The Inside Bitcoins San Diego Conference which took place on December 15-16, 2015, was a great opportunity for southern California locals, San Diego Bitcoin Meetup members and out of town Blockchainers to network among influential folks in the global Bitcoin community.
In the event organizers own words: “This conference and expo provides up-to-date information on the latest in FinTech business trends, funding models, investment strategies, next-generation payment solutions, multi-signature protocols, blockchain-based startups, and more…”
For a full recap, pop over to our friends at BitSabio, who also attended: http://bitsabio.com/blogs/news/83255873-inside-bitcoins-conference-in-san-diego-california-2015

This Bitcoin conference was a lot of fun and featured such thought-leaders as:
- Steve Beauregard, CEO & Founder of GoCoin.com – He was the morning Keynote speaker and tackled the topic of how to train customers to pay with Bitcoin
- Eric Lombrozo, Co-CEO & CTO of Ciphrex Corporation – Presented as the midday Keynote speaker discussion the tough to handle topic of “The Future of Crypto”.
- Patrick M. Byrne, CEO of Overstock.com – As the evening Keynote speaker he delivered a fantastic presentation on Wall Street, “You Don’t Need to Trust Wall Street, You Only Need to Trust Math”.
- Devon Read of Alexandria – A sharp dude who founded a platform that allows content creators to publish and monetize their content such as movies, music, art and other types of content.
- Jonathan Chester COO of Bitwage – Shed light on the company which enables reduced payroll costs, increased transfer speeds, and increased visibility into the payment process.
We had a great time recording a LAB Radio podcast episode with the Bitcoin Miami attendees.
We got to talk with such people as:
- Sheree Ip – Discussed her background in Compliance and the Legal System and how Bitcoin/Blockchain relates. | Download the full interview here
- Pamela Morgan – Dazzled us with an extremely articulate explanation and very useful thoughts behind Data Security, Disaster Recovery and how this relates to Bitcoin and Blockchain technologies. | Download the full interview here
- Joe Ciccolo – Compliance and Banking guru with many years of experience in the trenches of Bank auditing among many other critical functions. | Download the full interview here
- Joe Colangelo – Schooled us on the world of policy making a research as well as his work with the Consumer Research Group. | Download the full interview here
- Spencer Bogart – Talked all about Equity, Finance and the state of affairs in the hedge-fund industry. | Download the full interview here
- Hans Lombardo – Is a media man, hosting allcoinnews.com while travelling all over the world and frequenting Bitcoin conferences globally. | Download the full interview here
- Caterina Rindi – Bitcoins industry veteran and maven who offers her own consulting services as well as other community development functions. | Download the full interview here
How the show is broken down:
We pulled clips from each guest (listed above) and provided our own commentary and reflections between each clip.
The subject matter ranges from opinions, Bitcoin stories, definitions and lots of discussion of each guest’s unique niche which made for a well-rounded and illuminating discussion.
We hope you enjoy listening to this podcast as much as we enjoyed making it!
LAB Radio – Podcast – Episode 1 – Inside Bitcoins San Diego Conference 2015
Podcast Show Notes, Further Reading and Resources:
- Inside Bitcoins San Diego – http://insidebitcoins.com/san-diego/2015
- Bitsabio Recap – http://bitsabio.com/blogs/news/83255873-inside-bitcoins-conference-in-san-diego-california-2015
- Pamela Morgan – https://twitter.com/pamelawjd | http://empoweredlaw.com/ | https://www.thirdkey.solutions/ | Download Pamela’s Full interview
- Sheree Ip – https://twitter.com/missdiorsheree | http://www.digitalcurrencycouncil.com/professional/sheree-ip-on-the-state-of-bitcoin-regulation-in-australia/ | https://au.linkedin.com/in/sheree-ip-692b91114 | Download Sheree’s Full interview
- Joe Ciccolo – https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeciccolo | https://www.bitaml.com/ | Download Joe’s Full interview
- Joe Colangelo – https://twitter.com/Itsjoeco | http://consumersresearch.org/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/josephjcolangelo | Download Joe Colangelo’s Full interview
- Spencer Bogart – https://twitter.com/milton_vonmises | http://www.needhamco.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-bogart-cfa-bba645a | Download Spencer’s Full interview
- Hans Lombardo – http://allcoinsnews.com/ | https://hk.linkedin.com/in/hanslombardo | Download Hans’ Full interview
- Caterina Rindi – https://twitter.com/CaterinaRindi | http://rindiconsulting.com/ | https://www.linkedin.com/in/crindi | Download Caterina’s Full interview