On April 2017 – Moscow-based Digital October hosted an annual, Russia’s largest conference, dedicated to blockchain and cryptocurrencies, – Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference Russia. It gathered 750 visitors and 30 speakers – blockchain practitioners and theoreticians from Europe, America, and Africa.

Blockchain & Bitcoin Conference has been held in Moscow for the fifth time. According to organizers, Smile-Expo event company, the topic moved beyond the IT scope long ago. Now it’s a whole ideology and a giant development area for business and society.

The industry has significantly advanced in the last four years, Bitcoin capitalization has reached $17 billion, and the number of new projects is growing exponentially. It means that today it won’t be enough to gather everybody in one hall to talk about common topics, says Smile-Expo. Therefore, the conference was divided into two streams (financial-regulatory and professional), and speakers shared successes of launched projects.

Participants included some big names of the Russian-speaking blockchain segment as well as specialists from abroad, who have not presented in Russia yet.