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(TNS) – Hundreds of North Americans from Ohio have signed access to the Blockchain Institute research on blockchain research – free of charge. You can too
The Blockchain Institute, based in Toronto, Canada, hosts a multi-million dollar research program on blockchain technology. More than 70 research projects have produced a library of information on possible applications in healthcare, business, banking and more.
Cleveland's non-profit organizations and companies worth over $ 1 billion can access it for free, with support from the Greater Cleveland Partnership, JumpStart and the Unify project. It's part of an effort to turn Cleveland into Blockland, a hub for the blockchain industry.
Blockland is the daughter of the car genius Bernie Moreno, who this year led a group of Cleveland civic leaders to the Blockchain Institute to convince them of the potential of the blockchain.
As of Monday, nearly 350 people have requested access to research, which could inspire entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs and programmers to see the value of emerging technology learning.
"I think the key thing (these case studies) puts the environment around the technology," said Eric Ward, chief learning officer of DriveIT.
DriveIT, a company that offers certificates and professional training in technology fields, has used free access to the institute's research to create two courses in advance of the Blockland Solutions conference this year. One was for developers, the other was for people without a background of information technology.
The interest in the blockchain is high, said Ian Schwarber, DriveIT's Chief Strategy Officer. The company added more sessions before the conference because the initial offers were sold out.
What Schwarber did not expect was that most of the interest came from people without a programming background who wanted to know the implications of blockchain for their businesses or creative ideas.
By analyzing case studies to see what worked and what did not, you can save time and money, said Andrew Tasker, founder and CEO of a digital business accelerator and incubator called Ecosystems of Innovation. He said the research was so valuable that he would have bought access if it had not been free.
One of the company's clients is working on a database that collects research on metastatic cancer from around the world. The Blockchain Research Institute investigated the potential of blockchain for health database security.
"Things are accelerating so rapidly in innovation and in the blockchain, we use the research of institutions as what is happening in the industry," he said.
If you want to access the search, click here to register via JumpStart.
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