Harold Tan

Money permeates all aspects of our life, but what it actually is, is never taught in schools and rarely from parents to children. Once you understand the fundamentals of what money is and why we would choose dollars over gold or seashells, you’ll understand systemic issues with our current monetary system which are at the core of inflationary pressures. Bitcoin fixes this as a superior form of money the world has never seen until now. This talk will cover: * How Bitcoin solves the double spend problem (a holy grail of computer science), * The shifting sentiment of Bitcoin across institutions and governments, * Bitcoin’s killer applications, * And several models for examining price economics. This will dispel misunderstandings around Bitcoin’s energy usage (no, Bitcoin will not boil the oceans), examine performance vs other cryptocurrencies, and dive into the biggest threats to Bitcoin. This will be an information dense presentation with charts, tables and Q&A.