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What is Bitcoin? Why Bitcoin? Chicken and Egg The Problem User Adoption Liquidity

37coins

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WHAT IS BITCOIN?

Decentralized Opensource Pseudonymous Electronic Currency…

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Decentralized Opensource Pseudonymous Electronic Currency

NO ONE can block your payment No middleman - low fees

central authority

Controlled by one authority Controlled by community

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Decentralized Opensource Pseudonymous Electronic Currency

Transparent system of transaction Understandable inflation

Zimbabwe's peak month of inflation is estimated at 79.6 billion percent …

http://www.munknee.com/21-countries-have-experienced-hyperinflation-in-last-25-years-is-the-u-s-next/

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Decentralized Opensource Pseudonymous Electronic Currency

Private, Safe

or a mobile number

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Decentralized Opensource Pseudonymous Electronic Currency

Fast Not limited to physical places

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Decentralized Opensource Pseudonymous Electronic Currency

Unit of account Exchange for fiat Exchange for goods/services

http://www.coindesk.com/information/what-can-you-buy-with-bitcoins/

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WHY BITCOIN?

Decentralized Opensource Pseudonymous Electronic Currency…

Financial

Ideological

Innovative

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Why Bitcoin?

•No chargebacks •Lower transaction fees •New customers (international) •New customers (w/o credit cards)

•Privacy •Governmentally agnostic •Predictable growth

•Programmable money •Be your own bank •Easy international payments (even

small amounts)

Financial To help their bottom-line

Ideological To express their values and help to promote their ideal vision of the world.

Innovative To do things they can’t with normal money.

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CHICKEN AND EGG

1. Accessible 2. Easy to use 3. Useful

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TYPICAL FIRST TIME USER EXPERIENCE

1 Explain benefits of Bitcoin

2 Agree

3 Download a bitcoin wallet

4 Generate a bitcoin address

5 Send bitcoin address to friend

6 Receive the bitcoin address

7 Send bitcoins

8 Receive bitcoins.

Friend* Newbie*

*Friend and Newbie both need smartphones and internet

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37COINS USER EXPERIENCE

1 Explain benefits of Bitcoin**

2 Agree**

3 Send bitcoins to mobile number

4 Receive bitcoins.

Friend* Newbie*

*Friend and Newbie do NOT need smartphones or internet ** Optional. Just send it.

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MASS-MARKET

Hal Finney

Roger Ver

Patrick Byrne

Bitcoin Early Adopter

Bitcoin Curious

Bitcoin Protocol

BitcoinQT

Hosted Wallets

Bitcoin Addresses

SMS MessagingUser Archetype Prerequisite Knowledge

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SIMPLE

Confirm transaction w/ 37coins

Send payment Receive notification1 2 3

SMS received SMS sent Notifying server

Received 734BIT (20PHP) from

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25 Countries!32 Gateways

International!Incentivized

SMS NETWORK

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SOLUTION: BITCOIN VIA SMS

Safe, Fast, Easy!International

96% Worldwide Cellphone PenetrationInternational Telecommunication Union | Goldman Sachs http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2014-e.pdf

$43.4bPotential savings

From 9212276935

Received 1,430BIT (40PHP)

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LIQUIDITY

Receive cash via bank, ATM, pre-paid card

SELL bitcoins 1 2

SMS received SMS sent Notifying server

Sell 100PHP

Pre-paid Debit

ATM

Bank / mBank Deposit

(740) 214-1453

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DEVELOPMENT PLAN

India Indonesia Philippines Singapore Thailand

January 2014

Worldwide Open Beta

South East Asia South America

2015

Eastern Europe Middle East

Africa

2016

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WHAT’S NEXT

Developers Designers Partnerships

Thank You!

[email protected]

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www.37coins.com

(740) 214-1453

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MULTI-SIG

Gateway Partners

37coins Risk Management

Lawyer (backup key)

or Oracle Service

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