Bitcoin - What and Why - Daniel Brunstein

What is bitcoin and Why it matters? Global acceptance, disruption and its mechanics. The first decentralized digital currency in the history of the world!

A lecture with a life demo!

General Agenda

• What is Bitcoin
• Wallets (mobile, cloud, cold storage)
• Price and Market Capacitance
• Worldwide adoption by big corporations and merchants
• Regulatory environment
• Billion Dollar Markets being disrupted by Bitcoin
• Alternative crypto-currencies and Bitcoin 2.0
• VC investment in Bitcoin startups
• Bitcoin in Israel
• Bitcoin in the Academy

Technical Agenda

• Public/private keys
• Mining
• Blockchain
• Security, 51% attack

Poster to hang around the office/home

Slides

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