1. BITCOIN Exponential Growth

2. Good Money

3. “For the first time in the history of the world, anyone can now send or receive any amount of money with anyone else, anywhere, instantly, basically for free, and it is impossible for anyone, including governments, to stop them. ” Why Bitcoin?

4. How? BlockchainProtocolClient Open and decentralised network Open code and transparent protocol Public record of all transactions

5. Bitcoin in 5 minutes 1. Get a wallet 2. Buy bitcoins 3. Spend bitcoins …and a million other websites

6. Be safe! Bitcoin gives you unprecedented control over your money. That is a great responsibility. -Keep your private keys safe -Make backups -Hold your bitcoins yourself! -Be careful who you trust with your bitcoins

7. Regulation Regulation of exchanges Acceptance of protocol Currency, digital commodity, or prepaid instrument? www.bitlegal.net

8. Growth: Users

9. Growth: Price

10. Valuing Bitcoin: Amazon Amazon grosses $38 billion per year. Assuming a 3% transaction fee, Amazon pays $1 billion a year in transactions fees. Amazon nets $1 billion per year. Amazon could double their profits by doing all transactions in Bitcoin. If the market cap for bitcoin was $38 billion, each bitcoin would be worth $5,400.

11. Valuing Bitcoin: Gambling The online poker market is $4.8 billion a year industry. Online gambling will follow poker and is a $30 billion a year industry If the market cap for bitcoin was $30 billion, each bitcoin would be worth $4,300.

12. Valuing Bitcoin: Gas stations Credit card companies charge gas stations a 2% transaction fee. By eliminating credit card transaction fees, gas station owners could double their profits. The US consumes 65 billion gallons of gasoline per year. At $3.60 per gallon, this could be a $234 billion dollars going through the bitcoin economy's per year. If the market cap for bitcoin was $234 billion, each bitcoin would be worth $34,400 dollars.

13. Valuing Bitcoin: International Remittance International remittance is the transfer of money by a foreign worker to their home country. In 2007, remittance worldwide transferred $300 billion dollars. Western Union fees for remittance can run from about 4 percent to 20 percent or more. If the market cap for Bitcoin was $300 billion, each bitcoin would be worth $42,000.

14. Valuing Bitcoin: Amazon = $5,400 Gambling = $4,300 Gas stations = $34,400 International Remittance = $42,000 Bitcoin adoption world wide = ??????

15. Growth: Merchants

16. Payment network

17. Markets

18. Exchanges: post Gox Transparency - External Audits Proof of reserves - No fractional reserve P2P Exchanges …distributed exchanges?

19. Ecosystem 1. Protocol & client 2. Blockchain & miners 3. Exchanges 4. Payment processors 5. Applications 6. DACs & other promises

20. Cryptocurrencies coinmarketcap.com

21. Startups I angel.co/bitcoin

22. Startups II

23. Startups III

24. ATMs

25. Bank integration

26. Mobile

27. Remittances

28. Philanthropy

29. Micropayments

30. Zynga

31. Bigpoint Games

32. E-sports

33. History

34. Q&A @rogerkver @blockchain #IMD_2014 http://rogerver.com/