[kictanet] What is crypto currency?

[Josiah Mugambi]

There's a Bitcoin community in Nairobi that regularly meet. Not sure if any
of them are on this list but I can reach out to them if there's interest
this area and more so on the block chain, the underlying tech used by
bitcoin coin and other crypto currencies

I've been reading up on potential of the block chain and an interesting use
case is land transactions
On Sep 22, 2015 4:37 PM, "Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi,
> I do not know if there has been specific discussion on crypto currency but
> general discussions about inventions aided or through the Internet have
> been discussed. Would be interesting to know whether/how crypto currency
> can be useful for our development as well as challenges we would face.
> Regards,
>
> 2015-09-22 16:10 GMT+03:00 meshack via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
>
>>
>>
>> Dear all
>>
>> I would like to request for a discussion around crypto currency. What
>> role does the IGF play in the development and advancement of the invention?
>> Are there any initiatives that have been made so far to1.) Understand the
>> invention 2.) Establish governance and control.?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Meshack
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