Blockchain
What to Expect from Consensus 2024: Spotlight on Blockchain Technology
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 on CoinDesk Consensus Conference 2024which will take place from Wednesday, May 29th to Friday, May 31st 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:
The general agenda of the Consensus is quite extensive. In terms of blockchain technology highlights, the following would represent our picks.
1.45pm (main stage): Joe Lubin of consensus discusses Ethereum with Consensus President Michael Casey.
2.45pm (main stage): Emin Gün Sirer, CEO, Ava Labs, the lead developer of Avalanche, joins panel about what blockchain can do for AI and what AI can do for cryptocurrencies.
3.00pm (Town Square): Bryan Bishopone of the first Bitcoin programmers (and now an editor of Bitcoin Improvement Proposal), discusses the first few days on a panel with other crypto OGs.
12.45pm (Main Stage): David Marcoformer head of Facebook/Meta Diem/Libra, speaks about Lightspark, his digital payments startup based on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network.
1.15pm (Main Stage): Sergei Nazarovco-founder of Chainlink, speaks on 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 Federaresponsible for the strategy of the Solana Foundation, discuss whether modular or monolithic blockchains are the best way to scale.
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, discusses the future of the network and the upcoming release of Firedancer software designed to improve performance.
11:00 (Money Reimagined Phase): Helium CEO Abhay Kumar speaks on a panel on the future of “decentralized physical infrastructure networks” or DePIN (formerly called 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 – speaks about what comes next and his vision for the oldest and largest blockchain.
12:00 (Town Square): LOVES with Casey Rodarmor
12.15pm (Startup Village): Injective co-founder Eric Chen discusses his vision for the future of finance.
3pm (Money Reimagined Phase): Gauntlet co-founder Tarun Chitra speak on a panel on “DeFi risk reduction,” from preventing smart contract bugs and carpetbagging to managing treasury management strategies and audits.
For blockchain developers and VC investors, this is probably where you’ll end up spending a lot of time.
1.30pm Cosmos (on “Bitcoinization)
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, gives a intensive course on “Pull vs. Push Oracle”.
Thursday and Friday, Startup village is where the PitchFest semi-finals and finals are taking place. 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.