Bitcoin: Free Money
Roger Ver
Blockchain
Bitcoin: Free Money
Why Bitcoin?
“For the first time in the history of the world,
anyone can now send or receive any amount
of money with anyone else, anywhere,
instantly, basically for free, and it is
impossible for anyone, including
governments, to stop them. ”
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Good Money
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How?
Blockchain
Protocol
Client
Open and decentralised network
Open code and transparent protocol
Public record of all transactions
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Bitcoin in 5 minutes
1. Get a wallet
2. Buy bitcoins
3. Spend bitcoins
…and a million other websites
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Be safe!
Bitcoin gives you unprecedented control over
your money. That is a great responsibility.
-Keep your private keys safe
-Make backups
-Hold your bitcoins yourself!
-Be careful who you trust with your bitcoins
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Regulation
Regulation of exchanges
Acceptance of protocol
Currency, digital commodity,
or prepaid instrument?
www.bitlegal.net
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Growth: Users
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Valuing Bitcoin:
Amazon
Amazon grosses $38 billion per year. Assuming
a 3% transaction fee, Amazon pays $1 billion a
year in transactions fees. Amazon nets $1 billion
per year. Amazon could double their profits by
doing all transactions in Bitcoin. If the market
cap for bitcoin was $38 billion, each bitcoin
would be worth $5,400.
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Valuing Bitcoin:
Gambling
The online poker market is $4.8 billion
a year industry. Online gambling will
follow poker and is a $30 billion a year
industry If the market cap for bitcoin
was $30 billion, each bitcoin would be
worth $4,300.
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Valuing Bitcoin:
Gas stations
Credit card companies charge gas stations a 2%
transaction fee. By eliminating credit card
transaction fees, gas station owners could double
their profits. The US consumes 65 billion gallons
of gasoline per year. At $3.60 per gallon, this
could be a $234 billion dollars going through the
bitcoin economy's per year. If the market cap for
bitcoin was $234 billion, each bitcoin would be
worth $34,400 dollars.
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Valuing Bitcoin:
International Remittance
International remittance is the transfer of money
by a foreign worker to their home country. In
2007, remittance worldwide transferred $300
billion dollars. Western Union fees for remittance
can run from about 4 percent to 20 percent or
more. If the market cap for Bitcoin was $300
billion, each bitcoin would be worth $42,000.
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Valuing Bitcoin:
Amazon = $5,400
Gambling = $4,300
Gas stations = $34,400
International Remittance = $42,000
Bitcoin adoption world wide = ??????
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Growth: Price
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Growth: Merchants
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Payment network
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Markets
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Exchanges: post Gox
Transparency - External Audits
Proof of reserves - No fractional reserve
P2P Exchanges
…distributed exchanges?
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Ecosystem
1. Protocol & client
2. Blockchain & miners
3. Exchanges
4. Payment processors
5. Applications
6. DACs & other promises
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Cryptocurrencies
coinmarketcap.com
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Startups I
angel.co/bitcoin
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Startups II
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ATMs
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Bank integration
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Mobile
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Main Street
http://coinmap.org/
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Remittances
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Philanthropy
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Micropayments
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Paypal
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Zynga
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Bigpoint Games
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E-sports
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History
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Q&A
@rogerkver @blockchain #IMD_2014
http://rogerver.com/