Preparations for the holding of the Dakar Bitcoin Days forum, which will be held on December 2 and 3 in the Senegalese capital, are continuing. Tremplin.io will be there. The planning of the interventions is soon completed and everyone can follow the news communicated by the organizers on the social networks.
As we announced last week, a major event exclusively devoted to bitcoin (BTC) is being prepared in Dakar, on December 2 and 3, 2022. It will be a forum bringing together national and international speakers who will come to discuss bitcoin issues. Also, a hackathon for Senegalese students will take place.
This is an opportunity to announce that Tremplin.io will be the official partner of the Dakar Bitcoin Days, with on-site coverage of the event.
It should also be noted that Dakar Bitcoin Days also benefits from partnerships with Ledger and Fedi.
Here is a preliminary preview of the program for the first day:
- History of money: evolution, financial system, technology. The limits of money that brought bitcoin.
- What is bitcoin, through its philosophy?
- The opportunities offered by bitcoin (employment, entrepreneurship, international consulting, etc.).
- Bitcoin in Africa: state of play – Feedback from bitcoin in Africa.
- Salvador, Central African Republic: The creation of a legal framework for Bitcoin.
- The Lightning network: remittance and micro payment, technical aspects.
- Bitcoin vs. Traditional Finance vs. Money Transfer.
- Transformation of traditional finance.
- Keep your bitcoins yourself or leave them on an exchange?
A Hackathon for developers
First, the Hackathon (scheduled from December 2 at noon to December 3 at 1 p.m.) will tackle some everyday problems that bitcoin can solve. Four major issues have been identified: financial inclusion, access to financing, security of funds and low-cost transfers.
Then, it will be mainly intended for the Senegalese student community. It will be a public event bringing together more than 100 participants for 30 hours. The objective is as follows: To give participants visibility vis-à-vis the companies present and who will scrutinize what they are doing. They will receive an award at the end of the event and will be highlighted during the Dakar Bitcoin Days closing speech. By the way, registrations are already open, you can register here.
A strong presence of the Dakar Bitcoin Days on social networks
To promote the event, the organizers are very active on social networks: Telegram, Twitter, instagram, LinkedIn. In particular, they offer posts on topics calling for reflection, here are the topics already published:
- Why bitcoin matters to academia ?
- Bitcoin and institutions: threats or opportunities ?
- Why financial services should understand and accept bitcoin ?
- Why Traders, Entrepreneurs and Industrialists Need to Be Exposed to the Benefits of Bitcoin ?
These articles address essential points for the adoption of bitcoin. Above all, do not hesitate to comment on them. To discuss these topics, a plethora of quality speakers will meet at this event, here are a few:
- Obi NwosuCEO of Fedi and an advocate for mass Bitcoin adoption in the “Global South”
- Stephan Liverahost of one of the leading bitcoin podcasts and managing director of Swan Bitcoin International.
- Hermann Vivierco-founder of The Surfer Kids (2010) and founder of Bitcoin Ekasi (2021)
- Abdoulaye NDIAYEassistant professor of economics at New York University.
Find all the information on the website: https://www.dakarbitcoindays.com
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