Nashville Blockchain Meetup - Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency Basics (An Introduction)
Date and Time
Thursday Apr 13, 2017
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM CDT
- Thu Apr 13
5:30 PM
Location
1323 6th Avenue North, Nashville, TNHashed Health (former home of The Skillery)
Fees/Admission
No Charge
Contact Information
Giles Ward
615-584-4455
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Description
The Nashville Blockchain Meetup's April Meeting will focus on an introduction to Bitcoin & Cryptocurrencies.
“We have a chance to rebuild the system. Financial transactions are just numbers; it’s just information. You shouldn’t need 100,000 people and prime Manhattan real estate and giant data centers full of mainframe computers from the 1970s to give you the ability to do an online payment.” - Marc Andreessen, Netscape co-founde
The world’s first blockchain is called Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a protocol for assigning and transferring value over the Internet. This meetup will serve as an introduction to how the blockchain's roots in Bitcoin. A lot of people in Nashville still struggle to understand what cryptocurrencies are, how they work and why they should care. At this meeting, we will provide experts (to be announced soon!) to answer these and other basic cryptocurrency questions...
• What is Bitcoin? How does it work? How does it compare to fiat currencies or gold? How has it been adopted? Is it true that Nashville has Bitcoin ATMs? Is it true that more money flows through Bitcoin than Western Union? Where has it seen the most adoption? Should I consider it as an investment option? What does the future hold for Bitcoin? Is it true that a Bitcoin is worth more than gold? Is it really the #1 performing asset of all time?
• What other cryptocurrencies are out there? What are their differences? What's happening in Nashville in the crypto space?
This meetup will serve as the foundation for understanding crytpocurrencies and will set the stage for future meetups that will discuss more advanced business and technology topics.
On behalf of our sponsors, Frost Brown Todd, BTC Media, and Hashed Health, thanks for being a part of the meetup and see you on the 13th!
John Bass
Founder, Nashville Blockchain Meetup
Founder & CEO of Hashed Health