Non-Profit Bitcoin Association Northern Ireland's 1st Regional Meet-Up 28th May

[CoinTelegraph UK]

We are delighted to announce after many months of hard work behind the scenes, the 1st of our regional monthly meet-ups on the 28th of May 2015 at Boden Park Coffee Company Ormeau Road, Belfast, County Antrim BT7 3GN, between 6:30pm & 8:30pm.

I would like to thank the owners of Boden Park Coffee Co. for kindly hosting this event.

They are the 1st coffee shop in N.Ireland to accept Bitcoin for their delicious selection of coffee and freshly baked products, as well as hosting the 1st exchange terminal in N.Ireland so anyone can come to the premises and purchase Bitcoin in a simple and efficient manner.

I would also like to thank our sponsors for their support, The Coin Cave is an Irish based exchange for multiple currencies and Bittylicious is a UK based exchange for multiple currencies. Bitcoinmarketingteam.com are an Irish based company specialising in areas of Bitcoin marketing.

Osk&r Juliet Ltd is a design studio based on the north coast of Antrim, N.Ireland. They work with people & businesses to develop ideas from concept through to reality.

Bitpay and Netki are our latest sponsors! BitPay is the largest global bitcoin payment service provider headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Founded in May 2011 by Anthony - Antonio Gallippi and Stephen Pair, the company has been called the "PayPal of Bitcoin".

BitPay provides payment processing services for more than 50,000 businesses and processed over US $100 million worth of Bitcoin transactions in 2013. In 2014, BitPay started processing $1 million USD daily.

Netki was founded in 2014 to remove barriers to entry for consumers, and help foster mass-market adoption of digital currency. Its Wallet Name Service offers enterprise-grade solutions that allow developers to offer consumer friendly digital currency applications, while still promoting scalability and security

Without you guys this meet-up wouldn't be happening!

In keeping with the true spirit of the decentralized nature of Bitcoin as envisioned by the creator Satoshi Nakamoto, the meet-up is by the people for the people.

As a non-profit organisation we are here to provide a service to the Bitcoin community of N.Ireland with no corporations or any type of entity being in control.

We are strong believers in decentralization and are trying to involve it into everything we do!

The BANI meet-ups are being held to inform people who have an interest in bitcoin, and to give them an opportunity to meet people with a similar interest in the applications of the technology.

For us old hands it is an opportunity to come together and discuss Bitcoin, Blockchain and cryptocurrencies without being told to shut up by the wife (or husband), and for entrepreneurs to network and discuss creating businesses for a Bitcoin ecosystem here with access to free support from global experts in the industry without having to give away half of your business idea for some VC investment.

Also at the meet-up there will be a very important opportunity to discuss and decide on the way forward for Bitcoin in N.Ireland in regards to promotion, education and regulations.

BANI has been asked to be representatives for N.Ireland in the upcoming United Kingdom HMT consultations, and this gives us a perfect opportunity to use our position to fight regulations that will stifle innovation.

Everyone is welcome and we would like to see you there as we begin our journey, as the saying goes there is strength in numbers.

Email if you require further information or just to let us know your attending niallmaye@bani.org.uk

The Future is Bright, The Future is Crypto!

BANI

http://www.bani.org.uK

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[CoinTelegraph UK]

Wishing the Non-Profit Bitcoin Association Northern Ireland all the best at their 1st regional meetup tomorrow afternoon in Boden Park Coffee Co Belfast!

[crazyearner]

Nice too see that their are more places across the uk and now N Ireland to accept payments at a number of shops. Will come in handy if on vacation and travailing will give me perfect excuse to spend some on drinks and food while on travails.

How did the meetup go did it work as see no details since 28th. Get some updates done and maybe some videos uploaded and submitted

[CoinTelegraph UK]

Hello crazyearner and thanks for asking!

Our 1st meet-up went really well, we had a small but very interestingly diverse group of thirteen attendees ranging from an age group of early 20's to the mid 60's, coming from a variey of industries such as the classical arts to prominent memebers of the animation industry. I would like to thank Boden Park Coffee Co. for giving us a base to hold this, all the attendees who came and our sponsors who without this event wouldn't have been possible!

The theme for the meet-up was "The Basics" where i prepared a slideshow on the basics of Bitcoin, what it is to different people (currency, asset, protocol etc), its comparisons with money (unit of account, store of value, a medium of exchange), a look under the hood of the protocol, the different types of wallets, how to do transactions and finished on the basics of the potential of the Blockchain.

Even though all the attendees were early adopters from 2012/2013 they all said they learned something new.

We are working on the next meet-up which will be a casual one where we will organise a core group to collaborate together and decide on the best way forward for BANI in educating, promoting and creating a digital currency ecosystem in the province.

I will keep you all updated here on future plans and meet-ups as well at my Twitter account @theirishdivil and through the usual Reddit and Facebook channels we use.

You'll can view some photos here under the news section crazyearner...

http://www.bani.org.uk

[calkob]

Check out Greenlawn Garden services in Belfast, who were the 1st no tech company to accept bitcoin in Northern Ireland.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/bitcoin-belfast-firm-bitnet-aims-to-coin-it-at-digital-moneys-forefront-31088209.html