IPv6 Forum President Latif Ladid talks about promoting IPv6, 5G and blockchain at CoinGeek Backstage

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IPv6 is an emerging technology that is almost synonymous with blockchain – in fact, events discussing the convergence of IPv6 and blockchain technology are taking place around the world, including the IEEE Future Networks World Forum in Montreal.

IPv6 Forum President Latif Ladid, a key organizer of the event, said they started in 2018 in Santa Clara, where most 5G companies are working to promote the technology and how to roll it out as quickly as possible. In 2022, the IEEE flagship conference took place in Montreal, Canada.

“The arrangement here was almost obvious because of COVID, and then this time we came back again to Canada because it has a very vibrant 5G ecosystem,” Ladid told CoinGeek Backstage, explaining how they came up with the name of the event to include the 5G and 6G technologies as well as blockchain and IoT.

“We thought about what should be the next name for this conference, to address not only 5G and 6G, but also other things. So that’s why we called it Future Networks. We’re going to look at how we can integrate all kinds of technologies together .That’s why we created the symposium for optical networks as well as v2x or autonomous driving and also for horizontal applications, especially solutions for security, and one of them is blockchain, he said.

“I think in the session we combined IPV6, 5G and IoT and blockchain. We had an excellent session with some very important leaders from the US,” said Ladid.

When asked how the IPv6 forums help with the challenge of pushing IPv6 in the US due to Bitcoin’s reputation being confused with BTC, Ladid replied:

“It’s a very fundamental question and we have to be very keen to promote the right thing to the right people,” he said. “And you know, maybe we shouldn’t antagonize the other guys so much. Let them do whatever they do. But we have to focus on the longer term, and I think BSV, as we’ve seen in the other countries where we’ve promoted this, really is a great value because you want to empower all citizens. It’s different from the other model, which is basically just making money.”

In conclusion, Ladid confirmed that they plan to return to the Gulf States and have something in place for South Africa sometime in May.

See: Highlights from the IEEE Future Networks World Forum

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