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title: Bitcoin - An Introduction
lanyrd_url: http://lanyrd.com/2013/seagl/scpfdw/
beginning: 2013-10-11T11:00-07:00
end: 2013-10-11T11:50-07:00
presenters:
- name: ashok misra
  lanyrd_url: http://lanyrd.com/profile/ashok-2280/
---

This is an introductory session on Bitcoin.
It is intended for participants without prior knowledge who want to come to speed on this new frontier.

Topics that will be covered:

  - What are crypto currencies, how are they different from Fiat Money?
  - Principles of Bitcoin, how the economy works.
  - Security issues with Bitcoin
  - Legal issues
  - Current Bitcoin ecosystem, major providers & solutions.
