It was confirmed that many participants at the recently held event in Miami, one of the biggest global events to take place in the U.S.
After being discharged, on his way home Thursday tweeted that he had “Just tested positive for COVID” and shared a photo of himself in an ambulance or hospital attached to medical equipment.
At the conference, the organization did not mandate vaccination verification or ask that patrons wear masks.
These small but loud voices in the blockchain community miss the excellent opportunity to use the technology to fight a global virus, which would inevitably reframe all crypto assets in a more positive light.
Blockchain enables verifiable information to be shared, giving confidence in the authenticity of the data.
They could have simply asked attendees to download the app, have their vaccine or test information uploaded and show the attendant QR code at security checkpoints, mitigating the fears of government intervention, had theu been in another jurrisdiction.
As the borders open, travel will soon be a part of our lives, and more big conferences like Bitcoin 2021 will be held.