{"id":482719,"date":"2022-08-09T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T08:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/korea-blockchain-week-aug-9-second-day-takeaways-from-the-cointelegraph-team\/"},"modified":"2022-08-09T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T08:45:00","slug":"korea-blockchain-week-aug-9-second-day-takeaways-from-the-cointelegraph-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/korea-blockchain-week-aug-9-second-day-takeaways-from-the-cointelegraph-team\/","title":{"rendered":"# Korea Blockchain Week, Aug. 9: Second-day takeaways from the Cointelegraph team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3689683aab8\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3689683aab8\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/korea-blockchain-week-aug-9-second-day-takeaways-from-the-cointelegraph-team\/#%E2%80%9D_Korea_Blockchain_Week_Aug_9_Second-day_takeaways_from_the_Cointelegraph_team_%E2%80%9C\" >&#8221; Korea Blockchain Week, Aug. 9: Second-day takeaways from the Cointelegraph team &#8220;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/korea-blockchain-week-aug-9-second-day-takeaways-from-the-cointelegraph-team\/#Ready_Player_One_gave_us_the_misconception_that_the_Metaverse_is_VR_%E2%80%94_Everyrealm_CEO\" >Ready Player One&#8217; gave us the misconception that the Metaverse is VR \u2014 Everyrealm CEO<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/korea-blockchain-week-aug-9-second-day-takeaways-from-the-cointelegraph-team\/#Digital_property_rights_key_to_thriving_Web3_economy_%E2%80%94_Animocas_Yat_Siu\" >Digital property rights key to thriving Web3 economy \u2014 Animoca\u2019s Yat Siu<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/korea-blockchain-week-aug-9-second-day-takeaways-from-the-cointelegraph-team\/#Axie_Infinity_to_%E2%80%9Cdouble-down%E2%80%9D_on_the_Korean_market\" >Axie Infinity to \u201cdouble-down\u201d on the Korean market<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/korea-blockchain-week-aug-9-second-day-takeaways-from-the-cointelegraph-team\/#20_million_JavaScript_devs_can_now_build_applications_on_NEAR\" >20 million JavaScript devs can now build applications on NEAR<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9D_Korea_Blockchain_Week_Aug_9_Second-day_takeaways_from_the_Cointelegraph_team_%E2%80%9C\"><\/span>&#8221; Korea Blockchain Week, Aug. 9: Second-day takeaways from the Cointelegraph team &#8220;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-28d77a7a>Korea Blockchain Week\u00a0(KBW) 2022 wr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed up its two-day mainstage events this evening, which again saw a number of influential speakers take to the podium including Janine Yorio of Everyrealm, Yat Siu of Animoca Brands and Sky Mavis\u2019 Jeffrey Zirlin.<\/p>\n<p>Held at the Grand Intercontinental Seoul Parnas, the second-day conference saw thousands of attendees engaged across three conference tracks \u2014 Stage Seoul, Stage Busan and Stage Jeju. <\/p>\n<p>The majority of the discussions on the second day focused on the future of the Metaverse, and the strategies that Web3 companies are taking to grow the industry.\u00a0Given that the event was based in Korea, many were interested in the many exciting Web3 projects coming out of the Korean blockchain scene.\u00a0The two-day event turned in a very large attendance despite Seoul experiencing some torrential rain over the last few days.<\/p>\n<p>But, it\u2019s not quite over yet for KBW 2022 attendees, who will continue networking throughout the night and the rest of the week over countless side events.\u00a0From 7:00 pm KST, KBW and Upclub will be hosting an exclusive afterparty for KBW attendees at People The Terras in Gangnam-gu in Seoul.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the night, the \u201cKBW Official After After Party\u201d will kick off at Club Oriental Jack in Seoul, with the festivities running from 11:00 pm KST to 6:00 am KST for the brave. <\/p>\n<p>For those that couldn\u2019t make it to Seoul for KBW 2022, the Cointelegraph team on the ground in Korea has highlighted some of the key discussions from the second day of the conference.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ready_Player_One_gave_us_the_misconception_that_the_Metaverse_is_VR_%E2%80%94_Everyrealm_CEO\"><\/span>Ready Player One&#8217; gave us the misconception that the Metaverse is VR \u2014 Everyrealm CEO<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Everyrealm CEO Janine Yorio believes that Steven Spielberg\u2019s film <em>Ready Player One<\/em> presents a myriad of misconceptions about the Metaverse, mainly due to the fact that \u201cthe protagonist is wearing a VR headset.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-08\/057cc61d-f046-4731-a240-4dd5698b6855.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pictured: Yat Siu, chairman and co-founder, Animoca Brands<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the presentation, Yorio highlighted that because humans like to \u201cinteract with technologically\u201d which is historically 18 inches from our faces \u2014 meaning that VR headsets can present a number of adoption challenges.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Experts clash on where virtual reality sits in the Metaverse<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Digital_property_rights_key_to_thriving_Web3_economy_%E2%80%94_Animocas_Yat_Siu\"><\/span>Digital property rights key to thriving Web3 economy \u2014 Animoca\u2019s Yat Siu<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Co-founder of Hong Kong-based venture firm Animoca Brands Yat Siu believes that on-chain digital property rights are one of the main aspects of blockchain <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> that will drive a more decentralized society.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Metaverse housing bubble bursting? Virtual land prices crash 85% amid waning interest<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Siu believes Web2 companies have had their day with \u201ccontrolling our data,\u201d and now blockchain-based applications can provide digital ownership to content creators themselves. <\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-08\/b5d79e98-f12a-43fc-aac9-8bc43339383f.jpg\"><figcaption style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pictured: Yat Siu, Chairman and Co-Founder, Animoca Brands<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Axie_Infinity_to_%E2%80%9Cdouble-down%E2%80%9D_on_the_Korean_market\"><\/span>Axie Infinity to \u201cdouble-down\u201d on the Korean market <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Sky Mavis, the firm behind play-to-earn (P2E) heavyweight Axie Infinity outlined intentions to \u201cdouble down\u201d in South Korea and ramp up adoption of the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Sky Mavis co-founder and growth lead Jeffrey Zirlin spoke to Cointelegraph and noted that despite the domestic ban on P2E games still being in place, the \u201cKorean market is one of the most important gaming markets in the world, and we have tons of players in South Korea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Related: <\/strong><strong>Vitalik Buterin proposes stealth addresses for anonymous NFT ownership<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Zirlin added that the company is currently looking at ways to tailor the Axie Infinity game to its cohort of Korean gamers: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI think you know, we want to double down. We want to localize for example, Koreans don\u2019t speak much English, right? So there are actually a lot of barriers to actually getting the game into the hands of Korean players.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"20_million_JavaScript_devs_can_now_build_applications_on_NEAR\"><\/span>20 million JavaScript devs can now build applications on NEAR<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Near Protocol founder Illia Polosukhin spoke to Cointelegraph after the protocol rolled out its JavaScript Software Development Kits (JS SDKs), effectively opening Near\u2019s floodgates to 20 million global Javascript developers.<\/p>\n<p>During KBW 2022, Polosukhin emphasized that the move will open up the niche field of blockchain development to a substantially broader audience, such as students looking to dip their toes into the blockchain and people in the commercial sector looking to accelerate their projects.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Related: <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>How to get a job in the Metaverse and Web3<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s about 20 million JavaScript developers in the world. Probably like every developer one way or another wrote JavaScript in their life. And what we allow you to do is to write smart contracts in JavaScript,\u201d said Polosukhin.<\/p>\n<p><template data-name=\"subscription_form\" data-type=\"crypto_biz\"><\/template><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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