2. samwouters.com
Speaker on Bitcoin & Blockchain
Digital Transformation Consultant
at Duval Union Consulting
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sam.wouters@duvalunion.com
Sam Wouters
@sdwouters
3. ‣ We are a digital consulting
company.
‣ Founded in 2009 as DearMedia.
‣ We work for large European clients.
‣ We have a strong vision on the
impact of digital and act accordingly.
‣ We are advisors, writers, coaches
and entrepreneurs.
7. @SDWOUTERS
Media that predicted The Death of Bitcoin
Deaths by publication:
DailyPaulCNNCity A.M.ChronBroken Librarian BTC Feed Business Insider
BloombergAbout.com Acton BizNews.comArduino TronicapenwarrAOL
Financial TimesFester’s DenDavid Seaman FortuneForbesFool.com Fusion
Gizmodo Australia IEX International Business Times Javamazon Moneygeek
MyBroadBandMother Jones News.com.au NewStatesman NY Mag OUI Share
The New York TimesThe KernelThe Calculating InvestorStreet Insider
Sputnik NewsPYMNTS.com Reuters Robert Nielsen Salon Seeking Alpha
The Underground EconomistThe Telegraph The Washington PostThe Weekly Standard
USA Today Valley News VICE News Wired YahooWall Street Daily
bitcoinobituaries.com
8. @SDWOUTERS
Bitcoin has been running non-stop for 7+ years
160M 440K
$150
M
$105
B
Transactions Blocks in the
blockchain
in transactions per
day currently
Transferred over
the blockchain
466M 16M $12B 160K
bitcoins transferred
over the blockchain
Amount of Bitcoins
that currently exist
Value of all
bitcoins
companies (indirectly)
accept bitcoins
10. @SDWOUTERS
Bitcoin is a way to digitally
transfer ownership without
a middleman
The blockchain is a
database that records
ownership throughout time
What’s the difference?
16. @SDWOUTERS
The value of data creates problems
Problems Solutions
Central point of failure Decentralized network
Expensive to secure Shared security cost
Trust who is in charge Trust a fixed set of rules
Centralized
All organizations
17. @SDWOUTERS
There are Solutions
Problems Solutions
Central point of failure Decentralized network
Expensive to secure Shared security cost
Trust who is in charge Trust a fixed set of rules
Decentralized
The Internet &
BLOCKCHAIN
Centralized
All organizations
19. @SDWOUTERS@SDWOUTERS
“The web is decentralized by design,
but became centralized.
The problem is the dominance of:
• one search engine
• one big social network
• one Twitter for microblogging
We don’t have a technology problem;
we have a social problem.
They have the data and we don’t.”
~Tim Berners Lee,
inventor of the World Wide Web
26. Thanks!
Want to learn more?
@sdwouters
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samwouters.com
sam.wouters@duvalunion.com
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160M transactions
435K blocks in the blockchain
$150M in transactions per day currently
$105B transferred
466M Bitcoins
30.000 times stronger than top 500 supercomputers
From $0 to $10 Billion
Over 100k companies (indirectly) accept it
I could send a million worth of bitcoin (if I had it), to the other side of the planet in minutes, while paying a few cents in fees.
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