ceo— blockchain technologies corp. founder — bitcoin
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Nick SpanosFounder — Bitcoin Center NYC 2013
CEO— Blockchain Technologies Corp.Co-Founder— Zap.org
The Storm that is Shifting the Sands of Geoeconomics
MY FIRST COMPUTER
1978
JUST LIKEMY FIRST MODEM
1979
POLITICAL DATA
Sold Voter Data since the 1980’sEDO (Election Day Operations)
DOMAIN NAMESTHE FUTURE IS
DIGITAL
In the 90’s I bought a lot of
different domains.
Digital Scarcity
ALWAYS EARLY
I built No More
Hotels/GetaRoom in 1997
&
LiveryCab in 2008
THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION BROUGHT US
VANDERBILT, CARNEGIE & ROCKEFELLER
INNOVATION ASKING FOR PERMISSION
INNOVATION WITHOUT PERMISSION
CENTRALIZATION
- Moses {pbuh}, led his people away from centralization
- plagues
BEGINNINGS
The blockchain of our DNA
“WITHOUT PERMISSION” COMPETING CURRENCIES REVOLUTION
THIS IS A MONETARY REVOLUTION.
Meaning of θάρρος include courage, mettle, guts, nerve, heart, spunk, grit, elation, bravery.
• World’s First live cryptocurrency exchange, est. 2013
• Just 100 feet from New York Stock Exchange
• Set the stage for startups using Bitcoin’s blockchain distributed ledger in other applications: i.e. Dogecoin, now $80+ Billion
• As seen in the feature film:
“Banking on Bitcoin”
BITCOINIZATION: onboarding the Mayor of Bitcoin, Francis Suarez
A. https://communitynewspapers.com/biscayne-bay/blockchain-centers-grand-opening-attracts-local-international-leaders/B. https://coincentral.com/miami-blockchain-center/
BITCOINIZATION
COVID-19 caused governments to print tremendous amounts of money
- leading half the world’s population to ask:- “What is Money” {given that my 401K isn’t worth much}
- This accelerated the adoption of Cryptocurrencies- this caused CB to develop their own CDBCs as a last ditch
effort to thwart the speed of decentralization
But it’s too late, the Genie is out of the bottle
February 2018
World Government Summit Keynote on Oil
February 2018 Warren Buffet’s Statement
World Government Summit Keynote on Oil
Digital currency Bitcoin may have taken a serious hit after skyrocketing towards a $20,000 value in late 2017 yet cryptocurrency experts are
predicting a bright future lies ahead.
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett knows a thing or two about making bucket loads of cash, and is one of those who have doused the flames of
investors predicting big returns by claiming the world’s leading cryptocurrency is doomed to fail.
The chairman and chief executive of multi-billion-dollar conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway insists “cryptocurrencies will almost certainly come to
a bad ending”.
That has been hotly disputed at the World Government Summit in Dubai from those locked into the industry who are predicting the market cap
could double December’s high point of around $600 billion in 2018.
Bitcoin has halved in value in just weeks, currently trading at about US$8,500 (Dh31,000).
“Warren Buffett is good at renting furniture, but this is a very different system,” said Nick Spanos, founder of Bitcoin
Centre, New York City.
“Bitcoin is the goose that laid the golden cryptocurrency, and because of its success last year it has helped the emergence of hundreds of smaller
currencies.
“We should believe in bitcoin more than the currencies offered by central banks. History shows that something that is scarce, like bitcoin, has
value.
“Cryptocurrency is the people’s declaration of monetary independence."
Blockchain is a Family Tree for
Data
- Buy Bitcoin
- Sell Bitcoin
- Exchange Integration
2-Way Bitcoin ATM
Since launching the Bitcoin Center NYC in 2013, Blockchain Tech Corp has grown to become one of the leading companies in the blockchain space offering some of the most innovative solutions.
Zap bridges the gap between real world data and diverse smart contract platforms. Zap has a powerful toolset for creating secure, reliable smart contract oracles from APIs and other streaming data.
Featured in Featured in
• Spoke at the Venezuelan bank on smart contract oracles coinciding with the proposed “oil-backed” digital currency
• Tying value of a digital currency to a real world asset is a good concept in principle, but flawed in this case:
Unharvested reserves still in the ground are not a viable “reserve” to back a currency. The currency must be redeemable for the natural resource.
Blockchain’s Beginnings in Energy
● Oracle toolkit, making it easy to connect real world (off-chain) data to a smart contract.
● Oracle peer-to-peer platform, where users can buy, sell and subscribe to data feeds
● Future birthplace of all future Ðapps because everyone can now easily connect off-chain real world data to smart contracts
Triggering smart contracts with real
world data.
Hedge Against Runway Printing & Inflation
Since 1913, the dollar has lost 96% of its value…
If in 2021 you purchased an item for $1.00 then
in 1913 that same item would cost $0.04 cents.
About 20% of all US dollars were printed in 2020.1913 2021
Bitcoin is a monetary invention that can only be compared to the discovery of fire.
Investing
Opportunities to Gain Capital
DeFi
Investing, Staking, Lending, Yield Farming
New methods of generating income have been
created as a result of crypto-economics.
Staking
Lending Yield Farming
DeFi Stats
Total Value Locked….. $41.34BLending Interest/Year….. $703.9MDebt Outstanding….. $6.35BBitcoin used in DeFi….. 173,930 BTC or $8.25B USDWrapped bitcoin dominance…..73%
ORACLIZATION
TYING THE 3-DIMENSIONAL WORLD TO EVENTS IN THE BLOCKCHAIN
Links: linktr.ee/nickspanos