Nashville, Tennessee, July 9th, 2024,
Chainwire
Nashville Event Brings Together
Industry Leaders to Explore Bitcoin's Expanding Capabilities and
Layer 2 Solutions
The second annual Bitcoin Builders Conference, scheduled for
July 25-26, 2024 in Nashville, arrives at a crucial moment in
Bitcoin's evolution beyond a store of value. This summit serves as
the definitive gathering for the Bitcoin builders community,
bringing together the most influential minds and projects shaping
this rapidly growing ecosystem. The conference offers a
comprehensive array of topics and opportunities for Bitcoin
builders and enthusiasts to dive deep into the latest advancements,
innovations, and trends that are transforming the Bitcoin
ecosystem.
Running alongside and enhancing the Bitcoin 2024 conference, the
Bitcoin Builders Conference provides a dedicated space for an
emerging part of the community that will shape the future of the
Bitcoin economy. The event is designed for Bitcoin builders and
enthusiasts eager to explore the latest advancements, innovations,
and trends. The speaker lineup, press, and investor participation
reflect the growing interest in expanding Bitcoin's ecosystem,
particularly Layer 2 solutions and other Bitcoin scaling
solutions.
The conference comes as Bitcoin continues to evolve as a secure
base layer for applications and novel use cases, with an increasing
focus on activating the network’s capital and global adoption. The
Bitcoin Ecosystem has grown exponentially since December 2023, when
the total value locked (“TVL”) for the entire ecosystem was around
$320M from a limited set of contributing layers. Today’s TVL for
the ecosystem has grown almost 7 times to over $2.2b from 17 of the
now 70 growing Bitcoin layers and protocols (sources: BTCL2.info and DeFi Llama).
In light of this inflection point for the entire industry, the
Bitcoin Builder’s Conference will showcase efforts of companies and
projects from across the globe to enhance Bitcoin's capabilities
and onboard new users. Attendees will have the opportunity to
engage in live demos, technical workshops, keynote speeches,
parties, panels, and discussions. The event will cover a wide range
of topics including DeFi, rollups, mining, Ordinals, Bitcoin’s
Layer 2's, interoperability, storage, and more.
Event Highlights:
- Live Demos: See the latest innovations in
Bitcoin technology in action.
- Technical Workshops: Hands-on sessions with
experts to deepen your technical knowledge.
- Keynote Speeches: Insightful talks from
industry leaders on the future of Bitcoin.
- Parties and Networking: Opportunities to
connect with like-minded professionals.
- Panels and Discussions: In-depth discussions
on key topics affecting the Bitcoin ecosystem.
"This event offers investors a unique opportunity to witness
Bitcoin's transformation from a mere store of value to a versatile
and programmable blockchain,” says Catrina Wang, General Partner at
Portal Ventures. “The wide range of participating projects
showcases the enthusiasm of developers and the vibrance of the
Bitcoin community. Bitcoin has always been a special asset - and
excited to see events like Nashville Bitcoin Builders catalyze what
it could become!"
Featured Speakers:
The conference will feature an impressive lineup of speakers who
are leaders in the Bitcoin space. Some of the confirmed speakers
include:
- Jameson Lopp - Co-founder & Chief Security
Officer, Casa
- Gav Blaxberg - CEO, WOLF Financial
- Muneeb Ali - Co-Creator, Stacks
- David Tse - Co-Founder, Babylon
- Jonathan Sadlowe - General Partner, Gossamer
Capital
- Brittany Laughlin - Board Chairman, Stacks Foundation
- Sunny Aggarwal, Co-Founder, Osmosis
- Willem Schroe - Founder, Botanix Labs
- Natalie Brunell - Host, Coin Stories
- Alexei Zamyatin - Co-Founder, BOB
- Brian Mahoney - Co-Founder, Acre
- Nicolas Cabrera - VP of Product, Lightspark
“This conference is the epicenter of creative minds showcasing
what's possible with Bitcoin,” says Brittany Laughlin, Chairman of
the Stacks Foundation board. “Fast, scalable Bitcoin transactions
with L2s have captured the world's attention and we’re seeing a
surge of innovation. What gets built on Bitcoin will have a
long-standing impact on the global financial system.”
The Bitcoin Builders Conference emphasizes the community's focus
on long-term development and technological progress. The event
provides a platform to explore how Layer 2 solutions in particular
can expand Bitcoin's functionality, potentially enabling a new
generation of Bitcoin-based applications and services.
For more information and to register, visit Bitcoin Builders Conference Website.
About Stacks
Stacks is a Bitcoin L2 that enables smart contracts and
decentralized applications to use Bitcoin as a secure base layer.
The 2024 Nakamoto release will bring faster speeds as well as
transactions that are as irreversible as Bitcoin’s once confirmed,
setting the stage for a programmable Bitcoin asset called sBTC
later in the year. Stacks is the current leading Bitcoin L2 by
developer traction and market cap and is poised to help unlock
Bitcoin and its $1T in passive capital as a fully programmable,
productive asset. The Stacks (STX) token, used as gas on the L2,
was the first to undergo an SEC-qualified sale in the United
States. The project explicitly decentralized with the mainnet
launch in 2021. In the Stacks ecosystem, there are currently 30+
contributing entities including a non-profit Stacks Foundation, a
developer tooling company Hiro, Xverse, Trust Machines, Mechanism,
Bitcoin L2 Labs, ALEX, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, and more.
Contact
Claire
Topalian
press@stacks.org