In this talk, Andreas opens with a contrarian perspective. It's not about "beyond bitcoin", and you can't put this technology on a leash to make it more palatable. Bitcoin is the real thing, the revolutionary and disruptive technology that can't be tamed.

Bitcoin is punk rock and you can't turn it into smooth jazz just to satisfy the sensibilities of a timid boardroom.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:23 Bitcoin is a lot more and a lot different than what you thought
2:47 What is money?
4:28 What is bitcoin?
6:11 Denial
6:56 Anger
7:30 Bitcoin is disruptive
11:05 Bitcoin is the first completely decentralized transnational platform for exchanging value
12:21 Identity theft
15:51 Bitcoin is not going to be leashed
16:48 Banking changed in 2008
19:13 Bitcoin can deliver banking services not by banking the unbanked but by de-banking all of us
20:09 Bitcoin refuses to die
22:06 How could bitcoin make a difference in a situation like Greece is in at the moment?
24:03 Are there any governments today who you think are seriously thinking about bitcoin and the blockchain as ways of making their tax collection more efficient or anything else?

This talk was delivered on July 8th 2015 during the "Beyond Bitcoin, Unleashing the Blockchain" session of Wired Money 2015, hosted by Wired Magazine and Spanish Banking Group BBVA in London, the United Kingdom: https://archive.fo/Vq796

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and respected figures in bitcoin.

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Website: https://antonopoulos.com/

He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

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MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations...

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY:
Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq
French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-large...
Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomi...
Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

MASTERING ETHEREUM (Q4): https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK

Music: "Unbounded" by Orfan (  / orfan  )
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)
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