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Decentral Appoints Gamification Pioneer Yu-kai Chou as Chief Experience Officer Visionary to Lead Gamification of Jaxx Liberty Platform

Yu-kai Chou

Decentral Inc., Canada’s leading blockchain company and the creator of the multi-platform, multi-currency digital wallet Jaxx, has announced world-renowned gamification pioneer Yu-kai Chou has joined its executive team as Chief Experience Officer (CXO).

Named the “Gamification Guru of the Year” in 2014, 2015, and 2017 by the World Gamification Congress and the Gamification Europe Conference, Chou will spearhead the company’s gamification efforts within Jaxx Liberty, the newly unveiled single, gamified interface for everyone to experience the blockchain ecosystem and the upcoming update to Decentral’s multi-cryptocurrency digital wallet and flagship product.

With an extensive background as a consultant to the world’s leading brands, including Google, LEGO, eBay, Huawei, and Volkswagen/Porsche, Chou is globally acknowledged for his unique insights into gamification and behavioral design.

Anthony Di Iorio, Co-founder of Ethereum and CEO and founder of Decentral said: “Chou’s hire marks an important point in the company’s history. We want to make the experience of interacting with our products as easy and as fun as possible for both our new and experienced users. The digital asset and cryptocurrency space is very complex and our goal is to make it more intuitive and simple but sophisticated. I believe Yu-kai is a valuable piece for solving that puzzle. I’ve studied his work for years and it’s a major development to bring him on.”

Chou said: “My focus is on amping up the game-like elements in Jaxx and making the user experience more fun and exciting. Based on my research and insight, we will be unveiling a wallet that delivers the best user experience on top of the best technology — combined in a blockchain interface that is intuitive enough to appeal to seasoned cryptocurrency enthusiasts and beginners alike.”

Chou is the author of Actionable Gamification, a critically acclaimed book on the new era of gamification and human-focused design. He developed the ‘Octalysis Framework,’ which is a renowned approach to behavioural design. This method is being used by corporate entities around the world — such as, Accenture, Fidelity and Hewlett-Packard — to increase participation and engagement of their respective work forces. Chou is a Founding Partner with the Octalysis Group, whose work has, by their own estimates, influenced more than a billion users globally. As a public speaker, Chou has spoken at Austin’s SxSW and for TEDx at Lausanne, where he delivered a popular speech on how gamification can improve the lives of everyday people.

“Blockchain will lay the foundation for the technology of the future. I’m excited to join the ambitious Decentral team and help the company maximize delight when people interact with anything related to the blockchain or cryptocurrencies,” concluded Chou.

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Anthony Di Iorio Joins Atari on the Blockchain-Powered Gaming Project as Honorary Co-founder & Initial Investor.

Atari Token, the next generation platform for games and digital entertainment, has announced the addition of honorary co-founder, Anthony Di Iorio, to its ambitious blockchain project.

The project aims to create a revolutionary new decentralised platform that enables users to benefit from the value created through their time, effort and skill in games, digital entertainment and alternate realities. An ecosystem where virtual services and property can deliver real world value to the more than two billion people playing games annually. Di Iorio is one of the original founders of Ethereum and is the founder and CEO of Decentral whose flagship product is the multi-platform, multi-currency digital wallet Jaxx. He now serves as Atari Token Honorary co-founder and initial investor.

CEO of Atari S.A. and Atari Token Director Frédéric Chesnais said,

“We are delighted to be working with Anthony Di Iorio. His vision for the future of decentralised systems is very much aligned with our goals for the Atari Token platform. Forty years after Atari brought the world the VCS, Anthony has given us another validation that the Atari name will change the world again.”

In addition to Di Iorio, founders behind the Atari Token include Frédéric Chesnais (CEO of Atari), Ron Dimant (founder of game developer, MumboJumbo), and Daniel Doll-Steinberg (27 years building global platform companies). The four co-founders of the Atari Token platform bring together an unrivalled set of skills, spanning computer gaming, secure content management platforms, blockchain and decentralized systems, with an iconic brand. They are joined by Directors, Ian Livingstone CBE (HM Government Skills Champion for Games, previously Executive Chairman Eidos) and Jez San OBE (Founder, Funfair, ARC, Argonaut). By combining the skillsets of veteran game developers and experienced blockchain leaders, the Atari Token team is well positioned to deliver the revolution in game monetisation they envisage.

Anthony Di Iorio said,

“As someone who grew up in the Atari age, and who understands the importance of how products are designed and developed, it’s extremely encouraging to see teams with vast experience creating systems that are not just user-friendly, but scalable and functional. The Atari team has a truly-game-changing concept that I’m excited to be involved with. Over the past number of years, I have come across a considerable number of blockchain projects but have always found myself most interested in companies aiming to create new economic platforms and monetization models.”

The Atari Token will be the in-network currency powering the Atari Platform Network. Di Iorio contributed the entire initial round of investment in the Atari Token token sale. The complete token sale process and product detail updates will be announced in the coming months.

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Announcing Anthony Di Iorio Joins Advisory Board of Presearch.io

Presearch Board of Advisors

Announcing Anthony Di Iorio Joins Advisory Board of Presearch.io

1st November, 2017 – Decentral Community Space – TORONTO – Decentral Inc, home of the Jaxx Blockchain Interface and the Decentral Community announced today that Anthony Di Iorio, co-founder of Ethereum and CEO of Decentral Inc, has joined the Presearch Board of Advisors.

The team at Presearch.io are building a decentralized and community-driven search engine intended to disrupt the multi-billion dollar internet search industry. Already in use since 2013 as an internal tool, Presearch launches their public beta on November 9th, allowing anyone to search multiple engines including Amazon and Google. Anthony Di Iorio has joined Presearch’s advisory board to help guide the development of its blockchain-based service. Presearch has generated more than $12 million in revenue from its ongoing token sale.

Anthony commented, “I’m a believer in the power of decentralized technologies to disrupt and improve a wide variety of existing markets. The Presearch team have a novel approach to the massive search-engine market with their blockchain-enabled community-driven approach.” Presearch’s transparent ranking factors combine human curation with scalable machine learning, a contrast to manipulated algorithm-driven methods standard among today’s industry giants. In a world in which one company controls 77 percent of all searches, influencing trillions in spending and acting as a primary gatekeeper to the Internet, proponents of decentralized technologies see a pressing need for a community-driven search engine.

Anthony continued, “The power of blockchain technology lies in its real-world use cases, and Presearch demonstrates this with a compelling alternative to search engines run by global corporations,” said Anthony Di Iorio. “I look forward to using Presearch myself, and advocating for its growth in the blockchain community and beyond.”

Presearch’s advisory board also includes internet pioneer, Rich Skrenta, who sold his search engine Blekko to IBM Watson; open-source search innovator Trey Grainger, SVP of Engineering at Lucidworks; and leading technology lawyer Addison Cameron-Huff, whose experience includes working with Ethereum’s founding team.

ABOUT ANTHONY DIIORIO

Anthony Di Iorio is co-founder of Ethereum and is CEO of Decentral Inc, makers of the Jaxx.io multi-asset blockchain interface. Anthony is an active investor focused on early-stage businesses using blockchain and decentralized technologies to disrupt existing markets. Find more on Anthony, Decentral and Jaxx on http://twitter.com/diiorioanthony http://decentral.ca and http://jaxx.io

ABOUT PRESEARCH

Presearch is the first open, decentralized search engine built to reward transparency and community participation. Presearch operates with transparent ranking factors allowing content creators to access a level playing field. The Presearch platform is scheduled to launch in beta on November 9, 2017. For more information, please visit www.presearch.io and read the company’s white paper.

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Anthony Di Iorio Joins StormX Advisory Team; STORM to be Integrated into Jaxx

Anthony Di Iorio Joins StormX Advisory Team; STORM to be Integrated into Jaxx

18th October 2017 – Decentral Community Space – TORONTO – Decentral Inc, home of the Jaxx Blockchain Interface and the Decentral Community announced today that Anthony Di Iorio, founder of Decentral and CEO of Jaxx, and Co-Founder of the Ethereum platform, is joining Storm as both an advisor and as an accredited investor.

Mr. Di Iorio’s fellow board members are:

  • Alchemist Ventures co-founder and Ethereum chief strategist Steven Nerayoff
  • Bancor cofounder Guy Benartzi
  • Bittrex CEO Bill Shihara
  • Zynga founding CTO Tom Bolich
  • AlphaBit.fund CEO Liam Robertson
  • AlphaBit.fund strategist Brad Mills
  • VOIP pioneer and Vonage founder and CEO Jeff Pulver
  • Juloot interactive Founder Hanan Gazit
  • Brian Kelly Capital LLC Founder and CNBC contributor Brian Kelly, and
  • Appuri Founder and CTO Damon Danieli

Anthony Di Iorio said, “I’m glad to join the distinguished Board of Advisors and to help guide the future development of Storm Market. The team has a novel and interesting approach to disrupting the freelancer and gig-economy; I’m excited to see their application of decentralized technologies take shape. The team at Jaxx will work to bring STORM tokens to our large user base soon.”

Storm Market allows people to request services like QA testing or machine learning, and select people to complete micro-tasks. Those awarded work are paid in STORM tokens, whose distribution is automatically managed via an Ethereal smart contract.

Simon Yu said: “Freelance workers are rapidly becoming the backbone of the global economy, but current banking systems, credit systems, and processing systems mean employers who need micro-transactions completed from their growing freelancer base face high fees and inefficient middlemen,” Simon continued, “Storm Market aims to transform the economy by creating a secure, decentralized, and gamified micro-task platform without costly transaction fees and cumbersome third-party relationships.”

About Jaxx:

Jaxx is a multi-token blockchain wallet that provides a unified experience across 8 platforms and devices including Windows, Apple and Linux desktops, Apple and Android mobile devices and tablets, as well as a Google Chrome extension. The Jaxx wallet enables crypto-to-crypto buying and selling with frictionless in-wallet conversion. Users are always in control of their keys and Jaxx neither holds nor has access to customer funds. Driven by design and user experience and built with simplicity in mind, Jaxx’s mission is to become the interface to the blockchain world.

About StormX

The Storm Market whitepaper and market research network development materials draft are available at stormtoken.com.

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Anthony Di Iorio Joins Worldcore Advisory Team; WRC Integrated into Jaxx

Worldcore ICO

Anthony Di Iorio Joins Worldcore Advisory Team; WRC Integrated into Jaxx

14th October 2017 – Decentral Community Space – TORONTO – Decentral Inc, home of the Jaxx Blockchain Interface and the Decentral Community announced today that Anthony Di Iorio, founder of Decentral and CEO of Jaxx, and Co-Founder of the Ethereum platform, is joining Wordcore as an advisor; the Worldcore token has been integrated into Jaxx.

Anthony Di Iorio said, “I’m excited to bring my experience with decentralized technologies – like the Ethereum blockchain – to the table and assist the Worldcore team with their blockchain roadmap.” Worldcore intends that the WRC token will entitle the holder to a share of Worldcore revenue. Individual holders of WRC tokens will receive a profit share once a year. Anthony Di Iorio continued, “Jaxx users will be able to hold and control their WRC tokens in their Jaxx wallet after the tokens are distributed following the completion of the Worldcore ICO.”

Worldcore, winner of “Best Fintech Startup” at the Central European Startup Awards, opened it’s ICO today, October 14th. The public sale will run until 14th November. 870,000,000 tokens will be available for the public. The tokens which are not sold during the ICO and pre-sale will be destroyed. The initial target of the ICO is $5 million while the hard-cap is $100M. The Worldcore whitepaper can be found on the Worldcore ICO site, here.

About Jaxx:

Jaxx is a multi-token blockchain wallet that provides a unified experience across 8 platforms and devices including Windows, Apple and Linux desktops, Apple and Android mobile devices and tablets, as well as a Google Chrome extension. The Jaxx wallet enables crypto-to-crypto buying and selling with frictionless in-wallet conversion. Users are always in control of their keys and Jaxx neither holds nor has access to customer funds. Driven by design and user experience and built with simplicity in mind, Jaxx’s mission is to become the interface to the blockchain world.

About Worldcore:

The company was founded in 2014 by strong team of experts in the field of financial market, banking services, electronic finances and IT with over 10 years experience. Worldcore is served by just over 30 people working in 5 departments of the enterprise. Company is headquartered in Prague, the capital of Czech Republic. In order to provide high level of service, EUPSProvider s.r.o. cooperates only with a group of proven top-class financial partners containing banks and largest payment networks around the globe. Our management team keeps working hard to make Worldcore more functional and global month by month.

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Anthony Di Iorio Joins PayPie Team; PayPie to be Integrated into Jaxx

Anthony Di Iorio Joins PayPie Team; PayPie to be Integrated into Jaxx

6th October 2017 – Decentral Community Space – TORONTO – Decentral Inc, home of the Jaxx Blockchain Interface and the Decentral Community announced today that Anthony Di Iorio, founder of Decentral and CEO of Jaxx, and Co-Founder of the Ethereum platform, is joining PayPie as both an advisor and as an accredited investor.

Anthony  and the Decentral team are eager to support projects with experienced entrepreneurs delivering blockchain innovation, like  PayPie. Anthony said that “by introducing the world’s first Ethereum-powered credit risk assessment based on decentralized accounting, PayPie hopes to bring ultimate trust and transparency to the financial market. I’m a believer in the power of decentralized technologies like PayPie to add huge value to existing auditing markets and practices. Supporting PayPie’s team in a key advisory role and by integrating the PayPie token into Jaxx are the ways I’m most eager to pitch in.”

The PayPie decentralized, blockchain-based platform was built to make the financial information on businesses more accurate and transparent, allowing a better picture of a company’s financial health for credit risk assessment. Anthony continued, “PayPie leverages blockchain to enable live financial audits, speed up credit approvals, and improve the overall credit scoring processes for businesses. It’s a huge improvement in efficiency for lenders, auditors, accountants, and other financial institutions.”

“Often a company’s financial situation is inaccurate, due to a lack of information and the fact that this information is usually outdated”, said PayPie CEO, serial entrepreneur, and member of the Forbes Technology Council, Nick Chandi. “By harnessing technology – blockchain in particular – we can avoid these issues and make the system fairer both for the businesses themselves, as well as those who wish to access the financial information. Anthony’s participation as a key strategic advisor and the integration of our token into the Jaxx platform are great accelerator to our future.”

ABOUT JAXX

Jaxx is a multi-token blockchain wallet that provides a unified experience across 8 platforms and devices including Windows, Apple and Linux desktops, Apple and Android mobile devices and tablets, as well as a Google Chrome extension. The Jaxx wallet enables crypto-to-crypto buying and selling with frictionless in-wallet conversion. Users are always in control of their keys and Jaxx neither holds nor has access to customer funds. Driven by design and user experience and built with simplicity in mind, Jaxx’s mission is to become the interface to the blockchain world.

ABOUT PAYPIE

PayPie aims to bring ultimate trust and transparency to the financial markets by introducing the world’s first credit risk assessment based on blockchain accounting. Founded by Nick Chandi – a serial entrepreneur and a member of the Forbes Technology Council, the platform challenges Experian, Equifax, and TransUnion’s status quo by assessing businesses credit risk profiles through a built-in algorithm that accounts 150 data points from live financial data hashed on the Ethereum blockchain. PayPie is a faster, safer, and smart contract-powered credit scoring and lending platform for banks, lenders, and invoice factoring companies. PayPie solves the problems of fraud and inconsistencies which exist in isolated accounting systems by allowing for real-time audit and analysis of financial statements on the blockchain. This analysis will be done using a decentralized single ledger approach and will consider the all-time historical accounting information of participating businesses to safeguard and transform the way credit risk is assessed by lenders, investors, and other financial institutions. All inputs will be bound to the blockchain in a triple entry accounting structure, which will secure the entire transaction-checking process generating reliable and unbiased data.

 

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Anthony Di Iorio Joins Aion Board of Advisors; AION to be Integrated into Jaxx

Anthony Di Iorio Joins Aion Board of Advisors; AION to be Integrated into Jaxx

2nd October 2017 – Decentral Community Space – TORONTO – Decentral Inc, home of the Jaxx Blockchain Interface and the Decentral Community announced today that Anthony Di Iorio, founder of Jaxx and Ethereum, is joining Aion as both an advisor and as an investor.

Enterprise blockchain company Nuco has created Aion, the first interoperable blockchain network and the framework allowing communication between blockchains. Anthony Di Iorio is excited about this project, “AION tokens are the fuel used to create new blockchains, monetize inter-chain bridges and secure the overall network. I’m excited to provide guidance to the Aion Advisory Board and to help shape the future of the decentralized technology ecosystem. The AION token will be integrated and available in Jaxx shortly after the crowdsale ends.”

Anthony is joined on Aion’s advisory board by Jeff Pulver, VoiP pioneer and co-founder of Vonage; Eric Gu, CEO of ViewFin and founder of the Metaverse Project; Peter Vessenes, cofounder of the Bitcoin Foundation and managing director of New Alchemy; Dr. Moe Levin, CEO of global technology conference company Keynote; Steven Nerayoff, serial entrepreneur; Michael Terpin, CEO of Transform Group and co-founder of BitAngels; Simon Taylor, co-founder and blockchain lead at 11:FS and host of the Fintech Insider and Blockchain Insider podcasts; and former Telecom CEO; John Lee, Vice President of the TMX Group; and venture capitalist Tony van Marken.

“Aion is the key to unlocking the long-term potential of blockchains for the entire world,” said Matthew Spoke, CEO of Nuco. “As we work towards that vision, we’re excited to be surrounded by advisors from a variety of backgrounds and industries to help us reach our goal. AION tokens being integrated to Jaxx is a big step forward”

Like cloud computing did in a previous era, Aion will connect compatible blockchains operated independently to allow the instant, global transfer and recording of data and value.  AION tokens will be available in public pre-sale beginning October 3, 2017. For more information, please visit: https://aion.network/.

ABOUT JAXX

Jaxx is a multi-token blockchain wallet that provides a unified experience across 8 platforms and devices including Windows, Apple and Linux desktops, Apple and Android mobile devices and tablets, as well as a Google Chrome extension. The Jaxx wallet enables crypto-to-crypto buying and selling with frictionless in-wallet conversion. Users are always in control of their keys and Jaxx neither holds nor has access to customer funds. Driven by design and user experience and built with simplicity in mind, Jaxx’s mission is to become the interface to the blockchain world.

ABOUT NUCO AND Aion

Nuco develops production-ready infrastructure to power the future of enterprise software. Nuco enables enterprises to build powerful applications on top of a robust blockchain infrastructure, shaping the standards for enterprise-ready blockchain networks to streamline the journey from concept to production.  The Aion Network is a multi-tier blockchain network designed to support a future where many blockchains exist to solve unique industry problems and to power the services of the modern world. Aion will become the common protocol used for these blockchains, enabling decentralized applications to be adopted on a mass scale. The Aion Network Executive Summary is available here.

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Anthony Di Iorio Joins Etherparty Board of Advisors; FUEL to be Integrated into Jaxx

Anthony Di Iorio Joins Etherparty Board of Advisors; FUEL to be Integrated into Jaxx

2nd October 2017 – Decentral Community Space – TORONTO – Decentral Inc, home of the Jaxx Blockchain Interface and the Decentral Community announced today that Anthony Di Iorio, founder of Jaxx and Ethereum, is joining EtherParty as both an advisor and as an investor.

“I believe deeply in the world-changing potential of decentralized technologies like blockchains. When we created Ethereum we had exactly that in mind. The Etherparty system takes that vision even further, making it even easier for anyone to deploy smart contract applications. I’m glad that we’re able to support Etherparty and the FUEL token in Jaxx,” said Jaxx CEO, Anthony Di Iorio. “Jaxx users will be able to initialize their FUEL wallets shortly after the crowdsale has completed and tokens have been distributed by the Etherparty team.”

Etherparty is a user-friendly system for the creation, use, and management of smart contracts which has the potential to dramatically expand the rate of commercial and consumer adoption of blockchain technology. The partnership will see Etherparty FUEL added to the Jaxx Wallet application, which is available on eight platforms including desktops, browser extensions, as well as Android and iOS.

“We are thrilled to be partnering with another great Canadian company in the cryptocurrency space,” said Etherparty Chief Executive Kevin Hobbs. Hobbs added, “Etherparty will allow anyone to create, publish, and integrate smart contracts into their business and application.” Hobbs suggested that the partnership also opens the door for wider mobile adoption of smart contracts, which represents a major step forward for the blockchain ecosystem.  

Etherparty FUEL tokens went on sale to the public on Sunday, Oct. 1 at 9:00 AM (PDT). The sale runs until Oct. 29 unless all tokens are sold prior. Those interested can visit etherparty.io/ico to take part in the crowdsale. For more information visit etherparty.io and subscribe to the mailing list. You can also join the community Telegram channel, or join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and BitcoinTalk.

About Jaxx

Jaxx is a multi-token blockchain wallet that provides a unified experience across 8 platforms and devices including Windows, Apple and Linux desktops, Apple and Android mobile devices and tablets, as well as a Google Chrome extension. The Jaxx wallet enables crypto-to-crypto buying and selling with frictionless in-wallet conversion. Users are always in control of their keys and Jaxx neither holds nor has access to customer funds. Driven by design and user experience and built with simplicity in mind, Jaxx’s mission is to become the interface to the blockchain world.

About Etherparty

Etherparty is a contract wizard that removes the complexity of creating, managing, and executing smart contracts on multiple blockchains. The platform allows users with zero knowledge of smart contract programming to create an enforceable, self-executing digital agreement for all types of transactions.

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Anthony Di Iorio Joins DomRaider Board of Advisors; DomRaider to be Integrated into Jaxx

Anthony Di Iorio Joins DomRaider Board of Advisors; DomRaider to be Integrated into Jaxx

2nd October 2017 / Decentral – Toronto – Decentral Inc is excited to announce that founder of Decentral and CEO of Jaxx Anthony Di Iorio is joining DomRaider as both an advisor and as an accredited investor.

Anthony Di Iorio described DomRaider’s future, “DomRaider will transform the untapped potential of both the online and the physical auctioning market using decentralized technologies. Their work focused on creating real-time management of any auction in the world is an exciting application of blockchain technology & I’m glad I can help them succeed”

This is very encouraging news for DomRaider CEO and Founder Tristan Colombet, “The results of our presale have proved to us that there is a strong interest in our blockchain platform project designed for the auctioning world. We are very pleased with the great interest of the community, our ambassadors and our partners from around the world. Anthony’s participation both as investor and advisor will be instrumental to our future development”

DomRaider is designed to be fully scalable, reliable and transparent (publicly verifiable auctions that are impossible to falsify). The service will also be communal and interoperable while offering very fast transactional speeds with very low fees.

ABOUT JAXX:

Jaxx is a multi-token blockchain wallet that provides a unified experience across 8 platforms and devices including Windows, Apple and Linux desktops, Apple and Android mobile devices and tablets, as well as a Google Chrome extension. The Jaxx wallet enables crypto-to-crypto buying and selling with frictionless in-wallet conversion. Users are always in control of their keys and Jaxx neither holds nor has access to customer funds. Driven by design and user experience and built with simplicity in mind, Jaxx’s mission is to become the interface to the blockchain world.

ABOUT DOMRAIDER:

DomRaider is a French hypergrowth startup, and the European market leader for auctioning expired domain names. Thanks to the funds collected from its ICO (domraider.io), DomRaider will develop an open-source solution designed to carry out real-time management of auctions based on blockchain technology. DomRaider will issue 1,3 billion DomRaider Tokens (DRT), type ERC20, at the end of the sale.

Contact Name: Sabrina Gaillac and Julien Fernandes

Contact Email: press@domraider.com

Location: Clermont Ferrand, France

Company: DomRaider

Phone: +33(0)9 72 56 64 83

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Bitcoin Decentral at Bitcoin Expo

Bitcoin Decentral is a proud exhibitor at Canada’s first Bitcoin Expo happening at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre next week.

Our team will be present at Bitcoin Decentral’s booth to introduce you to our new coworking space and take applications for the accelerator program. We may even bring the BTM with us! 

We’ll be hosting a Hackathon on April 10th, the day before the Expo starts, so if you’re interested in participating, click here to reserve your spot.

Bitcoin Expo 2014 will also be a great opportunity to get to know some amazing people behind Bitcoin Decentral Accelerate. Fifteen of our mentors will be speaking at the conference! Many of them live outside of Canada, so if it wasn’t for this event, we’d only ever meet them via Skype.

So, have you bought your tickets yet? They’re going fast! Please visit www.bitcoinexpo.ca to register now and take a look at the program.

See you soon!

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