In 12 minutes I had to explain why Bitcoin could change the world, what it was and how it worked. These are the slides I used.

3. 1910
Top 10 richest countries
1989
Hyperinflation = +12,000%
2001-02
“Corralito” / Default
2010s
Inflation + currency controls
© Osvaldo Santa Fé

4. BRAZIL
CUBA
CYPRUS
VENEZUELA
ZIMBABWE
Etc., Etc…

6. Of the 7 billion people alive on the
planet, 1.1 BILLION subsist below the
internationally accepted extreme -poverty
line of $1.25 A DAY .
The Economist

7. Adult population with NO USE OF formal or semiformal FINANCIAL SERVICES

8. Foreign Development Aid
Remittance flows are
LARGE and GROWING
Official Development Assistance

9. Underdeveloped infrastructure
Limited competition
Regulatory obstacles

12. IMAGINE

13. D I G I TA L PAY M E N T S N E T W O R K
INSTANTANEOUS, SECURE, LOW COST
GLOBAL TRANSFER OF VALUE

14. D I G I TA L M O N E Y
TRANSACTIONS IN “BITCOINS”
DOLLAR VALUE  OPEN MARKET
COUNTERFEIT-PROOF “ONLINE CASH”
TOTAL CAPPED INFLATION-PROOF

15. REVOLUTIONARY
DISTRIBUTED|DECENTRALIZED

16. CENTRALIZED
DISTRIBUTED

17. PEER
PEER
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PEER
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PEER
PEER
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PEER
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NO central authority orPEER
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PEER
PEER
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financial institution in control
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M AT H - E N F O R C EPEER T R U S T
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18. REVOLUTIONARY
PAY M E N T & I D E N T I T Y
S E PA R AT E D

19. Payment + identity

20. Payment + identity

21. CONSUMER PRIVACY PROTECTED
MERCHANTNO CHARGEBACKS / FRAUD
Payment only

22. PROTOCOL
APPLICATIONS BEYOND PAYMENTS 
SECURE CONTRACTS, ESCROW, TAMPER PROOF VOTING, NOTARY SERVICES, ETC.
P L AT F O R M F O R I N N O V AT I O N

23. Underground e c o n o my

24. ECO-SYSTEM

26. R E G U L AT I O N
P R I VA C Y | T R A N S PA R E N C Y
S P E C U L AT I O N | S E C U R I T Y
D I S R U P T I O N O F S TAT U S Q U O

27. “ Virtual currencies promise to benefit
commerce on many levels, from serving
the unbanked to new financial
products. I challenge our innovators:
devise c r e a t i v e s o l u t i o n s to prevent
virtual currency abuse.”
FinCEN Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery

29. “If you haven't heard of
BITCOIN, drop what you're
doing and go research it, for it
is THE MOST IMPORTANT
PROJECT ON THE PLANET.
Erik Voorhees

30. “If you haven't heard of
BITCOIN, drop what you're
doing and go research it, for it
is THE MOST IMPORTANT
PROJECT ON THE PLANET.
Erik Voorhees

31. “If you haven't heard of
BITCOIN, drop what you're
doing and go research it, for it
is THE MOST IMPORTANT
PROJECT ON THE PLANET.”
Erik Voorhees

32. Thank you!
@JuanLlanos