Byteball, Omniledger and More

The 54th edition of Bitcoin Wednesday will be held on 6 December 2017.

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RSVP without a ticket doesn't guarantee you a spot.

PROGRAM

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Tony Churyumoff (https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/byteball-tony-churyumoff/) is the creator of Byteball, a blockchainless cryptocurrency launched in December 2016 and distributed for free without an ICO. Within a year it had a market cap of more than $170 million. Its network features smart contracts that are easy for anyone to read or write, even non-developers,

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Philipp Jovanovic (https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/omniledger-securely-scaling-permissionless-blockchains-philipp-jovanovic/) is one of the creators of OmniLedger one the first scale-out distributed ledgers that can preserve long-term security under permissionless operation. He is an expert on blockchain scalability, a cryptographer and post-doctoral researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL).

He is a member of the Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3) and a scientific advisor to the DFINITY project.

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Adam Cleary (https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/adam-cleary-novasset-partners/) is the London-based CEO of investment management firm Cavenham Capital Limited and a co-founder of NOVASSET Partners, a consulting group focused on the structuring and distribution of ICOs.

He previously worked for ING Bank NV, Mizuho International plc, and Dresdner Bank managing investments and advising on emerging-market debt portfolios.

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Jan Isakovic (https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/jan-isakovic-cofoundit-building-distributed-vc-platform/) is CEO of Cofound.it, a distributed VC platform that raised about $14.8 million during its own ICO about 6 months ago. Since then, his team has evaluated over 300 teams and helped launch four successful blockchain startups including Santiment and Maecenas.

Before stepping into the world of decentralized blockchains, he worked for Microsoft and IBM. He plans to demo Cofound.it's new new community evaluation features which pay out cryptocurrency for project evaluations.

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The co-founders of STABLE, Krzysztof Kolaczynski and Maciek Kolodziejczyk (https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/reducing-risk-stable-foundation-krzysztof-kolaczynski-maciek-kolodziejczyk/), will give an insider's view of cryptocurrency price volatility. Krzysztof is a former FX dealer and currently specializes in systematic, quantitative trading, especially in the volatility and index arbitrage field.

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Maciek is a former Corporate Finance Manager for Proctor & Gamble in Poland who became an expert in trading precious metals in 2007. He has been an investor in cryptocurrencies since 2011.

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Jake Vartanian (https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/speakers/digital-token-design-jake-vartanian-cryptodex/) picked up his first bitcoins for less than $1 back in 2011. Since then he's developed a reputation as marketing consultant and token strategist for Cryptodex and Habitat Ventures. He has worked for TokenCard, Bancor and SingularTV.

While the global market cap for cryptocurrency is now more than $ 200 billion, Jake observes how very few new projects are truly innovative. He will talk about the significant experiments in the sector and where he sees opportunities for more innovation.

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Join Yann van Ewijk, board member of The Bitcoin Foundation of The Netherlands in a discussion and poll concerning to help set priorities to benefit the sector in 2018. This discussion will be held during the reception from 1700 - 1900.

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After conference drinks until 2330. The bar will remain open after the event until 2330. Most of the speakers and organizers will join us for drinks until we close.

Please check here (https://www.bitcoinwednesday.com/event/bitcoin-wednesday-54/) for the full program.

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ENTRANCE

Doors open at 1700.

Pre-conference reception including drinks and networking: 1700 - 1900
Cash bar. Bitcoin accepted all night long!

The main program starts at 1900.

After-conference drinks at the bar until 2330.

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TICKETS

In advance

• On sale here https://tickets.bitcoinwednesday.com/

• We only accept bitcoins for advance tickets.

• Last-minute tickets are now 20, still a few left. They will go up to 25, until we sell out.

• All early bird tickets are sold out. The 5, ones were gone in a flash. You'll have another chance for next month.

• Please bring your confirmed transaction ID, email address and Meetup user name with you for each ticket. You'll be admitted with this information.

• Unconfirmed transaction IDs can't be accepted as proof of payment.

• Please use your advance tickets by 19:15 at the very latest.

At the door

• Go on sale at 1700.

• Both euro and bitcoins are accepted at the door.

• No credit cards. No PIN. No other coins (yet)!

• Entrance and seating is first come, first served. Please arrive early in case we sell out.

• Please come as early as possible if you need to get a ticket at the door.

And more

• Feel free to donate more if you like. Or volunteer to help us: hello AT BitcoinWednesday DOT com

• No refunds. Your order is a non-refundable contribution to the non-profit Bitcoin Foundation of The Netherlands, and go 100% back into producing more events like these.

Tickets Support

• The advance ticketing system is new and still a work in progress.

• Please mail your support questions to tickets @ BitcoinWednesday DOT com, and don't post them here.

• As long as you bring your confirmed transaction ID, email address and Meetup user name with you to the event before 19:15, you will be admitted.

• And, yes, we do plan to accept some alt-coins.

Sold out?

• Not yet. If and when we do we'll post it here first.

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Bitcoin Wednesday

One of the best and longest-running regular Bitcoin and Blockchain conferences in the Netherlands.

Always held on the first Wednesday of every month.

An open and informal program for anyone interested in digital currency and the blockchain.

For Bitcoin novices and experts alike. Beginners, investors, entrepreneurs, developers, miners, traders, legal professionals -- all find value in this event.

Brings together a diverse group of people from all levels and backgrounds without any barriers in order to give this important new technology a prominent role in Dutch society.

One of the goals of Bitcoin Wednesday is to promote the industry, to spread the word about Bitcoin (and related technology) in the Netherlands by raising the overall level of awareness and knowledge.