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The Bitfury Group Announces Plans for Strategic Partnership With Leading Chinese eSignature Company BestSign
Partnership will utilize Blockchain technology to secure online documents
BEIJING, CHINA -- March 20, 2017 – The Bitfury Group, the world’s leading full-service blockchain technology company, is proud to announce a strategic partnership with BestSign, the largest eSignature platform company in China. This agreement will combine the cutting-edge services provided by BestSign with The Bitfury Group’s blockchain expertise and time-stamping technology to revolutionize how online documents are processed. “As a leader in electronic signature cloud platforms in China currently, Shanghangqian (BestSign) has reached a deal with The Bitfury Group, the world's leading blockchain technology company, to jointly develop electronic contract products based on the underlying technology for blockchain,” said Miss Joy Wan, CEO of BestSign. “This deal can not only facilitate the real use of blockchain technology in the electronic contract sector, advance the application of blockchain technologies such as distributed ledger and smart contract, but also better help our clients by providing them with better products to enable safer contract signature and storage through blockchain technology.” The partnership, along with a planned investment on the part of The Bitfury Group, represents The Bitfury Group’s continued commitment to both realizing the world-changing potential of blockchain technology and supporting women entrepreneurs in this exciting new space. “We are proud to be joining forces with such a dynamic and forward-looking company like BestSign,” said Valery Vavilov, CEO and founder of The Bitfury Group. “With The Bitfury Group’s full-service blockchain offerings and commitment to expansion of blockchain technology, BestSign will be able to offer its clients additional peace of mind knowing that they have access to the most secure and advanced technology in the world.” BestSign is China’s largest eSignature platform, providing clients with a full spectrum of solutions, from eSignature to disputes. Its growing customer base includes companies like China UnionPay, Sina, Lenovo, TCL, Midea, NOAH, Mobp2p, Quant Group, Fengqile.com and Zhaogang.com. BestSign’s SaaS platform is being rapidly adopted by Chinese enterprises and consumers due to its judicial validity, convenience, security and ease of use. BestSign in China counts Apple, Intel, Microsoft and WPS among its partners. Miss Joy Wan, CEO of BestSign, was one of the women leaders in technology selected to appear at the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) in February at Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island as part of the China Women’s Entrepreneur XTC event, of which The Bitfury Group was a sponsor.
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About The Bitfury Group
The Bitfury Group is the leading full service Blockchain technology company and one of the largest private infrastructure providers in the Blockchain ecosystem. The Bitfury Group develops and delivers both the software and the hardware solutions necessary for businesses, governments, organizations and individuals to securely move an asset across the Blockchain. The expertise of The Bitfury Group ensures successful, easy, fast, secure and cost effective connectivity to the Blockchain. The Bitfury Group is a global team of experts in technology, business, communications, security and civil society. The Bitfury Group believes the Blockchain can and will open new doors for global economic opportunity and prosperity, and its mission is to create and advance Blockchain applications that will further promote innovation and the advancement of the peer-to peer economy. Visit bitfury.com for more information
About XTC
The Extreme Tech Challenge is the world’s largest startup competition with Sir Richard Branson as our anchor judge and the world’s largest consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, CES, as a strategic partner for the semi-finals. Great value lies in our community with exposure to thousands of startups around the world and some of the most successful technology luminaries. The mission of the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) is to empower entrepreneurs and their companies with visibility, resources and a rolodex that together, bring a company more visibility, the ability to scale at low to no incremental cost, and to surround entrepreneurs with mentors that can help them build on product success with business success. The XTC pulls it all together into an experience that money cannot buy with showcase events at the world’s largest technology trade show, CES, and also at Sir Richard Branson’s own Necker Island. The Top 10 are also integrated into a community or super high achievers in business and sports known as MaiTai Global.
For more information, please contact:
Yang Guang
Guang_yang@bestsign.cn
Rachel Pipan
Rachel.pipan@bitfury.com