Coin Congress 2015 to Preview Documentary about Newlyweds Living Solely on Bitcoin
Coin Congress announces an exclusive preview of the documentary, Life on Bitcoin, during its return to San Francisco August 12th - 13th.
Coin Congress has just announced their August 12th (21+) launch party to feature an exclusive preview of Life on Bitcoin before its official release in mid-September.
Life on Bitcoins follows newlyweds Beccy and Austin Craig as they put Bitcoin to the ultimate test by living on it for the first 90 days of their marriage. The two are anticpated to make a digital appearance at the event with a possible Q&A with the audience after the screening, but that remains unconfirmed. This event precedes a full day of talks with some of the most sought after speakers in cryptocurrency and disruptive tech on Thursday, August 13th at San Francisco's Hilton Union Square, held concurrently with Casual Connect.
Founded by Bitcoin Chairman Foundation of the Board, Brock Pierce, Coin Congress has had two successful events in Singapore and San Francisco since its inception in 2014. As of July, some of the speakers and panelists for Coin Congress San Francisco 2015 include:
- Brock Pierce, Chairman of The Bitcoin Foundation
- Roger Ver, Bitcoin Startup Angel Investor
- Michael Terpin, Chairman of BitAngels
- Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken
- Damian Scavo, CEO of Axwave
- Naomi Brockwell, Actress, Producer, Bitcoin Evangelist
- Craig Sellars, Chief Technical Officer of Tether.to
- Joel Dietz, Founder and CEO of Swarm.fund
- Zak Slayback, Founding Member of Praxis
- Jeremy Gardner, Director of Operations of Augur
- Toni Casserly Lane, CEO of Cointelegraph
- Joe Quirk, Chief Evangelist of The Seasteading Institute
- Tim Pastoor, CEO of Identi.fi
- Zolton Istvan, Transhumanist Philosopher
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