Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne to Keynote Inside Bitcoins Las Vegas - Get 10% OFF

One week after the SEC approved Overstock's plan to issue stock via the Bitcoin blockchain, company CEO Patrick Byrne gave the keynote address - called "The Virtues of Crypto-Settlement" - at the Inside Bitcoins Conference in the San Diego Convention Center. Byrne, whose firm was bitcoin's first major retailer, spoke at length about his firm's plans, launched at the website, t0.com. He lamented the "crazy system" of Wall Street banks and said there is. "all kinds of room for mischief." That's why Byrne has developed an alternative. "This system is transparent and reduces costs we believe....

Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo will be returning to Las Vegas on October 5-7! The event will feature 35 informational sessions, over 70 speakers, 4 keynotes, and a half day of workshops! The conference will focus on how cryptocurrency has been affecting the payments industry, covering a wide range of topics including mainstream adoption, compliance, bitcoin startups, investing, mining, altcoins, equipment, and more. The first 300 paid attendees will receive US$50 in bitcoin. New to Inside Bitcoins Las Vegas will be a half day of small classroom-style workshops taught by cryptocurrency....

Global e-commerce giant Overstock.com has hired the developers behind peer-to-peer decentralized exchange Counterparty to develop a new stock market platform powered by cryptocurrency technology. The developers will work on a platform called 'Medici', an evolution of Overstock's previously announced 'cryptosecurity' offering that will allow not only Overstock, but other businesses, the ability to issue cryptosecurities to the investing public. Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne made the official announcement at the Inside Bitcoins Las Vegas conference today during his keynote speech entitled....

The bitcoin community's favorite CEO isn't done when it comes to discussing the emerging digital currency that has swept the tech industry off its feet over the past year. Today on his official Twitter account, Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne teased some news that we can all expect in about two weeks at a bitcoin conference that's slated to take place in Las Vegas, Nevada on October 6th. I'll have some interesting announcements to make at #BitcoinConf Las Vegas on 10/6. - Patrick Byrne (@OverstockCEO) September 22, 2014. No doubt about it, you can expect the announcements to be related to....

Overstock.com CEO and bitcoin convert Patrick M Byrne will deliver the keynote speech at the Bitcoin 2014 conference on 15th-17th May at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam. He is expected to speak about his vision for the future of bitcoin; its potential for global financial inclusion; non-currency uses like proving ownership of stocks and bonds; and the network's relation to society as a whole. Jon Matonis, executive director of the Bitcoin Foundation, said: "We are delighted to have one of bitcoin's most prominent and prescient champions at our conference. Patrick's decision to accept....