Following the announcement of the first-ever Paris Blockchain Week Awards scheduled for next month during Paris Blockchain Week, Paris Blockchain Week today released its list of nominees featuring some of the most successful individuals, projects and organizations. most influential in the industry who have continued with diligence, impact and enthusiasm to build and sustain the blockchain ecosystem.
- Awards recognize leadership, innovation and contributions to the new digital economy
- Electronic voting from February 22, 2023 and open to all via blockchain for unprecedented transparency
- Prize-giving ceremony scheduled for March 23, 2023 at the Carrousel du Louvre
Voting for the winners, which begins today, will be conducted through a decentralized application (“Dapp”) called Parti.com which runs on the Partisia blockchain. Parti.com’s unique blockchain-powered voting platform allows individuals to easily, anonymously, and securely vote “on-chain” via tokenized ballots using the Partisia blockchain. Electronic voting is a major use case for blockchain, as it allows the process to be fully transparent and tamper-proof.
An Ask-Me-Anything “AMA” is scheduled for today, Wednesday, February 22 at 4 p.m. UTC on Partisia Blockchain’s Twitter Space to explain the benefits and technological prowess needed to build this pioneering voting platform.
The nominations for the Paris Blockchain Awards are as follows:
Web3 Personality of the Year
| 1. Hayden Adams, founder, Uniswap Labs | https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/people/hayden-adams |
| 2. Vitalik Buterin, co-creator, Ethereum | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalik_Buterin |
| 3. Devin Finzer, co-founder, OpenSea | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devin_Finzer |
| 4. Charles Hoskinson, co-founder, Cardano and Ethereum blockchains | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hoskinson |
| 5. Anatoly Yakovenko, founder & CEO, Solana | https://twitter.com/aeyakovenko |
| 6. Chanpeng Zhao, Founder &CEO, Binance | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changpeng_Zhao |
Best Blockchain Impact Project
| 1.Earthfund | https://www.earthfund.io |
| 2.Planet Watch | https://www.planetwatch.io/ |
| 3. UNHCR – cash to +8million Ukrainian refugees via blockchain | https://cointelegraph.com/news/stellar-partners-with-unhcr-to-give-ukrainian-refugees-cash-via-usdc |
| 4. UNICEF Crypto Fund | https://www.unicef.org/innovation/stories/unicef-cryptofund |
| 5. World Food Program – Building Blocks | https://innovation.wfp.org/project/building-blocks |
| 6.World of Women | https://www.worldofwomen.art/ |
Best Brand Initiative of the Year
| 1.Adidas | https://www.adidas.com/METAVERSE |
| 2. Dolce & Gabbana | https://mvfw.unxd.com/dg |
| 3.Lacoste | https://www.lacoste.com/us/virtual-store.html |
| 4. NBA/Sorare free-to-play NFT fantasy basketball game | https://sorare.com/NBA |
| 5. Nike | https://www.roblox.com/games/7462526249/NIKELAND |
| 6.Porsche | https://www.porsche.com/stories/innovation/how-to-buy-a-porsche-nft |
Enterprise Blockchain Project of the Year
| 1. IPWe (IBM) | https://newsroom.ibm.com/2021-04-20-IPwe-and-IBM-Seek-to-Transform-Corporate-Patents-With-Next-Generation-NFTs-Using-IBM-Blockchain |
| 2. JPMORGAN – Onyx Coin System | https://www.jpmorgan.com/onyx/index |
| 3. LVMH – Aura Blockchain Consortium | https://auraluxuryblockchain.com/ |
| 4. Nomura – Komainu | https://www.komainu.com/about-us/ |
| 5. Renault – Exceed | https://www.renaultgroup.com/en/news-on-air/news/xceed-a-new-blockchain-solution-for-renault-plants-in-europe/ |
| 6. Societe Generale – Forge | https://www.sgforge.com/refinancing-dai-stablecoin-defi-makerdao/ |
Best Web3 Educational Platform
| 1. Binance Academy | https://academy.binance.com/en |
| 2. Coinbase Learn | https://www.coinbase.com/learn |
| 3. CoinMarketCap Alexandria | https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria |
| 4. Crypto.com University | https://crypto.com/university |
| 5. 101 Blockchains | https://101blockchains.com/ |
| 6. School of Block (Ledger) | https://www.ledger.com/academy/school-of-block |
Best Web3 Content Creator
| 1. Frank Chaparro | https://twitter.com/fintechfrank |
| 2. Meltem Demirors | https://twitter.com/Melt_Dem |
| 3. Ian Ellison | https://www.coindesk.com/author/ian-allison/ |
| 4. Anthony Pompliano | https://twitter.com/APompliano |
| 5. Kate Rooney | https://twitter.com/Kr00ney |
| 6. Carl (the Moon) Runefelt | https://twitter.com/TheMoonCarl |
The nominees for the other two award categories will be revealed during Paris Blockchain Week. Audience Award nominees will be drawn at random from the speakers, debates and workshops of Paris Blockchain Week 2023 and revealed once the summit begins. Zero-Knowledge voting will take place during the event. The nominees and the winner of the Jury’s Choice Award will be chosen by a closed jury composed of the management team of Paris Blockchain Week and the main sponsors.
Emmanuel Fenet, CEO of Paris Blockchain Week, said, “Launching our first-ever edition of the Paris Blockchain Week Awards is an exciting achievement, especially with on-chain voting on such a scale. Having such a strong list of nominees clearly shows not only how much the industry has to offer the world in terms of solutions to some of the most pressing issues, but also how many bright minds and organizations are committed to using the blockchain technology to advance society in many different fields. Highlighting this wide range of uses shows the impact the technology has and will continue to have, and I look forward to congratulating the winners on March 23. »
Brian Gallagher, co-founder of Partisia Blockchain and founder of voting Dapp Parti.com, added, “We are privileged to power the world’s first blockchain voting. The inauguration of the Paris Blockchain Week Awards is an ideal use case for our technology and shows how secure, transparent and anonymous voting can be used in practice and scaled for billions of voters. Our multi-party computation ensures vote integrity, bringing a high level of transparency while keeping privacy at the forefront, and the usefulness of this technology is endless. »
Jennifer de Broglie, Director of Thought Leadership at Partisia Blockchain, spearhead of the Paris Blockchain Week Awards, concludes: “We spent long hours selecting the nominees for the Paris Blockchain Week Awards, because there are so many outstanding leaders and projects, and we know that we have certainly forgotten some of them. Nonetheless, we are thrilled to celebrate this representative list of amazing achievements made in the blockchain and web3 space over the past difficult months. So, let’s rejoice and vote for our favorites in this very first edition! Additionally, as the host of D’Crypt, the only mainstream weekly TV series dedicated to blockchain and cryptofinance, I would personally be delighted to feature the winners of the Paris Blockchain Week Awards on my show. It’s an honor to showcase the brightest minds and most innovative projects in this cutting-edge industry, and I look forward to sharing their stories with my audience on the international channel I24News! »
The Paris Blockchain Week Awards Voting Dapp is now live and a demo of the Dapp can be found on the Partisia Blockchain YouTube channel. Ballots can be cast until the start of the awards ceremony on March 23.
In addition to the awards ceremony, Paris Blockchain Week will feature a special Ask-Me-Anything session on February 22 at 5:00 p.m. CET (4:00 p.m. UTC). The session will be hosted on the Partisia Blockchain Twitter account @partisiampc, where the blockchain voting infrastructure team will answer questions.
About Paris Blockchain Week
The famous Paris Blockchain Week will hold its 4th edition as a live event from March 20 to 24, 2023 in Paris at the Carrousel du Louvre and online on a dedicated digital platform. Since its inception in 2019, PBW has established itself as a global meeting place for cryptocurrency enthusiasts, investors, and entrepreneurs to engage in thought-provoking discussions about the digital asset industry. The event is organized by Chain of Events, an event organizer specializing in conferences and events for professionals in the blockchain universe. Supported by some of the biggest figures in tech and politics, PBW 2022 welcomed 6,000+ attendees, 300+ speakers, 250 sponsors, 400 media and partners.
Key speakers and supporters of the 2023 edition include Joseph Lubin, Co-Founder of Ethereum, CEO and Founder of ConsenSys, Alexis Ohanian, Founder of Seven Seven Six, Denelle Dixon, CEO and Executive Director of Stellar Development Foundation, Jean- Noël Barrot, French Minister for Digital Transition and Telecommunications, Stéphane Kasriel, Head of Commerce and Fintech at Meta, Stephanie Ramezan, Director of Gemini UK, James Tromans, Director of Cloud Web3 at Google, Ryan Selkis, Founder and CEO de Messari, Silvio Micali, Founder of Algorand, Beatriz Reyero, Global Vice President of Corporate Strategy at eBay Ventures, Jeremy Allaire, Co-Founder, Chairman and CEO of Circle, Ira Auerbach, Senior Vice President, Head of Assets digital at Nasdaq and many others. You can already book your tickets on the official website of Paris Blockchain Week.
About Partisia Blockchain Foundation
Partisia Blockchain is revolutionizing the internet by creating a web 3.0 public blockchain designed for trust, transparency, privacy and light speed completion. A cutting-edge solution to the challenges of decentralization, confidentiality and privacy, Partisia Blockchain represents the first successful full integration of blockchain technology with Secure Multiparty Computing (MPC), delivering the benefits of decentralized technologies while ensuring privacy and data security. The team boasts a number of industry luminaries, including world-renowned cryptographers like Ivan Damgard and Jesper Buus Nielsen, and a team of over 60 developers and entrepreneurs. The Partisia Blockchain community is truly decentralized, made up of developers, researchers, node operators and token holders from all over the world. Join us in building a fairer and more transparent future.
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