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Halberstadt Bitcoin Workshop

Halberstadt Bitcoin Workshop

Friedemann Brenneis, Manuel Madrenes, Stefan Richter

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What is Bitcoin?

Decentralized, Digital Money

Money

fungible

divisible

portable

durable

scarce

Digital

useful for the internet

fast

no borders

backups

cheap

protect with password/encryption

Decentralized

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no middle man (less COSTly)

no TRUSTed third party

no CENSORship

What can I do with bitcoin?

anything you can do with digital money

without needing a bank, though you do need internet access

more than 2.5 billion people don’t have a bank account (World Bank)

buy and sell goods and services

even where traditional money doesn’t work well (inflation, lack of infrastructure …)

buy and sell stuff on the internet from anywhere

no permission from credit card companies/paypal needed

remittances: send money home

Western Union~10% fee + exchange fee
Paypal0.10-0.35 Euro + 1.8-10% fee + exchange fee
Bitcoin~0.02 Euro transaction fee + exchange fee

example services

https://www.bitpesa.co/ (Kenia, Tanzania)

take money across borders

take any of

usb stick
paper
brain
email/dropbox/…

any secure digital transfer

build new services

exchange for legacy money

wallets

custody

games: yope.io

teaching

How can I use bitcoin safely and securely?

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small money

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big money

big topic

any combination of

hardware wallets
dedicated (offline) computer
insured services
multisignature
paper wallet

different possibilities, different opinions, different people

ask us if you’re interested

How do I get bitcoins?

localbitcoins alternatives

mycelium

bitcoin-treff.de

Bitcoin Exchange Berlin (BXB), once a month

Exchanges - if you have a bank account

bitcoin.de

kraken

bitfinex

bitstamp …

offer goods and services for bitcoin

from us! after the show ;)

Let us show you …

We hope you have some questions

Dinner and a movie?

Image Credits

“Decentral” by Manuel Madrenes

“Levin” by Friedemann Brenneis