THANK YOU for your support everyone. My talk on Steem/steemit, Bitcoin, Ethereum and Blockchain Technology in general at the Pubcon conference in the Las Vegas convention center went great! People were excited about all of the blockchain technologies I I talked about, including of course Steem and steemit :^) Someone even bought Bitcoin online during the presentation and told me about it later!
Slides
Check out my slides on Google.
Background Info
The ten questions and answers, and info about my talk, were even featured on the official Pubcon.com blog.
About Pubcon Las Vegas 2016
Pubcon was created in 2000. I first attended in 2004 when Google announced AdWords and Microsoft tried to launch MSN Search, which did not go to well. I still have the t-shirt for that.
The view of the Las Vegas Strip from my hotel room in the Treasure Island. Taken the night before my talk.
The TI has really cool looking signage, no? I went to see they Mystere show - it was amazing, and strange ... so I liked it a lot.
Saw this while grabbing coffee on the morning of my presentation.
In front of the convention center.
Vegas!
Proof of work :p
Walking the Vegas strip on Friday.
Pubcon Las Vegas 2016 — named a Forbes must-attend conference and an Inc. top conference for growing your business — features the industry’s leading businesses, start-ups, speakers, keynotes, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in social media, digital marketing, search engines, and online advertising, and will offer a week-long look at the future of technology presented by a vast array of the world’s top innovators... Source http://www.pubcon.com/las-vegas-2016
Image credits Images were taken by the author.
Simulposting A version of this post was simulposted on my blog at http://bryangmyrek.com
About the Author
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Thank You!
Thank you for the support so far everyone - I'm #64 on the witness list and have faithfully witnessed many blocks already :)
p.s. I also gave a version of this presentation at the Blockchain Meetup in Phoenix, AZ on Tuesday October 11th at Classic Crust Pizza in Phoenix, AZ.
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Good job Bryan, thanks for bring it home to us :)
Get some rest...
Thanks! I definitely needed it this weekend lol :^)
Viva Las Vegas!
Good stuff...
It's great to see the blockchain becoming more mainstream. One day we'll look back and laugh that people use to think paper was money :)
Thank you...
Thanks @jdbry. Happy to do my part to spread knowledge of this technology!
Great overview! I especially liked the recommendations for methods to accept Bitcoin. I also liked the "non-partisan" approach you took in covering different blockchain technologies.
Thanks @justthisguy!
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Cheers!
Thanks for your upvotes so far everyone, especially @rainman @laonie @steemrollin @chitty @somebody @anonymous @kimziv @eneismijmich @xiaohui @shenanigator @kenny-crane and @claudiop63
Fantastic job - enjoyed the slides and enjoyed the presentation even more! What type of feedback did you get at the Pubcon?
The reception was very positive! People had a lot of questions, and several people came up to talk to me after the presentation. There was a party at Hofbrau Haus in Vegas that night, and we talked about it there as well. Someone even told me that they bought Bitcoin during my talk! I know that might not seem like a big deal to steemit fans, but Steem is a part of a large crypto ecosystem, and Bitcoin is the "dollar" of the cryptocurrency world - so to have even one person onboard during my talk was awesome. Not sure how many people signed up for steemit but given that everyone there is a social media expert I think we'll see some signups :^)
Right on - the longer I'm on Steemit the more I see the importance of Steemians Bitcoin and adopting both. I just got he Shift Visa card for instance, meaning I can now convert my Steem to BTC, and spend it anywhere Visa is accepted. So it's important! It'll be along time I think before there a direct Steem-to-USD or Steem-to-Visa method tho.
Awesome! I hope that more Steemians learn more about Bitcoin and even Ethereum. But ... especially Bitcoin because like you said it's necessary to know something about it if you want to spend your hard earned Steem - and even more important if you want to spend it wisely. I hope steemit can become a place where all blockchain technologies are discussed. IMO, given that steemit is based on a blockchain, it should be the #1 news source for all blockchain tech! Hopefully we'll get there...
Agreed, I hope it will be. I know next to nothing about the Blockchain but thanks to you and other articles here I almost feel like an expert, and realize there's no doubt that it's already the next big thing - which you pointed out in your presentation. Great job!
Here's a writeup about the conference by the Pubcon team. Thank you to everyone who made it happen!
Thanks for the upvote on this @ned! Means a lot, especially given the content of the post/presentation :^)