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Topic: Bitcoin Begins: The Dawn of Digital Currencies (09/26/2013) (Read 2075 times)

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Great to hear SFU presenting bitcoin to
future technical architects and Canadian
business people. Is the presentation
available on-line?


This one was not recorded. But the next one (sometime near the end of Oct) should be recorded.
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Great work and its in university more appreciated keep this up good luck for you
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Great to hear SFU presenting bitcoin to
future technical architects and Canadian
business people. Is the presentation
available on-line?
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Hello Fellow Canadian bitcoin enthusiasts

Howdy Smiley
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Sounds like some cult lol
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Good work! What was the agenda like?

3 guest speakers. Each spoke 15 minutes on where Bitcoin is today, how it functions, and why we need it. With rounds of Q&A and quizzes where people can win shirts.

Afterwards, we had a random draw. One lucky person won $50CAD worth of BTC.

People then filled out surveys about their experience, then everyone went off to network and eat!

All that in the span of 2 hours.
That sounds sweet man, wish I were there! Did a lot of people in the audience know about Bitcoin already or did it start from a 'what the hell is a Bitcoin' stage? Any entrepreneurs in the audience/speakers? Seems like a good promising start though. Hope others take a cue

Most people in the audience have only heard about Bitcoin in passing. They knew very little about it.

Yes, all 3 guest speakers could be considered entrepreneurs (one of them co-founded Free Geek). About 1/3 of the audience were entrepreneurs (we had the founder of CarSurfing in attendance).

I hope there will be more events like this throughout different cities in the world. It's social events like these that makes Bitcoin really pop.
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Good work! What was the agenda like?

3 guest speakers. Each spoke 15 minutes on where Bitcoin is today, how it functions, and why we need it. With rounds of Q&A and quizzes where people can win shirts.

Afterwards, we had a random draw. One lucky person won $50CAD worth of BTC.

People then filled out surveys about their experience, then everyone went off to network and eat!

All that in the span of 2 hours.
That sounds sweet man, wish I were there! Did a lot of people in the audience know about Bitcoin already or did it start from a 'what the hell is a Bitcoin' stage? Any entrepreneurs in the audience/speakers? Seems like a good promising start though. Hope others take a cue
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Good work! What was the agenda like?

3 guest speakers. Each spoke 15 minutes on where Bitcoin is today, how it functions, and why we need it. With rounds of Q&A and quizzes where people can win shirts.

Afterwards, we had a random draw. One lucky person won $50CAD worth of BTC.

People then filled out surveys about their experience, then everyone went off to network and eat!

All that in the span of 2 hours.
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don't mean to be a downer but the beginning of Bitcoin hardly began with SFU.

who is Simon Fraser Univ anyways?

It's just a catchy slogan. Don't read into it too much Smiley
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don't mean to be a downer but the beginning of Bitcoin hardly began with SFU.

who is Simon Fraser Univ anyways?
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It is great to see this approach being utilized. As people get involved at a local level. Those in Canada and around the world will spur innovation. Enabling a wider acceptance as to the Bitcoin concept and the economy that is expected to grow globally because of it.
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Nice jobs spreading the word, wish we had something like this.
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Good work! What was the agenda like?
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In Satoshi I Trust
great job
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If you want to walk on water, get out of the boat
Wow, nice job!
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RIP Mommy
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Hi guys!



Last Thursday, an inaugural event of the Simon Fraser University Bitcoin Club was held in Vancouver, British Columbia. We had about 40 or 50 people come out to hear a panel of speakers (including the co-founder of Free Geek Vancouver) an introductory seminar on Bitcoin. The Q&A and networking session was especially engaging! It was a great success!

A set of pics can be found here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/103598132@N02/sets/

As the founder of this club, I just thought fellow Bitcoiners might be interested! Hope you guys enjoy the initiative of our club and the local Bitcoin community in Canada!

Much more information can be found about our club here: www.sfu.ca/bitcoin

Cheers,
Simon Fraser Bitcoin Club
www.sfu.ca/bitcoin
[email protected]
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