N3xtCon at the University of Southern California

Blockchain Beach attended a N3xtcon event, in conjunction with USC Viterbi School of Engineering, on the campus of USC on Saturday, as one of our Founders was presenting. According to their Twitter account, the N3xtcon organization aims to “#Empower #Engage #Elevate Bringing together bright minds + visionaries to share ideas of innovation.”

This Blockchain Beyond event focused on many topics, but most importantly that: “The power of decentralization provided by blockchain network can fundamentally change the way business and people connect with each other. The integrity, tracking, verification and security of blockchain can be applied to wide range of techniques that can shape our future.” 

Our recap is as follows:

The event started out with each presenter giving a TED style talk, followed by a panel:

Victoria Silchenko, Evan Greenberg, Marc Ramniceanu, and David Moss on the "Unleash the Future" panel @N3xtCon @USCMarshall #N3xtTrend pic.twitter.com/oMK5GoJ9Rw

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

David Moss from Block.One (EOS) discussed whether “Blockchains Matter:”

David Moss from https://t.co/1LQgImyz1Z (EOS) wonders, “Does Blockchain Matter?”#N3xtTrend pic.twitter.com/mpe8d8uMb8

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

And the evolution to “Triple Entry” Ledger Accounting:

“Current accounting practices uses a “double-entry” ledger. Bitcoin/Blockchain created “triple-entry” ledgers” – David Moss, https://t.co/1LQgImgXDp (EOS) #N3xtTrend @N3xtCon pic.twitter.com/BtgKYMlG5K

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

Marc Ramniceanu, from security start up Netcloak, talks (you guessed it) security:

Marc Ramniceanu, from security firm NetCloak, discusses what “security” really mean #N3xtTrend @N3xtCon pic.twitter.com/6AwYGDalom

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

CIA stands for “Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability.” Those are the characteristics you want for and from your data:

“You can define security as Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Just because it’s on a Blockchain, doesn’t mean it’s secure. Blockchains can be build in non-secure ways.” – Marc Ramniceanu, NetCloak #N3xtTrend @N3xtCon

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

Blockchain Beach Co-Founder, Evan Greenberg, on how the Language we use when discussing Blockchain topics is important to the evolution of the Industry:

"Blockchain Beach" Co-founder @evangreenberg speaking @N3xtCon about "Understanding the Language We Use" about Crypto and Blockchain #N3xtTrend @USCMarshall @USC pic.twitter.com/kx2amqkdCL

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

He says not to compare Market Caps of Public Companies to those of Tokens because it’s like comparing Apple(s) and Oranges:

"Comparing Bitcoin's market cap to @Apple is like comparing apples to oranges" – @evangreenberg #N3xtTrend @USCMarshall pic.twitter.com/BbinPrvOI3

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

Victoria Silchenko from Metropole Capital explains ICOs vs. IPOs from a Venture Capital/Economist point of view:

Victoria Silchenko from Metropole Capital explains ICOs vs. IPOs #N3xtTrend @N3xtCon pic.twitter.com/8ThbhG8xLs

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

And finally did you know that Satoshi never actually used the word “Blockchain” in the Bitcoin whitepaper (he did use “block” and “chain,” but never the word “Blockchain,” according to USC Professor Nitin Kale).

Trivia: "The word 'Blockchain' never appears in Satoshi's original Bitcoin white paper. It appears for the first time in an email between @halfinney and Satoshi. Google only became aware of the word 'blockchain' for the first time in 2013." -Nitin Kale, Prof @USC pic.twitter.com/j9nQDfrc9b

— Blockchain Beach (@blocchainbeach) March 24, 2018

The N3xtcon team announced that they would likely be hosting a larger conference in June of this year, so we’re looking forward to seeing what they are able to accomplish with an event of greater scale.