The Future of Bitcoin and Alternative Currencies
Daniel Knowles, the Economist
Thursday 6th of February, Little Hall (TBC)
Bitcoin has grabbed the world's attention in recent months with it's dramatic rise from $20 a year ago to a high of $1200 last December, with many crashes and recoveries along the way (as we speak it is at $826.8!). And it seems to be gaining increasing respectability -- there's even a Cambridge pub that accepts payments in Bitcoin!
But is Bitcoin just a bubble? Will it be superseded by other competing digital currencies? And more broadly, how will alternative currencies be integrated into our technological future? All these questions and more will be addressed by Daniel Knowles from the Economist magazine.
Daniel Knowles writes on social affairs and the changing face of Britain for The Economist. He previously worked for the Daily Telegraph, Spectator and City AM, writing on British politics, finance and economics. Mr Knowles studied history and economics at Oxford University.
But is Bitcoin just a bubble? Will it be superseded by other competing digital currencies? And more broadly, how will alternative currencies be integrated into our technological future? All these questions and more will be addressed by Daniel Knowles from the Economist magazine.
Daniel Knowles writes on social affairs and the changing face of Britain for The Economist. He previously worked for the Daily Telegraph, Spectator and City AM, writing on British politics, finance and economics. Mr Knowles studied history and economics at Oxford University.