12 years later BITCOIN CULTURE FESTIVAL ;)
The mission statement has not changed much.
The distrust of the traditional banking system is probably higher these days...
some Bitcoin stats from the early days :
Network power
2009 0.01 Ghash/sec
2010 103 Ghash/sec
2011 8,000 Ghash/sec
2012 19,000 Ghash/sec
Number of transactions
2009 219
2010 100,000
2011 2,000,000
2012 5,000,000
Bitcoin price
2009 $0.03
2010 $0.3
2011 $5.0
2012 $10.0
https://blog.bitmex.com/london-2012-the-2nd-bitcoin-conference/
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tickets: https://2140.wtf/pages/bitcoin-halloween-party
visit https://bitcoinculturefestival.london