Pennsylvania House representatives gathered at Hazelwood Green on Wednesday for a public hearing on cybersecurity — but the meeting quickly turned into a primer on blockchain technology.
“As technology changes, state policymakers must be up to date,” said Seth Grove, R-York, chairman of the Pennsylvania House Republican Committee. “Governments and other industries are looking at ways to onboard blockchain technology that benefit everything from service and delivery to cybersecurity.”
The hearing featured speakers from Microsoft, the PA Blockchain Coalition, Carnegie Mellon University and Magellan Scientific, although it was the blockchain folks the state representatives had the most questions for.
“I definitely began to learn a lot today,” said Rep. Eric Nelson, R-Westmoreland, as the meeting wrapped up, “but it sparks more questions.”
Ariel Zetlin-Jones, an associate professor of economics at Carnegie Mellon University, gave the representatives a mini-lecture on how blockchain...
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