Notwithstanding Vint Cerf's scepticism <https://twitter.com/vgcerf/status/1019987651301081089>, blockchain continues to grow, and some efforts appear to cresting the slope of enlightenment <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hype_cycle>. The BSIC group of beneficent application proponents now have a powerful corporate ally in the form of Microsoft. [image: livestream] <https://isoc.live/bsic2019>On *June 10-11 2019* the annual *Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition Conference * <https://conference.blockchainforsocialimpact.com/>(BSIC19) will bne held at the *Microsoft Tech Center* in *NYC*. BSIC19 brings together government officials, leading NGOs, charities, think tanks, impact investors, technologists, and innovators to strategize about and develop blockchain-based solutions to pressing global challenges in the following areas: identity management, refugee resettlement, supply chain, energy, financial inclusion, human rights, democracy, and voting. Both tracks of Day 1 of the 2019 Conference will be webcast live on the the* Internet Society Livestream Channels <https://isoc.live/bsic2019>* LIVESTREAM: https://isoc.live/bsic2019 *SCHEDULE: https://conference.blockchainforsocialimpact.com/schedule-2019/ <https://conference.blockchainforsocialimpact.com/schedule-2019/>* *TWITTER: #BSIC19 @ethereum4impact http://bit.ly/2KBENeB <http://bit.ly/2KBENeB>* *ABOUT BSIC:* The Blockchain for Social Impact Coalition (BSIC) is a 501(c)(6) not-for-profit organization that incubates, develops, and collaborates on blockchain products and solutions that can address social and environmental challenges across the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. *https://blockchainforsocialimpact.com/* <https://blockchainforsocialimpact.com/> - -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -