'Bitcoin 2013: the Future of Payments': May 17 - 19
Some of the world's leading bitcoiners will be gathering in California later this month to discuss their favorite currency. "Bitcoin 2013: the Future of Payments" is set for May 17 - 19 at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose. (CoinDesk is a supporting sponsor and media partner for the event.) Expected to draw more than 500 bitcoin experts and entrepreneurs from across the globe, Bitcoin 2013 will feature talks and panel presentations from some of the top names in cryptocurrency and alternative economies, including Gavin Andresen, bitcoin's lead developer and chief scientist of the....
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Bitcoin Magazine's live blog coverage continues into Day Three as Bitcoin 2013 wraps up. Note: Times are GMT.
The Two Bitcoin Conferences of 2013. After the first two successful Bitcoin conferences that took place in Prague in 2011 and London in 2012, it has been announced that there will in fact be two Bitcoin conferences taking place in 2013. The first, entitled "The Future of Payments", will take place in San Jose, California on May 17-19, and the second, named "unSYSTEM", will happen in Vienna on 1-3 November. The two conferences will be in a similar format to those run in 2011 and 2012; they will both take up a weekend, feature a number of speakers making presentations on topics either....
Q&A with Bountysource founder David Rappo included below. Bountysource, a funding platform for open-source software, has finally integrated bitcoin payments. The site allows open-source developers to earn money by completing jobs posted by 'backers' who offer 'bounties' - payments, in effect. Payment with bitcoin has been on the cards since at least March 2013, with the idea resurfacing at the start of this year. Bountysource founder David Rappo wrote in a blogpost: "Many of you have been requesting bitcoin support on Bountysource for a while, so we're thrilled to announce that it's now....
On October 5, Atlanta, GA will host the 2013 CrytoCurrency Conference. Entitled, "Bitcoin and the Future of Money," the conference aims at featuring the four year anniversary of Bitcoin's launch in October of 2009. The conference team posted the following press release. Atlanta to Host CryptoCurrency Conference. "Bitcoin and The Future of Money". Atlanta, GA, July 24, 2013 -- Nearly four years ago, a protocol for a new Internet money posted its first exchange rate to the dollar. It was a small fraction of one penny. The date was October 5, 2009. It was the date that Bitcoin went from being....