₿🗣️ Bitcoin TechDays — Day 1: Lectures

We're excited to welcome a range of international Bitcoin researchers and developers in Munich on Feb 12th and 13th.

On the first day we will have lectures in the afternoon and evening.

Confirmed speakers and topics:

Bob McElrath, Ph.D. Theoretical Physics, Bitcoin researcher, Blockchain architect at Fidelity Investments.
"On-Chain Defense in Depth"

• https://twitter.com/BobMcElrath
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobmcelrath

Adam Ficsor, CTO zkSNACKs, Wasabi Wallet founder and lead developer, privacy and fungibility researcher.
"The history and current state of privacy in Bitcoin"

• https://twitter.com/nopara73
• https://zksnacks.com/

Daniel Kraft, Ph.D. in Mathematics, contributor to Bitcoin Core, long-time lead dev for Namecoin, CTO at XAYA.
"Game Channels — Off-chain scaling for complex interactions between participants"

• https://github.com/domob1812
• https://www.domob.eu/

Justin Moon, founder BUIDL Bootcamp, teacher for Bitcoin development.
"Digital Cash from Scratch"

• https://twitter.com/JustinMoon

Rene Pickhardt, data scientist and Lightning Network researcher and instructor.
"Autopilot — Shaping the future of the Lightning Network"

• https://twitter.com/renepickhardt

Stepan Snigirev, Quantum physicist, Bitcoin hardware hacker, CTO Crypto Advance GmbH.
"DIY hardware wallets: how flexible and secure can they be?"

• https://twitter.com/StepanSnigirev

James Chiang, Libbitcoin contributor, Bitcoin Protocol educator.
"Building a payment channel with Libbitcoin BX"

• https://twitter.com/digi_james

Kilian Rausch, Product Director of Exchange Union, M.Sc. in Information Systems.
"Atomic Swaps on Lightning"

• https://github.com/kilrau
• https://twitter.com/kilrau

Konstantin Nick, Lightning game developer, founder of donnerlab.
"Let's play Lightning"

• https://twitter.com/sputn1ck

And more!

Target audience: We want to address the local tech/developer as well as the international Bitcoin community. Some advanced technological knowledge about Bitcoin and its current challenges is required.

Find the exact schedule and more detailed info on the event's website:
https://bitcoin-techdays.org/

Subject to changes or additions.

Please register either on that website, or here on meetup!

The location for the first day is the Event Space at JetBrains. Thanks very much for hosting us! https://www.jetbrains.com/company/contacts/munich/

The second day will consist of workshops with Justin, Stepan and more in a different location: https://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Munich/events/257814656/

For additional support we would also like to thank Andrei Martchouk and the software development/consulting firm KI decentralized. https://www.ki-decentralized.com/

(Our meetup group is organized by independent enthusiasts and not affiliated with venues, sponsors, or external speakers of this or past events. Views expressed by them do not necessarily represent our own. We aim to educate i.a. by putting forward the various viewpoints and opinions in the crypto-currency and blockchain space, encouraging discussions to enable everyone to make up their own minds. In particular, our program is not to be understood as investment advice.)