Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg 2014 Part 1
On December 4, 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia hosted a Bitcoin conference featuring several speakers who gave lectures on the business and regulatory implications of Bitcoin. This event was one out of several in a series of conferences across Russia organized by Bitcoin Conference Russia. Two other conferences have been planned by these organizers, and will take place in in Moscow, Russia and Kiev, Ukraine in 2015. Speakers at these conferences include Roger Ver, Max Krupyshev, and Ivan Tikhonov. Bitcoinist has received a report from one of the attendees of Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg.....
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This is the third article in our series summarizing the Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg, Russia, which took place in early December of 2014. The information in our summary series comes from a report received from a conference attendee. In the first article, we gave a general overview of the conference and summarized the speech given by Alex Fork. In the second article, we summarized the second speech of Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg, which was given by Michael Chobanian. In this third article, we will provide a summary of the lecture given by Paul Shust, a representative from the....
Contrary to fears that Russia's hostility toward Bitcoin would inhibit its growth and adoption, the St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference will take place on December 4th, 2014. The St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference is spurred on by the success of last fall's Cryptoforum Conference also held in St Petersburg. The event will host some of the brightest industry minds, experts, and thought-leaders from the world of cryptocurrency as well as legal and foreign experts, who will share their vision of cryptocurrency's development in Russia and the world on December. The St Petersburg Bitcoin Conference....
This article is the fourth and final part of our coverage on the Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg 2014. In the first article, we summarized the lecture given by Alex Fork. He spoke about the potential that Bitcoin has beyond it’s financial potential. Fork believed that Bitcoin was a cultural experiment, that it could advance society as a whole. In the second article, we covered Michael Chobanian’s speech, which was about the efficacy of Bitcoin organizations. According to Chobanian, organizations such as the Bitcoin Foundation play a vital role in securing Bitcoin’s place in the....
The first ever CryptoForum conference titled “Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies: Prospects for Development in Russia" was held on August 9, 2014 in St Petersburg, Russia. The Cryptocurrency Foundation Russia (CCFR) organized the first international conference forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. In addition to Bitcoin-enthusiasts, the event also attracted Russian officials, Bank representatives and other professionals across various sectors such as legal experts, economists, entrepreneurs, top-managers of payment processing and IT companies as well as authors, writers and journalists. "Especially....
This article is the second part of our coverage of Bitcoin Conference St. Petersburg, Russia. In the last article, we gave a general overview of the conference as well as a summary of the lecture given by Alex Fork, the first speaker of the conference. In this article, we will summarize the speech of Michael Chobanian, the founder of the Kuna Bitcoin Agency. Michael Chobanian is the founder of the Kuna Bitcoin Agency, a Bitcoin advocacy group located in Ukraine. Kuna refers to itself as the first “ Bitcoin agency in Eastern Europe to trade bitcoin.” The organization offers a trading....