In this talk, Andreas justifies why money is the “killer app” for blockchain technology and how a foundation of commerce must be developed before we move into the other exciting use cases beyond money. He also drives home that as we engineer these cryptocurrencies, we must grow our understanding of the fundamental properties of money.

This talk took place on May 8th 2017 at the Blockchain.NZ Conference in Auckland, New Zealand: https://antonopoulos.com/event/the-blockchain-new-zealand-conference/

QUESTION & ANSWER:
The separation of money and state – https://youtu.be/jGmtRA9S7_Y
The end of vampire-squid financing – https://youtu.be/yyXOQG5iNWo

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Hardware, Software, Trustware – https://youtu.be/Etyjc1JdmFU

Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.

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He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Internet-Money-collection-Andreas-Antonopoulos/dp/1537000454/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

MASTERING BITCOIN: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Mastering-Bitcoin-Unlocking-Digital-Cryptocurrencies/dp/1449374042

[NEW] MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Mastering-Bitcoin-Programming-Open-Blockchain/dp/1491954388

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Outro Music: “Unbounded” by Orfan (https://www.facebook.com/Orfan/)
Outro Graphics: Phneep (http://www.phneep.com/)
Outro Art: Rock Barcellos (http://www.rockincomics.com.br/)

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31 COMMENTS

  1. It’s crazy to realize everyone here in the comments section is way ahead of the everyday person when it comes to the future of money. With cryptocurrencies and blockchain in the news everyday you would think after 10+ years (bitcoin birth 2008) that people would think this is not going anywhere. It’s not a bubble. It’s not just pure hype. It is the future.

  2. This talk should let those that are participating in the cryptocurrency space feel very proud to be ahead of the masses. Andreas you give me goose bumps at times the way you poetically express the world changing technology!

  3. "Engineed currency designed by a ragtag group of anarchist cypherpunk misfits who don't give a shit about your business plan, about (…) whether the regulators will legitimize and add credibility and accept"

    Fuck yeah, Andreas.

  4. gold, silver are money. everything else is currency. you have to wonder, then, if they are not, why does the US government suppress their USD valuation in the futures market (COMEX)?
    money must be:
    durable, UOA, MOE, SOV, fungible, portable , divisible.
    currency is not a store of value.

  5. I really like Vitalik's comment about MOE, SOV and UOA I think he's hitting the head on the nail. I started thinking about money as a property of a manufactured thing, in a continuum. For example, for most people a factory won't ever have much moneyness because it doesn't work well at MOE SOV and UOA. For some people used cars provide some amount of those properties, and for most people most of the time things like US dollar bills, gold coins and crypto coins have quite a lot of those properties.

  6. Here's an interesting challenge for crypto currencies. People tout its affordability for large transactions, but it seems the fixed network fee makes it unaffordable for small transactions. Bitcoin now costs $2.91 USD to transmit a packet from wallet to wallet… not much if I am transferring $100s 0r $1000s, but a huge penalty if I am transmitting $10 or $1. To be useful in a cashless society, transmitting fees will need to scale DOWN for small transactions, or Mom and Pop will be locked out by what is perceived as a high cost of using it.

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