Awesome, thanks for recording this 

The agenda is now up on the website for the Scottish Bitcoin Conference. Speakers include: Michael Parsons (BitcoinByte), Wouter Vonk (BitPay), Gangesh Ganesan (PeerNova), Tom Robinson (Elliptic), Garrick Hileman (London School of Economics), Jon Matonis (Bitcoin Foundation), Mark Lamb (CoinFloor), Daniel Masters (GABI), Lui Smyth (CoinJar), Matt Monach, Sveinn Valfells, Nick Lambert (MaidSafe), Scott Maxwell and others.

It's looking like a great day for any crypto-enthusiasts in Scotland - look forward to seeing you all there!

I'm happy to announce that I've now managed to finalise the details for the first ever Scottish Bitcoin Conference. It will be held in Edinburgh on Saturday August 23rd 2014 - check out the details as they get updated at the website: www.scottishbitcoinconference.com.

This is the first Bitcoin Conference that Scotland has ever hosted and we have a fantastic line-up set for the day, including:-

Jon Matonis (Bitcoin Foundation)
Moe Levin (BitPay)
Ganesh Ganesan (PeerNova)
Garrick Hileman (LSE)
David Irvine (MaidSafe)
Tom Robinson (Elliptic)

...plus many more still to be confirmed during a packed day's schedule at CodeBase, the largest technology incubator in Scotland (http://www.thisiscodebase.com/).

The best news? We've managed to cap the ticket cost at only £50 each (payable in either Bitcoin/sterling). I'm pretty certain that makes it one of the cheapest conferences out there. However, as a result, tickets are limited so if you're interested in coming along, please do buy sooner rather than later (< not just marketing speak!). Financially, we're running this with the goal of trying to break even if at all possible so that we can do it all over again next year but I'm mainly keen to ensure that we get interested people in the same room together.

Looking forward to seeing as many of you there as possible in Edinburgh later this Summer. For those of you who might be planning to make a holiday of it, it's during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival (https://www.edfringe.com/). Any questions, get in touch, either here, via the website or on Twitter - @dugcampbell).

Cheers

Dug

If you're around Edinburgh, Scotland tonight, last minute reminder that we've got the MaidSafe guys coming in to give a chat about the progress of the project at the Edinburgh Bitcoin Meetup (http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Edinburgh-Meetup/events/174434962/).

It all kicks off at 6:30pm at Codebase (http://www.thisiscodebase.com/), Scotland's largest technology incubator.

Agreed. Steep price and clearly not intended to be accessible for all (as good as that would be). There are other conferences that are better placed to do that. But for meeting key people in the industry (any industry to be honest) within a short time when everyone has such crazy schedules, you expect to pay top dollar. Serious money but you're effectively paying to share other people's time. It's your call whether you value that opportunity or not. At least conferences aren't like they used to be a few years ago, when the information was never shared freely online afterwards and/or in real-time.

Meetup in Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday 1st April, 7pm at the Queens Arms pub on Frederick Street:-

http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Edinburgh-Meetup/events/166140212/

It's the usual informal format and this time, we'll have the founder of Scotcoin coming along to explain more about the Scotcoin Project (http://scotcoin.org/).

About the Meetup: The group was set up to give anyone who wants to the chance to get together regularly to talk Bitcoin and crypto-currencies in general in the UK's second largest financial centre after London. We're developing it into a focal point for the growing Bitcoin community to meet up in person to talk about what's going on now and where we might be in the future. The group is open to everyone involved in the Bitcoin community - experts, amateurs, miners, critics, whoever. If in doubt, come along and learn something new.

Bitbargain.co.uk was the first one I used - never had any problems with it