2019 HPRCT Conference

Anyone watching the torrid ups and downs of Bit Coin, RXP, Pot Cash and Etherium recognizes the risk, rewards and potential robbery this new source of spending and investing represents. What many do not know, outside the NW USA communities that have had to deal with the unintended consequences first hand, is that there are many unmanaged and unimagined risks that have had a much dire impact than losing money on a blockchain transaction. Error likely situations, flawed defenses and latent organizational weaknesses helped to create unsafe conditions and uncertain futures for those not benefitting from the cryptocurrency mining operations in small communities where mining operations are springing up in apartments, homes and C-Boxes. Using this current day crisis as a case study, Estey will discuss the common denominators between the Bitcoin mining phenomenon and the extent of condition and causes effecting every business or operation at some point in the evolution of their work.