mirror of https://github.com/zcash/zcash-blog.git
28 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
28 lines
3.1 KiB
Markdown
---
|
||
ID: 2757
|
||
post_title: >
|
||
Eye-opening Travel and a Mission
|
||
Validated
|
||
author: Josh Swihart
|
||
post_excerpt: ""
|
||
layout: post
|
||
permalink: >
|
||
https://blog.z.cash/eye-opening-travel-and-a-mission-validated/
|
||
published: true
|
||
post_date: 2018-04-17 15:49:07
|
||
---
|
||
We see momentum everywhere. We see our beliefs — that everyone has a right to privacy, that the pursuit of economic freedom is virtuous, that the future of money is an attack- and censorship-resistant cryptocurrency — being shared in communities all over the world by more and more people.
|
||
|
||
And we are inspired by the ideas and ideals — and the challenges — this movement is bringing forth.
|
||
|
||
Zooko witnessed this groundswell on trips to India and Singapore earlier this month, where he met with developers, privacy advocates, students, journalists and policy makers.
|
||
|
||
[caption id="attachment_2759" align="alignleft" width="1040"]<img class="wp-image-2759 size-full" src="https://blog.z.cash/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/India-and-Singapore.png" alt="Connecting people with possibilities." width="1040" height="463" /> Connecting people with possibilities.[/caption]
|
||
|
||
In Bangalore, he was introduced to reporters from <a href="http://www.thehindu.com/">the Hindu</a> and the <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/">Economic Times</a> and met the IT Minister of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka">Karnataka</a> to provide inputs on the state’s blockchain roadmap. He met the founders of several Indian crypto exchanges (<a href="https://www.coinome.com/">Coinome</a>, <a href="https://www.unocoin.com/">Unocoin</a> and <a href="https://coinswitch.co/">CoinSwitch</a>), briefed <a href="https://www.sequoiacap.com/india/">Sequoia</a> portfolio companies, and participated in a fireside panel hosted by <a href="https://www.accel.com/">Accel</a> that included more than 50 leading investors, tech operators and senior professionals in the Bangalore ecosystem. In Chennai, he attended a dinner with 30 key blockchain and technology experts and met with Dr. Pandu Rangan, the Head of Cryptography at IIT-Madras to discuss the latest developments with Zcash.
|
||
|
||
In Singapore, Zooko presented at <a href="https://www.decentralize.sg/">De/Centralize</a>, a blockchain conference “examining the thematic interplay of decentralization and centralization in technology, economics and law,” <a href="https://twitter.com/zibin/status/983272126667833344">forged a few new relationships with companies like Pundix</a>, met with a number of top officials of the Singapore government, and he helped lead deep-dive blockchain training at the <a href="http://www.suss.edu.sg/">Singapore University of Social Sciences</a>.
|
||
|
||
The point of this brief post isn’t to provide a moment-by-moment itinerary of Zooko’s travels. But we point out some highlights because we were reminded that this movement we’re a part of is no small thing. We are encouraged and humbled, and our beliefs in freedom and economic opportunity are bolstered.
|
||
|
||
<img class="aligncenter wp-image-2760 size-full" style="font-size: 1rem;" src="https://blog.z.cash/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Image-uploaded-from-iOS-8.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /> |