The document discusses Bitcoin and the blockchain technology underlying it. It explains that Bitcoin allows for a decentralized and distributed consensus on the contents of a shared financial ledger. This technology could enable low-cost international money transfers and has the potential to transform how transactions are conducted. However, the technology is still new and developing, and widespread adoption will depend on entrepreneurs and companies finding applications for the blockchain.
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Money is about putting collective trust in central organizations to manage a shared ledger.
Bitcoin is about organizing consensus on the contents of a shared ledger in a decentralized & distributed manner
Right now, the technology is in its infancy: it will take time to build services that are usable
Question: Why is this worth 20 euro? (pauze)
You can give it to other people
We collectively believe it has value.
… which is set by the central bank? Or something?
The number of digital euro is stored in the IT systems of your bank
The Bitcoin network is like e-mail addresses: every address is unique, you can make endless new addresses, everyone unique
Password to email secret: at least I hope it is.
You can pretend Bitcoin to be normal money if you print bitcoin addresses on bills
BRIDGE: Alright, so how do you start using Bitcoins?
Normal bills have a few features that allow us to check if the bill is “real”.
For instance, the serial number should be unique to this bill; but anyone can spend this bill
Normal bills were created and issued by the central organization that we trust to do its job according to the rules (Central Banks)
Bitcoins (in the form of addresses) also have a unique serial number
But: the bitcoins can only be spent if you know the secret code for that specific serial number
Everytime you want to spend your Bitcoins, an entire network of computers will check if you have the right secret code for the specific serial number
BRIDGE: There is no central bank that keeps the balance
A simple looking program that shows how much BTC is in your wallet.
The program connects to the Bitcoin network for constant updating
Everyone in the network helps to keep the ledger up to date just by opening the program
The ledger in the Bitcoin world is called The blockchain
BRIDGE: The Blockchain contains all the Bitcoin addresses and how much BTC they contain
… About blocks being connected in the blockchain
Constantly being re-encrypted according to complex encryption algorhythms
… but let’s just accept that it’s magic and be done with it!
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Excel known with all players instead of only the bank!
The blockchain is owned by all the participants
The participants can only do transactions when they adhere to the rules of the protocol
Everyone’s Bitcoin program constantly checks if all transactions are according to the protocol
Because everyone is constantly checking everything….
We are able to trust that what in the Blockchain is correct!
So, the blockchain is not owned by a central organization
… you can use the protocol instead of the central organization
AN EXAMPLE!
QUESTION: IS THERE A BANKER IN THE ROOM THAT KNOWS THE PRICE?
TODAY:
COST: Between 16 and 22 euros with remittance providers, comparable prices with banks
TIME: 3-5 working days for the money to arrive on a bank account, or 10-20 minutes when receiving the money directly at a branch
Great, right?
Correspondent banking system
.. Instead of a more efficient networked approach
… that would be a huge hit!
With Blockchain technology we can!
We don’t need to figure out a central player for the whole world
With rules that we all agree to
… it’s already here and the consensus is distributed
But protocol allows for smart transfers:
Transfer X only when mom and dad both agree
Transfer X on august 15th 2042
2 banks in the US and 1 in germany are organizing their backoffice with bitcoin technology
Right now the tech is difficult to use and doesn’t have many applicances
Services will grow and be built on the protocol
Companies will find ways to improve their business using the technology
Think of where computers and the internet started and where we are now
- Think internet: What did a website look like in the year 2000?
- Think internet again: in 2002 no one could imagine something like youtube that would come in 2005
Think e-mail: you could only send to people with the same company, then to the same provider, then to the entire world
QUESTION: WHO KNOWS AT LEAST ONE OF THESE COMPANIES?
QUESTION: WHICH COMPANIES WOULD BE IN THIS SLIDE IN 1996 IF IT WAS ABOUT THE INTERNET?
>>> Amazon, Ebay, Paypal
Ethereum: Build cloudlike software without centralizing the data
Ripple: Is taking over back office processes at banks, replacing need for correspondent banking
CoinOutlet: ATM network for BTC transactions
Coinkite: Merchant POS systems (works globally, contrary to other systems) and flirting with debit card-esque features
Amazon: 1995 started in US. First annual profit in 2004.
Ebay: 1995 started in US. In 2007, EBAY sold 52.5 billion in auctions.
http://money.howstuffworks.com/history-e-commerce2.htm
Entrepreneurs want a bank account
Banks want entrepreneurs to have a permit
Regulators don’t give the permit because entrepreneurs are not payment institution
… consequently, Entrepreneurs can not get bank accounts and start their business
MAYBE not only deadlock, but also scared of new tech.
That’s why we’re here: We need to use this tech, leverage it, use it to make our organizations better
OR is it the scariness factor of this new technology?
It’s not about speculating on the exchange rate of a ‘coin’….
ENABLING POTENTIAL AND
INVESTING IN THAT!
I hope presentation explained the core concepts of what Bitcoin might bring
… without explaining anything too technological