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Joris Bontje@mids106
#xebicon2012
What is Bitcoin?
• Digital Cash
• Peer to Peer
• Public Key Crypto
• Bitcoin payment address: 37muSN5ZrukVTvyVh3mT5Zc5ew9L9CBare
bitcoin.org
Open Source
Adoption
January 17, 2011
Image by: MagicalTux
June 3, 2012
“could not be displayed because it is too large.”
https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Map
Why?
For Money trust is essential
Genesis block
“The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks”
Image by: mc_lovin
Usage
Technology
• Public key crypto
• Blockchain
• Hashes / Mining
Software
Windows, OSX & Linux
Android
Command Line & API
Future
• Adoption
• Security
• Scalability
?@mids106
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