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Bitcoin & the Blockchain:the future of programmable money
July 17th, 2015
A brief history lesson
• Money has always existing in different forms– Barter, Island of Yap and Stone Money– Commodities (Foodstuff, Gold, Gems)– Coins, Paper Money (Fiat Currency)
• Credit Instruments– Merchant banking letters of credits (Milan
clearing house)
Digital Money?
• Dr. David Chaum published in mid 80s series of papers to define digital money
• Mid-90’s various attempts – all failed– Digicash, PayPal (X.com), Flooz, Cybercash,
Zeroknowledge• Who do you trust? All required trusted
intermediares
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Commerce Begins2009
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Source: josicmedia.com
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“Bitcoin is evil”
“we do not see this particular experiment lasting”
Paul Krugman - Econonist
Paul Singer – Hedge fund manger
Bitcoin price rise ($10-$100)2009
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Rise in Merchant Adoption2009
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2015 / TodaySource: CoinTelegraph
Bitcoin drama – the dark web2009
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Oct-November 2013 ($125-$1120)2009
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Bitcoin Mining Goldrush
Source: http://bitcoinomics.net/your-toaster-isnt-mining-bitcoins/
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“Personal computers in 1975, the Internet in 1993, and – I believe – Bitcoin in 2014”January 21st 2014
Marc AndreessenFounder of Netscape
Source: Andreessen Horowitz
Bitcoin drama continues Mt. Gox
Source: https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/mt-gox-delay-investigation/
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Bitcoin price crashes2009
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Bitcoin price crashes2009
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TODAY $240-$2602009
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A new digital asset• Divisible
• Scarce
• Transferrable
• Unforgeable
• Decentralized
Source: rollsscaffold.com
Bitcoin Infrastructure Investments
21 Inc.$116m $30.5m $30m
$106m $21m
< $500m invested in Bitcoin ecosystem
Wall Street wakes up to Bitcoin
(in a big way)
Wall St. Wakes up to Bitcoin
Blockchain Infrastructure
Source: http://bitcoinomics.net/your-toaster-isnt-mining-bitcoins/
Jan’09 (0.0000) - April’15 (346,028,0956)
PowerfulDistributed
Limited
The Blockchain is a Ledger
All Ledgers Too
Stocks & Bonds
Currency
Trading
Settlement
Traditional Ledgers
Closed Systems
Hacked & Accessed
Heavy Transaction Fees Laborious Verifications
Slow Centralized
Shared Cryptographic Ledger
Using Proven Cryptography
Nodes Updates Copies of the Ledger
No Central Point of Failure
Traditional Ledgers
Closed Systems
Hacked & Accessed
Heavy Transaction Fees Laborious Verifications
Slow Centralized
Blockchain
Open Sourced
Cryptographically Secure
Network Verified Beyond Borders
Fast Decentralized
Potential Markets
• Remittances• Payments• Crowdfunding• Equity offerings (Crypto)• Derivatives, FOREX, Bonds• Smart contracts• Smart property• …
TCP/IP
Fiber Optics
TCP/IP
Fiber Optics
Provably Fair Financial Plumbing
Source: http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2008/Plumbers-Who-Wont-Drain-Your-Wallet/
Provably Fair, Open, Global Financial Markets
Source: http://http://www.adls.org.nz/cpd/cpd-events/170/the-financial-markets-conduct-regulations-charting-the-changes
Expanding to 2.5 Billion Unbanked
Source: social.yourstory.com
Cross-Border Commerce
Source: crossborder-ecommerce.com
Removing Third Party Friction in International Business
Source: http://tonyortega.org/
Decentralized Secure Infrastructure
Source: http://www.coda.co/
For Identity
For Assets
For Trust
Source: http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/
For Assurance
Source: http://blog.bcwinstitute.org/