Bitcoin: Opportunity for South America and Emerging Markets - Sao Paulo
Channel: aantonop
Date: 2016-04-19

Presented in Sao Paulo, this talk by Andreas focuses on the opportunity that bitcoin brings to emerging economies like Brazil.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:12 I have written a book called 'Mastering Bitcoin'
2:43 How old is the technology of money?
8:29 The most important technology we have in our society is never discussed in school
9:21 In the 1950s, we saw the fourth greatest revolution in money, with the technology of credit cards
10:23 After a million years, we are now standing at the beginning of the fourth revolution of money
12:49 Which "country" will adopt bitcoin first? The internet will
15:05 Will bitcoin replace national currencies? Of course not
16:15 With this technology, we have an opportunity to make four billion people part of this new global economy
20:01 The best thing a government can do to help bitcoin succeed is this: stay out of it for five years, at least
21:44 Twenty years from now, the largest financial institutions in the world will be technology companies
22:56 If the banks are smart and realize that their business fundamentally changed on January 3rd 2009, that there is no going back, no negotiating, no bargaining, and no watering this down

This talk was delivered on April 8th 2016 at the coinBR Bitcoin Summit in Sao Paolo, Brazil: https://antonopoulos.com/event/coinbr-bitcoin-summit-sao-paolo-brazil/

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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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-of-mastering-bitcoin/

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-largent-Andreas-M-Antonopoulos/dp/2856083390
Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomika-i-biznes/korporativnye-finansy-bankovskoe-delo/internet-deneg
Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

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