New Conference gives Slovenia the Bitcoin Spotlight

New Conference gives Slovenia the Bitcoin Spotlight

The phenomenon of the Bitcoin conference is set to make its debut in yet another part of the world in September, this time for the benefit of Central and Eastern Europe, being hosted in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The keynote speech will be delivered by Steve Beauregard, co-founder and CEO of GoCoin, whose POS tool allows merchants to accept Bitcoin, Litecoin and even Dogecoin as payment for goods and services. The event aims as much to educate as to address current issues and innovation, underlined by the sponsorship of the Economics Faculty of the University of Ljubljana. The bleeding alone may....


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