Inside Bitcoin Vegas Slide from GoCoin Founder Steve Beauregard

Steve Beauregard, Founder & CEO

RISKY BIT’NESS?


TRUST EXISTS WITH TRANSPARENCY

“DIGITAL CURRENCY WILL DO FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS WHAT EMAIL DID FOR COMMUNICATION”


WE’RE NOT IN A FEAR ECONOMY

IN A CENTRALIZED CURRENCY SYSTEM,

CAPITAL CONTROLS ARE“BLACK MARKET”

DRIVERS


ALT CURRENCY ADOPTION DRIVERS

• UNSTABLE FIAT $$• INFLATION• HYPER-INFLATION• REMITTANCE LINES• FRICTION • HIGH MOBILE

PENETRATION• HIGH TRANSACTION FEES


FIAT ANDREAL

CURRENCY

CENTRALIZED DIGITAL

CURRENCY

DECENTRALIZED DIGITAL

CURRENCY

MintChip

Amazon Coins

PPCoin

(e-Gold)

Bitcoin

Litecoin

Namecoin

Terracoin

Feathercoin


THE EAGLE HAS LANDED

THE ADVANTAGE OF A COMMON CURRENCY IS EMERGING

EMERGING & GROWTH-LEADING ECONOMIES (EAGLES)


2013 EAGLE’S GDP GROWTH EXCEED G6

Developed MarketsEmerging MarketsGrowth Markets SOURCE: GOLDMAN SACHS


1980-2000 2000-2030

3%3.5%

GLOBAL GDP GROWTH EMERGING ASIA’S SHARE OF GLOBAL GDP UP

23%2013

39%2030

BY 2030 CHINA’S SHARE OF GLOBAL GDP WILL =

24%SOURCE: STANDARD CHARTERED

WE’RE IN A COMMODITY SUPER CYCLE


MONEY’S FUTURE LIES IN IT’S PAST


THE GIFT ECONOMY

ACTUAL MONEY IS

NOT NEEDED TO RUN

COMPLEX ECONOMIES


THE COMMODITY ECONOMYCOMMODITIES ALONE ARE NOT ENOUGH TO SUSTAIN FLOURISHING ECONOMIES


THE COIN ECONOMYPERCEPTION, FEAR AND INFLATION ARE LINKED


THE GOLD ECONOMYVALUE IS BASED ON SCARCITY, DIVISIBILITY AND THE CONSENSUS OF THOSE WHO HAVE IT TO HAVE UTILITY


CURRENCY WARSCOUNTRIES COMPETE TO DEVALUE THEIR OWN CURRENCIES IN ORDER TO MAKE EXPORTS CHEAPER


THE CREDIT ECONOMYTHE LARGEST THREAT TO THE STATUS-QUO IS MOBILE…AND THEY ARE FIGHTING BACK!


THE TOKEN ECONOMY


THE SMART ECONOMYAS PHONE CAPABILITIES INCREASE, INTEREST IN ADVANCED FEATURES, SUCH AS MOBILE BANKING & MOBILE WALLET SERVICES WILL GROW.


CONSUMER PROTECTION

ACCOUNT FOR THE INTERESTS AND NEEDS

OF CONSUMERS, PARTICULARLY IN

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES


THE REPUTATION DRIVEN MARKETPLACEMERCHANT REVIEWS KEY IN DECISION PROCESS

WHICH MERCHANT WILL YOU BUY FROM?


MICRO-SPENDING IS COLLECTIVELY BIG

THE CROWD IS DRIVING THIS MOVEMENT…THIS IS A REVOLUTION!


BITCOIN DISTRIBUTION BY AGE

45% of 24-34 year olds (in the USA) would feel comfortable using an

independently issued currency.

32.7 YRS IS THE AVERAGE AGE OF A BITCOIN USER


SOFTWARE/HOSTING

COMPUTER

OTHER LEGAL GOODS

NARCOTICS

OTHER NON-LEGAL

GIFTS/DONATIONS

COMPUTER SERVICES

HARDWARE

GAMBLING SERVICES

GOODS SOURCE: ZERO HEDGE

WHAT’D YOU BUY WITH BITCOIN?


BRANDS RELY ON REPUTATION

PEOPLE RELY ON TRANSPARENCY AND EXPECT BRANDS TO BE FULLY ACCOUNTABILE.


WHY ARE MAJOR BRANDS WAITING?

• REPUTATION RISK• VOLATILITY RISK• SECURITY RISK• LACK OF KNOWLEDGE• REGULATORY QUESTIONS

WHAT SHOULD THEY FEAR?


WE’RE IN A TRUST ECONOMY

THE ONLY FEAR MERCHANTS SHOULD HAVE IS F.O.M.O. “FEAR OF MISSING OUT”

F.O.M.O. FUELS ADOPTION


THANK YOU

STEVE BEAUREGARD

[email protected]

@GOCOIN

LINKEDIN/IN/SBEAU

SINGAPORE &

SANTA MONICA, CA

mailto:[email protected]

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