Hearing: Building Blocks of Change: The Benefits of Blockchain Technology for Small Businesses

Committee on Small Business

Wednesday, March 4, 2020 (11:30 AM)

2360 RHOB
Washington, D.C.
Blockchain is a powerful new technology that creates a distributed digital ledger—a database—that allows multiple parties to engage in secure, trusted transactions with one another without an intermediary. While blockchain is most associated with cryptocurrency like bitcoin, it has many other uses, including tracking goods in global supply chains or enabling peer-to-peer transactions between connected devices. This hearing will explore how innovators and entrepreneurs are using blockchain technology to help small businesses boost productivity, increase security, open new markets, and change the way business is done.

Witnesses

Mr. Shane McRann Bigelow
CEO, Ownum, LLC, Cleveland, OH, on behalf of the Chamber of Digital Commerce

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM

Ms. Dawn Dickson
CEO, PopCom, Columbus, OH

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM

Mr. Marvin Ammori
General Counsel, Protocol Labs, Wilmington, DE, on behalf of the Blockchain Association

Added 02/26/2020 at 05:42 PM
  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM
  • Witness Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM
  • Witness Biography [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM

Mr. Jim Harper
Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC

  • Witness Statement [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM
  • Harper Bio and WDF [PDF] Added 03/04/2020 at 02:03 PM

Hearing Record

  • Hearing Notice [PDF]
  • Hearing: Witness List [PDF]

First Published: February 26, 2020 at 10:02 AM
Last Updated: March 4, 2020 at 02:03 PM