Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015: Shaping the Future of Bitcoin?
The Bitcoin ecosystem extends far beyond the realm of finance and money; there are so many use cases for the blockchain technology underpinning the digital currency. While developers and engineers try to come up with creative ways to integrate the blockchain into our daily lives, various conferences are taking place all over the world, which could have implications for Bitcoin and its technology. Crowdsourcing Week Europe 2015 is a premier event that may be of great interest to digital currency enthusiasts. This four-day conference, which takes place in Brussels, Belgium, will highlight....
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