockchainHub is supporting Estonias eResidency Program, represented by Shermin Voshmgir who is also an advisor to the Estonian eResidency Program. e-Residency is a transnational digital identity available to anyone in the world interested in administering a...
The Future of Data Science / TOA Satellite Event
Together with Webcrowd we would like to shed some light on the trending topic of data science. Register on Eventbrite for the event! Panelists Jose Quesada (Data Science Retreat, Machine Learning) Rino Montiel (eyeEM, Computer Vision) Shermin Voshmgir (Blockchainhub,...
Blockchain Report
Technologiestiftung Berlin has contracted us to write a 30 page report in german.The aim is to give a general overview of Blockchain, potential use cases, the players in Berlin and outline an action plan for the local german government. It will be printed and...
Starting our Meetup Series
On June 27th we are starting our meetup series in Berlin. It will be an introduction to Blockchain, the Web3.0 & Smart Contracts, as well as actual & potential use cases on the Blockchain. Ideal for people new to the topic who would like to have a general...
Announce your Event!
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BlockchainHub is going global
We are proud to announce that BlockchainHub will expand operations and soon start up in Brussels, Amsterdam, Graz & Soest. If you are also interested in setting up your local BockchainHub, check the info in our main page and contact us!
BlockchainHub Roundtable
In preparation of European Forum Alpbach 2017, which will focus on the topic of "New Enlighning" Philippe Narvale, the director of the Forum met with a representatives of Berlin's Blockchain Scene. BlockchainHub Berlin hosted a "roundtable" dinner with Masha McConaghy...