Ireland to host debut Bitcoin conference

Ireland is to hold the first ever Bitcoin finance conference in July when promoters of the digital currency will discuss how it could change the world.

The rise of the currency, that has gone from being merely an internet plaything with little or no real value, to a single bitcoin almost equalling the value of an ounce of gold at the peak of its value, has raised questions for central banks and law enforcement.

Founder of Bitfin conference, Fergal Murray, said that the conference will aim to address the main questions raised by the emergence of the digital currency.