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Topic

Mass Adoption, What's it Going to Take?

Abstract

If you walk around your neighborhood or go online you will find that very few places if any are accepting decentralized payment systems. The question is why haven't they accepted them and what is lacking in today's systems that is needed to bridge that gap to acceptance.

Profile

Frank’s experience ranges from being an early employee of startups like Gamesville.com that was acquired by Terra Lycos for $207M, to working at Fortune 500 companies like Cisco Systems and BAE Systems. He’s been a project engineer, manager and project leader for global initiatives for 20+ years. His many responsibilities in the field of defense/aerospace engineering include all program/project phases from conception through sustainment, team building, schedule and cost ownership. He holds patents and has been published. Frank holds PMI’s - Project Management Professional, Lean, & Six Sigma certifications. He started mining and investing in Bitcoin in 2012. This deep background in cryptocurrencies and Blockchain technologies led him to found BostonCrypto, one of the largest Blockchain meetups in Boston. He earned a B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Massachusetts.