Dispatch from Ethereal SF

Harbour Protocol’s Reception

L-R: Me, VP of Marketing at Steemit Mitchell Loureiro, and CEO and Founder of Matchpool Yonatan Ben Shimon

Some of the best and brightest minds in the blockchain space were gathered in one place recently: Ethereal Summit San Francisco. It was an opportunity for a diverse array of people to discuss the impact of blockchain tech on communities, governance, and sustainability. Therefore, it made complete sense for Harbour to attend.

I got excellent feedback from a number of people. Yonatan Ben Shimon, CEO and Founder of Matchpool, for example, said he can’t wait to try out and use the protocol and that he looks forward to applying it to solve some of the ever-present governance challenges he experiences with Matchpool and other projects. He also told me he was very intrigued by our protocol’s larger possibilities as a solution for traditional organizations and municipalities. Awesome.

The overall theme I kept hearing with whomever I spoke was the level of urgency needed in delivering this protocol for people for use in the wild. To some extent this was unsurprising as we experienced firsthand the challenges in designing governance models within the previous iteration of our product. We remain and are 100% focussed on getting this product out so we can all benefit, that said.

And as I spoke more about what we were up to, our solution continued to resonate with a diverse array of Ethereum community members. This further solidifies my belief in the track we are on. I felt so humbled to be present at this juncture in history, and we are so hopeful that Harbour will be a key piece of the broader ecosystem that we think is already reshaping the world.

As we look ahead to our beta and public ICO, we will soon release the first draft of our whitepaper and make a few advisory and team member announcements as well. On the technical side, we’ve had a breakthrough or two that ensures the scalability and convenience of the protocol and its use, which we are also eager to share very soon.

Talk soon and stay tuned!

— Dylan, Harbour Team