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Bitcoin Level 2. Ethereum restaging. Interoperability. TO THE. DePIN. Next generation encryption.
These are just a few of the cutting-edge blockchain technology topics on the agenda at CoinDesk’s Consensus 2024 conference, taking place Wednesday, May 29 through Friday, May 31 in Austin, Texas.
For blockchain developers, it’s red meat. For others, it might seem unusual. For everyone, including those in the middle, the three days are full of opportunities to learn about the hottest crypto technology on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos and XRP Ledger, from the world’s leading experts.
We took a look at the agenda to identify phases and sessions that might be of interest to blockchain developers and people interested in the technology.
In general there are six broad categories of relevant programming:
Panel discussions
The general agenda of the Consensus is quite extensive. In terms of blockchain technology highlights, the following would represent our picks.
Wednesday:
1.45pm (main stage): Joe Lubin of Consensys discusses Ethereum with Consensus President Michael Casey.
2.45pm (main stage): Emin Gün Sirer, CEO, Ava Labs, the lead developer of Avalanche, joins a panel on what blockchain can do for AI and what AI can do for cryptocurrencies.
3.00pm (Town Square): Bryan Bishopone of Bitcoin’s first programmers (and now editor of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal), discusses the early days on a panel with other cryptocurrency OGs.
Thursday:
12.45pm (Main Stage): David Marcoformer head of Facebook/Meta Diem/Libra, talks about Lightspark, his digital payments startup based on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
1.15pm (Main Stage): Sergei Nazarovco-founder of Chainlink, talks about his project’s work with global banking payments network Swift, in a panel moderated by Sam Kessler of CoinDesk.
4.15pm (Town Square): John Adlerco-founder and director of research of Celestia Labs, e Austin Federahead of strategy at the Solana Foundation, discusses whether modular or monolithic blockchains are the best way to grow.
Friday:
10:00 (Money Reimagined Stage): Co-founder of MakerDAO Runa Christensen discusses where DeFi is headed.
10.40am (Main Stage): Raj Gokalco-founder and president of Solana Labs, talks about the future of networking and the upcoming release of Firedancer software designed to improve performance.
11:00 (Money Reimagined Phase): Helium CEO Abhay Kumar speaks on a panel about the future of “decentralized physical infrastructure networks” or DePIN (formerly called the Internet of Things or IoT).
11.30am (Main Stage): Casey Rodarmorthe developer who almost single-handedly created the two most impactful protocols launched on Bitcoin in the last two years – Ordinals and Runes – talks about what comes next and his vision for the oldest and largest blockchain.
11.45am (Money Reimagined Phase): Margaux Nijkerk of CoinDesk leads a discussion on liquid staking and restaging.
12pm (Piazza del Comune): AMA with Casey Rodarmor
12.15pm (Startup Village): Injective co-founder Eric Chen talks about his vision for the future of finance.
3pm (Money Reimagined Phase): Gauntlet co-founder Tarun Chitra speaks on a panel about “DeFi risk reduction,” from preventing smart contract bugs and carpetbagging to managing treasury management strategies and audits.
Protocol Village
For blockchain developers and VC investors, this is probably where you’ll end up spending a lot of time.
Wednesday
10:30 XRP Register
11.00 am Avalanche
12.30 Chain
1.30pm Solana
2.45pm CLOSE
3.45pm Stellar
Thursday
10:30 Ethereum/L2s half day.
1.30pm Bitcoin half day.
Friday
10:00 Panel session on appchain stacks.
11.30am Panel session on zero-knowledge proofs.
12:30 Coinbase Security with Jeff Lunglhofer, CISO
1pm Six
1.30pm Cosmos (on “Bitcoinization)
2.00pm Microsoft
Workshops
Wednesday
11:30 Head of Alchemical Engineering Rohan Thomare talks about “building the next killer dapp” and “how to simplify the Web3 user experience with account abstraction.”
1.30pm Marcin Kazmierczakco-founder of RedStone Oracles, teaches a crash course on “Pull vs. Push Oracle.”
3.30pm Blockdaemon CEO and founder Konstantin Richter talks about how institutions can navigate the evolving restaging landscape.
4.30pm Akash Network founder Greg Osuri explains how “decentralization is saving artificial intelligence.”
Friday
1.30pm Solana’s head of developer relations, Jacob Creech explains “how to build consumer apps on a blockchain.”
Artificial Intelligence Summit
AI Summit: Friday 10.10am – 3.30pm, Gen C stage. A day of sessions dedicated to the intersection of cryptocurrencies and artificial intelligence, with speakers including the co-founder of Tezos Arthur Breitmann and collaborator of Morpheus Erik Vorhees.
Startup village
On Thursday and Friday, the Startup Village is where the PitchFest semi-finals and finals will be held. The winner will be announced on Friday at 1.20pm.
Crypto VC sessions are scheduled for Wednesday and between PitchFest; secure funding; how to win field races; Web3 and decentralized identities; and Web3 games.