On this week's Silicon Valley Insider, host Keith Koo with guests Gee Sivalingam, CEO and Austin Hyland, Chief Evangelist of blockchain service provider, Token Garage discuss the hype around Blockchain and compare it to the Tulip (Bubble) Mania of the 1600s. 

Once the mania dies and the bubble bursts, regular economic activity and technologicial advancement can occur. For all the "pets.com" and "webvans" during the internet bubble, Amazon and eBay still thrived. After the history lesson, Keith and the founders of Token Garage discuss the lack of real education and resources for Enterprises wanting to adopt of Blockchain, Distributed Ledger aka "Decentralized" technology and how they are putting the first "Blockchain meets Enterprise" conference to address the needs in this space.

The Tulip Conference will be held in San Francisco, CA June 7-13th and has the following parts:

1) June 7-8 Enterrprise Blockchain Conference and Forum

2) June 8 - Block Producer / Mining Summit

3) June 9-10th - Networking Mixers during the weekend

4) June 11th-12th - 2 day Workshop on EOS and other public chains

5) June 13th - Hackathon

For more information about the conference:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tulip-2018-blockchain-meets-enterprise-tickets-44711401004?aff=SVIN

Coupon code for $50 savings: tulip50

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