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Live updates from Cryptolina

The ExitEvent team reported live from the Cryptolina Bitcoin Expo in downtown Raleigh, August 16-17. See updates below and read our preview of the event here. Pitches from six local cryptocurrency startups: Friday, 3:30 p.m. An N.C. State computer and electrical engineering senior is raising $150,000 to grow GreenCoin, a new cryptocurrency built around carbon reduction and renewable energy creation. Founder Lorenzo Walz is pretty proud of the fact that he can let you own carbon if you own GreenCoin. Owners of solar arrays or other renewable energy sources earn GreenCoins daily based on the amount renewable energy they...

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Cryptolina: Previewing the Region’s First Major Bitcoin Event

If you’re on the fence about the Cryptolina Bitcoin Expo kicking off this afternoon in Raleigh, we’ll help you out. Here’s a rundown of the most exciting speakers, panels and events happening at the first-of-its-kind bitcoin educational event in the Triangle, with a little context for why you might (or should) care. We’ll also be there to report back on the discussions, innovations and thoughts shared. More than 400 people are expected to attend the two-day event at the Raleigh Convention Center, and they’re coming from Germany, Toronto, Silicon Valley, Houston, New York and throughout the Southeast. But one...

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