DEBATE aCcEsS ALl AReAs
Block party
A solution for touting has been introduced in the form of BitTicket,
one of the fi rst real world applications of Blockchain technology
BitTicket aims to put an end to the large scale ticket touting scandal
plaguing the live events industry, partnering with Th eTicketSellers
who will become the UK’s fi rst large scale ticketing platform to
implement real world blockchain technology.
PHIL SHAW-STEWART, CO-FOUNDER OF BITTICKET
We met the Th eTicketSellers at Shambala and immediately knew
we wanted to work with them. Th eTicketSellers are one of the UK’s
most trusted independent ticketing sites, have sold 2 million+ tickets
to date and manage multiple large scale independent festivals including
Boomtown Festival, Shambala and Nozstock Th e Hidden Valley. Th ey
are an amazing team that take great care in looking after their clients
and customers. Th ey will now be the fi rst ever ticketing platform to
implement BitTicket.
PHIL
SHAW
JONATHAN
EDWARDS
PHIL
HAYES
PHIL HAYES, CTO, THETICKETSELLERS
At Th eTicketSellers we’ve invested heavily in the checkout experience
for customers to ensure that buying tickets is as easy as possible. Now,
with our partnership with BitTicket our customers will have the
reassurance that their purchase is backed by their innovative blockchain
technology. We look forward to seeing this become the industry
standard and are proud to be part of the initiative on day one.
JONATHAN EDWARDS, DIRECTOR, GALA FESTIVAL
BitTicket is the future of ethical event ticketing to benefi t the ticket
purchaser, event organiser and artist. Using tried and tested blockchain
technology it provides a transparent, safe and secure platform that is set
to level the event ticketing industry for the good of all involved.
ACCESSAA.CO.UK
BitTicket technology will use a wallet feature to store tickets, meaning
that any ticket from any provider is held in one place and the whole
ticket journey can be tracked by promoters from purchase to entry.
Th ey utilise identity profi ling and the openness of the blockchain to
root out ticket-touts and ticket bots.
BitTicket is intended to revolutionise the ticketing market, using
blockchain technology to make the ticketing industry a fairer place
to operate. Its aim is not to disrupt the industry to become part of the
buyer’s journey providing greater security that also tackles industrial
touting and counterfeiting.
After rigorous testing at live events and the completion of stress
testing, BitTicket’s system can now be implemented across multiple
ticket vendors.
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