Blockchain Intro + Business With Founder of DigiByte, CryptoCurrency

We're thrilled to have Jared Tate, President of DigiByte (http://digibyte.co/), the third most traded cryptocurrency, visit us from Hong Kong. Mr. Tate is in NYC this week after presenting at FinDEVr (http://newyork2016.findevr.com/) NYC, the only FinTech for developers conference.

DigiByte is a scalable blockchain ecosystem with components including gaming and shopping. Mr. Tate comes from the Mid West with a farming background. He also is a West Point Grad with both personal training and aviation certifications in addition to expertise in eSports. He discovered bitcoin and blockchain a few years ago and has not looked back. His presentation will include:

• Intro to blockchain/cryptocurrency

• DigiByte overview

• Personal background including the entrepreneurial experience

• International alterna-currency and FinTech ecosystem

-Q&A + more

About DigiByte & The Speaker: DigiByte is a rapidly growing worldwide decentralized blockchain and digital currency used in 82+ countries. Jared has been involved with Bitcoin since 2012. In the Fall of 2013, he decided to make several improvements to the Bitcoin core protocol which culminated in the launch of DigiByte on January 10th, 2014. With DigiByte’s most recent DigiSpeed hard fork, DigiByte is capable of 300 transactions per second and is scalable to match Visa's transaction speed by 2021. By 2035, DigiByte will be capable of handling over 200k transactions per second. DigiByte enhancements have been used by multiple other digital currencies including Dogecoin.

Mr. Tate's company, DigiByte Holdings Limited, is focused on millennial consumer acquisition solutions built upon the DigiByte blockchain and leverages these users as a gateway for institutional investors and companies to also utilize the blockchain to reach these markets. DigiByte also uses the security properties of blockchain technology to provide auditing and secure data platforms for consumers and companies alike.