Presenting the electronic gulden 7 january 2015 final
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Introducing the Electronic Gulden; opting to save rather than chasing to spend Key data Current status • First block mined March19th, 2014. • Currently 3,600 people have e-Gulden • e-Gulden in circulation: 11,630,000 • Remainder pre-mine e-Gulden (in cold storage): 5,000,000 e-Gulden presentation – Bitcoin Wednesday - January 7th, 2015. Henk Compier –Electronic Gulden Foundation Latest • e-Gulden core currency in Dutch accounting software OSIRIS • 68 shops accept e-Gulden through payment providers • Virtual world with e-Gulden as base currency Goals of the Foundation • To help the e-Gulden reach its potential and to educate the Dutch people about money
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Introducing the Electronic Gulden; opting to save rather than chasing to spend Key data
Current status• First block mined March19th, 2014. • Currently 3,600 people have e-Gulden
• e-Gulden in circulation: 11,630,000• Remainder pre-mine e-Gulden (in cold storage): 5,000,000
e-Gulden presentation – Bitcoin Wednesday - January 7th, 2015. Henk Compier –Electronic Gulden Foundation
Latest• e-Gulden core currency in Dutch accounting software OSIRIS• 68 shops accept e-Gulden through payment providers• Virtual world with e-Gulden as base currency
Goals of the Foundation• To help the e-Gulden reach its potential and to educate the Dutch people about money
e-Gulden moving forward
Two-pronged distribution approach“Mass-marketing” of e-Guldens savings planDistribution of remaining pre-mine through campaigns & select partners
Links
Website: http://www.e-gulden.org/
Forum: http://forum.e-gulden.org/
Savings plan: https://spaarplan.e-gulden.org/
CommunityActivate and enlarge current communityTo reach out to as many people as possible
TechnologyRemoving complexity (obfuscating public keys + making robust yet user-friendly wallet software and merchant tools)
e-Gulden presentation – Bitcoin Wednesday - January 7th, 2015. Henk Compier –Electronic Gulden Foundation
The e-Gulden Savings Plan
Parameters• Goal is to bring the Dutch people in contact with cryptocurrencies and help them gain first-hand experience
without too much hassle
• Positively affect volatily thus (hopefully) helping to drive the e-Gulden value upwards
• Route: euro -> Bitcoin -> e-Gulden (converting BTC over a period of 10 years)
Conditions• No wallet software required
• No minimum investment or periodicity
• No costs or fees
• Participants can stop anytime
• Anonymous
e-Gulden presentation – Bitcoin Wednesday - January 7th, 2015. Henk Compier –Electronic Gulden Foundation
