Everyone's talking about cryptocurrency. Learn all about this new trend in this info session, presented by an ambassador from Waves Blockchain.

 

Denis Serebryakov is a Blockchain and Cryptocurrency Consultant. 

Since 2017 - Host of the weekly ThatCrypto Blockchain Meetup www.meetup.com/ThatCrypto (Watch recorded meetups at http://bit.ly/watchthatcrypto)

Since 2018 - Ambassador for Waves Blockchain

 

Content covered during presentation:

1.Why Bitcoin exist?

   - Removal of middlemen

   - Censorship resistance

   - Solving Double Spend Problem

   - Privacy

2.What is Bitcoin?

   - Hard money 

   - Not controlled by anyone, but math

   - Decentralized (Permissionless, Censorship resistant)

   - Counterfeit-resistant

   - Scarcity (Store of Value)

   - Divisibility

   - Security (Cryptography)

3.How does Bitcoin work?

   - Public transaction on a public ledger

   - Validation by everyone

   - Immutability provided by linked blocks on blockchain

4.How to Send and Receive Bitcoin?

   - Wallets (Custodial, Mobile, Desktop, Hardware)

   - Private keys (password), Recovery Seed

5.How to acquire Bitcoin?

   - Peer-to-Peer, Over The Counter

   - Bitcoin ATM

   - Exchanges

   - Gift cards

6.Other cryptocurrencies