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Blockchain, bitcoin and the future of the accountancy profession

Join Mark Taylor and David Lyford-Smith of ICAEW, and Aynsley Damery of the Clarity Project, for the second in our series of Tech Faculty ‘Tech Talks’, this time on the subject of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and how these will affect the future of the accountancy profession.

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In this talk, we provide an overview of how blockchain came to be, why it’s exciting for business and finance, the challenges it has to overcome, and its uses out in the real world. David and Aynsley are chartered accountants and explain everything in accounting terms.

Further resources

Find out more about ICAEW’s work in this field at icaew.com/blockchain

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Watch the other videos in this series.

All four videos form part of the Tech Faculty’s work that describes how these technologies are transforming the profession.

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