In this talk, Andreas examines the rise of "the blockchain" as an attempt by the banking status quo to dilute the disruptive potential of bitcoin by removing it's most interesting features.

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
2:43 Bitcoin from the perspective of its public perception
4:49 First stage of grief: Denial
5:14 Second stage of grief: Anger
6:53 Third stage of grief: Bargaining
8:23 Blockchain on its own is not revolutionary
11:24 Bitcoin is disruptive
12:39 The dawn of mp3
14:01 Disintermediation
15:21 Fourth stage of grief: Depression
16:21 Fifth stage of grief: Acceptance
18:29 A bit of blockchain

This talk was delivered on March 17th 2015 at the Decentralized Technology (DEC_TECH) event in Toronto, Canada: http://decentral.ca/march-17th-andrea...

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Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur who has become one of the most well-known and well-respected figures in bitcoin.

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He is the author of two books: “Mastering Bitcoin,” published by O’Reilly Media and considered the best technical guide to bitcoin; “The Internet of Money,” a book about why bitcoin matters.

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MASTERING BITCOIN, 2nd Edition: https://amzn.to/2xcdsY9

Translations of MASTERING BITCOIN: https://bitcoinbook.info/translations...

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v1: https://amzn.to/2ykmXFs

THE INTERNET OF MONEY, v2: https://amzn.to/2IIG5BJ

Translations of THE INTERNET OF MONEY:
Spanish, 'Internet del Dinero' (v1) - https://amzn.to/2yoaTTq
French, 'L'internet de l'argent' (v1) - https://www.amazon.fr/Linternet-large...
Russian, 'Интернет денег' (v1) - https://www.olbuss.ru/catalog/ekonomi...
Vietnamese, 'Internet Của Tiền Tệ' (v1) - https://alphabooks.vn/khi-tien-len-mang

MASTERING ETHEREUM (Q4): https://amzn.to/2xdxmlK
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