Halberstadt Bitcoin Workshop
Halberstadt Bitcoin Workshop
Friedemann Brenneis, Manuel Madrenes, Stefan Richter
Decentralized, Digital Money
protect with password/encryption
no middle man (less COSTly)
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
Paypal 0.10-0.35 Euro + 1.8-10% fee + exchange fee
Bitcoin ~0.02 Euro transaction fee + exchange fee
take money across borders
any secure digital transfer
exchange for legacy money
How can I use bitcoin safely and securely?
https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet
dedicated (offline) computer
different possibilities, different opinions, different people
ask us if you’re interested
localbitcoins alternatives
Bitcoin Exchange Berlin (BXB), once a month
Exchanges - if you have a bank account
offer goods and services for bitcoin
from us! after the show ;)
We hope you have some questions
“Decentral” by Manuel Madrenes
“Levin” by Friedemann Brenneis