Craig Wright, who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, will visit the Catalan capital as part of the Democracy4All event on Nov. 10 and 11 at the Llotja de Mar.
The international event Democracy4All, set to take place on Nov. 10 and 11 at the 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 hold 1.1 million Bitcoin (worth approximately $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 would have to do is make a transaction from this wallet to another account, but the wallet in question has remained untouched since its creation. At the end of 2021, Wright won a court case in which the family of his deceased 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’s 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, which makes it a unique event in the world, as it demonstrates the use of blockchain as an instrument for democratic improvement in terms of social, business and individual governance. The event positions Catalonia as the most important international meeting point for political actors and institutions from around the world, and helps accelerate the dialogue between government bodies and new technologies.
Top international speakers
In the last few days, the organization has begun to publish the agenda of the event as well as some speakers. The list of participants ranges from politicians and regulators to technologists, as well as promoters of nonprofit initiatives. What they all have in common is that they will 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, contract-based societies; Grace Rachman, founder of Voice of Humanity, an entity that creates and experiments with new forms of democracy using blockchain technology; and Philip Agyei, president of the Blockchain Foundation Africa, a nonprofit organization created to empower young entrepreneurs and help them find funding in the field of cryptocurrencies.
