Feb 25 — 4thBlock in London
Sunday February 25, 4thBlock hosted it’s third event in Big Ben.
The local team consisted of Siddhi of TEDxLeicester & Blockchain Summit in the UK, Hans of TEDxLondon and Government Blockchain Association, and I (Blockchain Venture Advisor, NYC Global Shaper, & TEDx Advisor). We hosted a 4thblock dinner in an intimate gathering of about thirty in Convent Garden London. For pictures see the album on Facebook here.
In London, we kicked off the third pilot to test the idea of alchemy across the communities of TEDx, Global Shapers, and pioneering #Blockchainers from Investors, Entrepreneurs, and Evangelists.
Three social impact ideas emerged:
1) Disberse— humanitarian aid
Ben Joakim of Disberse
2) Holochain — peer to peer mutual trust credit technology. Matthew, a Berkeley Law graduate, deeply understands enforcement mechanisms from our governance and made it his life’s work to bring this to fruition. https://holochain.org/
3) Hexayurt.Capital — Global Climate Change Refugee infrastructure and strategic venture capital
We had the attendance of 8 London Global Shapers (social and global project oriented initiative of the World Economic Forum). There are currently 378 hubs around the world with 7,254 shapers implementing global and social impact projects. (more info here). 4thBlock is such a project to catalyze alchemy through the power of these hubs, along with the TEDx chapters, in #Blockchain.
The value of these events stems from the circle of trust that is created and planted for the long term growth of their idea and a development of engaged and value-add communities. We are in partnership with Global Shaper London Team to pilot execution on some ideas through TEDx opportunities and partnerships with the Government Blockchain Association — Stay tuned as things develop.
Future details, videos, photos to come on Facebook & www.4thblock.com. For ways to collaborate or sponsor please email info@4thblock.com.
