»A strong and connected community of blockchain companies is an important base for blockchain development.« – this was one of thoughts that were shared about the blockchain on the 23rd NT Conference that took place between 22nd and 23rd of May 2018 in Portorose. Through the years the NT conference has grown to be one of the most important IT and business events in Slovenia. Tanja Bivic Plankar, the president of Blockchain Alliance Europe and Gregor Novak, Suncontract were invited by Tomaž Valjavec, Microsoft to present the Slovenian blockchain ecosystem and the challenges and benefits that the blockchain technology has to offer.