Bitcoin is here to stay, and it’s already changing the world as we know it.

And if we look beyond all the noise—about price movements and so-called cryptocurrency “craze”—it’s evident that bitcoin is already moving towards even more global and decentralized research and development.

In the Netherlands, a group of researchers, developers and visionaries have gathered in the Bitcoin friendly city of Arnhem for the first time to share knowledge research and showcase multiple implementations for digital currency.

The two-day event, called The Future of Bitcoin Conference 2017, allows people working with the Bitcoin protocol the opportunity to meet face to face, to discuss the future of bitcoin, while exploring the balance between cooperation and competition.