Self-proclaimed creator of Bitcoin to visit Barcelona during Democracy4All
Craig Wright, who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, will visit the Catalan capital as part of the Democracy4All event on November 10 and 11 at Llotja de Mar.
The international event Democracy4All, which will take place on November 10 and 11 at Llotja de Mar in Barcelona, will be attended by Craig Wright, the Australian entrepreneur and computer scientist who claims to be the creator of Bitcoin (BTC). In 2015, Wright declared that he was Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonym used by the mysterious creator of the first cryptocurrency that gave birth to blockchain technology, which has led to both support and criticism in equal measure among those in the Bitcoin community.
The Australian claims to have 1.1 million Bitcoins (worth roughly $25 billion at current exchange rates) in a digital wallet that can only belong to a person or entity involved in Bitcoin since its inception. To prove this claim, all the entrepreneur needs to do is make a transaction from this wallet to another account, but the wallet in question has been untouched since its creation. In late 2021, Wright won a lawsuit in which the family of his late late partner, David Kleiman, claimed half of the wallet’s funds, arguing that he had also participated in the creation of Bitcoin.
Democracy4All, also known as D4A, is an international event in the techno-political sector organized by the Barcelona Chamber of Commerce Center Blockchain of Catalonia in collaboration with the Department of the Vice-Presidency and Digital Policies and Territory of the Government of Catalonia.
The focus of Democracy4All is on the Council of Europe’s 12 principles of good democratic governance, making it a unique event in the world, as it demonstrates the use of blockchain as an instrument for democratic improvement in social, business and individual governance. The event positions Catalonia as the most important international meeting point for political actors and institutions from all over the world, and helps to accelerate the dialogue between state bodies and new technologies.
Top international speakers
In recent days, the organization has started to publish the agenda for the event as well as some speakers. The list of participants ranges from politicians and regulators to technologists, as well as promoters of non-profit initiatives. What they all have in common is that they want to talk about how blockchain technology is revolutionizing their sectors.
In addition to Wright, some notable names include Vít Jedlička, president of the Free Republic of Liberland – a European micronation with a cryptocurrency-based economy located between Croatia and Serbia – Titus Gebel, founder and president of the Free Private Cities Foundation, which aims. to support human progress by creating voluntary, contractual societies; Grace Rachman, founder of Voice of Humanity, an entity creating and experimenting with new forms of democracy using blockchain technology; and Philip Agyei, President of Blockchain Foundation Africa, a non-profit organization created to empower young entrepreneurs and help them find funding in cryptocurrency.
