Bitfin Day Two: We Need More Global, Organised Bitcoin Education
Greg Brockman, CTO of internet payments company Stripe, opened day two of the Bitfin conference in Dublin with his views on what bitcoin needs to become more appealing to a mainstream audience. The Harvard and MIT graduate said the main reason people are reluctant to start using bitcoin is the lack of trust and protection that comes with traditional finance. He believes centralised consumer trust providers will emerge, providing a stamp of approval to sites and merchants that are to known to be trusted in the bitcoin space. These providers will be responsible for mediating chargebacks and....
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BitFin Conference in Dublin's RDS. I was recently tasked by CCN with attending the BitFin conference in Dublin, Ireland. Some of the discussions were interesting, some less so, some were like swimming through cold porridge. One of the most interesting was, in my opinion, given by Gareth Murphy, of the Central Bank of Ireland, he is the director with responsibility for markets supervision, this includes the regulation of Irish securities markets as well as supervising the funds, stockbroking and investment management industries. He is described on the Central Bank site as a member of the....
Organizers of July's Bitcoin Finance 2014 Conference and Expo, to be held in Dublin, Ireland, have announced an expanded lineup of over 20 speakers and a provisional outline of the schedule. Bitfin is the first event to draw participation from the broader payments and financial services worlds, its organisers say, with speakers from Stripe, Realex, and Ocean Bank already confirmed. "Bitcoin Finance 2014 will provide a comprehensive overview of the current state of digital currencies," said Fergal Murray, founder of Bitfin, adding: "Attendees will leave with a unique understanding of the....
Day one of the Bitcoin Finance 2014 Conference and Expo (Bitfin) in Dublin today featured discussion on the basics of bitcoin, the wider opportunities of digital currency and a world first. Jeremy Allaire kicked off the first day's events with a talk focused on digital currency's potential to revolutionise traditional financial systems. The Circle CEO explained in his opening keynote speech that bitcoin is creating new standards for global consumer finance, but it still has a long way to go to "cross the chasm" and enter the mainstream. Allaire explained that he's particularly interested....
This concept by Sony Global Education has the potential to shape a bright future for education in general. More collaboration is on the horizon as well, as this open yet secure infrastructure can draw a lot of educational institutions to this network. The blockchain can be used to suit various needs, and companies like Sony are exploring how it can benefit some of their own internal projects. By using distributed ledger technology for the open sharing of progress records and academic proficiency, the way we think about education might be coming to a change very soon. Sony Global Education....