Open House - Bitcoin and Public Policy

Date: *Thursday, November 3rd*
Start time: 4:30p CT
Pizza courtesy of our friends Bitrefill
We have 100+ RSVPs(!) and space will be limited
Two asks:

1. please RSVP. RSVPing tremendously helps us plan how many 🍕🥤 to purchase
2. please share this meetup page with any friends or family who may be interested

Open House, a monthly bitcoin community meetup focused on actionable discussions and as always, the opportunity to meet other Bitcoin curious/focused folks in the community.

This month's topic: 'Bitcoin and Public Policy' - a discussion and Q&A with entrepreneurs and Bitcoin advocacy leaders.

Here's the agenda:
- 4:30 - 5:20p - general meet & greet amongst the Nashville Bitcoin community
- 5:20 - 5:30p - welcome and announcements
- 5:30 - 6:30p - Panel #1
Advocating for Proof of Work: What Policymakers Need to Understand
About Bitcoin’s Energy Use w/

• Harry Sudock, VP of Strategy at Griid
• Justin Orkney, Senior Director - Tierra Resource Consultants
• moderated by David Zell, Co-Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute

- 6:30 - 7:00p - break

- 7:00 - 8:00p - Panel #2
Money and Power: CBDCs, Stablecoins, and the Future of
Privacy w/

• Matthew Pines, Managing Consultant at Krebs Stamos Group & National Security Fellow at Bitcoin Policy Institute
• Gerald Glickman, Senior Director Policy + Strategy, Fraud + Identity Risk Management at MVB Bank
• moderated by Grant McCarty, Co-Executive Director of the Bitcoin Policy Institute

Another reminder: please RSVP as space will be limited.

If this is your first time at one of our meetups, we have a few simple guidelines to enhance everyone’s experience:

• our meetups and events have a simple and singular focus: Bitcoin. All of our topics and discussions will be centered around Bitcoin, the global monetary network, and bitcoin, the reserve asset. If you are interested in crypto tokens, stocks, blockchains, altcoins, alternative investing, NFTs, etc. that is completely fine. There are a number of other meetups to join. This meetup however is just focused on Bitcoin
• please *no photos* unless everyone agrees and there are not any other folks in the background. We respect everyone’s privacy and want everyone to feel comfortable as they participate
• while the group discussion is going, please keep side conversations to *none.* With the acoustics of the room and the number of people we expect, any conversations will echo and be a distraction for those who are trying to listen many of whom have traveled a long way to participate
• please pick up after yourself
• please do not park in the church parking lot. Feel free to park anywhere else

For those unable to attend: panels (no Q&A), where participants have opted in, may be recorded and published to the Bitcoin Park podcast. Consider subscribing to the podcast feed and stay up to date here:

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