Kenneth Bromberg: Bitcoin is not a Currency
Monday 14 May, 2012
7pm, $0/Rsvp
Etsy Labs
55 Washington Street, Suite 712 , Brooklyn
Bitcoin might not be a currency, but it is an essential investment for any normal paleo-eating, Crossfitting, anarcho-capitalist, seasteading, Thiel-worshipping, transhumanist functional programmer who plans to be cryogenically frozen before death. (Linked List)
Nerds LOVE Bitcoin. It's technologically and cryptographically fascinating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
But is it actually a currency? Kenneth Bromberg, lead programmer of Bloomberg's foreign exchange platform, will explain what actually makes something a "currency", why Bitcoin doesn't fit that definition, and why it therefore doesn't trade on the global currency exchanges.
Nerds LOVE Bitcoin. It's technologically and cryptographically fascinating. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitcoin
But is it actually a currency? Kenneth Bromberg, lead programmer of Bloomberg's foreign exchange platform, will explain what actually makes something a "currency", why Bitcoin doesn't fit that definition, and why it therefore doesn't trade on the global currency exchanges.