Conference Programming
Bitcoin 2020 strives to host the most important technical discussions, presentations and debates in Bitcoin this year. Our conference programming will host the people and ideas that are shaping the world's original cryptocurrency through four distinct tracks, giving attendees the chance to take part in the conversation.
FULL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE TBA
Coming Q3 2020
Panel | Mining & Energy Markets
Mining Breakout
Panel | Hashrate Management
Mining Breakout
Presentation | Mining in the Halving Market
Mining Breakout
Panel | Onboarding Institutions
Financial Breakout
- Sharon Goldberg (Arwen)
- Benjamin Richman (Silvergate Bank)
- Sunayna Tuteja (TD Ameritrade)
Panel | Investor Perspectives
Financial Breakout
Panel | Institutional Custody Solutions
Financial Breakout
Fireside Chat | BitPay
Financial Breakout
Fireside Chat | Gemini
Opening & Closing Keynotes
Roundtable Discussion | Bitcoin is Space Money
Opening & Closing Keynotes
Fireside Chat | Building the Counterculture
Opening & Closing Keynotes
Special Announcement | Satoshi Labs
Opening & Closing Keynotes
Roundtable Discussion | The Halvening
Opening & Closing Keynotes
Fireside Chat | Square Crypto
Opening & Closing Keynotes
Fireside Chat | Nick Szabo
Opening & Closing Keynotes
Fireside Chat | Untold Stories
Opening & Closing Keynotes
Panel | Importance of Privacy
#BitcoinFixesThis?
Presentation | Why Bitcoin?
#BitcoinFixesThis?
Panel | Sound Money Economics
#BitcoinFixesThis?
Presentation | A World Without Bitcoin
#BitcoinFixesThis?
Panel | Enabling Global Adoption
Hyperbitcoinization
Presentation | Enabling P2P Finance
Hyperbitcoinization
Panel | Unbundling Banking
Hyperbitcoinization
Panel | Bitcoin is Defi
Hyperbitcoinization
Panel | Credit & Lending
Bitcoin Ecosystem
Panel | Gamifying Bitcoin
Bitcoin Ecosystem
Panel | Evolutions of Exchanges
Bitcoin Ecosystem
Panel | Securing your Bitcoin
Bitcoin Ecosystem
- Pascal Guthier (Ledger)
- NVK (CoinKite)
- Marek 'Slush' Palatinus (Satoshi Labs)
Moderated by Matt Odell
Panel | Why Everyone Should Run a Node
Programming Money
Presentation | Smart Contracts on Liquid
Programming Money
Panel | Payment Rails
Programming Money
Panel | Expanding Lightning Utility
Programming Money
Panel | Reviewing BIPs
Programming Money
State of Bitcoin Core
Programming Money
- John Newberry (Chaincode Labs)
Content Tracks
DAY 1, Morning
The Bitcoin Ecosystem
- Exchanges & Marketplaces
- The Global State Of Mining
- Wallets Today, Wallets Tomorrow
(+ custody, payments, attack vectors, lending, running your own node)
DAY 1, Afternoon
Programming Money
- BIPs In 2020
- Expanding Lightning Utility
- Smart Contracts On Bitcoin
(+ schnorr / taproot / sidechains, reviewing core contributions, mining software)
DAY 2, morning
The Future Economy
- Bitcoin Is DeFi
- Institutionalizing The Global Currency
- A Deflationary Economy
(+ investing, machine to machine, stacking sats, bitcoin gaming)
DAY 2, afternoon
How Bitcoin Changes Us
- Where In The World Is BTC Needed Most?
- Addressing Trends In Adoption & Regulation
- Smith, Hayek, Friedman, Nakamoto
(+ bitcoin halving, science v. social movements, gated institutional narratives, bitcoin as digital bill of rights)
Stages at Bitcoin 2020
Nakamoto Consensus Stage
The third-floor stage will host Bitcoin 2020’s opening and closing keynote sessions each day. Additionally, it will be used for video screenings, as well as various topical breakouts and roundtables.
Proof Of Work Stage
This year, our second floor will anchor a fully immersive content area which will hold each of our core programming tracks. As home to a majority of this year’s conference sessions, the layout will fade from theatre-style seating into more casual classroom seating to enable both active and passive spectators.
Permissionless Stage
Our most intimate content area is housed on the first floor with uses ranging from hands-on workshops, to community-generated presentations, to live interviews and product demonstrations.
The Presentation Pod
With so much to do and so little time, we’re enabling a closed-door video presentation pod. These sessions are meant to enable quick turnaround for sharing and to further democratize who can share thought leadership across this community.
Sound Money Stage
Our third-floor rooftop beer garden needs programming to match the energy and enthusiasm of the Bitcoiners who will populate it. Live podcast recordings, music and entertainment and some impromptu AMAs are just some of the things that will popping up on our roof.
Full Schedule TO BE ANNOUNCED
Bitcoin 2020 Is Right Around The Corner
Tickets are $399 (save $50 when purchased with BTC)

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