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The world’s biggest Bitcoin conferences: Decentralize with Cointelegraph

What do thought leaders at the world’s largest Bitcoin conferences make of Bitcoin in 2023? This week’s Decentralize with Cointelegraph podcast focuses on Bitcoin 2023 in Miami and BTC Prague. As the bear market rages on, the die-hards, evangelists and Bitcoin believers just keep building. In this week’s episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph , reporter Joe Hall spoke to CEOs, key opinion leaders and cryptographic visionaries at two of the world ’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) conferences : Bitcoin 2023 in Miami, Florida, and BTC Prague in the Czech Republic. While BTC’s price has remained stubbornly under $30,000 in 2023, the Bitcoin 2023 conference welcomed 15,000 Bitcoin enthusiasts through its doors just off Miami Beach. In June, the first edition of BTC Prague set records as more than 7,000 attendees hit the Czech capital to learn about and interact with Bitcoin. Despite taking place on different continents roughly two weeks apart, the themes and discussion points overlapped. Bitcoi...

MyEtherWallet CEO talks about the future of crypto self-custody

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Tune in to the third episode of Hashing It Out as Cointelegraph's Elisha Owusu Akyaw discusses the future of noncustodial cryptocurrency wallets with Kosala Hemachandra, CEO of MyEtherWallet. In the third episode of Hashing It Out podcast series, Cointelegraph’s Elisha Owusu Akyaw discusses the future of noncustodial cryptocurrency wallets with Kosala Hemachandra, CEO of MyEtherWallet. Recent issues with centralized platforms have put the spotlight on decentralized applications (DApps), and self -custody — where users keep their funds completely under their responsibility — has become a major trend. MyEther Wallet is one of the oldest noncustodial wallets with a focus on the Ethereum blockchain. According to Kosala Hemachandra, the Wallet went live just two weeks after the Ethereum mainnet launch. The CEO of MyEther Wallet explains that they chose to make a decentralized Wallet because they believed it was the only proper way to interact with Blockchain technology. “Blockchain, ...