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Cool talk alert: What is Ethereum and why did banks and corporations form an alliance around it?

Happening Tuesday, May 2 at Industrious, this event may just help you understand, once in for all, what exactly blockchain is.

At Industrious' Center City location. (Courtesy photo)

When some of the world’s biggest banks and companies start taking an interest in blockchain technology, it’s time to listen up.

Rallied in the Ethereum Enterprise Alliance, financial titans like JP. Morgan and Credit Suisse made it very clear the technology’s potential for streamlining and securing transactions was a force to be reckoned with. And next Tuesday you’ll get a chance to ask all your questions at the upcoming session of the Philadelphia Ethereum Blockchain Meetup.

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James Slazas, director of financial products at Brooklyn-based ConsenSys, will be the main speaker for the event, part of Philly Tech Week 2017 presented by Comcast. Slazas, who advises financial institutions on blockchain strategy, will share insights into the Alliance’s purpose.

“I think people should come for exactly the same reason I want to come,” organizer Thomas Rush said. “To learn more about this development.”

(For more background on what Ethereum is and why it’s not going anywhere, read this primer on the subject over on our sister site Technical.ly Brooklyn.)

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