European Blockchain Meetup 2018
October 19, Celje: Blockchain for Sustainable Development Goals at Feel The Future Fair
Blockchain for Sustainable Development Goals at Feel The Future Fair in Celje was a great success. Strong commitment on behalf of Slovenian Government to lead progressive development of Distributed Ledger Technology on EU and global level was reaffirmed by Mr. Zdravko Počivalšek, minister for Economic Development and Technology of the Republic of Slovenia.
European Commission representatives announced the investment in blockchain technologies of 350 million until 2020.
At the Meetup, Tolar HashNET Director and Principal of European Blockchain Hub, Tadej Slapnik, presented Hub’s cooperation with Republic of Slovenia, European Commission, United Nations and partner countries from Europe and Asia in promotion and development of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
Tolar was selected as Rock Star blockchain project for sustainable development goals. Tolar CTO and founder, Josip Maričević, presented Tolar HashNET’s sustainable characteristics: low energy consumption, scalability and high speed.
Also, Mario Gigovic, Founder of communia, presented the community platform using HashNET protocol and the project was selected as a Rising Star blocklchain project for sustainable development goals.
