Warm Greetings Eric! Thank you for pointing out on BitHub. It would be exciting to know what they are up to. I have found their address from the link as bithubafrica@gmail.com (copied herein). Address BitHub Africa,P.O. BOX 76081 Space Kenya, 2nd Flr Timau Plaza, Argwings Kodhek Road.Nairobi 00508 Kenya Let us see what we might discover from them. BitHub Team; A request you enlighten us on 'WhattsUp'', what is happening in the blockchain sphere in Kenya and your experiences - possibly as one fast and first in the market. Brian: Thank you for the link too. Tech talent and investment doesn't seem to be following this blockchain discovery... ('I argued before that 2016 will be the year that the development sector’s back end operations will take the front stage and become the focus of substantial innovation efforts. The current level of attention (or hype?) around the blockchain might be just an indicator of that – whether you are talking remittances or supply chains, social finance or refugee ID registration, cap and trade for emissions or identification in conflict zones.....London has a vibrant blockchain development and investor scene – the City of London has switched on to the possibilities and its proximity to London’s tech hubs is leading to the rapid emergence of a blockchain developer and startup community. But how can we firewall and apply some of that talent to the global development and humanitarian system? And how can we attract financial investment to build blockchain systems for development, a sector notoriously poor at investing in information technology directly itself?....) - Giulio Quaggiotto http://diytoolkit.org/sprinkling-blockchain-magic-dust-exploring-use-cases-i... Rosemary; Your take that blockchain is an improvement to the financial services sector takes me back to the heated discussions on Bitcoin/CBK and others. Kivuva; Your drift on usage of Blockchain for elections or in other words for other sectors in addition to financial services is where I see the greatest opportunity lies. What I find perplexing is that our Tech community has not gone into this in droves, creating for different industries. Or what are people working on,or we do not understand, find it worth or too risky? '...As often is the case, however, to date the rhetoric around the potential of the technology by far outstrips the practice.'- Giulio Quaggiotto I am yet to understand on the group called 'miners' in this Blockchain, what they do and how they make money - where the rubber meets the road! Hopefully by the end of the week I shall, and share. $&$$$$$ have a way to cause and attract interest. Thank you all for the ongoing enlightenment on this! Be blessed. Regards/Wangari --- Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on Earth". -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 17/5/16, Eric Mugendi via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Subject: Re: [kictanet] BLOCKCHAINS - Get in the Conversation and Perhaps Conversion..Digital Currency To: wangarikabiru@yahoo.co.uk Cc: "Eric Mugendi" <emugendi@gmail.com> Date: Tuesday, 17 May, 2016, 15:56 There's Bithub, a hub that's focusing on incubating blockchain startups locally. http://techcabal.com/2016/01/14/space-kenya-launches-bithub/ On Tue, May 17, 2016, 2:11 PM Wangari Kabiru via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Happy Tuesday! Would any of our Tech hubs be handling any entrepreneurs doing this? Otherwise, tuko mbali! And this is not synonymous with the Kenya Silicon Savanna hype. Blessed day. Regards/Wangari On May 17, 2016 10:44, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: KenyaCoin sounds very interesting. The use of blockchain technology is best viewed as an improvement of the current financial systems rather than a competitor. I'm convinced that it can tremendously improve financial services. Thank you Wangari for the introduction of this discussion. Regards, Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu Tel: +254 718181644Skype: Rosemary Koech-Kimwatu On Mon, May 16, 2016 at 9:38 PM, Baiju Shah via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Hi Wangari, Many thanks for the notes on the understanding of theBlock Chain and we are very interested in the distributed ledger technology as a means of exchanging trading and financial information from a b2b perspective. We are looking to kick off an R&D project on developing some key transactional areas especially on dealing with cross boarder trade and the application of using open ledgers. Thanks, Best Regards,BaijuTelemedia Africa Ltd. On Monday, 16 May 2016, Wangari Kabiru via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote: Happy Monday! Pray you are well. Today I have learnt on Blockchains and I am delighted to share of. Learnt from Ashis Gadnis - BANQUAPP.COM and Ric Shreves. Any persons in this community in the field? The last time this discussion was here it was CBK and Bitcoin rundowns and the Ministry. Globally a lot is happening. The discussion is beyond financial services into data management, humanitarian data and refugee transfers services...and more. This community needs to have sharp deliberations on this at this year's IGF. <<< start notes>>> BTC4D @ ICT4D on 16/05/2016 'The blockchain is the new black..' First overlay is the web Second is blockchain - trust layer Challenge old ways, disrupt governance and centralised authority for enforcing transactions What is; A block chain is a distributed ledger via peer-to-peer Chain of digital signatures Protocal for exchanging value over internet without an intermediary A technology that allows people to exchange trust over transactions - Bank of England Critical elements in old times is trust. A block chain is another type of database for recording transactions - one that is copied to all computers Blockchain can be more than digital currency eg Asset tokenisation - transaction metadata used for transactions Structure; Data stored in structures called blocks. Elements; Header, Content - validated list of assets 15M - No. of Bitcoins in circulation 20B - Maximum no.of Bitcoins (2140), algorithm - manage inflation (unlike Ksh, $) $56M - 24hour Turnover of Bitcoins $746 M - Ethirium, 2nd Digital Currency Volatility of Bitcoin 1.24% 2013 + 2014 - 2015 + Other Blockchains; Best known are public; Litecoin, BitShares, Dogecoin, Namecoin. Others are private Types; unpermissioned, permissioned Newer ones; Ethereum, Microsoft BaaS - Blockchain as a Service Blockchain can be as a; Platform - build others on it Software What is happening; R3 working with 40+ banks Visa working on an independent proof of concept Citi has 3 blockchains and own digital currency (Citicoin) SEC, USA Stock Exchange The players you should know? R3 Hyperledger Ethereum - an app platform Microsoft Azure BaaS - flexible Ripple Bitcoin is what is well known <<< end notes>>> Be blessed. 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