Crypto 2.0 Roundup: Ethereum’s VCON, Vizor’s Virtual Reality and a Blockchain University

28/11/14 – #DEVCON 0 concludes – Thank you to all the attendees and everyone who made this unique event possible! pic.twitter.com/n1yDaJIdFt
— ethereum (@ethereumproject) November 29, 2014

The crypto 2.0 community has continued its overall emphasis on consumer awareness in the past few weeks, with several high-profile events finding notable projects taking a pause from their ongoing experimentation to provide a greater depth of clarity to the public.
Further, there were signs that the part of the industry most aggressively building on bitcoin’s vision is succeeding at this effort. At press time, decentralized social messaging platform Gems had raised more than $500,000 in its ongoing crowdsale, an event that suggests consumer interest in crypto 2.0 projects is high, even as questions about their viability linger.
Ethereum’s show of strength
Following a few weeks of publicity that it felt may have led to consumer confusion about its brand and goals, the Ethereum team launched an impressive display of solidarity with its widely publicized first development symposium.
Held from 24th to 28th November, the event sought to showcase the strength of interest in the platform, which has been criticised in the wider bitcoin community for seeking to build its own blockchain in support of what developer Gav Would called its overall “mission” of decentralization.
The event, backed by a strong social media presence on Twitter, Vine and YouTube, helped personalise a project that, like many of the more ambitions attempts in the bitcoin space, has sometimes seemed more theoretical than practical.

This post was published at Coin Desk on December 15, 2014.

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