Clearmatics Stories #2

December 4th, 2018

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5 min readDec 4, 2018

Hello from Clearmatics,

Whilst we spend a lot of time thinking about blockchain, like most members of the blockchain community, we also like to build, implement and get stuff done. That’s how progress is made and that’s how we’re building our business.

It’s also the reason why this week we’ve got a super exciting announcement to make:

***SAVE THE DATE***
5th & 6th of February
Clearmatics Interoperability Hackathon
London

Clearmatics is hosting its inaugural “Clearmatics Interoperability Hackathon” on the 5th and 6th February at Barclays Rise in London. Interoperability is a key theme for us and also for the entire blockchain community including enterprise, so we want to get a bunch of the smartest minds in one room and see what we can build between us.

We’ll be introducing our interoperability framework, Ion, and discovering how important interoperability is in enterprise systems and what possible cross-chain use-cases could be built using it. If you’re interested in learning more about Ion we’ve written a series of posts, which can be found here.

If you’d be interested in taking part, we’d love for you to join us by forming a team and competing for prizes by driving interoperability for financial services. If you don’t have a team, no worries, sign up and we’ll find you a suitable team on the day.

For more information, take a look at our GitHub here and get in touch via email here if you would like to form a team. It’d be great to have you with us.

I hope you enjoy reading this newsletter as much as we enjoyed putting it together.

Best regards,

Christophe MacIntosh

Communications & Community Lead at Clearmatics

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