Blockchain Community Builder Fact Block announced on the 10th that 8,700 participants visited the blockchain conference “KBW2022:IMPACT” held at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas Hotel in Samseong-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul from the 8th to the 9th.
A total of 130 global blockchain industry leaders participated in the conference as speakers.
The speech that received the most attention at the event was “Post Merge: The Future of Ethereum” by Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin on the 8th. In an announcement made amid a flurry of people, Buterin said that the scalability of the blockchain will improve dramatically after the update of the Equity Proof Method (PoS) to be carried out in September.
It also drew attention by predicting that actual payments through virtual assets will become popular within two to three years.
Domestic and foreign game companies and experts who are conducting blockchain business also participated to introduce blockchain services, business strategies, and related technologies. Jang Hyun-guk, CEO of WeMade, announced his vision for establishing an “open platform” with confidence that his blockchain platform “WeMix” will become the global No. 1 blockchain platform within three years. Unlike the open platform of the existing game market, it is planning to grow WeMix as a platform that provides blockchain solutions.
Seo Sang-min, chairman of the Clayton Foundation, said he will try to solidify his position as a global platform as Clayton is preoccupying the technological advantage for blockchain popularization. It also emphasized that it will focus on blockchain games and establish an environment where blockchain can be applied to metaverse.
Lee Kyu-chang, head of Com2us USA Corporation, unveiled ‘XPLA’ for the first time, which aims to be a global blockchain mainnet.
A large number of global blockchain companies also participated and drew attention. Jani Lee GM of the Solarna Foundation and Matt Sog Product and Partner Development Director made a series of speeches and presented under the theme of Blockchain’s role and Web 3.0. Animoca Brands Chairman Yatsiu drew attention by saying that Asia has the potential to lead the Web 3.0 era. In addition, △Sandiff Nailwall Polygon Co-founder (online participation) △ Kevin Sekhniki Abarabs (Avalanche) Co-founder △ Alex Svanevik Nansen Co-founder participated in the event.
