{"$schema": "https://c3voc.de/schedule/schema.json", "generator": {"name": "pretalx", "version": "2024.1.0"}, "schedule": {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/schedule/", "version": "0.19", "base_url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com", "conference": {"acronym": "2024", "title": "2024", "start": "2024-09-27", "end": "2024-09-29", "daysCount": 3, "timeslot_duration": "00:05", "time_zone_name": "Europe/Berlin", "colors": {"primary": "#000000"}, "rooms": [{"name": "Main Stage", "guid": "ece25247-786d-5635-90e8-84b32c81c5dc", "description": null, "capacity": null}, {"name": "Community Ampitheatre", "guid": "e9091bb0-3204-5ca7-8bc0-0c742fdea20c", "description": null, "capacity": 40}], "tracks": [{"name": "Proof of Scale (Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains)", "color": "#FFB801"}, {"name": "Proof of Utility (Emerging Protocols and Utilities)", "color": "#0176FF"}, {"name": "Proof of Sustainability (Mining and Environment)", "color": "#009818"}, {"name": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "color": "#7646FF"}, {"name": "Social Activity", "color": "#FF00FF"}], "days": [{"index": 1, "date": "2024-09-27", "day_start": "2024-09-27T04:00:00+02:00", "day_end": "2024-09-28T03:59:00+02:00", "rooms": {"Main Stage": [{"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/MVNGGQ/", "id": 93, "guid": "124fc73f-bd87-5678-947d-4d6f7c13dd62", "date": "2024-09-27T18:00:00+02:00", "start": "18:00", "logo": null, "duration": "02:00", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-93-vip-speaker-dinner", "title": "VIP / Speaker Dinner", "subtitle": "", "track": "Social Activity", "type": "Social Activity", "language": "en", "abstract": "This welcome event is for Speakers, Sponsors, and VIP Ticket Holders. 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He worked on Ethereum and Hyperledger in earlier years, followed by a switch to Ethereum Classic and a belated Bitcoin orange-pilling.  He has a growing interest in privacy projects.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "c1ae03bf-f4b5-566b-a2e3-6be47a11ceba", "id": 32, "code": "YEPCVS", "public_name": "Alan Austin", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/alan-austin_FALtegl.png", "biography": "Alan Austin currently serves as Managing Director at Litecoin Foundation. Alan started his career out of graduate school working with a small startup company to help develop the first value-added real estate technology platform that was successfully sold to Ocwen Financial Corporation (OCN: NYSE). As an entrepreneur, investor and consultant, Alan has spent the last 25 years in the real estate and technology field, consulting with banks, title companies and other service providers as well as helping clients to successfully navigate through the often complicated real estate and financial environment.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "76928f2a-8c1b-510b-8171-4493abf30028", "id": 1, "code": "FW8UXH", "public_name": "Michael Parenti", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/michael-parenti-micro-press_eD880m7.jpg", "biography": "Since the early days at the archaic Bitcoin Foundation, Michael has been a community builder and open-resourcerer in the ecosystem for quite some time. 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By prioritizing sustainable energy solutions, HIVE Digital not only addresses historical environmental concerns but also sets a new standard for responsible innovation in the sector.", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "c967fce4-d521-53da-942e-1ad32e0cb35c", "id": 35, "code": "FZQE3S", "public_name": "Frank Holmes", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/frank_ZtOKusL.jpg", "biography": "Renowned global investor Frank Holmes leads the HIVE board of directors, contributing to the company's vision and strategy. HIVE was the first cryptocurrency mining company to go public on the TSX.V in 2017. Mr. Holmes also serves as the chief executive and chief investment officer at U.S. Global Investors, a leading asset management firm. Mr. Holmes is a much sought after keynote speaker at international investment conferences and a regular guest in business media. 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As strategic advisor, she has successfully guided numerous public and private companies in business development, fundraising, and organisational dynamics, leveraging her expertise in communication and investor relations. Stefania is the founder and director of Cassiopeia, an award-winning PR and Investor Relations agency, and the host of the FinancialFox YouTube channel and podcast. Recognized as a pioneering female leader and crypto influencer, Stefania is a sought-after speaker and moderator at international tech and investment conferences.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "98fd8bac-eac9-5076-897b-42649764de97", "id": 51, "code": "RC9PEH", "public_name": "Aydin Kilic", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/aydin_GaQmXoL.jpg", "biography": "Mr. Kilic has over 20 years' experience as an entrepreneur and electronic engineer with expertise in cryptocurrency, capital markets, real estate development and scientific research. He founded Fortress Blockchain Corp. in 2017 and led this company as CEO to go public as a Tier 1 Technology Issuer on the TSX-V, raising $30M in the process.\r\n\r\nWith this experience Mr. Kilic brings the HIVE team his comprehensive understanding of the intersect of cryptocurrency and the Canadian capital markets, public company audit demands and exchange rules, along with the importance of ESG investing. Additionally, as a development executive, Mr. Kilic has received commitments from Canadian banks for over $100M in financing for land rezoning and development projects and has secured over $200M of land acquisition offers, while bringing over $100M of project value to market in BC. Mr. Kilic will lead HIVE in its global expansion and development of data centers, reporting directly to Frank Holmes, Executive Chairman.\r\n\r\nMr. Kilic holds a degree in Engineering Science (Honours) from Simon Fraser University, having specialized in high-frequency electronics, VLSI, and time-variant 3D electromagnetics.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "189e2eed-53d7-5a21-b4f8-e39a31a6afa8", "id": 75, "code": "3TW7GP", "public_name": "Daniel Batten", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/DB_MRJpEtV.jpeg", "biography": "Daniel is a Climatetech investor, author and advisor to Family Offices and publicly listed companies. We has been credited as one of the prominent voices that has helped turn the Bitcoin and energy narrative around, bringing much needed quantitative data to the discussion since 2022.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "bf733203-e468-5f93-8b2e-6210bc69004a", "id": 73, "code": "XBKKR7", "public_name": "Dennis Porter", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Untitled_design_-_2024-09-08T145846.113_dy5JRaG.png", "biography": "Dennis Porter is the CEO and Co-Founder of Satoshi Action Fund, and the Founder and President of Satoshi Action Education. He is a leading advocate for Bitcoin, leveraging a methodical, bottom-up approach to drive political change. Dennis has successfully spearheaded the passage of Bitcoin-protective laws at the state level, including the widely recognized \"Right to Mine\" bill, enacted in two states in 2023, and the \"Bitcoin Rights,\" passed in two states in 2024. In addition to his policy work, Dennis has co-authored several peer-reviewed research papers, contributing foundational insights to the Bitcoin ecosystem. As an expert in his field, Dennis is known for effectively engaging lawmakers and advocating for the future of Bitcoin and the industry as a whole.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "ccc87eb4-18ce-57ab-92b8-b2e9e1474881", "id": 74, "code": "GDUDEY", "public_name": "Dr. Sven Hildebrandt", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/1a_Kr0FdKi.jpg", "biography": "Dr. Sven Hildebrandt has been working on the intersection of Distributed Ledger Technology and regulation since 2017 and has served as an advisor to regulated financial institutions such as DEKA, dwpbank, Donner & Reuschel Aktiengesellschaft as well as HANSAINVEST hanseatische Investment-GmbH that set up the first fund from a regulated Asset Management Company investing directly into crypto assets. Up until recently, he was working for a German Crypto Exchange.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/MQBSQD/", "id": 18, "guid": "6978fff1-d742-5a50-a7ef-c0da88a807ca", "date": "2024-09-28T11:30:00+02:00", "start": "11:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-18-corruption-kyc-and-the-cost-of-compliance", "title": "Corruption, KYC and the Cost of Compliance", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Trillions of dollars in illicit financial flows slosh around our financial system today, facilitated by the most powerful centralized institutions. Current efforts to address IFFs are ineffective and result in harmful side effects for some of the most vulnerable in society. In this talk, we investigate the causes and impact of IFFs. Despite what certain bankers and politicians might have told you, the transparency and programmability of cryptocurrencies are a solution to, not a cause of, the problem.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "52d26530-1e1d-54e1-804d-8a8e03b07824", "id": 22, "code": "AEHVKH", "public_name": "Jarrad Hope", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Jarrad_PFP_tzyGwem.png", "biography": "Jarrad came to Bitcoin in early 2011 through agorism, counter-economics & crypto-anarchy, seeing that Bitcoin could operate a monetary policy in a hostile environment, he began to view public blockchains as a voluntary social order, one that didn\u2019t depend on a monopoly of violence. From there he participated in early attempts to generalise the bitcoin script to advance institutional libertarianism, ultimately becoming an early contributor to Ethereum. While Jarrad advances privacy technologies through developing an e2e and p2p private messaging client & super app, Status, he realised that privacy technologies are not enough and now is advocating for self-sovereign crypto-networks, the realisation of a latent cypherpunk dream, the crypto-state.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/8QAPYU/", "id": 29, "guid": "b1b1c95d-4060-534e-9ea2-24f2205e5fa5", "date": "2024-09-28T12:00:00+02:00", "start": "12:00", "logo": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/2024/submissions/8QAPYU/Group_5.4680.5x_5vYpawA.png", "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-29-the-right-for-privacy-in-2024", "title": "The right for privacy in 2024", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Tornado&Samurai-DoJ, Gaza-Israel, Trump-Harris... what type of privacy we seek in 2024?\r\nWhat's the role of Bitcoin in the global privacy landscape?\r\nIs Cypherpunk Dream dead or need a reboot?\r\nLet's discuss what's wrong & right with 700 projects contributing to decentralized privacy in 2024.", "description": "I want to share the necessity for a complex approach to privacy:\r\n- the necessity to return to the moral role of cryptography paper (ZK, FHE, TEE, MPC...)\r\n- tackling the gap between traditional human rights & Bitcoin with gender politics plus American-centric cultural politics\r\n- presenting privacy stack from secure messaging to network layer privacy\r\n- proposing cultural shift that will help to bring thousands of devs into cypherpunk movement", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "78c5eb8d-e32f-531e-930d-778c6029e421", "id": 41, "code": "3YQUHW", "public_name": "Mykola", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Mykola_Siusko_o0GMxoJ.jpg", "biography": "Founding member of the Web3Privacy now collective facilitating cypherpunk dream. In 1.5 years: thousand of people at privacy-focused events, enabling 800 devs on hackathons, 80 speakers from David Chaum to Rachel-Rose O'leary [DarkFi]. Curator behind privacy market dashboard tracking 700 projects: http://explorer.web3privacy.info.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/UNF977/", "id": 13, "guid": "24de3b3c-9fb9-5515-899b-5c809b6573ce", "date": "2024-09-28T12:30:00+02:00", "start": "12:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-13-resistance-to-attacks-privacy-mining-and-human-rights", "title": "Resistance to Attacks: Privacy, Mining, and Human Rights", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Lyudmyla Kozlovska, president of Open Dialogue Foundation and a Ukrainian human rights defender, and Bota Jardemalie, a New York lawyer, Kazakh human rights defender, and Belgian political refugee, will discuss how the misuse of AML and CFT laws and the weaponization of banking data lead to political repression and financial exclusion, and how activists worldwide turn to P2P Bitcoin transactions, self-hosted wallets, mixers, and other privacy payment instruments to protect human rights. What strategies do we have to defend the Lightning Network and privacy tools from escalating regulatory attacks? Why do we need to protect Bitcoin mining alongside privacy instruments to safeguard the entire Bitcoin ecosystem?", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "377fa1dd-aeea-5015-bccb-e8986fa06338", "id": 15, "code": "Q99DS9", "public_name": "Lyudmyla Kozlovska", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Photo_Lyudmyla_Kozlovska_veHfdrT.png", "biography": "Lyudmyla Kozlovska, Bitcoin advocate & human rights defender, President of the Open Dialogue Foundation\r\n\r\nLyudmyla is the president of the Open Dialog Foundation and a human rights defender from Ukraine. Being the initiator and leader of the Building True Change Coalition (BTC Coalition), Lyudmyla has been advocating regulators to address financial exclusion, political oppression and the delivery of humanitarian aid (promoting the vital role of Bitcoin). Since 2021, she has been leading the campaign to prevent the abuse of anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) laws by malign state actors. Previously, Lyudmyla initiated the reform of INTERPOL to fight its misuse as a tool of political prosecution worldwide.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "940663e1-ba77-57f1-9de1-9c055a4bafa2", "id": 18, "code": "DV8H3P", "public_name": "Bota Jardemalie", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Bota_Jardemalie_headshot_JxUEW01.jpeg", "biography": "Bota Jardemalie is a NY attorney, Kazakh human rights defender, and political refugee in the EU. She has defended activists and torture victims and worked on issues related to Interpol reform, personal sanctions, and the misuse of mutual legal cooperation. Bota has been advocating for regulators to address financial exclusion and the abuse of anti-money laundering (AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) laws, and fighting against the weaponization of the banking system. She defends Bitcoin, PoW, and privacy instruments.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/PGW8BA/", "id": 45, "guid": "1cdaf975-14ca-5d57-a0c7-53ce825d0e5f", "date": "2024-09-28T14:30:00+02:00", "start": "14:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-45-fireside-chat-with-vlad-costea", "title": "Fireside Chat with Vlad Costea", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Utility (Emerging Protocols and Utilities)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Fireside chat with Charlie Lee talking about Litecoin, payments, and privacy", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "f604fbf2-be36-5626-ae54-08f24bdc3d39", "id": 50, "code": "PFJKPE", "public_name": "Charlie Lee", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/new_profile_photo_square_FQ0kaTG.png", "biography": "Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin and Director of the Litecoin Foundation. He attended MIT where he graduated in 2000 with a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Prior to creating Litecoin, Charlie was a Software Engineer at Google. In 2011, he created Litecoin in an effort to improve upon Bitcoin\u2019s high fees, slower transaction times, and scalability issues. Charlie went on to work for Coinbase where he became Director of Engineering before leaving the company in 2017 to focus on supporting the development of Litecoin full time.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/YYAXHK/", "id": 67, "guid": "a85e4d00-0879-5af0-b5bc-f758a78bf52f", "date": "2024-09-28T15:00:00+02:00", "start": "15:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-67-union-the-next-generation-bitcoin-bridge", "title": "Union: The Next Generation Bitcoin Bridge", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Scale (Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "For more than 6 years, Rootstock has been relying on a federated Powpeg mechanism to secure the thousands of bitcoins that have been transferred to the sidechain. While the Powpeg stands out as one of the most secure multisig systems in the industry, the bitcoin community, unsatisfied with the t-of-n honesty quorum security model, calls for higher standards in terms of decentralization. Until recently, a permissionless bridge was impossible due to Bitcoin script limitations. It all changed in October 2023, with the invention of BitVM bringing the (1-of-n) model. Soon afterwards, the BitVMX protocol was published, extending and optimizing the initial design. BitVMX is general-purpose verification system based on the disputable computing paradigm applied to a RISC-V virtual processor.  In this presentation, we describe the fundamentals of BitVMX and we unveil the Rootstock Union Bridge, a new permissionless bridge proposed for the Rootstock sidechain that builds on top of BitVMX. The Union bridge is the first capital-efficient permissionless security-bonded bridge that can extend to hundreds of participants resting on a single honest verifier.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "d4949819-bb53-50ed-a83c-cef1bd97dacc", "id": 53, "code": "DKMLUW", "public_name": "Sergio Demian Lerner", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/SergioDemian_0mDrJpC.jpg", "biography": "Sergio Demian Lerner is a pioneering Bitcoin L2 researcher. As early as 2012, he proposed P2PTradeX, the idea behind all validating bridges. In 2016 he designed the Rootstock sidechain, including its merge-mining subsystem, and bridge, which then he helped transform into the current Powpeg, one of the first HSM-secured federated bridges. He also published the first drivechain BIP, and discovered a critical Bitcoin vulnerability affecting many Bitcoin bridges: the Merkle node type confusion. He designed the Hawkclient, a validating bridge between Rootstock and Ethereum in the PoW era. Currently he is part of the team that develops the new BitVMX disputable computing platform, a key component for building more decentralized Bitcoin bridges. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded several crypto-tech companies such as RSK Labs, Coinspect and Fairgate Labs.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/WCZXEV/", "id": 55, "guid": "6ce4a5f4-476a-5c39-b314-1b0a954cff40", "date": "2024-09-28T15:30:00+02:00", "start": "15:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-55-the-hybrid-l2", "title": "The Hybrid L2", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Scale (Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Hybrid L2s are a new class of L2s that inherit security from multiple L1s, e.g. Bitcoin and Ethereum. This makes them not only the most secure web3 platforms on the market, but also removes the need for 3rd party bridges: a hybrid L2 has native bridges to each of the connected chains. This means users from Bitcoin can always get their BTC back, same for ETH/ERC20 users from Ethereum, etc. \r\n\r\nBOB is the first to introduce the hybrid L2 design in 2023. BOB uses BitVM2 to achieve Bitcoin security as a rollup, while creating native connections to Ethereum, and other L1s like Solana and Tron in the future. The release of the official BitVM2 technical paper, co-authored by BOB co-founder Alexei Zamyatin, is a major milestone in creating a new generation of web3-native platforms that can challenge centralized exchanges with never before seen security and UX. Tron and Starware recently followed BOB announcing their intentions to switch to hybrid designs to connect to Bitcoin - and more will follow.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "37de1245-3b88-5c04-b537-21cd34497f20", "id": 57, "code": "3NKRW9", "public_name": "Alexei Zamyatin", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Alexei_Portrait_3_HS4Jp0u.jpg", "biography": "Alexei Zamyatin is a co-founder of BOB (Build on Bitcoin), a first-of-its-kind hybrid Layer-2 powered by Bitcoin and Ethereum. 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In this talk, we\u2019ll explore the crucial role of modularity and innovative technologies in advancing Bitcoin from a mere store of value to a universal unit of account. Discover the strategies and developments necessary to propel Bitcoin into the mainstream, paving the way for a decentralized, borderless financial future.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "fec2509c-bfb1-58c1-9e4f-360fa37e4fb2", "id": 31, "code": "L7SEYB", "public_name": "Orkun Mahir K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/ORKUN_1_sDEvBay.jpg", "biography": "With a strong engineering background and years of experience in startup environments, Orkun now leads Chainway Labs as CEO, where they spearheaded the development of Citrea, Bitcoin's First ZK Rollup. 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This changes everything.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "e714f092-d242-543e-8f46-bcddf9239f2f", "id": 66, "code": "QPV7PL", "public_name": "Edan Yago", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/EdanYagoprofile_qPxncSp.jpg", "biography": "Yago is a dedicated builder in the bitcoin Ecosystem. He is a founder of BitcoinOS, which introduced ZK-verification for Bitcoin, helped build Sovryn into the the largest Bitcoin  DeFi ecosystem and founded and sold Epiphyte, one of the first Bitcoin remittance companies.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/GLYNAU/", "id": 50, "guid": "bf2e592e-63bc-5797-b584-cfbad19ffc29", "date": "2024-09-28T17:30:00+02:00", "start": "17:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-50-proof-of-scale-l2-panel", "title": "Proof of Scale L2 Panel", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Scale (Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains)", "type": "Panel", "language": "en", "abstract": "This panel, led by Janszg of Bitcoin layers, brings together the top L2 builders in the space to seperate the hype from the reality of scaling bitcoin.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "fec2509c-bfb1-58c1-9e4f-360fa37e4fb2", "id": 31, "code": "L7SEYB", "public_name": "Orkun Mahir K\u0131l\u0131\u00e7", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/ORKUN_1_sDEvBay.jpg", "biography": "With a strong engineering background and years of experience in startup environments, Orkun now leads Chainway Labs as CEO, where they spearheaded the development of Citrea, Bitcoin's First ZK Rollup. 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Previously, she was the Head of Exchange at Binance.US, where she grew the exchange from $30M to $3B in daily trading volume within 18 months. Rena spent time on the commodities side and has a unique background as a drilling engineer. She spent her early career offshore on drilling rigs while spinning up Bitcoin mining pools. Notably, she managed a $300M energy portfolio for the Family Office of the Houston Texans NFL team. She's currently an Advisor at Tribe Capital.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "37de1245-3b88-5c04-b537-21cd34497f20", "id": 57, "code": "3NKRW9", "public_name": "Alexei Zamyatin", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Alexei_Portrait_3_HS4Jp0u.jpg", "biography": "Alexei Zamyatin is a co-founder of BOB (Build on Bitcoin), a first-of-its-kind hybrid Layer-2 powered by Bitcoin and Ethereum. 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Developed to promote decentralization in Bitcoin mining, this portable ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) miner aims to make Bitcoin mining more accessible to everyday users.\r\n\r\nIts open-source nature allows for community-driven improvements and modifications, fostering innovation in the mining hardware space. While not competing with large-scale industrial mining operations in terms of hash rate, the Bitaxe serves as an educational tool and a means for individuals to participate directly in the Bitcoin network's security and transaction verification process.", "description": "Bitaxe as a solo/self-sovereign miner has been instaged by Skot and has now transformed into a community called Open-Source-Miners-United (OSMU). 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These innovations pave the way for Layer 2 solutions that can scale Bitcoin in a more decentralized and secure manner than the predominantly federated multisig bridges used today.", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "2f6c0770-5cdd-5ef9-9947-72b5ef9ed6f1", "id": 49, "code": "ZPJH8Z", "public_name": "Veronika Kuett", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/5320EE9F-4E54-4465-857D-0BABD385FBFC_stwhBrm.jpeg", "biography": "L2 Researcher at LX Research Labs (/Bitcoin Layers)", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/BUJZFE/", "id": 74, "guid": "a5941787-22e7-5db6-8c58-b026ff70fe2b", "date": "2024-09-28T12:30:00+02:00", "start": "12:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-74-generalized-channels-for-pow-blockchains", "title": "Generalized Channels for PoW blockchains", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Scale (Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "In this talk, we will present the concept of generalized channels for PoW-based blockchains. Generalized channels allow to lift any functionality available on layer-1 to a second layer, where transactions can be carried instantaneously and at low costs. This greatly extends the functionality offered by current channel systems such as the Lightning network. We will present applications of our technique including a method for cross-chain transactions and integrating the Lightning network into other ecosystems.", "description": "Decentralized and permissionless ledgers offer an inherently low transaction rate, as a result of their consensus protocol demanding the storage of each transaction on-chain. A prominent proposal to tackle this scalability issue is to utilize off-chain protocols, where parties only need to post a limited number of transactions on-chain. Existing solutions can roughly be categorized into: (i) application-specific channels (e.g., payment channels), offering strictly weaker functionality than the underlying blockchain; and (ii) state channels, supporting arbitrary smart contracts at the cost of being compatible only with the few blockchains having Turing-complete scripting languages (e.g., Ethereum). In this work, we introduce and formalize the notion of generalized channels allowing users to perform any operation supported by the underlying blockchain in an off-chain manner. Generalized channels thus extend the functionality of payment channels and relax the definition of state channels. We present a concrete construction compatible with any blockchain supporting transaction authorization, time-locks and constant number of Boolean \u2227 and \u2228 operations\u2013 requirements fulfilled by many (nonTuring-complete) blockchains including the popular Bitcoin. To this end, we leverage adaptor signatures\u2013 a cryptographic primitive already used in the cryptocurrency literature but formalized as a standalone primitive in this work for the first time. We formally prove the security of our generalized channel construction in the Universal Composability framework. As an important practical contribution, our generalized channel construction outperforms the state-of-the-art payment channel construction, the Lightning Network, in efficiency. Concretely, it halves the off-chain communication complexity and reduces the on-chain footprint in case of disputes from linear to constant in the number of off-chain applications funded by the channel. 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Previously, she was the Head of Exchange at Binance.US, where she grew the exchange from $30M to $3B in daily trading volume within 18 months. Rena spent time on the commodities side and has a unique background as a drilling engineer. She spent her early career offshore on drilling rigs while spinning up Bitcoin mining pools. Notably, she managed a $300M energy portfolio for the Family Office of the Houston Texans NFL team. She's currently an Advisor at Tribe Capital.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/8CVVZM/", "id": 4, "guid": "fcd95bc6-d88d-5834-ac65-e9201f282093", "date": "2024-09-28T15:00:00+02:00", "start": "15:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-4-when-things-that-shouldn-t-be-are", "title": "When things that shouldn't be, are", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Utility (Emerging Protocols and Utilities)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "In 2013, during peak forked coin hype and as a means to make fun of all the nonsense on bitcointalk's \"alts\" forum, a coin was proposed that was so dumb that it could never succeed. It would be a short lived joke and then fail after 14 months. Except, **it failed to fail.**\r\n\r\nThis is a journey about Dogecoin. The coin that wasn't supposed to be here.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "a86e7ed4-c7ac-567e-9e18-86fba3196e12", "id": 4, "code": "AWZMSR", "public_name": "Patrick Lodder", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/1516250801078_THwbNOX.jpeg", "biography": "Patrick is a maintainer of Dogecoin Core, the software that powers the most ironic cryptocurrency ever thought up.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/ZXX8RK/", "id": 35, "guid": "33f90f91-c88a-5aba-a11e-80193ee90be3", "date": "2024-09-28T15:30:00+02:00", "start": "15:30", "logo": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/2024/submissions/ZXX8RK/1000084307_ZqqwFTR.png", "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-35-insurance-against-the-5-wrench-attack", "title": "Insurance against the $5 Wrench Attack", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Utility (Emerging Protocols and Utilities)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Bitsurance is the first company to insure your Bitcoin stack against the elements, robbery and extortion.\r\n\r\nDespite living in a world, where your entire net worth exists as a string of digits on the blockchain, there's still the age old threat of the infamous \"$5 wrench attack.\" In this talk, we will delve into the business of insuring your Bitcoin against the terrifying scenario where a would-be thief skips the complex cyber hacks and instead just kicks your door down and whacks you until you hand over your private keys.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "f9fe39c9-4a80-56a4-a692-bfde25e609ed", "id": 46, "code": "8BC7S9", "public_name": "Chris SEEDOR", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/1000084307_3ebaLHJ.png", "biography": "Founder and CEO of SEEDOR.io, Bitsurance.eu and Satskeeper.com\r\nAdvisory Board Member Terahash.space\r\nMechanical Engineer and Material Scientist turned serial entrepreneur in the Bitcoin space.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/EE8QB9/", "id": 9, "guid": "13853e8c-3981-5f83-b43b-dfdb2d4585bd", "date": "2024-09-28T16:30:00+02:00", "start": "16:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-9-mining-is-critical-infrastructure-enables-sovereignty", "title": "Mining is Critical Infrastructure + Enables Sovereignty", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Sustainability (Mining and Environment)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Consensus mechanisms are hotly debated, but often times handwaving, short sightedness, and blinkered thinking prevents an accurate view of the security they provide or the factors which will determine their suitability.  In this talk we will look at different consensus mechanism, \"analog\" world factors which will impact these choices, and how many projects are assuming much greater levels of security and stability than is actually provided by the consensus mechanisms they've chosen.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "75ccee4a-4c37-54bd-b72b-35111bfdba75", "id": 83, "code": "3DZVLK", "public_name": "Ryan Lackey", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/signal-2024-09-28-080449_w15ULFI.jpeg", "biography": "Ryan Lackey is Chief Security Officer at Evertas, the world's leading insurance provider dedicated to the cryptocurrency industry. He has been involved in crypto since the Cypherpunks mailing list in the mid 1990s, and has founded several security, privacy, and infrastructure companies, as well as worked for a variety of small to huge enterprises around the world.\r\n\r\nPrior to Evertas, Ryan was CSO and on the board of a top-10 crypto foundation in Switzerland, founded a single-use high security computing hardware service for high-risk travel, and started a secure virtualization startup, funded by Y Combinator, which was sold to Cloudflare in 2014 (where he then worked for several years as product manager for security products, including launching a secure DNS registrar and the first Internet-scale free SSL certificate program for tens of millions of sites.)\r\n\r\nRyan is most well-known for starting the world's first physical datahaven, HavenCo, on the self-declared sovereign island of Sealand in the North Sea.  He also worked on gold-backed anonymous digital cash in the Caribbean and bootstrapped a war-zone defense contracting business providing satellite and wireless Internet while driving around active conflict zones in old BMW sedans.\r\n\r\nRyan lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico and is also a security and technology investor and travel hacker in his copious spare time.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/UR8PAU/", "id": 14, "guid": "d99bad5a-91ad-5a7e-9d41-d76c7c47111f", "date": "2024-09-28T17:00:00+02:00", "start": "17:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-14-action-happens-at-the-edges", "title": "Action happens at the edges", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Whether we're talking about \"Layer 2\" technologies, or about spontaneous mutual aid organisation, the most activity that matters is the activity that happens at the outside edges of the system.  Rarely do centralised \"top down\" approaches achieve anything significant (and even more rarely is it positive), but even when they do, it's action on the edges that actually facilitates change.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "082484b3-a7f6-599c-bb70-35156d396de1", "id": 20, "code": "KU7RZL", "public_name": "Ben de Waal", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/ProfilePic_2024_Fun_TYvqrO5.png", "biography": "Anarchist since the 1990s; Bitcoiner since 2010.\r\nSelf-employed consultant in the Bitcoin space, but mostly concentrating his work time on being the CTO at Musqet (https://musqet.tech/)", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}]}}, {"index": 3, "date": "2024-09-29", "day_start": "2024-09-29T04:00:00+02:00", "day_end": "2024-09-30T03:59:00+02:00", "rooms": {"Main Stage": [{"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/J339AR/", "id": 95, "guid": "98049757-0e88-51e5-a3f8-b38cb6a2cc02", "date": "2024-09-29T09:45:00+02:00", "start": "09:45", "logo": null, "duration": "00:15", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-95-day-two-intro", "title": "Day Two Intro", "subtitle": "", "track": null, "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": ".", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "76928f2a-8c1b-510b-8171-4493abf30028", "id": 1, "code": "FW8UXH", "public_name": "Michael Parenti", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/michael-parenti-micro-press_eD880m7.jpg", "biography": "Since the early days at the archaic Bitcoin Foundation, Michael has been a community builder and open-resourcerer in the ecosystem for quite some time. As a privacy, transparency & decentralization crypto-realist he is a core contributor at the Cypherpunk organization Paralelni Polis and Web3privacy Now!", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/F9ZFGR/", "id": 91, "guid": "d0ff8dd2-95cd-529a-aca5-2736dd782e77", "date": "2024-09-29T10:00:00+02:00", "start": "10:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-91-why-hippies-will-drive-the-next-bullrun-and-nerds-will-make-bitcoin-the-world-s-greenest-asset-", "title": "Why Hippies will drive the next bullrun (and nerds will make Bitcoin the world's greenest asset)", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Sustainability (Mining and Environment)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Bullruns don't just happen, they are catalyzed. The '20-'21 and early '24 run-ups were both catalyzed by institutional investment. The next group of institutions are the world's Sovereign Funds. \r\n\r\nThey all want to invest in Bitcoin. They all believe they can't because of the ESG narrative. \r\nBut that's a belief that's now ripe for challenging. \r\n\r\nThis talk looks at what happens when they flip their ESG beliefs, and how we can all make that happen.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "189e2eed-53d7-5a21-b4f8-e39a31a6afa8", "id": 75, "code": "3TW7GP", "public_name": "Daniel Batten", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/DB_MRJpEtV.jpeg", "biography": "Daniel is a Climatetech investor, author and advisor to Family Offices and publicly listed companies. We has been credited as one of the prominent voices that has helped turn the Bitcoin and energy narrative around, bringing much needed quantitative data to the discussion since 2022.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/N3DA9F/", "id": 73, "guid": "aad3b3f5-97b7-52ce-9054-0d8cd5a7a7e5", "date": "2024-09-29T10:30:00+02:00", "start": "10:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-73-bitcoin-s-green-turn-a-story-of-sustainability-investment-and-growth", "title": "Bitcoin\u2019s Green Turn - A Story of Sustainability, Investment and Growth", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Sustainability (Mining and Environment)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "The age of hydrocarbons has been a remarkable success story of humanity. It provided the cheap and abundant energy that has literally powered the growth and development of global civilization as we know it. By now, however, the negative environmental consequences ultimately culminating in climate change are too material to ignore. How to decarbonize the global economy without jeopardizing wealth and prosperity is the wicked global challenge that nobody seems to find answers to. We have witnessed the disastrous consequences and costs of top-down interventionism by bureaucrats over the past 50 years - achieving neither decarbonization nor wealth preservation nor growth. It leaves people rightfully disenfranchised and revolting. However, a new paradigm offers hope: Bitcoin. Bitcoin happens to have multiple properties that hold the promise of providing the long-term climate-positive outcomes, all while achieving growth and prosperity through investment, the forces of the free market and human ingenuity. Bitcoin is the Plan B for our Planet A.", "description": "This talk will be divided into multiple parts starting with a brief and pragmatic historic overview on climate change, and how science, motives and vested interests have shaped the dominant narratives on climate change today. Truth and tales will be dissected and misassumptions that are foundational to current institutional climate action will be discussed - including, why those actions are bound to fail and will remain nothing but ineffective and costly. \r\nThis sets the stage to discuss why Bitcoin offers such an integrated, systemic and elegant solution to the climate change challenge without jeopardizing societal growth ambition and prosperity. It will close with an outlook why and how a Bitcoin strategy will be the competitive advantage for capital allocators in the climate-tech venture space.", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "a01c2aa2-cd5b-5598-a323-bdedba246e20", "id": 71, "code": "Z7LS9L", "public_name": "Harald Rauter", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Screenshot_2024-09-13_at_12.33.13_2eUnm1q.jpg", "biography": "Since discovering Bitcoin in 2016, Harald Rauter is focusing on developing the investment case for Bitcoin as a mechanism for achieving superior economic- and environmental returns. Harald Rauter advises ESG-sensitive capital pools like foundations, HNWI and enterprises in developing tailored investment strategies that leverage Bitcoin\u2019s unlocking potential for higher risk-adjusted returns while simultaneously achieving unrivaled CO2e emission reduction. For the past 10 years he has been an investor and portfolio manager for climate-positive investments both in the public- as well the private sector. Harald Rauter holds a PhD in Natural Sciences from ETH Z\u00fcrich and a masters degree in Economics from the Vienna University of Economics.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/EVBVD9/", "id": 20, "guid": "26043857-3bad-5086-a566-57b102f9a939", "date": "2024-09-29T11:00:00+02:00", "start": "11:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-20-environmentally-sustainable-proof-of-work-understanding-the-markets-for-electricity-and-space-heating", "title": "Environmentally Sustainable Proof of Work  - Understanding the Markets for Electricity and Space Heating", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Sustainability (Mining and Environment)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "The traditional approach to Proof of Work (POW) does not consider the value or cost of the heat produced. It also does not consider the impact of POW on the electricity markets. We will consider the degree of decentralization for the different types of POW, in particular the POW algorithms that favor the use of Central Processing Units (CPUs), Graphics Processing Units (GPUs), Application Specific Integrated Circuits ASICs, and Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs). We will discuss, using an understanding of thermodynamics, how heat produced from decentralized POW can be used for space heating with a neutral or negative carbon footprint. We will consider electric resistive heating, electric heat pumps and combustion based heating. We will consider impact of POW on electricity markets, with both both renewable and non renewable energy sources, the use of POW for electrical grid stabilization, the use of electricity with little or no commercial value for POW and use of POW to improve the economic viability of renewable energy projects.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "6b601054-fb6f-53a1-8bfd-95a761079e68", "id": 25, "code": "XP8FMU", "public_name": "Francisco Cabanas", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Francisco_HvNYYaE.jpg", "biography": "Francisco Caba\u00f1as - ArticMine  Based in Canada, Francisco holds a PhD in Physics and has extensive business and non-profit experience. He has actively researched and invested in cryptocurrencies, since 2011. Francisco started researching Bitcoin in August of 2011 and investing in Bitcoin, and mining Bitcoin in October 2011. He first learned about, and started researching Monero in May of 2014, and started investing in Monero and mining Monero in June of 2014. Francisco has experience in CPU, GPU and ASIC mining. Francisco has contributed to the Monero project since June off 2014. Francisco focuses on the economic environmental, social, regulatory and long-term economic viability aspects of cryptocurrencies. Francisco has been actively involved with the Monero Project since 2014.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/YYGDCD/", "id": 77, "guid": "83ba334a-061f-51f3-97b6-44c1b6a1940c", "date": "2024-09-29T11:30:00+02:00", "start": "11:30", "logo": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/2024/submissions/YYGDCD/UPDATED_BOBM_14_V7gIbC4.png", "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-77-proof-of-work-mining-for-a-sustainable-future", "title": "Proof-of-Work Mining for a Sustainable Future", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Sustainability (Mining and Environment)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Proof-of-Work data centers can enhance green energy, balance our grids, and mitigate methane emissions. As we move through the energy transition and pursue carbon neutrality, Proof-of-Work mining can play a vital role in helping us achieve our goals.", "description": "As we transition toward carbon neutrality, Proof-of-Work (PoW) data centers are becoming essential tools in balancing grids, enhancing renewable energy, and mitigating methane emissions. These data centers provide critical demand response capabilities, ensuring grid stability in a world increasingly reliant on intermittent renewable sources like wind and solar. By purchasing excess energy during periods of overproduction, PoW miners reduce waste and maximize the efficiency of green energy infrastructure. Additionally, it plays a vital role in capturing landfill methane, a potent greenhouse gas, and converting it into energy. Understanding these benefits is key to leveraging PoW mining as a sustainable tool to support our energy goals.", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "bf733203-e468-5f93-8b2e-6210bc69004a", "id": 73, "code": "XBKKR7", "public_name": "Dennis Porter", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Untitled_design_-_2024-09-08T145846.113_dy5JRaG.png", "biography": "Dennis Porter is the CEO and Co-Founder of Satoshi Action Fund, and the Founder and President of Satoshi Action Education. He is a leading advocate for Bitcoin, leveraging a methodical, bottom-up approach to drive political change. Dennis has successfully spearheaded the passage of Bitcoin-protective laws at the state level, including the widely recognized \"Right to Mine\" bill, enacted in two states in 2023, and the \"Bitcoin Rights,\" passed in two states in 2024. In addition to his policy work, Dennis has co-authored several peer-reviewed research papers, contributing foundational insights to the Bitcoin ecosystem. As an expert in his field, Dennis is known for effectively engaging lawmakers and advocating for the future of Bitcoin and the industry as a whole.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/GRRYCV/", "id": 79, "guid": "7769cde2-38a6-55d0-92db-f26296c0d081", "date": "2024-09-29T12:00:00+02:00", "start": "12:00", "logo": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/2024/submissions/GRRYCV/1a_r8L3jx2.jpg", "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-79-esg-disclosure-requirements-according-to-the-markets-in-crypto-assets-regulation-things-you-need-to-know", "title": "ESG disclosure requirements according to the Markets in Crypto Assets Regulation - things you need to know", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Sustainability (Mining and Environment)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "In the talk, the requirements from an ESG-perspective are elaborated upon, trying to bring everybody on \"the same page\" regarding this highly challenging topic. After listening to this speech, the listener will gave gained a deeper understanding what the regulator is asking for and what could happen, if the industry does not align in their efforts to push-back.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": true, "persons": [{"guid": "ccc87eb4-18ce-57ab-92b8-b2e9e1474881", "id": 74, "code": "GDUDEY", "public_name": "Dr. Sven Hildebrandt", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/1a_Kr0FdKi.jpg", "biography": "Dr. Sven Hildebrandt has been working on the intersection of Distributed Ledger Technology and regulation since 2017 and has served as an advisor to regulated financial institutions such as DEKA, dwpbank, Donner & Reuschel Aktiengesellschaft as well as HANSAINVEST hanseatische Investment-GmbH that set up the first fund from a regulated Asset Management Company investing directly into crypto assets. Up until recently, he was working for a German Crypto Exchange.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/J8RZKF/", "id": 63, "guid": "20738576-ffde-58c3-8fd3-92fb5f1c54f0", "date": "2024-09-29T12:30:00+02:00", "start": "12:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-63-stratum-v2-next-gen-mining-protocol", "title": "Stratum V2: next gen mining protocol", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Sustainability (Mining and Environment)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Stratum V2 is the future of POW mining and offers several key benefits.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "3c9314a4-39e0-53cc-b492-7c6669bbca09", "id": 65, "code": "BP9X99", "public_name": "Kristian Csepcsar", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/KristianCsepcsar_2IKYlWz.jpg", "biography": "Bitcoin miner and Chief of Propaganda at Braiins.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/XVCWDS/", "id": 56, "guid": "e2a8d179-14a4-562b-ace7-67181a02d3fa", "date": "2024-09-29T14:30:00+02:00", "start": "14:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-56-civic-hygiene-national-security-and-e2e-encryption", "title": "Civic hygiene, national security, and E2E encryption", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "The contagion of autocracies requires strong civic hygiene, and that includes end to end encryption.  Also, a hot war in Europe means democracies must protect against Russian and Chinese SIGINT.  We will also discuss the Telegram affair.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "af7ed777-ff1c-5243-b8ee-09b475b3735e", "id": 76, "code": "7JDUGW", "public_name": "Phil Zimmermann", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Screenshot_2024-09-13_at_20.13.51_WcfuVmp.jpg", "biography": "Phil Zimmermann is the creator of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), which has grown from its origins in 1991 as a human rights tool to become the most widely used email encryption software in the world. Since 2004, his focus has been on secure Internet telephony protocols. He is Co-founder of Silent Circle, a provider of secure telephony services.\r\n\r\nZimmermann has received numerous technical and humanitarian awards for his pioneering work in cryptography. In 2015 he received the US Privacy Champion Award from the Electronic Privacy Information Center. In 2014 he was inducted into the National Cyber Security Hall of Fame, and Foreign Policy Magazine named him one of the Leading Global Thinkers of 2014. In 2012 the Internet Society inducted him into the Inaugural Class of the Internet Hall of Fame. In 2008 PC World named him one of the Top 50 Tech Visionaries of the last 50 years. In 1999 he received the Louis Brandeis Award from Privacy International, in 1996 the Norbert Wiener Award from Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility for promoting the responsible use of technology. He also received the 1995 Chrysler Award for Innovation in Design, and the 1995 Pioneer Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation.\r\n\r\nZimmermann is Associate Professor Emeritus of cybersecurity at Delft University of Technology. He received an Honorary Doctorate from the Universit\u00e9 Libre de Bruxelles in 2016. He served as Fellow at the Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/FRPEMC/", "id": 16, "guid": "48bb82ad-2b31-514d-8540-daf9aba74d3e", "date": "2024-09-29T15:00:00+02:00", "start": "15:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-16-financial-freedom-for-kids", "title": "Financial Freedom for Kids", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Kids face unique challenges to financial freedom, and these are often overlooked by adults.  What challenges do kids face, and what role can Bitcoin play?", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "a5a97ec8-fe0e-5b68-b029-24de33f131bf", "id": 21, "code": "HXAH87", "public_name": "Samantha de Waal", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/72A8C900-DEDD-480C-9B32-A8F7DABB38BA_1_105_c_jxNMedJ.jpeg", "biography": "13 year old lifelong Bitcoiner.  Born at block height 117523.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/TUHACY/", "id": 33, "guid": "b8378d90-0482-5d61-953a-eef92cfb8069", "date": "2024-09-29T15:30:00+02:00", "start": "15:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-33-scaling-technology-vs-scaling-values-the-cypherpunk-dilemma", "title": "Scaling Technology vs. Scaling Values: The Cypherpunk Dilemma", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Scaling technology and scaling values pose fundamentally different challenges. Technology can (in theory) be replicated, optimized, and deployed at scale. In contrast, values are embedded in social and political contexts and need constant revision. Cypherpunk ideals\u2014privacy, decentralization, and resistance to authority\u2014have struggled to scale alongside the technologies they inspired. Bitcoin, once a symbol of radical decentralization, now faces centralization by institutional interests and mining pools. Monero, while upholding privacy, also faces the pressures of technological and social scaling. The question is: Can Cypherpunk values survive in a world where scaling technology seems easier than scaling principles? Have Bitcoin and similar technologies drifted too far from their ideological roots, becoming mere tools in a system of centralized, computational trust?", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "805324eb-1add-5ae2-b2f7-e8694a3fe63a", "id": 45, "code": "QUBK9C", "public_name": "Matthias Tarasiewicz", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/matthias_tarasiewicz_parasew_riat_research_4kfKoXH.png", "biography": "Matthias is the co-founder of the RIAT Institute and a Monero Cypherpunk. He is a published writer, an awarded researcher in science and technology, and the co-creator of an early Bitcoin art piece Bitcoincloud (2010).", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/TACKV7/", "id": 8, "guid": "7de05b8b-7d81-5edf-b31b-f136b28a1c4b", "date": "2024-09-29T16:30:00+02:00", "start": "16:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-8-how-protocols-break", "title": "How Protocols Break", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "There are many ways to build a privacy-respecting transaction protocol, taking advantage of different kinds of cryptographic plumbing. But even good math can be assembled in ways that still leak information and render a design less safe than intended.\r\n\r\nThis talk will use real-world examples to show the challenge of building protocols that respect privacy and enhance safety, and how plugging cryptographic leaks is pretty darn tough.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "e2e65db1-664a-5d77-9a98-8b3de9be4bae", "id": 11, "code": "PCCDRF", "public_name": "Aaron Feickert", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/aaron_7PlDubD.jpeg", "biography": "I'm currently the research engineering lead at Alpen Labs. Previously, I was head of research at Cypher Stack, an applied cryptography research and development consultancy, focusing primarily on privacy-respecting systems.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/ALTEHS/", "id": 51, "guid": "293f6692-50a1-50ed-bca9-badf235bdf92", "date": "2024-09-29T17:00:00+02:00", "start": "17:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-51-proof-of-human-rights-privacy-panel", "title": "Proof of Human Rights Privacy Panel", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Panel", "language": "en", "abstract": "A discussion on the state of privacy in technology and society.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "78c5eb8d-e32f-531e-930d-778c6029e421", "id": 41, "code": "3YQUHW", "public_name": "Mykola", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Mykola_Siusko_o0GMxoJ.jpg", "biography": "Founding member of the Web3Privacy now collective facilitating cypherpunk dream. In 1.5 years: thousand of people at privacy-focused events, enabling 800 devs on hackathons, 80 speakers from David Chaum to Rachel-Rose O'leary [DarkFi]. Curator behind privacy market dashboard tracking 700 projects: http://explorer.web3privacy.info.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "52d26530-1e1d-54e1-804d-8a8e03b07824", "id": 22, "code": "AEHVKH", "public_name": "Jarrad Hope", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Jarrad_PFP_tzyGwem.png", "biography": "Jarrad came to Bitcoin in early 2011 through agorism, counter-economics & crypto-anarchy, seeing that Bitcoin could operate a monetary policy in a hostile environment, he began to view public blockchains as a voluntary social order, one that didn\u2019t depend on a monopoly of violence. From there he participated in early attempts to generalise the bitcoin script to advance institutional libertarianism, ultimately becoming an early contributor to Ethereum. While Jarrad advances privacy technologies through developing an e2e and p2p private messaging client & super app, Status, he realised that privacy technologies are not enough and now is advocating for self-sovereign crypto-networks, the realisation of a latent cypherpunk dream, the crypto-state.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "8435d070-7737-536c-8417-a0be6b9fd28f", "id": 54, "code": "DHPVKU", "public_name": "Jameson Lopp", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/avatar_v5_laser_eyes_NC9dtBt.png", "biography": "Jameson has been building multisig wallets since 2015. He is the co-founder and Chief Security Officer of Casa and also founded Mensa's Bitcoin Special Interest Group, the Triangle Bitcoin & Business meetup, and several open source Bitcoin projects. He enjoys researching various aspects of the ecosystem and giving presentations about what he has learned the hard way while trying to write robust software that can withstand both adversaries and unsophisticated users.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "805324eb-1add-5ae2-b2f7-e8694a3fe63a", "id": 45, "code": "QUBK9C", "public_name": "Matthias Tarasiewicz", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/matthias_tarasiewicz_parasew_riat_research_4kfKoXH.png", "biography": "Matthias is the co-founder of the RIAT Institute and a Monero Cypherpunk. He is a published writer, an awarded researcher in science and technology, and the co-creator of an early Bitcoin art piece Bitcoincloud (2010).", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/9ZMG9U/", "id": 96, "guid": "784b9cff-35a4-5d88-ab39-9714bcf9a22d", "date": "2024-09-29T17:30:00+02:00", "start": "17:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:15", "room": "Main Stage", "slug": "2024-96-wrap-up", "title": "Wrap up", "subtitle": "", "track": null, "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Wrap-up and closing session.\r\nEveryone up on stage for a photo.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "c1ae03bf-f4b5-566b-a2e3-6be47a11ceba", "id": 32, "code": "YEPCVS", "public_name": "Alan Austin", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/alan-austin_FALtegl.png", "biography": "Alan Austin currently serves as Managing Director at Litecoin Foundation. Alan started his career out of graduate school working with a small startup company to help develop the first value-added real estate technology platform that was successfully sold to Ocwen Financial Corporation (OCN: NYSE). As an entrepreneur, investor and consultant, Alan has spent the last 25 years in the real estate and technology field, consulting with banks, title companies and other service providers as well as helping clients to successfully navigate through the often complicated real estate and financial environment.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "76928f2a-8c1b-510b-8171-4493abf30028", "id": 1, "code": "FW8UXH", "public_name": "Michael Parenti", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/michael-parenti-micro-press_eD880m7.jpg", "biography": "Since the early days at the archaic Bitcoin Foundation, Michael has been a community builder and open-resourcerer in the ecosystem for quite some time. As a privacy, transparency & decentralization crypto-realist he is a core contributor at the Cypherpunk organization Paralelni Polis and Web3privacy Now!", "answers": []}, {"guid": "d05012e0-f039-5f78-a9ef-538046863f22", "id": 2, "code": "QGWFLT", "public_name": "Bob Summerwill", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/bob-summerwill_GYpChqH.jpg", "biography": "Bob Summerwill is Executive Director for the ETC Cooperative and has been working full-time on blockchain projects since late 2015.  He worked on Ethereum and Hyperledger in earlier years, followed by a switch to Ethereum Classic and a belated Bitcoin orange-pilling.  He has a growing interest in privacy projects.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}], "Community Ampitheatre": [{"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/FRUVH9/", "id": 23, "guid": "dec6167d-d4b9-589d-897f-837f5e9e234f", "date": "2024-09-29T10:00:00+02:00", "start": "10:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-23-enhancing-block-time-efficiency-and-security-in-rootstock-with-faster-fast-and-secure-transaction-epoch-based-resolution", "title": "Enhancing Block Time Efficiency and Security in Rootstock with FASTER: Fast And Secure Transaction Epoch-based Resolution", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Scale (Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Merged-mined blockchains, such as Rootstock, leverage the security of Bitcoin. However, their scalability is restricted by block template update policies of Bitcoin mining pools. This makes it impractical to reduce block interval times solely by adjusting the difficulty of the merged-mined chain. To address this limitation, we introduce FASTER, a hybrid consensus mechanism that combines merged-mined Proof of Work (PoW) with Proof of Stake (PoS) to reduce block time while maintaining high security. In the FASTER protocol, each PoW block starts a new epoch. Within an epoch, a randomly selected leader proposes microblocks. These microblocks are then enhanced with signatures from PoA members to ensure finality. Forks are resolved based on accumulated difficulty and votes. The FASTER protocol aims to provide substantial improvements in block time efficiency and security, making it a promising solution for scalable blockchain applications", "description": "The FASTER protocol is a hybrid consensus mechanism designed to improve the Rootstock blockchain by reducing transaction confirmation times to at least 5 seconds. By combining Proof of Work (PoW) and Proof of Stake (PoS), FASTER aims to achieve faster and more secure transaction processing.\r\nThere are two types of blocks: microblocks and checkpoint blocks. The blockchain is structured into distinct periods known as epochs. Microblocks allow quicker confirmation of transactions, reducing the time users have to wait for their transactions to be included in the blockchain. Microblocks are created within an epoch by a designated leader from a committee of validators. The rest of the validators vote on them to enhance finality and consensus. Each epoch is divided into multiple slots, in each slot, the leader can produce only one microblock. This slot structure ensures orderly block production. While microblocks enable fast transaction confirmation, checkpoint blocks ensure the long-term security of the blockchain. Each epoch begins and ends with a checkpoint block. A checkpoint block is a PoW block merge-mined with Bitcoin.\r\n\r\nA random function determines the leader at the beginning of the epoch. At the end of the epoch, validators vote on the last microblock (LEBB Last Epoch Boundary Block) to finalize it. The checkpoint block reinforces microblock finality with more than \u2154 votes of the committee, thus ensuring a secure and consistent transition between epochs.", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "aaa0bdd1-76d1-53f5-8aa7-49622846caac", "id": 28, "code": "T8DWWA", "public_name": "Julian Len", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/slack_brtTzxO.png", "biography": "Licentiate in Computer Science, part of the blockchain niche for at least 5 years. I'm working as a Researcher Developer at RootstockLabs, the first sidechain of Bitcoin.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "3e897327-b42d-537e-ac8b-48ae4b8c22c1", "id": 29, "code": "GEEVT7", "public_name": "Patricio Gallardo", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/WhatsApp_Image_2021-07-15_at_23.03.54_W2in924.jpeg", "biography": "During all 2020 and part of 2021 contributed to the node of the RSK blockchain and helped in the development of external applications, like wallets and services.\r\n\r\nCurrently I\u2019m part of the Research Team, where I can do what I love most: design, research and try new things to make life easier to the people.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/X8ME7N/", "id": 90, "guid": "61c55c20-c105-5fa8-b12e-219a375d1ff9", "date": "2024-09-29T10:30:00+02:00", "start": "10:30", "logo": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/2024/submissions/X8ME7N/bitvmx_logo_CTLH6k6.jpeg", "duration": "01:00", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-90-a-practical-exploration-of-bitvmx-error-handling-and-on-chain-dispute-resolution", "title": "A practical exploration of BitVMX: error handling and On-Chain dispute resolution", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Scale (Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "This workshop offers a hands-on experience with BitVMX, focusing on executing a sample program. Errors will deliberately introduced into the program so they can be resolved on-chain using Signet. Throughout the session, we will demonstrate the encoding of data using Winternitz signatures and explore the various challenges and mechanisms within the BitVMX protocol. This interactive approach will provide a comprehensive understanding of how BitVMX handles errors and ensures robust dispute resolution in Bitcoin.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "e7e33ca4-60f8-57d3-bf87-b182ec48d81b", "id": 78, "code": "R8AKYB", "public_name": "Ramon Amela", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/ramon_1wTOWcd.jpg", "biography": "Ramon Amela Milian is a Research Engineer at Rootstock Labs, with a diverse and multidisciplinary background in engineering and computer science. He earned his degrees from the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya and \u00c9cole Nationale des Ponts ParisTech. Following his academic achievements, Ramon worked at the intersection of engineering and computer science in both research centers and the industry. Over time, he has shifted his focus toward computer science, particularly within the insurance and banking sectors. Most recently, his career has concentrated on research in the field of cryptocurrencies, where he has been working on the BitVMX team.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/VMTQQY/", "id": 49, "guid": "5f03a274-5ea1-5416-a724-a9997beefa5c", "date": "2024-09-29T11:30:00+02:00", "start": "11:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-49-how-l2-s-contribute-to-bitcoin-s-security-budget", "title": "How L2's contribute to Bitcoin's security budget", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Scale (Bitcoin L2s and Sidechains)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "Janusz describes why L2s are sovereign systems and why they should pay substantial fees to sustain bitcoin\u2019s security budget.\r\n\r\nThe use of an L2 is asset-specific and Janusz explains the misconceptions around L2s, some of their designs, and why providing new, secure execution systems for BTC the asset is the only thing that really matters.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "4ba3b693-bb1f-55e4-bc35-b230f6ad0988", "id": 56, "code": "UCCGUY", "public_name": "janusz", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/dZavvmIf_400x400_mqYgWPJ.jpg", "biography": "Janusz is the founder of the Bitcoin Layers project which does independent assessments on Bitcoin L2s & Sidechains.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/JKLUAL/", "id": 36, "guid": "ab8c81f4-098f-501d-a179-5d381f6528b0", "date": "2024-09-29T12:00:00+02:00", "start": "12:00", "logo": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/2024/submissions/JKLUAL/Capture_GIYiPyd.PNG", "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-36-the-history-of-non-monetary-use-of-bitcoin-and-financial-networks", "title": "The history of non monetary use of bitcoin and financial networks", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Utility (Emerging Protocols and Utilities)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "When Satoshi embeded the message \"The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks\" the non monetary use of bitcoin was born. From the early days of Rare Pepe to the present fanatical use of block space for inscriptions these use cases are not new. The Romans also used their finanical network to spread memes (propgranda) thoughout the empire on the reverse of coins. Do sats exist? 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But this assumption is not only flawed\u2014it can be dangerous. From cryptocurrency transactions to encrypted messaging, too many users fall into the trap of thinking they are \"safe\" simply because they have the right tools. This talk will dive into the psychological false sense of security that privacy tech often creates, why relying on tech without understanding its limitations can leave you more exposed than traditional methods.", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "4b3b6794-ea6d-5c76-a8d4-e29b29b95b6d", "id": 62, "code": "N7HSPQ", "public_name": "David Burkett", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/Profile_Modified2_qmN7vdJ.jpg", "biography": "MWEB Developer at Litecoin Foundation", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/JSC33P/", "id": 10, "guid": "f45f1a7a-558a-5466-8320-0cbdce35b8a4", "date": "2024-09-29T15:00:00+02:00", "start": "15:00", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-10-mweb-for-daily-use", "title": "MWEB for Daily Use", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Utility (Emerging Protocols and Utilities)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "For widespread adoption, cryptocurrencies must be used regularly for everyday transactions. Litewallet, the only Litecoin mobile wallet, plays a pivotal role in this ecosystem by providing a accessible platform for users to make daily purchases or transfers, and generally manage their LTC.  In 2022, the Litecoin network activated a critical feature with the introduction of the MimbleWimble Extension Block (MWEB). MWEB gives users the option to obfuscate the value of a transaction to only the recipient. This lets users choose what level of privacy they want for their transactions. This study leverages usage analytics on Newborn, the Litewallet Alpha testbed where MWEB is an option,  empirical network data from a live site and ~2 years of historical data.  This paper aims to provide a detailed account of these efforts and draw some interest if not modest conclusions in these early stages of MWEB deployment.", "description": "Litewallet was originally published in 2017 as (Loafwallet) and prior to where its usage is usage globally, it required manny years of refactoring to add more stability.  MWEB is a new feature where only the sender and the receipent knows the value of the transaction", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "ddcaeb02-6637-582e-82d9-bf56fed4dec2", "id": 14, "code": "GKANPR", "public_name": "Kerry Washington", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/kerrywashington_5sBRFZw.jpeg", "biography": "Kerry is the General Manager of the Litewallet team, the official mobile Litecoin wallet from the Litecoin Foundation. Joining the Litecoin Foundation in 2017 he has grown the team to 7 members in 6 time zones with focus on Engineering, Customer Support, Data Analysis and Marketing.\u00a0\u00a0Kerry, is a Santa Clara University MBA Graduate with minoring in International Business and Finance.\u00a0\u00a0He also leverages his management experience as a US Army Veteran and leading remote\u00a0technical\u00a0teams for decades.", "answers": []}], "links": [], "attachments": [], "answers": []}, {"url": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/2024/talk/G9Y7HD/", "id": 44, "guid": "71d45fe7-2294-50d1-a54a-bf892186472a", "date": "2024-09-29T15:30:00+02:00", "start": "15:30", "logo": null, "duration": "00:30", "room": "Community Ampitheatre", "slug": "2024-44-litecoin-foundation-panel", "title": "Litecoin Foundation Panel", "subtitle": "", "track": "Proof of Human Rights (Privacy, Fungibility, Legal, etc)", "type": "Talk", "language": "en", "abstract": "...", "description": "", "recording_license": "", "do_not_record": false, "persons": [{"guid": "c1ae03bf-f4b5-566b-a2e3-6be47a11ceba", "id": 32, "code": "YEPCVS", "public_name": "Alan Austin", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/alan-austin_FALtegl.png", "biography": "Alan Austin currently serves as Managing Director at Litecoin Foundation. Alan started his career out of graduate school working with a small startup company to help develop the first value-added real estate technology platform that was successfully sold to Ocwen Financial Corporation (OCN: NYSE). As an entrepreneur, investor and consultant, Alan has spent the last 25 years in the real estate and technology field, consulting with banks, title companies and other service providers as well as helping clients to successfully navigate through the often complicated real estate and financial environment.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "af2f65af-1368-5f73-9296-cbc219b6dde0", "id": 36, "code": "KTGYJP", "public_name": "David Schwartz", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/David_Schwartz_t3TbnKO.png", "biography": "David currently works as the Director of Strategic Partnerships, as well as Board Director, for the Litecoin Foundation, a non-profit organization based out of both the US and Singapore with the goal of global education, acceptance, and adoption of the decentralized cryptocurrency, Litecoin. David's experience in the cryptocurrency space traces back to 2017, and his time with the Foundation started in early 2018 as a volunteer.  He is also a 20 year veteran of the US military, where he managed Reserve assets for the Army and excelled at program management.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "5b115b7c-942f-5e9b-9a39-59b1ebc7c6fb", "id": 67, "code": "CCTECZ", "public_name": "Loshan", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/2608570_XTjNFaX.jpg", "biography": "Software Engineer for the Litecoin Foundation. Interested in Bitcoin and Litecoin since 2012. OG community member, and became a Litecoin Developer by building the first mobile wallet for LTC.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "ddcaeb02-6637-582e-82d9-bf56fed4dec2", "id": 14, "code": "GKANPR", "public_name": "Kerry Washington", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/kerrywashington_5sBRFZw.jpeg", "biography": "Kerry is the General Manager of the Litewallet team, the official mobile Litecoin wallet from the Litecoin Foundation. Joining the Litecoin Foundation in 2017 he has grown the team to 7 members in 6 time zones with focus on Engineering, Customer Support, Data Analysis and Marketing.\u00a0\u00a0Kerry, is a Santa Clara University MBA Graduate with minoring in International Business and Finance.\u00a0\u00a0He also leverages his management experience as a US Army Veteran and leading remote\u00a0technical\u00a0teams for decades.", "answers": []}, {"guid": "f604fbf2-be36-5626-ae54-08f24bdc3d39", "id": 50, "code": "PFJKPE", "public_name": "Charlie Lee", "avatar": "https://cfp.powsummit.com/media/avatars/new_profile_photo_square_FQ0kaTG.png", "biography": "Charlie Lee is the creator of Litecoin and Director of the Litecoin Foundation. He attended MIT where he graduated in 2000 with a Bachelors and Masters degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Prior to creating Litecoin, Charlie was a Software Engineer at Google. 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He later started several companies in the fintech sector, receiving investments from prominent VCs such as SoftBank and Carlos Slim. In 2012 Donald learned about Bitcoin, and in 2013 started a blog and podcast about the fintech and blockchain industries. In 2015, he started a company called Etherplan, a global wealth management platform on Ethereum, and co-founded Global Financial Access Inc. with Nick Szabo, a blockchain pioneer. In 2018, Donald worked as business development and marketing manager at ETCDEV. Since December of 2018 he has been a volunteer in the Ethereum Classic ecosystem. Donald worked as Business Development Manager at Biwares, a data science firm, and Operations Manager at Emerald, a blockchain wallet. 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This speech will explore the unique strengths and opportunities that ETC brings to the DeFi space, emphasizing the robustness, security, and decentralization advantages inherent in its PoW consensus mechanism. We will examine how ETC's compatibility with Ethereum-based decentralized applications (dApps) and adherence to a more decentralized vision positions it as an ideal foundation for DeFi innovation. Additionally, the speech will address the growing interest in building on ETC\u2019s platform and how its immutable ledger and sound monetary policy contribute to a trustless, transparent, and secure environment for financial applications. 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