THELOGICALINDIAN - Guest Writer Kevin Cruz with added advice by Caleb Chen
The Texas Bitcoin Appointment alternate to Austin, Texas this year for it’s additional anniversary rendition. This year’s appointment took abode in Downtown Austin’s ACL Live at the Moody Theater, a anniversary afterwards the active SXSW. Compared with the area aftermost year, the axial area admiring added bounded attendees and media attention. In fact, a Texas Congressman was alike on the speaking band up.
Other notable speakers included Airbitz Ceo Paul Puey, Satoshi Dice and Coinapult architect Erik Voorhees, a console of women in Bitcoin, and abounding more.
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Other companies, including the show’s appellation sponsor Factom, apparent their assignment alfresco in the oft-windy showroom. While speeches were actuality fabricated and listened to and business relationships acrimonious and forged, groups of accomplished developers and thinkers formed for hours.
A aggressive Bitcoin hackathon took abode aloof like aftermost year. And aloof like aftermost year, the stakes were high. Aftermost year’s Texas Bitcoin Hackathon winner, Storj.io, alternate as a hackathon sponsor. Some of the conference’s added sponsors included Rivetz, Tether, Tally Capital, Peertracks, the Digital Currency Council, Texas Coinitiative, CryptoArt, and more.
To mark the anniversary event, the Texas Bitcoin Association, the founders of the show, afresh accustomed a announcement from the City government of Austin which clearly declares March 27-29 as the Texas Bitcoin Appointment days. Steve Wilkinson and Paul Snow, co-founders of the Texas Bitcoin Association batten with Bitcoinist biographer Kevin Cruz about their aggregation in Texas that has been alive for over a year to adapt the conference.
Prior to the Bitcoin Conference, Paul Snow alike rode his unicycle for afar through Austin to accession acquaintance for the event. Video recordings of the Texas Bitcoin Appointment talks will be accessible online a few weeks afterwards the conference. Keep an eye out!
Did you appear the Texas Bitcoin Conference? What are your thoughts on Bitcoin in Texas?
Disclosure: Caleb is a founding affiliate of the Texas Coinitiative.
Images address of Laura Encinas.
