The Democratic National Convention that was held in Philadelphia from July 25 to 28 witnessed leading representatives from blockchain ecosystem that spoke about the potentials of the distributed ledger for next presidency.

According to a post by BitFury Group, the event saw Jamie Smith, global chief communications officer of Bitfury Group and Dr. Tomicah Tillemann, director of the Bretton Woods II Initiative, both of whom are co-founders of the Blockchain Trust Accelerator. They spoke during the International Leaders Forum (ILF) organized by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) around the Democratic National Convention at a panel titled – ‘Who Will Vote: The Emerging Electorate’ where more than 400 world leaders were present.

“If we embrace this new technology we have the power to potentially completely revolutionized the way we vote, poll, aggregate and analyze data, and process financing through Blockchain technology,” Smith mentioned during the panel.

Challenging the audience to consider the power of blockchain technology to change the landscape of U.S. electoral in 2020, Smith and Tillemann introduced the panel to them.

“The power of Blockchain technology will revolutionize governance all over the world, not just in the United States. Many countries are already pioneering the technology by partnering with the Blockchain Trust Accelerator to lead and create civic blockchain pilot projects,” Dr. Tillemann said.

The convention also saw Alex Tapscott, the co-author of ‘Blockchain Revolution’ giving opening keynote at the ‘Rock the Vote Truth to Power’ event, focusing on blockchain technology and how the next president can lead the second generation of the internet and become a true ‘blockchain president.’

“Just like President Bill Clinton led the world in encouraging the innovation of the internet, our next president will have the opportunity to see another paradigm shift in digital commerce and cybersecurity by encouraging the use of Blockchain technology,” Tapscott stated.

Brian Forde, co-founder of the Digital Currency Initiative at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) also attended the event. Prior to the convention, he published a piece on Hilary Clinton and how blockchain technology can be used by her in order to achieve her policy goals for innovation and technology.

The Democratic National Convention (DNC) is a series of presidential nominating conventions held every four years since 1832 by the United States Democratic Party. They have been administered by the Democratic National Committee since the 1852 national convention.