Announcing Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference Lagos Nigeria 2017

The blockchain industry is undoubtedly the fastest growing industry in the world one could argue that this industry is experiencing a record-breaking growth over the past 2 years. Disrupting old industries and transforming the word old-fashioned financial system. The blockchain technology is a big game changer that offers a wide range of application spanning across multiple fields.

Day after day newly created Start-ups are proving that the blockchain technology is going to utterly revolutionize our future same way the internet did. However compared to the developed countries like the US, UK, Japan, China and Israel just to mention a few who are already witnessing the massive adoption of the blockchain technology and digital currencies in a diverse area here in Africa precisely Nigeria we are lagging far behind in this evolution.

The blockchain technology and digital currencies are just starting to gain exposure in Nigeria and in the light of this am glad to announce you that the first of its kind blockchain conference the Nigeria version of consensus is here.

Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference Lagos Nigeria 2017: A Two Days Summit on Blockchain Technology and Digital Currencies

Scheduled to hold on the 14-15 August 2017 at the Raddison Blue Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos Nigeria.

Theme: Learning to Glow With The Flow

Organized by the Blockchain Nigeria User Group in partnership with Blockchain Education Network Nigeria

It's a platform for everyone interested in cryptocurrencies and blockchain it's going to be massive and you can't afford to miss the first of it's kind if you are residing in Nigeria or Africa as you get the opportunity to meet and network with major players in this industry, learn from experts who have vast experience in this field even if you are complete noob with zero knowledge about Bitcoin, Ethereum or the blockchain technology at large or you don't fully understand the concept of this revolutionary technology, world-class speakers ranging from industry leaders, fintech innovators will be there to explain everything to the ground level just in two days you will get all the needed information about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies.

CONFERENCE FAQ

WHAT IS THIS CONFERENCE ABOUT?
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency it's about positioning yourself and your organization to gain existing and imminent opportunities in blockchain technology. The conference will also cover various ranging from the latest trends in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

WHO ARE THE CREATORS OF THE EVENT?
Blockchain & Cryptocurrency is brought to you by Blockchain Nigeria User Group in partnership with Blockchain Education Network Nigeria

WHO CAN ATTEND?
CEOs, CTOs, Managing Directors, Heads of Govt Agencies, Heads of Innovation, Business Development executives, Blockchain enthusiast from banks, financial Institutions, financial service providers, Insurers, law firms, Investors, Crypto traders accountants and financial technology companies
Senior bank executives, regulators

WHEN AND WHERE?
Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies 2017 will be held 14-15 August 2017 at Raddison Blue Anchorage Hotel Victoria Island Lagos.

HOW CAN I REGISTER TO ATTEND?
Registration for the Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference is Free! But access is granted by purchasing tickets. For Registration and Purchasing of tickets please visit Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Registration and Ticket Pricing

WHOM DO I CONTACT ABOUT SPONSORSHIP?
For information about sponsoring or exhibiting opportunities at Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Conference please contact this numbers +2348165430776, +2349020665063 or +2347084461121 some of the confirmed sponsors are Humaniq and SuperDAO.

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How to Contribute to the Tezos Crowdfunding

Good day guys if you want to participate in the ongoing Tezos crowdfunding this step by step tutorial is for you. If you’ve been following my post on the tezos crypto project you will notice that I updated the previous article notifying you guys that the initial coin offering that was scheduled to hold June was now shifted to July 1 which is today should in case you still don’t know what tezos please kindly follow the link below read about it.

Recommended: All you need to know about Tezos: The Digital Commonwealth.

So let’s proceed to the main of how to contribute to the tezos crowd funding.

1. The first thing is to go to tezos fundraiser website Tezos.com scroll down and click on any of the contribution options you are willing to use. For the purpose of this tutorial, we will be using the tezos site. After clicking the tezos site  you will be taken to a welcome page where you will create your tezos wallet.

2. The HTML page is designed to work offline so it’s advisable to download and run it on a computer that is not connected to the Internet or at the very least you should access the page in incognito mode with your browser plugins disabled. Disconnect your internet connection and proceed to open the HTML file you’ve just downloaded

3. Let’s create your tezos wallet. Fill out your email and a strong password and click next.

4. Copy the password secret key and the public hash generated save it offline and click on save wallet to download the pdf document that contains your secret code, public hash and other important files.

5. The next thing is to verify your backup open the pdf file you downloaded, copy and paste your tezos wallet no into the first box followed by the password you used when creating the wallet, then click on verify and you will be taken to another page that, you will follow to make your contribution.

6. Now that we have successfully created the tezos wallet. You can now re-enable your internet connection and let proceed to make your contribution by clicking on the link to proceed.

6. At this stage, if you’re not yet ready to contribute, no worries’ you can close the tab and come back later as the generated link(for you only) or better still the bitcoin and ethereum deposit address that you will need to fund your newly created wallet is in contained in the pdf file you download earlier on.

7. Now let’s go online to fund the newly created wallet. To send your contribution the tezos foundation recommend an allocation rate of 5,000 XTZ/XBT (five thousand tezzies per bitcoin) as well as a time-based bonus. No worries if you don’t have 1 bitcoin you can still participate as the minimum of amount of tezos that can be exchanged for either bitcoin or ethereum is 500 XTZ which is 0.1 BTC and 0.918 ETH and the current bonus rate is 20% as at the time of writing this.

8.The next thing is to determine the contribution option and how many tezos you want to buy, there’s a currency converter calculator on the page to help you do that.

You can also pay with other altcoins like Monero, Ripple, Zcash, Litecoin, using the Altcoin via Shapeshift option type the amount of the tezos tokens you want to buy it will show you the equivalent in BTC or ETH depending on the one you are using and then choose your preferred payment option the BTC or Eth deposit address or the barcode will be displayed.

For safety purpose, please check if the deposit address is the same thing with the one in the pdf file you downloaded.

Proceed and make your payment and also to check your contributions, please visit https://check.tezos.com.

Finally after making your contribution be patient as transactions may take up to one hour to be available.

Hope this helps.

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