The North American Bitcoin Conference Is A Platform From Which CLOUT Could Take Off

Thousands of companies applied to sponsor and subsequently set up a booth and what will almost certainly prove to be one of the biggest, if not the biggest, bitcoin and blockchain events of the year – the North American Bitcoin Conference Miami Beach, set to take place January 18 & 19, 2018.

Against a backdrop of all-time high interest in the potential of blockchain technology to change the way the world works, attendance is expected to reach similarly all-time high levels and – likely for the first time – the crowd of attendees won’t just be crypto enthusiasts.

This is a mainstream space now.

It’s no surprise, then, that the above mentioned large number of companies wanted to set up and have the opportunity to show the world what they are each working on and where their respective offerings fit into the global economy. For those with strong offerings, the upcoming Bitcoin Conference could be a game changer.

One company that managed to beat out the competition and now has a chance to use the conference a platform from which to take off is CLOUT.

Some readers might already be familiar with the guy who founded CLOUT – Sean Kirtz. For anyone that’s not, he’s the guy behind Bitcoin Day Traders, a leading social cryptocurrency enthusiast community, and it was his experience as part of this community that led him to found CLOUT. Basically, members wanted reliable, regular and usable knowledge relating to the blockchain and cryptocurrency spaces – but they couldn’t find it.

From a media perspective, the space was so fragmented, or certain outlets had conflicts of interest that led to bias, that any information that was available couldn’t be relied upon to (at that time) make solid trading decisions.

For Kirtz and his community, CLOUT was the answer.

The platform is currently being developed having just sold out an ICO presale and it’s designed as a network across which users can create, share and publish content relating to the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces.

And here’s the smart bit – the platform is set up to incentivize and reward quality and reliability using a proprietary token called CLC. Users can reward others in CLC if they think that a bit of content is good and also receive CLC for sharing quality content.

This means that, without the input of a third party (which might have a vested interest in a particular piece of content, for example), the quality information rises to the top of the pile organically, based on the wisdom of the crowd.

It’s a great idea and it’s one that some of the industry’s biggest names are putting their weight behind – Toni Lane Casserly of Cointelegraph fame and Henry Wang, Founder and President of International Blockchain Application Federation (IBAF), to name just two of many instantly recognizable pioneers in this space.

So the event takes place mid-January and things will move pretty fast once Miami shuts its doors and the CLOUT booth packs away. The company’s tokens will list on big-hitter exchange HitBTC on February 1, followed closely by Coinbene, a leading Asian exchange, on February 15.

If all runs smoothly and, with a team like the one behind CLOUT, there’s no reason to suggest anything otherwise, especially given the recent successful funding, the company will launch a public Beta of the CLOUT platform on March 31, 2018.

Bottom line is this: The Miami conference is going to be an inflection point for many of the companies in attendance and that’s why the demand to have a presence there was so strong. CLOUT is one of a handful of companies that made the cut and there’s a good chance that this is just the beginning of an extended period of growth for both the company and its platform.

We’re going to be watching this one closely.

For a sneak-peak of what to expect, and a platform demo, take a look at CLOUT’s website here.