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Title: First Open Outcry Bitcoin Exchange - Union Square, NYC-5/6 4pm Post by: mjr on May 06, 2013, 06:11:05 AM Hi All,
I rarely come on this forum, but I figured I should let you know about this. Apparently, this is the only place I could post. Tomorrow, We will be starting the first open outcry exchange for bitcoins. We are doing this in Union Square Park, NYC at 4:00pm. The reasons behind this are many, and I hope obvious. I hope this becomes a new model for bitcoin exchange, ending reliance on single points of failure, as well as lowering barriers to entry in to bitcoin and easing financial friction resulting in a much more efficient market. I think a distributed model is most in keeping with the bitcoin ethos (act locally/connect globally). This project addresses some things which localbitcoins.com lacks, while also addressing some major issues with the electronic exchanges. Feel free to comment on the subreddit as well: http://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/1dry23/the_first_open_outcry_exchange_opening_in_nyc/ If you are interested in the philosophy behind this project, please read: http://blog.btcshares.com If you are interested in the technology project that will facilitate this, please read: https://github.com/joshuarossi/buttonwood/ If you are interested in the actual exchange, or the people who will be attending, please read: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BitcoinNYC/ http://www.meetup.com/BitcoinNYC/ Title: Re: First Open Outcry Bitcoin Exchange - Union Square, NYC-5/6 4pm Post by: shibaji on May 06, 2013, 06:15:38 AM Great effort! Congratulations and best wishes.
Title: Re: First Open Outcry Bitcoin Exchange - Union Square, NYC-5/6 4pm Post by: gnomesick on May 06, 2013, 06:37:37 AM This is cute... And I really do mean that in a positive way :)
Title: Re: First Open Outcry Bitcoin Exchange - Union Square, NYC-5/6 4pm Post by: mjr on May 06, 2013, 07:18:23 AM Great effort! Congratulations and best wishes. Thanks, I just wish more people here on the forum could see it. I don't really hang out here at all. Can someone reference this in the trading area of the forum or something? Title: Re: First Open Outcry Bitcoin Exchange - Union Square, NYC-5/6 4pm Post by: shibaji on May 06, 2013, 07:55:35 AM Great effort! Congratulations and best wishes. Thanks, I just wish more people here on the forum could see it. I don't really hang out here at all. Can someone reference this in the trading area of the forum or something? Done : https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=196736.0 Title: Re: First Open Outcry Bitcoin Exchange - Union Square, NYC-5/6 4pm Post by: mjr on May 06, 2013, 08:56:51 AM Thanks!
Title: Re: First Open Outcry Bitcoin Exchange - Union Square, NYC-5/6 4pm Post by: mjr on May 07, 2013, 03:34:30 PM http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2013/05/06/a-push-for-a-bitcoin-buttonwood/
Got written about in the nytimes website. |