Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam #98

Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam #98 on 1 September 2021

Join us at the Vondelpark's Vondelfontein where we will gather to dispense the latest conversations on all matters Bitcoin and related technologies. Skeptics and believers, experts and newcomers, friends, rivals, maximalists, economists, all welcome.

Some of the top stories from the previous month:

• Afghans Turn To Bitcoin Stability After Taliban Takeover

• Blockstream Raises $210 Million

• Stratospheric $900 Million Month for NFTs

• Gartner’s Hype Cycle Predicts 5 Years Until Mainstream NFT Adoption

• New Study Predicts Crypto Market to Triple by 2030

• Bitcoin Hashrate Rises 300% Since Bottom of Chinese Purge, Mining Revenue Up Sharply

• Deloitte: Crypto Will Rival or Replace Fiat Within 10 Years

• Messi Gets Paid in Bitcoin

• BTC Mixer Found Guilty of Money Laundering in US

• DNB Gives Binance a Warning

• Intel Holds $800 K Coinbase Stock

• Bitcoin Consumes and Emits Less Than 20% Energy of Bank Branches and ATMs

• PolyNetwork Hacked for Record $600.3 Million

• Lightning Network Capacity Grows 46% in Two Months

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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.