Our Speakers

We were very honored to feature more than 65 speakers whom are respected leaders and experts in the industry. Diving deep into numerous vital topics related to Bitcoin, they were incredibly informative and we can be confident in saying that everyone walked away with the feeling that they learned something new and useful.

  • Charlie Lee

    Creator
    Litecoin

  • Samson Mow

    CSO
    Blockstream

  • WhalePanda

    Angel Investor & Trader
    Magical Crypto Friends

  • Peter Todd

    Inventor
    Opentimestamps

  • Riccardo Spagni

    Co-founder
    Tari

  • Dr. Adam Back

    CEO
    Blockstream

  • Luke Dashjr

    Blockchain Engineer
    Bitcoin Core

  • Meltem Demirors

    CSO
    CoinShares

  • Stacy Herbert

    Co-host
    Keiser Report

  • Caitlin Long

    Founder
    Avanti

  • Phil Potter

    Creator
    Tether

  • Matt Corallo

    Engineer
    Chaincode Labs

  • Jill Carlson

    Co-founder
    Open Money Initiative

  • Andrew Poelstra

    Director of Research
    Blockstream

  • Elaine Ou

    Editor
    BTC Times

  • Alyse Killeen

    Founding Partner
    Stillmark Co

  • Alex Gladstein

    CSO
    Human Rights Foundation

  • Eric Lombrozo

    Co-CEO & CTO
    Ciphrex

  • Jimmy Song

    Founder
    Programming Blockchain

  • Jameson Lopp

    CTO
    Casa

  • Jack Mallers

    Founder
    Zap

  • Des Dickerson

    Head of Operations
    Lightning Labs

  • Alex Bosworth

    Infrastructure Lead
    Lightning Labs

  • Justin Moon

    Founder
    Buidlbootcamp

  • Kristy-Leigh Minehan

    CTO
    Core Scientific

  • Jeremy Welch

    CEO
    Casa

  • Alex Petrov

    CIO
    Bitfury

  • Neha Narula

    Director
    MIT DCI

  • Rodolfo Novak (nvk)

    Founder
    Coinkite Inc

  • Arianna Simpson

    Managing Director
    Autonomous Partners

  • Aaron van Wirdum

    Editor
    BTC Times

  • Austin Alexander

    Senior VP
    Kraken

  • Peter McCormack

    Founder
    What Bitcoin Did

  • Katherine Wu

    Consultant
    Katherine Wu

  • Elizabeth Stark

    Co-Founder & CEO
    Lightning Labs

  • Josh Olszewicz

    Analyst
    BraveNewCoin

  • Miha Grcar

    Head of Business Development
    Bitstamp

  • Leah Wald

    Partner
    Lucid Investments

  • Gordon Ao

    CEO
    Innosilicon

  • Bob McElrath

    Blockchain Architect
    Fidelity Investments

  • Hannah Rosenberg

    Managing Director
    The Blockchain Institute

  • Sergej Kotliar

    CEO
    Bitrefill

  • Alexandra Moxin

    Founder
    Advance Tech Media

  • Ryan Wang

    Chief Strategy Officer
    BTSE

  • Leigh Cuen

    Reporter
    Coindesk

  • Patrick Nielsen

    CTO
    Clovyr

  • Paul Shapiro

    CEO
    MyMonero

  • Pavel Moravec

    Co-CEO
    Braiins

  • Will O'Beirne

    Developer
    Joule

  • Greg Carson

    Head of Corp Dev & Venture Capital
    XBTO Ventures

  • Karim Balaa

    Head of Design
    Tari Labs

  • Zack Fasel

    Managing Partner
    Urbane Security

  • Lisa Neigut

    Engineer
    Blockstream

  • John Newbery

    Engineer
    Chaincode Labs

  • Cayle Sharrock

    Head of Engineering
    Tari Labs

  • Brandon Goodell

    Research Associate
    Monero Research Lab

  • Devin Pearson

    Project Architect
    Globee

  • Rob Massey

    Tax Partner
    Deloitte

  • Troy Paredes

    Founder
    Paredes Strategies (former SEC)

  • Lowell Ness

    Partner
    Perkins Coie

Sponsors

Our sponsors enabled this dream of organizing this conference to manifest into reality. The affordability and content-driven conference attracted the best in the Bitcoin community. We would like to put forth our sincerest gratitude for these visionary companies that are transforming the industry as well as the world.

Event Agenda

main room

10:50 AM Registration12:55 PM WhalePandaIntro1:00 PM Stacy HerbertElizabeth StarkFireside chat on the state of the Lightning Network1:30 PM Will O'BeirneLightning Payments (and more) on the Web1:45 PM Lisa NeigutTaxonomy of LN nodes2:00 PM Alex BosworthBridging Off-chain and On-chain with Submarine Swaps2:20 PM Leigh CuenLN present & future panel with Will O'Beirne, Lisa Neigut & Alex Bosworth3:05 PM Phil PotterSpecial Announcement HTC3:10 PM Coffee Break3:20 PM Dr. Adam BackBitcoin Satellite Network3:35 PM Rodolfo Novak (nvk)Decentralized Communication3:55 PM Elaine OuBitcoin without Internet panel with Adam Back, Rodolfo Novak & Richard Myers4:40 PM Alex GladsteinBitcoin vs Big Brother5:10 PM Eric MeltzerSpecial announcement about Satoshi's Treasure5:15 PM Coffee Break5:25 PM MCF EpisodeLive MCF show with Riccardo Spagni, Charlie Lee, Samson Mow & WhalePanda6:30 PM MCF PartyOAK NYC - thanks to BTSE

upper room

1:30 PM Jeremy WelchBuilding a Sovereign User Experience1:45 PM Karim BalaaScaling Products with Design Systems2:00 PM Greg CarsonVenture Capital investing in the utility of Bitcoin and Markets2:20 PM Josh OlszewiczExchanges in the bear market with Miha Grcar, Austin Alexander, Ryan Wang & Phil Potter3:05 PM Coffee Break3:20 PM Bob McElrathDecentralized Mining Pools for Bitcoin3:35 PM Matt CoralloMatt CoralloMining: No Good, The Bad, and The Ugly3:55 PM Leah WaldThe future of mining with Pavel Moravec, Alex Petrov, Gordon Ao & Kristy-Leigh Minehan

Location

125 West 18th Street
New York, NY