On the day the clocks go back to GMT and officially British Summer Time comes to an end, inevitably I’m tempted to start thinking about how the year has been for me, 10 months of the year gone, and what have been my results.
A huge swathe of this year has been devoted to IAMX and deservedly so, as it’s a huge project with massive impact and real-world benefits. The challenges have been around getting the conversation of digital identities started. I’m pleased to say though that we are now engaging in meaningful conversations, looking at real use cases and practical applications. The pinnacle of this I think will be as IAMX heads to the Cardano Summit in Lausanne in November. Digital Identity is on many people’s radars now, which is a huge shift from earlier this year when I’d say 9 out of 10 people that I mentioned it to didn’t really understand the technology, why it is so needed and what the wide-ranging benefits are.
A I develop conversations across many industry verticals which can directly benefit from a ‘one click’, GDPR compliant, secure user onboarding facility I’m encouraged by the willingness to speak that the space now has.
Elsewhere the markets continue to be slow, the crypto winter continues, and we are in something of a holding-pattern still as was wait for some positivity and confidence to return.
2023 is just around the corner, but there is a lot of work still to do this side of the end of the year!