The Future of Bitcoin: Early Pioneers of Bitcoin Erik Voorheers and Roger Ver in Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast
Two of the very early pioneers of Bitcoin who have founded and funded a lot of startups within the cryptocurrency ecosystem, Erik Voorhees and Roger Ver, sit side by side to discuss the problems of Bitcoin and what the future holds for the cryptocurrency. Among the problems of Bitcoin, scaling and recognition seems to be prominent. The debate among developers on the status of the block-size has been going on for some time. With the continuing increase in transaction confirmation time, and the consequent effect it is having on the acceptance of Bitcoin as a currency by businesses, experts....
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Censorship and disillusionment were two major topics of conversation when Roger Ver and Erik Voorhees met to discuss the future of Bitcoin live this week. Voorhees: Censorship ‘Ridiculous’. The two industry pioneers, who first met in fall 2011 when bitcoin was worth $8, were speaking on a special edition of the Liberty Entrepreneurs Podcast devoted to....
Roger Ver nicknamed Bitcoin Jesus, an early American investor in Bitcoin at Coyote WallStreet, and Peter Smith of Blockchain will be the keynote speakers at Pioneers Festival, Europe’s major conference for tomorrow’s ideas. The event brings together the smartest startups with corporations, media and investors eager to support the next big thing. The organizers of Pioneer Festival inform that more than 1,600 startups from 90+ countries applied to meet over 400 investors in the Hofburg Imperial Palace, Vienna. Roger Ver and Peter Smith will be addressing nearly 2,500 participants who have....
Roger Ver is an entrepreneur, investor and Bitcoin Pioneer. He has bet a lot of intellectual and monetary capital in the Bitcoin revolution, which he supports not just because it is a technological advance in our financial infrastructure, but also because of the new hope for human liberty that it represents. Bitcoin Magazine: How and when did you first hear about Bitcoin? Roger Ver: I first heard about Bitcoin in late 2010 on the www.freetalklive.com radio show / podcast. BM: Why is Bitcoin important? Why is it different? RV: Bitcoin is different from any other payment form in the history....
Three big names in the bitcoin world are joining a start-up that hopes to bring simplicity and ease-of-use to bitcoin. Reports indicate that Roger Ver, Erik Voorhees and Vitalik Buterin are taking ownership roles at Toronto-based KryptoKit - a bitcoin wallet in the form of a web browser plugin (along with a slew of other option). Quick profiles: Roger Ver is known for his seed investments in BitInstant and Blockchain.info - along with being a huge proponent of the bitcoin movement. Eric Voorhees co-founded Coinapult and has investments in a number of bitcoin-related projects. And Vitalik....