The Longest-Running Monthly Bitcoin and Blockchain Conference in the Netherlands -- -- is held in Amsterdam on the first Wednesday of the month.Bitcoin Wednesday's next conference held on 5 July in Amsterdam will mark the 4-year anniversary of this event series when we will proudly present: Can We Predict the Price of Cryptocurrencies?Vergne is Associate Professor of Strategy at Ivey Business School, Western University in Canada.He is also Co-Director of the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab and author of a history of piracy and capitalism entitled The Pirate Organization (Harvard Business Review Press).His recent research models the supply of and demand for cryptocurrencies to predict how their prices will move in the future.Using Blockchain Technology for Content Distribution Matej Michalko is CEO of DECENT, a blockchain for sharing and distributing digital content,  which raised $7 million during its crowd sale at the end of 2016.Matej will talk about DECENT's plans to disrupt the world of online media distribution and the effect the blockchain can have on the media industry and the traditional copyright management and licensing schemes.

Scaling Bitcoin to a Billion Users with Enhanced-SPV Wallets Dr. Peter Rizun is Chief Scientist for Bitcoin Unlimited and a key figure in the Bitcoin block size controversy.ethereum best mining poolBitcoin Unlimited provides software used by about 40% of the Bitcoin network’s mining power.bitcoin miner 1200The software aims to solve the block size controversy by giving miners the ability to signal their support for a larger block size, an approach that has been repeatedly rejected by Bitcoin Core.bitcoin for iphone 4sThe Tao of Bitcoin Jameson Lopp will talk about what he calls a non-technical "bit of magic" in Bitcoin and the blockchain.bitcoin une monnaie

He will also cover what makes the technology so difficult to understand for both experts and users and what in the end we can do about it.litecoin lowJameson leads the software engineering team at BitGo and is creator of the Statoshi fork of Bitcoin that analyzes the statistics of Bitcoin nodes.bitcoin euro preev as soon as possible.bitcoin builder legitA limited number of Early Bird Tickets are now available.bitcoin billionaire fastPlease RSVP early if you plan to attend.will bitcoin boom againOr check for the complete line up as soon as it is published.Our last Bitcoin Wednesday conference on 7 June 2017 featured presentations from: • Ram Avissar, Marketing Director of CoinDash, a cryptocurrency portfolio tracking service, • Ron Dijkstra and Kiril Ivanov, Bancor's Chief Architect and Head of Product Development, and • Dr. Egbert-Jan Sol, CTO of TNO Industry, one of the leading institutions for applied research in The Netherlands.

An impression from Amsterdam's CoinFest 2016: Coming on  2 August, 2017: The 50th edition of Bitcoin Wednesday.Bitcoin Wednesday is Nederlands' maandelijkse conferentie voor zowel beginners als gevorderden.Bitcoin Wednesday is a regular conference dedicated to the digital currency revolution that is always held in Amsterdam on the first Wednesday of every month.It is organized by and for the Dutch community by some of the Bitcoin pioneers of the Netherlands and is the longest continuously running monthly event of its kind.There is something for everyone at Bitcoin Wednesday.Whether you're an expert or just getting started, these meetings are for you.The first Bitcoin Wednesday was held on 3 July 2013 by a few of The Netherlands' earliest Bitcoin pioneers.Some of the many subjects discussed: Getting Started, Blockchain, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ethereum Classic, DAO, smart contracts, Litecoin, Ripple, NXT, Stellar, Counterparty, Zcash, Dash, Lisk, Etherparty, Blockstream, IOTA, Monero, Open Bazaar, Credits, Dogecoin, MaidSafe, Zerocoin, Mining, Trading, Omni, Namecoin, Bitshares, OpenCoin, Peercoin, Primecoin, Bitcoin wallets like Airbitz, Breadwallet and Mycelium, Bitmessage, Bitmask, BitCloud, Bitcoinproof and much more.

European stocks leapt to their strongest levels in more than a year Thursday, buoyed by a rally in mining shares, and after Dutch voters rebuffed Geert Wilders’s far-right party in a general election.The Stoxx Europe 600 index SXXP, -0.23% climbed 0.7% to end at 377.73, its highest close since December 2015, FactSet data showed.The pan-European index on Wednesday finished up by 0.4%.In Amsterdam, the AEX AEX, +0.02% climbed 0.6% to 514.53, logging its best close since January 2008.The move came after the far-right Party for Freedom, led by Wilders, fell short in the Netherlands general election.Preliminary results released late Wednesday showed that the Dutch political establishment was set to hold on to power.The election was seen as a litmus test for the vigor of rising populist movements in Europe.The Party for Freedom wanted to leave the European Union and halt Muslim immigration.The “Dutch election results revived hope that the populist movement may have not spilled over the core European Union members.

It especially revived faith that Marine Le Pen’s Front National could experience a similar rattle on the upcoming French elections,” said Ipek Ozkardeskaya, senior market analyst at London Capital Group, in a note.“The euro/dollar rallied on the sweet combination of Dutch election results and the Fed announcement,” she said.“We remind that the downside euro risks prevail on the run up to the first round of the French election due on April 23rd.” The euro EURUSD, +0.3587% surged to a one-month high late Wednesday after the preliminary results were released.The shared currency on Thursday bought $1.0736, little-changed from late Wednesday in New York.The Federal Reserve late Wednesday raised interest rates, as expected, and Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen signaled the central bank will stick to a gradual pace of raising interest rates.Miners: Anglo American PLC AAL, -0.59% shares climbed 8.6% after billionaire Anil Agarwal’s family trust, Volcan Investments Ltd., bought a 12% stake in the producer of iron ore, copper and other metals.