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Monday 7 September 2015

TEDxAruba is First TEDx Event Worldwide Accepting Bitcoin

DWAYNE HERONIMO with beautiful beaches in the world Aruba acts impressive results. With this Our specific goal is to turn
TEDxAruba Press and palm trees, where like a hub between the momentum, Aruba cre- TEDxAruba into the Carib-
ORANJESTAD - TEDxAruba you can have the best va- America’s, Europe and ates the perfect place bean’s leading platform
has become the first TEDx cation ever. But did you the Caribbean region. for existing- and start-up and pipeline for great
event in the world to ac- know that Aruba is more Aruba is part of the King- companies to research ideas, storytelling, creativ-
cept Bitcoin for the pay- than a vacation island dom of the Netherlands and showcase their great ity, actionable innovation.
ment of the registration and that it has the ambi- and with its unique posi- ideas, find solutions for TEDxAruba strives for sus-
fee. tion to create a 100% sus- tion has grown into a living global challenges and tainable innovation, new
The move comes with the tainable society? lab on all levels of sustain- share their expertise. business creation and
awareness ‘On the road Aruba is doing that by able challenges and solu- The goal is to find creative bringing idea’s to live, not
to TEDxAruba’ through In- creating a new economic tions. ways to contribute to a only for Aruba, but also for
spiring Sessions on the is- pillar: A sustainable knowl- The journey to a sustain- sustainable society and other similar small econo-
land which among other edge economy. Located able society is very inspir- eventually to the rest of mies and the rest of the
economic developments at one of the best places ing and already has shown the world. world.q
focuses on the role of
complementary curren-
cies in economic and so-
cial systems.
Bitcoin is an online cur-
rency and payment sys-
tem that already enables
the international transmis-
sion of funds per day at an
amount greater than for
example Western Union.
Thousands of merchants
worldwide accept Bitcoin
and this development is
moving to the island of
Aruba as well.
Everybody knows Aruba
as a paradise on earth