The Bitcoin Conference 2025

Las Vegas , United States

About The Bitcoin Conference 2025

The World's Largest Bitcoin Event

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As the world's largest Bitcoin-only event, Bitcoin 2025 brings together over 35,000 attendees, including developers, miners, entrepreneurs, institutional investors, and everyday Bitcoin enthusiasts. The conference features more than 300 speakers and 300 exhibitors, offering a comprehensive program that delves into topics such as Bitcoin adoption, mining innovations, Layer 2 solutions, decentralized finance, and the broader impact of Bitcoin on the global financial system.

Attendees can look forward to a variety of experiences, including the Bitcoin 2025 Expo Hall, which showcases cutting-edge technologies and vibrant Bitcoin culture. Highlights include the Mining Village & Mining Stage, the Bitcoin Bazaar marketplace, the Bitcoin Art Gallery, and various networking lounges. The event also offers exclusive VIP experiences, such as access to the Whale VIP Lounge, premium food and beverages, and entry to official after-parties at top-tier Las Vegas venues.

Speakers

Ross Ulbricht
Freedom Fighter
Michael Saylor
Executive Chairman & Founder at MicroStrategy Strategy
Cynthia Lummis
Senator at U.S. Senate States in the Senate
David Sacks
A.I. & Crypto Czar at The White House The White House
David Bailey
Co-founder & CEO at BTC Inc. BTC Media
Vlad Tenev
Chairman and CEO at Robinhood Robinhood
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Felipe Servin
CEO & Founder at Sati Sati
Bo Hines
Executive Director of the President’s Council of Advisors for Digital Asset at The White House The White House
Tony Högqvist
Co-Founder & Designer at Cowbolt Cowbolt
Paulo Ardoino
CEO at Tether Tether
Jeremy Almond
Founder & CEO at Paystand Paystand
Lyn Alden
Analyst at Lyn Alden Investment Strategy, and General Partner at Ego Death Capital Ego Death Capital
Mario Andres Gutierrez
VP of Business Development at Giga Energy Giga Energy
Jack Mallers
Founder and CEO at Strike Strike
Russell Cann
Chief Development Officer at Core Scientific Core Scientific
Chun Wang
Astronaut and Bitcoin miner since 2011
Matthew Schultz
Executive Chairman at CleanSpark CleanSpark Inc
Adam Back
Co-founder & CEO at Blockstream Blockstream
Faryar Shirzad
Chief Policy Officer at Coinbase coinbase
Dr. Saifedean Ammous
CEO at Saifedean.com Saifedean.com
Rosie Rios
Chair at America250 America250
Cameron Winklevoss
Founder at Gemini GEMINI
Chris LaCivita
Co-Campaign Manager for Donald Trump’s 2024 Campaign, Chief of Staff for Republican National Committee Republican National Committee
Tyler Winklevoss
Founder at Gemini GEMINI
Jeremy Dreier
CBDO at GoMining Bitanica
Simon Gerovich
President at Metaplanet Inc. Metaplanet Inc.
Kristyna Mazankova
Head of PR at BTC Media BTC Media
Aaron Arnold
Bitcoin Educator, Founder at Altcoin Daily, Film/TV Actor at SAG-AFTRA SAG-AFTRA
Fernando Nikolic
Director, Marketing & Communications at Blockstream Blockstream
Aaron Daniel
Co-founder, CEO at Resolvr Resolvr
Kelley Weaver
Founder/CEO at Bitwire & Melrose PR Melrose PR
Aaron van Wirdum
Editor-in-Chief (Web & Print) at Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Magazine
​Gareth Jenkinson
Managing Editor at Cointelegraph CoinTelegraph
Abhay Agarwal
CEO at GetBit GetBit
Nishant Sharma
Founder & CEO at BlocksBridge Consulting BlocksBridge
Adam Haynes
Founder & CEO at Simple Mining Simple Mining
Rachel Silverstein
General Counsel USA at Bitfarms Bitfarms
Adam O'Brien
Founder and CEO at Bitcoin Well Bitcoin Well
Haris Basit
Chief Strategy Officer at Bitdeer Technologies Group BitDeer
Adam Simecka
Founder at Manna Manna
Lynne Bairstow
Partner at Base Layer Advisors Base Layer Advisors
Aeon
Bitcoin Researcher & Educator at CensorshipResistant.com Censorship Resistance
Gustavo Flores Echaiz
CEO & Founder at Swapido Swapido
Akshat Vaidya
Head of Investments at Maelstrom Maelstorm Fund
Christian Ribeiro
CEO at GOWD GOWD
Alan Gallo
Marketing Manager at JSBIT Jsbit
Charlotte Goldman
Lead Underwriter at Proof Insurance Solutions LLC Proof Insurance Solutions
Alec Taggart
CEO at Oyl Corp Oyl Dynamics
Rachel Nixon
Vice President at IMA Financial Group, Inc. IMA Financial Group
Alejandra Guajardo
Miss Universe El Salvador, Miss Bitcoin
Nick Neuman
CEO at Casa Casa Inc.
Alekos Filini
CEO, Head of Engineering at TwentyTwo Devices TwentyTwo Devices
Emma Rose Bienvenu
COO at Evertas Evertas
Alex Bergeron
Ecosystem Lead at Ark Labs Ark Labs
Hermann Vivier
Founder & Chairman at Bitcoin Ekasi Bitcoin Ekasi
Alex Bodromian
Chief Operating Officer at LuminX LuminX
Isabella Santos
Bitcoin Backstage, BTC News | Host at Bitcoin Magazine, Co-Founder at Get Based Get Based
Alexander Brammer, PhD
SVP, Mining Operations at Bitfarms Bitfarms
Roman Martinez
Co-founder at Bitcoinbeach Bitcoin Beach
Alex Busarov
Founder and CEO at Heatbit Heatbit
Pete Rizzo
Journalist at Bitcoin Historian, Host at Blockworks Inc. Blockworks
Alex Lewin
Software Engineer at Fedi Fedi
Brian Carson
Chief Accounting Officer at CleanSpark cleanspark
Alex Li
Bitcoin Development Lead at Human Rights Foundation Human Rights Foundation
Tim Savage
Tax Partner at Weaver Weaver
Alex Pruden
CEO at Project Eleven Project Eleven
Rob Massey
Global Tax Leader – Blockchain & Digital Assets at Deloitte Deloitte
Alex Thorn
Head of Firmwide Research at Galaxy Digital Galaxy Digital
Sagun Garg
Global Innovation Director - Engineering at Bank Julius Baer BANK JULIUS BAER
Alexandre Laizet
Deputy CEO, Director of Bitcoin Strategy at The Blockchain Group The Blockchain Group
Siddarth Bharwani
Director & CFO at Jetking Jetking
Alexis Johnson
CEO at Light Node Ventures Light Node Ventures
Smeet Bhatt
Co-Founder & CEO at Theya Inc. Theya
Ali Tager
Head of Communications at National Cryptocurrency Association National Cryptocurrency Association
Susie Violet Ward
CEO & Co-Founder at Bitcoin Policy UK Bitcoin Policy UK
Alisia Painter
Co-Founder and COO at Botanix Labs Botanix Labs
Neil Jacobs
Co-Founder at FOMO21.com FOMO21
American HODL
Bitcoin Investor & Educator, Influencer
Mike Cohen
CEO at Pow.re Pow.re
Andrew Gordon
Managing Partner at Gordon Law Gordon Law Group
Emmanuel Montero
CEO at Omnes Omnes
Andrew Hohns
CEO at Newmarket Capital/Battery Finance Newmarket Capital/Battery Finance
Matt Williams
Head of Derivatives at Luxor Technology Luxor Technology
Andrew Parish
Co-Founder, COO at Arch Public Arch Public
Neil Chatterjee
Former FERC Chairman & Strategic Advisor at Voltus Voltus
Andrew Poelstra
Director of Research at Blockstream Blockstream
Fred Thiel
Chairman of the Board & CEO at MARA MARA Digital Holdings
Adrii Garanin
CEO at Hiveon Energy Hiveon Energy
Cody Carbone
CEO at The Digital Chamber The Digital Chamber
Andy Schoonover
CEO at CrowdHealth CrowdHealth
Margeaux Plaisted
Vice President of Policy & Government Relations at CleanSpark, Inc cleanspark
Andy Wang
CEO at HashWhale HashWhale
Zack Shapiro
Managing Partner (Rains), Head of Policy (BPI) at Rains LLP, Bitcoin Policy Institute Rains LLP
Anil Patel
Author & Angel Investor
Garrett GMONEY
Host at Rugpull Radio
Anne Peetz
Partner at Reed Smith LLP Reed Smith LLP
Erik Cason
Cryptosovereignty
Anthony Power
Co-Founder and CEO at Power Mining Analysis Compass Mining
Cj Konstantinos
Founder at Peoples Reserve Peoples Reserve
Antoine Poinsot
Bitcoin Core dev at Chaincode Labs Chaincode Labs
Nico Moran
Host at Simply Bitcoin Simply Bitcoin
Antoine Riard
Managing Partner at TheLab31
Isabel Foxen Duke
Vice President at Layer 1 Foundation Layer 1 Foundation
Arnab Naskar
CEO at STOKR STOKR
Spencer Yang
Core Contributor at Fractal Bitcoin Fractal Bitcoin
Artem Bespaloff
CEO at Asic Jungle Asic Jungle
Ezra Chang
Director of Corporate Development & Strategy at Synteq Digital Synteq Digital
Arthur Hayes
CIO at Maelstrom Maelstorm Fund
Alex Bodromian
Chief Operating Officer at LuminX LuminX
Austin Arnold
Bitcoin Educator, Altcoin Daily
Alan Gallo
Marketing Manager at JSBIT Jsbit
Austin Kelsay
Developer Relations Engineer at Voltage Voltage
Miles Jennings
Head of Policy & General Counsel at a16z crypto a16z
Austin Alexander
Partner at 10x Capital, Building on Bitcoin Bitcoin Center
Samuel Dergel
Principal & Founder at DERGEL Cornerstone DERGEL Cornerstone
Avik Roy
Co-Founder & Chairman at The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity
Rob Samuels
VP of Investor Relations at MARA MARA Digital Holdings
Aviral Shukla
Founder and Owner at Altair Technology Altair Technology
Jon Charbonneau
VP of Investor Relations at Core Scientific Core Scientific
Bart Mol
Founder and Host of Satoshi Radio Podcast at Satoshi Radio Satoshi Radio
Tracy Krumme
Head of Investor Relations at Bitfarms Bitfarms
Beau Turner
CEO at Abundant Mines abundant mines
Michael Terpin
CEO at Transform Ventures Transform Ventures
Ben Carman
Dev at Spiral Spiral
David Tse
Co-founder at Babylon Babylon Labs
Ben Cowen
CEO/Founder at Into The Cryptoverse Into The Cryptoverse
Jameel Khalfan
Head of Ecosystem Development at Sui Foundation Sui Foundation
Ben Gagnon
Chief Executive Officer at Bitfarms Ltd Bitfarms Ltd
Jameel Khalfan
Head of Ecosystem Development at Sui Foundation Sui Foundation
Ben Justman
Owner/Winemaker at Peony Lane Peony Lane
Rich Rines
Initial Contributor at Core CORE
Ben Kaufman
CEO at Bitcoin Keeper Bitcoin Keeper
Joe Carlasare
Partner at Amundsen Davis LLC Amundsen Davis LLC
Ben Samocha
CEO & Founder at CryptoJungle CryptoJungle
Joseph Cutler
Partner at Perkins Coie, LLP Perkins Coie
Ben Werkman
Chief Investment Officer at Swan Bitcoin Swan Bitcoin
Matthew Sigel
Head of Digital Assets Research at VanEck VanEck
Bill Miller IV
Chairman & CIO at Miller Value Partners Miller Value
Matthew Pines
Executive Director at Bitcoin Policy Institute Bitcoin Policy Institute
Billy Boone
Director of Research & Marketing at Simple Mining Simple Mining
Gary Vecchiarelli
Chief Financial Officer at CleanSpark, Inc. cleanspark
BITCOIN MECHANIC
Chief Boiling Officer at OCEAN OCEAN
Phil McPherson
Vice President Capital Markets & Investor Relations at Riot Platforms, Inc. Riot Platforms
Blake Benthall
Founder and CEO at Fathom(x) Fathom(X)
Jeffrey Lucas
CFO at Bitfarms Bitfarms
Bob McDonell
Founder/Director at Mi Casa International Mi Casa International
Taylor Monnig
Chief Technology Officer at CleanSpark cleanspark
Bobby Shell
VP of Marketing at Voltage Voltage
Kevin Zhang
SVP Business Development at Foundry Foundry
Borja Martel Seward
Co-Founder & CEO at Roxom Roxom
Justin Ballard
Legal at Texas Energy Group and Emery Energy Partners Texas Energy Group
Bram Kanstein
Founder & Host at Bitcoin for Millennials Podcast
Mark Wood
Partner and Co-Chair, Capital Markets at Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP
Brandon Bailey
Co-Founder at Second Gate Second Gate Advisory
Kevin Kelly
Founder / CEO at Kelly Intelligence Kelly Intelligence
Brandon Black
Bitcoin Educator
Robert Mitchnick
Head of Digital Assets at BlackRock BlackRock
Brandon Lutnick
Chairman at Cantor Fitzgerald Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland
Hunter Horsley
Chief Executive Officer at Bitwise Asset Management Bitwise Asset Management, Inc.
Brett Knoblauch
Managing Director - Digital Assets Equity Research at Cantor Fitzgerald Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland
Kristin Stroud
Blockchain and Digital Assets Tax Manager at Deloitte Deloitte
Brian De Mint
Amazon #1 Best Selling Author & Executive at Orange Pill App Orange Pill App
Stephen Palley
Partner at Brown Rudnick, LLP Brown Rudnick
Brian Dixon
CEO at Off the Chain Capital Off the Chain Capital
Hailey Lennon
General Counsel at Fold Fold
Brian Laughlan
Co-Founder at OrdinalsBot OrdinalsBot
William Foxley
Co-Founder, CEO at Blockspace Media Blockspace Media
Brian Morgenstern
Head of Public Policy at Riot, Inc. Riot Platforms
Tommy Walker
Business Development Director at EMCD EMCD
Brian Murray
Partner & COO at Craft Ventures Craft Ventures
Chuck LEcuyer
CEO at Intelliflex Intelliflex
Brian Harrington
Business Development at Fold FOLD
Rami Alsridi
CEO at Mining Grid Mining Grid
Bruce Fenton
CEO at Chainstone Labs Chainstone Labs
Mas Nakachi
Managing Director at XBTO at 1A1z / XBTO XBTO
Bryan Johnson
Founder & CEO at Blueprint Blueprint
Dan O'Prey
Partner at 1A1z 1A1z
Caitlin Long
Founder & CEO at Custodia Bank Custodia Bank
Trey Sellers
VP, Sales at Unchained Unchained
Carl Dong
CEO and Head Janitor at Obscura VPN Obscura
Morgen Rochard
Financial Planner at Origin Wealth Advisers LLC Origin Wealth Advisers LLC
Carla Bitcoin
Creator-in-Chief at thecryptoc0up1e
Carlos Toriello
CEO at SimpleProof SimpleProof
Jim Crider
Owner, Financial Planner at Intentional Living FP Intentional Living FP
Carson Smith
Partner at Density Compute & Merkle Edge, Advisor at C1Fund C1 Fund
Justin Rhedrick
Executive Director at Bitcoin Transformation Community Bitcoin Transformation Community
Carter Jack Feldman
Founder & CEO at QED Protocol QED Protocol
Jill Ford
Founder at Bitford Digital Bitford Digital
Casey Rodarmor
Creator at Ordinals & Runes Ordinals & Runes
Nick Hansen
CEO at Luxor Luxor Technology
Cedric Youngelman
CEO/Investor/Podcaster at Caos and Bitcoin Matrix
Miles Suter
Bitcoin Product Lead at Block Block Inc.
Chan Ahn
CEO/CTO at alexGo.btc, Founder at XLink.network alexGo.btc
Neha Narula
Director, Digital Currency Initiative at MIT MIT Technology Review BR
Charley Brady
Vice President, Investor Relations at BitFuFu BitFuFu
Jamie McAvity
CEO at Cormint Cormint
JP Richardson
CEO at Exodus Movement, Inc Exodus
Jeff Fischbach
CEO/Forensic Technologist at SecondWave, Inc SecondWave
Paul Puey
CEO / Co-founder at Edge Edge
Paul Sztorc
CEO at LayerTwo Labs LayerTwo Labs
David Seroy
Growth & Strategy Lead at Alpen Labs Alpen Labs
Willem Schroe
Co-Founder and CEO at Botanix Labs Botanix Labs
Loren Asmus
Head of Capital Formation at UTXO Management UTXO Management
Zac Townsend
CEO at Meanwhile Meanwhile
Shawn Owen
Chief Executive Officer at SALT Lending SALT Lending
Adrii Garanin
CEO at Hiveon Energy Hiveon Energy
Daniel Lawrence
CEO at OBM, Inc. OBM, Inc.
Jolie Kahn
Chief Executive Officer at AgriForce Growing Systems, Ltd. AgriFORCE
Matt Crosby
Lead Analyst at Bitcoin Magazine Pro Bitcoin Magazine Pro
Chris Kuiper
Director of Research at Fidelity Digital Assets Fidelity Digital Assets
Matt Hill
CEO at Start9 Start9
Murch
Engineer at Chaincode Labs Chaincode Labs
Jessy Gilger
Senior Advisor and CCO at Sound Advisory Sound Advisory
Jody Mettler
COO at BitGo BitGo
Joe Bryan
Founder at Satmo, Creator of ‘What’s the Problem?’, Ex-Goldman Sachs and Superbet What's The Problem?
John Hoffman
Managing Director, Head of Distribution & Strategic Partnerships at Grayscale Grayscale Investments
John Riggins
Chief Executive Officer at HK Asia Holdings Limited HK Asia Holdings Limited
Julia Duzon
Chief Operating Officer at River River Financial

Agenda

Nakamoto Stage

8:45 AM - 9:00 AM - Opening Remarks - David Bailey

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - The Next Golden Age of America - Faryar Shirzad, Rosie Rios, Chris LaCivita

11:30 AM - 12:00 AM - The First Bitcoiner In Space: Backstory - Rizzo, Chun Wang

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Bo Hines: Making America The Global Bitcoin Superpower - Miles Jennings, Bo Hines

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - How Do We Fund The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve? - Alex Thorn, Matthew Sigel, Matthew Pines, Fred Thiel

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM - Building The Future Financial Products of America - Kevin Kelly, Jan van Eck, Robert Mitchnick, Hunter Horsley

Genesis Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Financial Inclusion With Open Monetary Networks - Ali Tager, Felipe Servin, Tony Högqvist, Jeremy Almond

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Bitcoin Business Innovation in Latin America - Lynne Bairstow, Christian Ribeiro, Felipe Servin

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Success and Challenges with Bitcoin Circular Economies - Brian De Mint, Hermann Vivier, Isabella Santos, Roman Martinez

12:00 AM - 12:30 AM - India’s Bitcoin Moment - Sagun Garg, Bank Julius Baer, Abhay Agarwal, GetBit, Siddarth Bharwani, Jetking, Smeet Bhatt, Theya Inc.

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - Marketing Bitcoin to the Masses - Susie Violet Ward, Neil Jacobs, Brian De Mint, Anil Patel

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Bitcoin as a Digital 1776 - GMONEY, Erik Cason, CJ Konstantinos, Nico Moran

1:30 PM - 1:30 PM - Bretton Woods 2.0: The Bitcoin Monetary Order - Cedric Youngelman, Efrat Fenigson, Ben Samocha, Roger Huang

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Building on Bitcoin Without Changing The Protocol: Metaprotocols & Sidechains - Isabel Foxen Duke, Spencer Yang, Brian Laughlan, Alec Taggart

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Bitcoin L2s: The Search for Native Yield - Michael Terpin, David Tse, Rich Rines

Mining Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Revitalizing Rural America with Bitcoin Mining - Mario Gutierrez, Russell Cann, Matt Schultz

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - How Virtualized Mining is Reshaping the Bitcoin Landscape - Colin Harper, Charley Brady, Andy Wang

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Bitcoin Mining is for Closers: Miners Vertically Integrating Hardware & Generation - Nishant Sharma, Duncan Dickerson, Rachel Silverstein

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Ancillary Services for Miners: Custody & Insurance - Charlotte Goldman, Rachel Nixon, Nick Neuman, Emma Rose Bienvenu

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Hashrate and Headaches: Bitcoin Mining Tax Challenges & Opportunities - Tim Savage, Rob Massey

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM - Tokenizing Hashrate: Derivatives & Securities for Institutional Adoption - Mike Cohen, Emmanuel Montero, Arnab Naskar, Matt Williams

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Restoring Power & Democracy in the Energy Sector - Neil Chatterjee, Fred Thiel

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM- Strategies for Sourcing Hardware in a World of Hashrate Expansion - Alex Bodromian, Alan Martinez, Artem Bespaloff

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Managing Investor Expectations for Public Mining Companies - Samuel Dergel, Rob Samuels, Jon Charbonneau, Tracy Krumme

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Capital Strategy: Mining in 2025 - Brett Knoblauch, Gary Vecchiarelli, Phil McPherson

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Bitcoin Mining Origin Story - Susie Violet Ward, Ben Gagnon, Taylor Monnig, Kevin Zhang

Open Source Stage

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM - CLE: Trump Administration's Bitcoin Policies - Cody Carbone, Margeaux Plaisted, Brian Morgenstern, Zack Shapiro

4:15 PM - 5:15 PM - CLE: Bitcoin’s Regulatory Environment and Proposed Changes - Kristin Stroud, Anne Peetz, Stephen Palley

Mining Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Mining Masterclass: So You Want To Mine Bitcoin? - Will Foxley, Tommy Walker, Chuck L'Ecuyer, Rami Alsridi

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM - Luxor Keynote - Nick Hansen

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM - Cormint Keynote - Jamie McAvity

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Power, Payoff & Longevity: Comparing Mining Cooling Systems - Nico Smid, Darren Burgess

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Mastering Treasury Management: How to Accumulate As Much Bitcoin As Possible - Will Foxley, Jeff Lucas, Drew Armstrong, Salman Khan

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Improving Mine Management Efficiency With AI, Demand Response & Heat Reuse - Anthony Power, Andrii Garanin, Dan Lawrence, Jolie Kahn

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - ****Building Data Centers With Bitcoin Mining & AI In Mind - Taylor Monnig, Alex Brammer, Chris Totin, Kent Draper

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM - ****Built to Last: Engineering Robust Bitcoin Mining Infrastructure - Chuck L'Ecuyer, Matt Lohstroh, Scot Johnson

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM - The Hardware Arms Race in Bitcoin Mining - Nishant Sharma, Peng Li, Wright Wang, Christopher Crowell

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - The Impacts of Tariffs on Mining Supply Chains: When 1 Zetahash? - Brandon Bailey, Matt Lohstroh, Shanon Squires, Ghazaleh Barman

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM - Bitmain Keynote

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Nation-State Game Theory of Hashrate & Blockspace - Mags Gronowska, Kevin Zhang

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM - Bitcoin Made in America: Mining Policy Advancements - Colin Crossman, Brian Morgenstern, Will Paul

Genesis Stage

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM - Understanding The Great Consensus Cleanup As A Non-Technical Bitcoiner - Antoine Poinsot

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Proof of Redemption: From (Prison) Bars to Bitcoin - Jill Ford, Justin Rhedrick

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Privacy is Not a Crime: Free Roman Sterlingov

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Maximize Your Bitcoin Gains With Tax-Advantaged Strategies - Kristin Stroud, Andrew Gordon, Jessy Gilger

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - The State of Bitcoin & How We Got Here - Matt Corallo

12:30 PM - 12:50 PM - Power to the Nodes - Matt Hill

12:50 PM - 1:00 PM - QBTC: Announcing a Quantum-Safe Bitcoin Proof-of-Work Rollup - Christian Papathanasiou

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Tailoring Your Business For Bitcoiners - Bobby Shell, Ben Justman, Paul DeJoe, Rick Vanderhulst

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM - How Bitcoin Ends the State's Monopoly on Violence - Aaron Daniel, Avik Roy, Josh Hendrickson, Leopoldo Bebchuk

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - Building the Tools For Merchant Adoption - Rockstar Dev, Stephen Cole, Bobby Shell, Lyle Pratt

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM - Liquidium Announcement - Robin Obermaier

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM - exSat keynote - Tristan Dickinson

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Building the Bitcoin Economy: Expanding Utility With DeFi & Infrastructure - Alisia Painter, Matt Luongo, Muneeb Ali

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM - Using Bitcoin to Secure The Ballot in Georgia - Carlos Toriello, Stacy Scott

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Are Bitcoiners Becoming Sycophants of The State? - Danny Knowles, Bruce Fenton, Erik Cason, American HODL, Casey Rodarmor

Open Source Stage

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM - Bitcoin Under The Hood for Mass Adoption - Alekos Filini

10:20 AM - 10:40 AM - The Current State of Open Source Funding: Report - Mas Nakachi, Dan O'Prey

10:40 AM - 11:00 AM - Neha Keynote - Neha Narula

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Comparing Trust Assumptions and Security Models Across Layer 2s

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Covenants: Which Opcode(s) Do Developers Want & Why? - Brandon Black, Salvatore Ingala, Ben Carman, Keagan McClelland

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - State, Settlement & Scaling: Does Bitcoin Need Optimization? - Neha Narula, Alex Bergeron, Keagan McClelland, Peter Todd

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - The OP_CAT's Out of The Bag: Will This Introduce MEV on Bitcoin? - Weikeng Chen, Andrew Poelstra, Rijndael

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM - LayerTwo Labs Keynote - Paul Sztorc

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Amplifying Open Source Development with AI - Sagun Garg, Bootoshi B, Jordi Montes

12:50 PM - 1:00 PM- Bitcoin Games Hackathon Award Ceremony - Alex Lewin

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM - BitDevs2h - Murch, Matt Corallo, Stephen DeLorme

Nakamoto Stage

10:30 AM - 10:50 AM - Block Keynote - Miles Suter

10:50 AM - 11:10 AM - Exodus keynote: Bitcoin’s Role in The New Economy & Payment Solutions - JP Richardson

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM - Keynote - Arthur Hayes

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Retail Bitcoin Investors & The Front Running of Wall Street - Aaron Arnold, Yoni Assia, Johann Kerbrat, Seamus Rocca

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - One Year After the Halving: Diversifying The Infrastructure of Bitcoin - Brandon Bailey, Jason Les, Nazar Khan

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM - One Year After The Halving: Capitalization & Scaling - Eleanor Terrett, Zachary Bradford, Ben Gagnon

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM - The Policy Path for Bitcoin in Hong Kong - John Riggins, Eric Yip, Dr. Hon Johnny NG

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - How Bitcoin Can Break the Chains of Economic Imperialism - Daniel Batten, John Perkins

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Bitcoin As a Neutral Reserve Asset & The End of The Triffin Dilemma - Jordan Schachtel, James Lavish, Bill Miller IV, Mark Moss

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM - BitBonds: As American as Apple Pie - Tyler Evans, Andrew Hohns, Pierre Rochard, Matt Cole

4:00 PM - 4:30 PM - Two Goldbugs on Both Sides of The (Bit)coin - Natalie Brunell, Peter Schiff, Trace Mayer

Enterprise Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - How Institutional Adoption Impacts On-Chain Data - Matt Crosby, Chris Kuiper, Ben Cowen

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - What The FIRE Movement Gets Wrong About Bitcoin - Trey Sellers, Morgen Rochard, Brian Harrington, Jim Crider

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Wealth Management & Estate Planning With Bitcoin as a Unit of Account - Loren Asmus, Zac Townsend, Shawn Owen, Sagun Garg

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - From Golden State to Orange State: California Embraces Bitcoin - Mags Gronowska, Joe Carlasare, Lana Negrete, Dom Bei

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM- A New Wave of Bitcoin Lending Products - Dhruv Patel, Pete Janney

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - Debunking Personal Finance Myths: A Seed Phrase Isn't a Financial Plan - Morgen Rochard, Pierre Rochard

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM - Bitcoin Banking: Legacy Integration or a Brand New Model? - Julia Duzon, Miles Paschini, Jody Mettler, Christian Ribeiro

2:00 PM - 2:20 PM - Blockstream CIO Keynote - Sean Bill

2:20 PM - 2:30 PM - BitGo Announcement - Nuri Chang

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM - Merging Opportunities With Bitcoin & Real Estate To Store Value Longterm - Erik LaPaglia, Smeet Bhatt, Daniel Kodsi, Austin Alexander

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - Bitcoin As The Hurdle Rate For Investing - Richard Byworth, Mason Carter, Marc Syz, Borja Martel Seward

3:30 PM - 4:00 PM - Seeding Startups To Outperform Bitcoin & Grow The Industry - Michael Jarmuz, Akshat Vaidya, Nico Lechuga

Developer Zone

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - FROSTR Workshop: Multisig Nostr Signing - Austin Kelsay

12:00 PM - 12:45 PM - Discussing The Blocksize: Have We Found Equilibrium? - Shehzan Maredia, Brandon Black, Murch

1:00 PM - 1:45 PM - MEVil: Concern or Hyperbole? - Andrew Poelstra, Matt Corallo

1:45 PM - 2:15 PM - Continuing The Conversation: ZK Q&A - Orkun Mahir Kilic, David Seroy, Carter Feldman

3:00 PM - 3:30 PM - DLCs on Bitcoin vs Smart Contracts on Alt-Chains - Shehzan Maredia, Connor O'Hara

Nakamoto Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Hester Peirce Fireside - Hester Peirce

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Tether + Cantor Fireside - Paolo Ardoino, Brandon Lutnick

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM - EXSat Network Announcement - Yves La Rose

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - Information Asymmetry: Bitcoin Edition - Nolan Bauerle, Mike Benz

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Is Panama Next? El Salvador Leading The Region For Bitcoin Adoption - Mike Peterson, Max & Stacy, Mayer Mizrachi

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM - Don't Trust, Verify: Waning Institutional Credibility & The Rise of Bitcoin - Marty Bent, Dr. Robert Malone, Luke Rudkowski

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM - The Critical Role of Funding Bitcoin Open Source Development - Stephan Livera, Dan O'Prey, Mike Schmidt, Hunter Horsley, Alex Li

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM - Corporate Treasury: Why Public Companies Aren't Worried About Bitcoin Volatility - David Bailey, Eric Semler, Dylan LeClair, Will Reeves

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM - Jack Mallers Keynote - Jack Mallers

03:35 PM - 04:15 PM - The Inflation No One Is Talking About: Wrench Attacks - Jameson Lopp

04:15 PM - 04:50 PM - Saylor Keynote - Michael Saylor

04:50 PM - 05:00 PM - Not Financial Advice

05:00 PM - 05:20 PM - Ross Ulbricht Keynote - Ross Ulbricht

Genesis Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Bitcoin's Intersection of Health, Wealth & Sunlight - Freddie New, Andy Schoonover, Steven Lubka, Paul Keating

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Bitcoin Offers Hope for Survivors of Human Trafficking - DJ Valerie B LOVE, Bob McDonell, Ryan Matta, Alejandra Guajardo

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Proof of Steak: Food Systems, Diet & Bitcoin - Matthew Lysiak, Chef Pete Evans, Doug Davis, Shawn Baker

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - How The Sovereign Individual Thesis Is Currently Unfolding - Katie The Russian, Nuri Katz, Mehdi Al Malla, Professor Edward Stringham

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Raising Future Bitcoiners: No More Fiat Families - Walker America, Carla Bitcoin, Katie The Russian

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM - The Bitcoin Paradigm Shift: Impacts on Productivity, Quality of Life & Society - Brian Dixon, Wyatt O'Rourke, Bram Kanstein, Robin Seyr

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM - Will Bitcoin Adoption End Fiat Once And For All? - Joe Bryan, Rajat Soni, Nik Bhatia, Lawrence Lepard

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM - From Capital to Currency: Bitcoin’s Move to Medium of Exchange - Stephan Livera, Roy Sheinfeld, Adam Simecka, Chris Hunter

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM - Decentralizing Social Media - McShane, Martti Malmi, Lyn Alden

02:30 PM - 03:10 PM - Bitcoin Third Places: Creating Spaces for Community - Robert Warren, Zach Wischler, Haley Berkoe, Stephen DeLorme, Mike Germano

03:10 PM - 03:40 PM - From Cave Art to Code: Redefining Value in a World of Absolute Scarcity - Erin Redwing, Vijay Boyapati, Jesse Myers, Maxfield Mellenbruch

Mining Stage

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM - Bitcoin Mining Machine's Innovation & Transparency is Essential to Future Growth - Peng Li

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM - Excess Power Into Profits: New Revenue Stream for Miners - Andrii Garanin

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM- Colocation For Retail Miners: Navigating Hosting Agreements and Procurement - Beau Turner, Adam Haynes, Mason Jappa, Timo Steipe

11:30 AM - 11:40 AM - Heatbit Product Announcement: Bringing Mining Back Home - Alex Busarov

11:40 AM - 12:20 PM - Creative Strategies For Domestic Mining Heat Reuse - Tyler Stevens, Toine, Michael Schmid, Nicolas Drouin, Alex Busarov

12:20 PM - 12:30 PM - Futurebit Keynote - John Stefanopoulos

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM - Pool Payout Structures: Past, Present & Future - Billy Boone, Marko Tarman, Bitcoin Mechanic, Carson Smith

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM - Decentralizing Mining Through Hardware Manufacturing - Colin Harper, Aviral Shukla, Matt Howard, Malcolm Chen

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM - The Role of Hashrate and Pools in Decentralization & Censorship Resistance - Robert Warren, aeon, Bitcoin Mechanic

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM - From Hash to Template: The Full Stack Mining Blueprint - Bart Mol, John Stefanopoulos, aeon, Matt Howard

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM - Mining as a Backbone for an Abundant Future - Susie Violet Ward, Beau Turner, Troy Cross, Daniel Batten

Open Source Stage

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM - How Shielded CSV Improves Privacy - Jonas Nick

10:20 AM - 10:30 AM - Manna: Have Fun Playing Store - Adam Simecka

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - What Does Bitcoin Core Actually DO? - Stephan Livera, Murch, Antoine Poinsot, Mike Schmidt

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - UX at the Forefront: The Path to Bitcoin for The Mainstream - Conor Okus, Sahil Chaturvedi, Skyler, Pedro

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM - Securing Bitcoin: The Power of Self Custody - Adam O'Brien, Ben Kaufman, Hodl Dee, Kevin Loaec

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM - Self Custody is Hard: Should Every User Store Seed Words? - Steve Lee, Zach Herbert, Seed Signer, Max Guise

01:00 PM - 01:20 PM - Ark Labs Keynote - Alex Bergeron

01:20 PM - 01:40 PM - zkCoins: Make Bitcoin Cypherpunk Again! - Robin Linus

01:40 PM - 01:50 PM- Joltz Announcement - Stephen Dodge

01:50 PM - 02:00 PM - Harnessing Bitcoin Yield with Lightning - Jesse Shrader

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM - Preserving Privacy Without Coinjoin as a Core Tool - Aaron van Wirdum, Seth For Privacy, Super Testnet, spacebear

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM - Making Bitcoin UTXOs Quantum Resistant - Alex Pruden, Jonas Nick, Christian Papathanasiou

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM - Reclaiming Internet Privacy in a World of Surveillance - Rockstar Dev, Harry Halpin, Carl Dong, Blake Benthall

Whale Lounge

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM - The Great Decoupling? - Lawrence Lepard, James Lavish, Mark Moss

Enterprise Stage

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM - Accessing Capital Markets With The Bitcoinization of Finance - Christian Lopez, Constantine Karides, Jonathan Kirkwood, Jake Ornstein

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM - Breakdown: How Institutions Get Bitcoin Yield - Jeff Park, Shirish Jajodia, Dylan LeClair

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM - GoMining Keynote - GoMining

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM - Proof of Reserves: The Institutional Gold Standard - Sam Abbassi, Simon Gerovich, Julia Duzon, Jeff Park

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM - Global (Micro)Strategy Playbook - Jason Fang, John Riggins, Siddarth Bharwani, Alexandre Laizet

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM - MSTR vs. the Market: Betting the Company on Bitcoin - Richard Byworth, Jeff Walton, Ben Werkman

02:30 PM - 03:00 PM - GameStop: Leveling Up With Bitcoin - Ben Wehrman, Peruvian Bull, Ian Carroll

Developer Zone

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM - Code Your Way Through The Mysteries of Bitcoin & Save Satoshi - Satsie

12:30 PM - 01:00 PM - Foolproof Multisig Backup: Two Seeds Should Be Enough - Josh Doman

01:00 PM - 01:30 PM - Privacy Deep Dive: Coinpools - Super Testnet

01:30 PM - 02:00 PM - Merkleize All The Things - Salvatore Ingala

02:45 PM - 03:15 PM - Behind The Curtain of Silent Payments - Seth For Privacy

03:15 PM - 03:45 PM - Continuing the Conversation: How Do Stable Channels work? - Tony Klausing

Start:
May 27, 2025, 8:00 AM , PST (UTC -8)
End:
May 29, 2025, 6:30 PM , PST (UTC -8)
Venue:
The Venetian, Las Vegas
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