Two summits in one month in Malta and you may have been forgiven to imagine that the tourist season was still upon us here. The weather was filthy for 2 days; however this didn't deter the thousands of delegates to descend on the intercontinental hotel in St Julian’s in droves for the Malta Blockchain Summit.

Busy, however worthwhile! By all means that, the much-anticipated Malta Blockchain Summit positively fulfilled our high expectations. Take a look at the highlights!

As per unofficial estimates, the group action was near the 8,500 mark and there's spoke that next year’s event (which has already been confirmed) can occur at a far larger venue.

Actually, the sole criticism that would be leveled at the summit was that the stands and hall was too tightly packed for a correct assessment of the situation. Bars and restaurants were packed to the rafters; however it had been nice for networking. There’s actually a buzz regarding Malta currently and therefore the Blockchain island is probably not that much of a cliché’ anymore.

One of the key highlights of the event was that the VFAA agent legal notice finally came into result. It seems that though one will currently apply in Malta for a VFAA license, the process continues to be far away from over as other steps must be taken, like an oral exam once submitting a statement of intent.

An aspect that was maybe slightly within the wings for the summit was the Hackathon that carried a substantial EUR 50,000 total prize and that transpire on Wednesday 31st October. The summit really embarked on with the announcement of the Hackathon winners who were given with their prize by MBS CEO, Eman Pulis.