Bitcoin at an Emerging Payments Conference in Bangalore

[Benson Samuel]

I get to introduce Cryptocurrencies at an Emerging Payments Event in Bangalore; As a panelist.

Courtesy of  Mobilecozy, who are working on a Bitcoin project with an European client.

This is an event hosted by Knowledgefaber and will be a very effective platform to get a wider audience in India involved with Bitcoin.

http://knowledgefaber.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=74:summit-on-qpayment-methods-and-technologies-way-ahead-for-india&catid=10:telecom&Itemid=42

[knight22]

Wow very cool! I wish you great success out there!

[Benson Samuel]

Thank you mate

[iCEBREAKER]

This is very exciting news!

What do phones in India run?  iOS, Android, or Other?

LMK when I can retire in Goa for under BTC10/day.  IPA + vindaloo = Teh Win!!!

[Benson Samuel]

Android & Feature phones are most widely used.

iPhone is slowly gaining ground.

Lots of BB's as well.

[Benson Samuel]

Scared a few Bankers during the summit

Went well and generated a good amount of discussion.

[Stephen Gornick]

Scared a few Bankers during the summit

As in worry about competitive threat (loss of resultant future banking activity) or or as in them not easily being able to figure out which customers are performing exchange and as a result their bank services being used for buying and selling of bitcoins?  Or ?? ??

[Benson Samuel]

Scared a few Bankers during the summit

As in worry about competitive threat (loss of resultant future banking activity) or or as in them not easily being able to figure out which customers are performing exchange and as a result their bank services being used for buying and selling of bitcoins?  Or ?

We are not there yet Steve. Bitcoin was way ahead of its time at the conference.

'I hate it when someone introduces these free concepts. Payments is here for us to make money out of." was said by one of the Business Heads of a rather large payments company in India.

Will add a few more quips and publish ASAP. Just waiting for some pics come through from the conference.

[Amitabh S]

Scared a few Bankers during the summit

As in worry about competitive threat (loss of resultant future banking activity) or or as in them not easily being able to figure out which customers are performing exchange and as a result their bank services being used for buying and selling of bitcoins?  Or ?

We are not there yet Steve. Bitcoin was way ahead of its time at the conference.

'I hate it when someone introduces these free concepts. Payments is here for us to make money out of." was said by one of the Business Heads of a rather large payments company in India.

Will add a few more quips and publish ASAP. Just waiting for some pics come through from the conference.

Hi Samuel, I'm looking forward to seeing your report of the conference.

[Stephen Gornick]

'I hate it when someone introduces these free concepts. Payments is here for us to make money out of." was said by one of the Business Heads of a rather large payments company in India.

That kind of response means you delivered the exact message that needed to be delivered.

[imanikin]

That kind of response means you delivered the exact message that needed to be delivered.

+1 Really looking forward to following Benson's blog, and watching how Bitcoin goes in India.

[iCEBREAKER]

Scared a few Bankers during the summit

Yes!  That's exactly what I want to hear.   

How do we get word of Bitcoin out to the hawala networks?

[Benson Samuel]

Am still awaiting the official transcript. Luckily I had voice recorded the panel round, so here is an article on the conference.

http://bensonsamuel.com/2012/11/13/bitcoins-first-emerging-payments-conference-in-india-with-bensonsamuel/