@MBuffenoir
mathieu@sbex.ch
Swiss Bitcoin Association
(creation date: dec. 2013)
answer legal questions
educate, organize events
spying, data control, censorship, leaks, ...
Easy to set up, Easy to debug,
what we are used to
(double spend issue)
Bitcoin is a peer to peer network that maintains a public decentralized ledger of digital assets
Cryptography
Trustless environment
Open Source
Protect your private keys !
Push
This money I can spend, can now be spent by Y
Transactions are stored on a public ledger called blockchain
Distributed between participants and kept synchronized
Permanent consensus
Miners get rewarded for including transactions into blocks by performing proof of work
bureaucracy & compliance
Voting
Shares of a company
Certificate of ownership
Smart contracts
Domain names
StorJ
Social network where you get paid to share your data and keep control over it
Vending machine that buy refills on its own
Network of delivery drones that buy their electricity along the way
Crowdfunding where the money is automatically sent back if the minimum amount is not reached
Energy locally produced (smart grids)
Network infrastructure (mesh networks)
Production facilities (3d printing)
Keeping it open source and transparent.
Global currency supporting global services.
3.5 Billions unbanked
Because it's cool to be part of a revolution ! :-)
Meetups in every major cities of the world
http://bitcoin.org + wiki
http://bitcoinassociation.ch
http://www.royalforkblog.com/