First Francophone Bitcoin Conference Coming to Paris
This October, Paris will be welcoming the first French-speaking Bitcoin conference in the Euro zone, an event that will feature prominent names in the industry including representatives from BlockChain.info, the Bitcoin Foundation and political French figures. Euro Bitcoin will take place on October 8 2014 at the François Mitterrand site of the Bibiliothèque nationale de France (French National Library) in Paris and CoinTelegraph is proud to announce that it will take part as an official media sponsor. The even will focus on 3 main objectives: educate on the Bitcoin protocol and the....
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