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My presentation at Bizcamp Ghent June 11th 2011 (http://bizcamp.be/). I tried to explain bitcoin with the following metaphors: - a cash register copied over the hard drives of all participants - public/private keys as coloured pens: a transaction is only valid if it is written in the color of the pen that is writing the transaction in the register (unlimited number of colours, none is the same) - bitcoin blocks as pages in the cash register - the node that first solves a sudoku puzzle made up of all the transactions in the page (and with the puzzle on the previous page), gets 50 bitcoins as a prize (as a metaphor for mining, this one turned out the most difficult to grasp) - the transaction history can't be falsified because that would require solving sudoku puzzles faster than the combined rest of the world - economic value generated by mining is the stability of the system as a whole (transaction history not falsifiable) Rest of the screenshots: - how the client works - discussion of (relative) "anonymity" - driver behind current speculation: expectation that a sizeable amount of the underground economy will move into bitcoin - mining hardware and business - risks and challenges for bitcoin
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Bitcoin introduction at Bizcamp Ghent June 11th 2011 (http://bizcamp.be/).
• I have tried to explain bitcoin with the following metaphors:– a cash register copied over the hard drives of all participants– public/private keys as coloured pens: a transaction is only valid if it is written in the color of the
pen that is writing the transaction in the register (unlimited number of colours, none is the same) – bitcoin blocks as pages in the cash register– the node that first solves a sudoku puzzle made up of all the transactions in the page (and with the
puzzle on the previous page), gets 50 bitcoins as a prize (as a metaphor for mining, this one turned out the most difficult to grasp)
– the transaction history can't be falsified because that would require solving sudoku puzzles faster than the combined rest of the world
– economic value generated by mining is the stability of the system as a whole (transaction history not falsifiable)
• Rest of the screenshots:– how the client works– discussion of (relative) "anonymity”– driver behind current speculation: expectation that a sizeable amount of the underground
economy will move into bitcoin– Bitcoin mining hardware and business– risks and challenges for bitcoin
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Bitcoin
a Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System
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Red sends 1.1 to green
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all transactions between 6h50 and 7h00 am
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Blue sends 3 to green
Grey sends 1 to red
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all transactions between 6h50 and 7h00 am
I have a page of all transactions between
6h50 and 7h00 amAND
I have solved the Sudoku puzzle!
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Red gets 50 for the puzzle!
all transactions between 6h50 and 7h00 am
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