Integrating IoT and Blockchain Critical to Addressing Climate Change: Alison Gilliland
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Integrating the Internet of Things (IoT) with blockchain technology could play a key role in how we adapt to and mitigate climate change, according to Alison Gilliland, the former Lord Mayor of Dublin.
Gilliland spoke with CoinGeek Backstage host Becky Liggero on the sidelines of the Global IoT Summit held in Dublin, an event that brought together leading minds in the tech world – from blockchain experts to IoT specialists – including nChain Chief Scientist Dr. Craig Wright and IPv6 Forum’s Latif Ladid.
Hosting the summit was a big deal for Dublin as the city prides itself on being an IoT pioneer, Gilliland said. The local government has integrated IoT in several ways and is leveraging the technology to make life better for citizens, she told CoinGeek Backstage.
Today, IoT has become one of the central technologies shaping the world. Experts note that there are around 14 billion connected IoT devices today and expect this number to double by 2025. Data collected from all these endpoints can be leveraged in several ways to better understand most of the challenges we face today and map out a better future.
“IoT will be integrated into every aspect of our lives. I also think it will play a big role in how we adapt and mitigate climate change because we can really leverage it to collect data, work with our citizens to provide evidence-based solutions,” commented Gilliland.
At the event, several speakers took the stage to talk about advancements in IoT, blockchain and beyond. In his keynote, Dr. Wright delved into how Bitcoin SV seamlessly integrates with Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) to power the IoT. BSV allows billions of IoT devices to communicate with each other at minimal cost in a true peer-to-peer system that has no middlemen, he told attendees.
Gilliland told CoinGeek Backstage that she was quite impressed with the quality of the presentations at the event from speakers “who are icons in this space.”
Watch: Dr. Craig Wright speech at the Global IoT Summit 2022 in Dublin
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