This document discusses Bitcoin, a digital currency that uses peer-to-peer technology and public key cryptography to operate without a central authority. It provides information on what Bitcoin is, how it works through an open source software, its adoption rate, usage examples, underlying technology including public key crypto and blockchain, available software, and future considerations around adoption, security and scalability. The document shares Bitcoin addresses, links, images and tweets to illustrate key points about Bitcoin.

1. Joris Bontje
@mids106
#xebicon2012

2. What is Bitcoin?

3. bitcoin.org
• Digital Cash
• Peer to Peer
• Public Key Crypto
• Bitcoin payment address:
37muSN5ZrukVTvyVh3mT5Zc5ew9L9CBare

4. Open Source

5. Adoption

6. January 17, 2011
Image by: MagicalTux

7. June 3, 2012
“could not be displayed because it is too large.”

8. https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Bitcoin_Map

12. Why?

13. For Money trust is
essential

15. Genesis block
“The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on
brink of second bailout for banks”

16. Image by: mc_lovin

18. Usage

24. Technology

25. http://bit.ly/KcWo2I

26. • Public key crypto
• Blockchain
• Hashes / Mining

28. Software

29. Windows, OSX & Linux

30. Android

31. Command Line & API

33. Future

34. • Adoption
• Security
• Scalability

35. ?
@mids106
Image by: casascius