We kicked off our partnership with General Assembly last month by hosting “Blockchain 101”, a panel-formatted introduction to blockchain technology. With over 180 people registered for the event, the evening was a great success. In planning our next blockchain education event, one of the most requested topics is cryptocurrencies, currently one of the most visible applications of blockchain technology. How is one cryptocurrency different from another? How is the value of a cryptocurrency determined? How do I purchase a cryptocurrency?

Last week we visited Portsmouth, New Hampshire for the Free State Blockchain Digital Assets Conference, which brought together blockchain and crypto enthusiasts from industries including finance, education, e-commerce and energy to discuss and debate the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead for tokenized assets. Here’s a recap of Day 1.

The Esprezzo team will be in Portsmouth, New Hampshire next Wednesday, October 10 for the Free State Blockchain Digital Assets Conference! This conference will bring together researchers, financial innovators, digital currency executives and blockchain enthusiasts to explore the future of tokenized assets, and we’ll be there with a booth.

We’re excited to announce today the partnership between Esprezzo and General Assembly (GA), a global leader in digital skills training, to provide blockchain technology education and training through a series of events. We’re kicking off this partnership with a free Blockchain 101 panel at the Boston General Assembly campus on October 11.

If you’re interested in blockchain technology and are in the Boston area, we’d love for you to join Esprezzo and General Assembly for a free Blockchain 101 panel on October 11 at the General Assembly Boston campus.

Last week over 3,000 CEOs, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, crypto investors, attorneys and blockchain developers congregated in Boston’s Seaport District at Token Fest to explore and debate the impact of blockchain and crypto investing. The city of Boston is often referenced as the birthplace of the American Revolution and it would be easy to draw a parallel to the crypto revolution many say is on the horizon (or already here). However, most attendees weren’t discussing revolution but rather adoption.

The crypto-immersive Blockchain Futurist Conference took place in Toronto last week, where we joined thousands of attendees to learn about and discuss the future of blockchain. Here are a few highlights from the conference.

Our goal with Esprezzo is to help developers build and manage blockchain-integrated applications without needing to learn new, complicated programming languages or hire blockchain architects and infrastructure experts.

Today, we’re excited to share a very early preview of Esprezzo, with an example use case of setting up a token and token sale in a few easy steps. We show a few examples of project types that are used to generate smart contracts, and the ability to select a blockchain to deploy to, as well as pick SDKs for use with your apps in the language of your choice.

To best understand how Esprezzo can meet the needs of the developer community, we’ve been conducting surveys and market research with developers who share a variety of professional and technical backgrounds.

While many are familiar with the capabilities and benefits that come with using blockchain to develop web and mobile applications, it’s surprising how many haven’t conveyed an interest in blockchain.

But if developers are exposed to news and reports similar to this recent TechCrunch article, it won’t take them very long to understand that blockchain presents developers an enormous opportunity to boost their careers and their bank accounts.