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CoinSummit London – State of Bitcoin Keynote &“Will Bitcoin Last the Distance” Panel on Mining
*CoinSummit London Conference Series - July 10 and 11, 2014* We start our coverage of CoinSummit with Garrick Hileman, CoinDesk contributor & Economic Historian at LSE, who delivers the opening “State of Bitcoin” keynote, a data-driven assessment of how the Bitcoin Ecosystem is developing. The second part of the episode features a panel discussion called Will Bitcoin Last the Distance where Jeff Garzik, Bitcoin core developer, Prof. Emin Gün Sirer, Cornell University, Peter Todd, Bitcoin a core developer discuss the issue of mining centralization. This panel is moderated by Angel Investor Jez San. Links: - CoinSummit: http://bit.ly/1sWS2Yn - CoinDesk State of Bitcoin 2014: http://slidesha.re/1tEMOy2 - “How to Disincentivize Large Bitcoin Mining Pools” by Emin Gün Sirer: http://bit.ly/1x5A7MY - “It's Time For a Hard Bitcoin Fork” by Emin Gün Sirer: http://bit.ly/1x5A7MY - “Jeff Garzik Announces Partnership to Launch Bitcoin Satellites into Space” on Coindesk: http://bit.ly/UpQBTB Show notes: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/coinsummit-london-01 Running time: 59:15 Epicenter Bitcoin is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain & Sébastien Couture and is available on iTunes, SoundCloud, Mixcloud, Stitcher and other podcast aggregators. Website: http://epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe: http://feed.epicenterbitcoin.com Subscribe to our Friday newsletter: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/newsletter Twitter: http://twitter.com/epicenterbtc Tip the show: http://epicenterbitcoin.com/tips