October 2019 Month in Review

Zanzibar
Zanzibar
Nov 6 · 4 min read

Welcome to the Blockparty’s October Month in Review. October was a month of exciting announcements in business development and fan engagement. We also had our biggest announcement of the year, read on to see what was our big reveal.

Business Development

Blockparty is proud to announce our partnership with the NBA’s Sacramento Kings to launch ‘Kings Token’ the @NBA’s first blockchain-based rewards program.

Image courtesy of Coindesk.

Many thanks to Nathan DiCamillo at Coindesk for his write up and exclusive on this announcement. Click here to read the full announcement.

The Kings are the first NBA team to implement a reward program based on blockchain technology. This is Blockparty’s first partnership in professional sports. This partnership will enhance fan engagement and pave the way for broader application of blockchain technology at Golden 1 Center.

In the initial test phase, the Kings token will be a discrete custodial non-exchange-tradable token pool to comply with US regulation. In order to limit any initial friction during the test phase, it will not require the usage of the BOXX token. These limited features enable the Kings token utility to be quickly integrated into the Kings ecosystem. Once the test program is completed, it is expected that BOXX tokens will be integrated in a frictionless manner to enable the Kings to access Blockparty’s entire blockchain protocol functionality. More details on this test phase will be released as we get into the NBA season.

The Sacramento Kings “Call the Shot” game which will integrate the Kings Fan token powered by Blockparty.

Festival/ Tour Ticketing

We’re excited to announce the second edition of the Best Life Music Festival! This will take place in Miami at the end of Art Basel week, on Sunday, December 8th.

More information on tickets and performers can be found here and here.

Announcement of the Best Life Music Fesitval at Wynwood Factory in Miami, FL.

More information will be released in the days and weeks to come. We look forward to this event as an end cap to an always epic time at Art Basel Miami Beach.

Conferences

October was busy for crypto and Fintech conferences. The beginning of October saw the second annual Voice of Blockchain conference in Chicago, IL.

Second Annual Voice of Blockchain in Chicago, IL.

Shoutout to Disruption Joe for putting on a great event and making everyone feel at home in the Windy City.

The week of October 15 saw part of our team venture West to represent Blockparty at the Crypto Invest Summit (CIS) in Los Angeles, CA. Our COO, Vlad Ginzburg spoke on the “Ownership and Monetization of Data & Content on Decentralized Networks” panel, on behalf of Shiv Madan.

Vlad and Mara representing Blockparty at our booth at CIS.

To close out October, much of crypto Twitter (CT) descended on Las Vegas to attend the World Crypto Conference. Our partners at Evolv Events put on an incredible event full of everything that makes Vegas, well, Vegas. Great job.

2019 World Crypto Con (WCC) at the Cosmopolitan Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, NV.

Tech Rollout

Our team has pushed the Blockparty Promoter & Ambassador app into Beta testing. We are getting some good feedback and will launch real-world testing in select markets very soon. More info on this will be coming next month. If you are a club, concert promoter, or know someone who is, please reach out to our team for more information on this app.

We are also pleased to announce Joey Fiscella has joined the Blockparty as Vice President and Lead Blockchain Developer. Welcome to the party!

We have a lot that we’re working on and we can’t wait to share it in the weeks and months to come. Until then, remember that anyone can use the Blockparty platform to host events. Just contact any member of our team and come join the party.

Meet Blockparty.

We are revolutionizing event ticketing with a platform that leverages blockchain and smart contract technology to eliminate fake tickets, unfair secondary market pricing and scalpers & bots. Payments for our events are available in USD or Crypto including Bitcoin ($BTC), Ethereum ($ETH), LiteCoin ($LTE), & Bitcoin Cash ($BCH).

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