The document discusses the significance of Bitcoin and blockchain technology, highlighting that Bitcoin serves as digital money facilitating peer-to-peer transactions without intermediaries. It outlines the potential of blockchains in enhancing corporate efficiency and emphasizes the economic benefits of open innovation driven by these technologies. Furthermore, it compares the current adoption stage of Bitcoin to the early days of the internet, suggesting that wider mainstream acceptance will take time.

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Blockchains
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2. I explain to people why Bitcoin &
Blockchain matter, how they work
and what you can do with them
Sam Wouters
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‣ Founded in 2009.
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impact of digital and act accordingly.
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One of many
DISRUPTORS

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“bitcoin is
digital money”
Who has heard of Bitcoin before today?

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The first thing bought with 10.000 Bitcoins in 2010

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Is worth over
€10 Million today
at €1000 per BTC
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Invented in 2008
bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

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Peer-to-peer transfers before Bitcoin
Give a digital copy,
not the original
Doesn’t work
for money
We needed middlemen to do transactions
Now we can do them directly

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“bitcoin is
digital money”
Who has heard of Bitcoin before today?
Positive image? Negative image?
Who fundamentally
understands Bitcoin?
No idea?

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Media that predicted The Death of Bitcoin
Deaths by publication:
DailyPaulCNNCity A.M.ChronBroken Librarian BTC Feed Business Insider
BloombergAbout.com Acton BizNews.comArduino TronicapenwarrAOL
Financial TimesFester’s DenDavid Seaman FortuneForbesFool.com Fusion
Gizmodo Australia IEX International Business Times Javamazon Moneygeek
MyBroadBandMother Jones News.com.au NewStatesman NY Mag OUI Share
The New York TimesThe KernelThe Calculating InvestorStreet Insider
Sputnik NewsPYMNTS.com Reuters Robert Nielsen Salon Seeking Alpha
The Underground EconomistThe Telegraph The Washington Post The Weekly Standard
USA Today Valley News VICE News Wired YahooWall Street Daily

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Bitcoin’s best days
must be over!
Bitcoin is dead!
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13. Banks: Bitcoin can’t work, it’s all about the Blockchain

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Bitcoin
transfer digital ownership
without a middleman
The blockchain
a database that records
ownership throughout time
What’s the difference?
1/4
components

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Corporations want to use blockchains
to work together a bit more efficiently

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Corporations want to use blockchains
to work together a bit more efficiently

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A blockchain by itself is BORING
Block 1 Block 2 Block 3
Fingerprint of
block 0
Fingerprint of
block 1
Fingerprint of
block 2
Transactions Transactions TransactionsTransactions
Fingerprint of
block 2

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But what if it is open to everyone?
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and you can earn money for protecting it?
Digital
Gold
We are here
16/21M BTC

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and only you own your money?

21. You get a network 47.000x stronger than
the top 500 supercomputers in the world
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22. A global, censorship resistant
financial network
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8+ years of non-stop growth
193M 451K $260M $132B
Transactions Blocks in the
blockchain
in transactions per
day currently
Transferred over
the blockchain
484M 16M $16B 160K
bitcoins transferred
over the blockchain
Amount of Bitcoins
that currently exist
Value of all
bitcoins
companies (indirectly)
accept bitcoins

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Driven by the same force as the Internet:
Open innovation

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Creates huge value for consumers, economic growth, jobs

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Innovation drops the cost of almost everything
$0
$25.000
$50.000
$75.000
$100.000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Drones 3D Printer Sensors

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Except transactions…
0,0%
2,5%
5,0%
7,5%
10,0%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Global avg cost to send $200
remittanceprices.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/rpw_report_december_2016.pdf

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Yet we can do THIS?
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Bitcoin brings a 3-100x cost reduction
0,0%
2,5%
5,0%
7,5%
10,0%
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Global avg cost to send $200 Bitcoin Bitcoin + currency conversion
remittanceprices.worldbank.org/sites/default/files/rpw_report_december_2016.pdf

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The next step:
Livestreaming Money

31. If Bitcoin is so great,
why isn’t everyone using it?
@SDWOUTERS

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‣ Bitcoin is only 8 years old, it
still needs a lot of development.
‣ We have never tried THIS before
and it is about MONEY, not info.
‣ It’s like the Internet in the 90s:
‣ People don't get it.
‣ It looks ugly.
‣ We have few use cases.
‣ People don’t see how it will
change the world.
‣ Those who are disrupted by it
will do everything to stop it.
‣ Mainstream 10 years later
‣ Mass adoption 20 years later

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Logical Evolution
INTERNET
Transfer information
BLOCKCHAIN
Transfer ownership
TEXT PROGRAMS VIDEOS
MONEY CONTRACTS PATENTS ASSETS
IMAGES

34. Money is the
tip of the iceberg

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What other opportunities are out there?
Finance
Internet of Things?
Energy?
Supply chain?
Identity? Property?
Legal?

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Private blockchains may have
“use cases” like intranets do
Intranets
“Private” Blockchains
The Internet
The Blockchain

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The open Blockchain
will create the most value
The Internet
The Blockchain
> Intranets
“Private” Blockchains

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What are you
waiting for?

39. Thanks!
Want to learn more?
@sdwouters
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sam.wouters@duvalunion.com