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June 2019
Poll

Poll Results 2019

We periodically conduct polls during Bitcoin Wednesday to gain insights about our audience that might be useful to the sector. At our conference on 5 June, 2019 we polled our […]

November 2016
News

NSA / GCHQ Tapped Security System Designed By Mike Hearn

Between 2010 and 2013 former Bitcoin developer Mike Hearn, then a tech lead at Google’s offices in Zurich, Switzerland, designed a security system that was later tapped by the NSA and […]

October 2016
News

Why Segregated Witness Matters

At first no one wanted it: In July 2010 a single bitcoin could be bought for just 4 euro cents — if you even knew what it was let alone […]

News

Bitcoin Wednesday is also Blockchain Wednesday

Bitcoin Wednesday has always been Blockchain Wednesday.  Since its genesis in 2013, Bitcoin Wednesday has been all about the blockchain.  What is new is that the domain name BlockchainWednesday.co now […]

May 2016
News

Looking Back: Craig Steven Wright and Vitalik Buterin

It should go on record that Craig Steven Wright’s claim to be Bitcoin’s inventor Satoshi Nakamoto was quickly and solidly rejected by the Bitcoin Core project: “There is currently no […]

April 2016
Poll

The Bitcoin Foundation of The Netherlands

Founded in 2013, stichting Bitcoin Nederland — The Bitcoin Foundation of The Netherlands promotes the digital currency revolution from its headquarters in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.  One of its most visible […]

February 2016
Preview

Cryptocurrency Developers Session

Bitcoin Wednesday will kick off its conference on 2 March 2016 with a special Cryptocurrency Developers Session led by Lior Yaffe from Israel. Lior is a core developer of Nxt […]

October 2015
News

Regulations For Blockchains

The week leading up to the Bitcoin Wednesday conference on 4 November, 2015 will go down as a particularly memorable one: Microsoft announced that it will be offering Ethereum-based apps […]

News

Microsoft Joins the Ethereum Party with ConsenSys

For those keeping track, here’s yet another milestone for how the pace of digital currency innovation is accelerating: Microsoft announced its intention to start accepting Bitcoin in December 2014. Less than […]

Opinion

Impressions From Bitcoin Wednesday

Here are some quick notes and impressions from Bitcoin Wednesday on 7 October, 2015. The Marine Terrein is a beautiful location set aside by the city as a center for innovation […]