Mary Keane Dawson: Blockchain Week and what I learned from it

What a week!
I've just returned from being amongst the 8,500+ people milling around the four stories of the New York Hilton Midtown for Consensus CoinDesk Expo - With hundred’s of talks, panels, workshops as well as literally '000's of networking opportunities, alongside the Dancing girls, Bronies, Live Karaoke Sessions, Geekdom Preachers, Crypto Kitties and opportunities to hear the wisdom from, and shake the hands of, the Founders of Litecoin, Rippl, Ledger, CoinDesk et al as well as hea