Bitcoin layer 2. Ethereum re-staking. Interoperability. love. Depin. Next generation encryption.
These are just some of the cutting-edge blockchain technology topics that will be on the agenda at CoinDesk's Consensus 2024 conference, taking place from Wednesday, May 29th to Friday, May 31st in Austin, Texas.
For blockchain developers, that's red meat. For others, the word may be unfamiliar. His three days are packed with opportunities for everyone, including everyone in between, to learn about the hottest crypto technologies on Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, and the XRP Ledger from the world's top experts.
We looked through the agenda and identified stages and sessions that might be of interest to blockchain developers and people interested in the technology.
Generally speaking, there are six broad categories of programming involved.
The overall consensus agenda is very diverse. When it comes to blockchain technology highlights, here are our picks:
1:45 PM (Main Stage): ConsenSys' Joe Rubin discusses Ethereum with Consensus Chair Michael Casey.
2:45pm (Main Stage): Emin Gün Sirer, CEO of Ava Labs, the main developer of Avalanche, talks about what blockchain can do for AI and what AI can do for cryptocurrencies. Participate in a panel discussion.
3pm (Town Square): Brian Bishop, an early Bitcoin programmer (and current editor of Bitcoin Improvement Suggestions), talks about his early days on a panel with other crypto OGs.
12:45pm (Main Stage): David Marcus, former head of Facebook/Meta Diem/Libra, talks about Lightspark, his digital payments startup based on Bitcoin's Lightning Network.
1:15pm (Main Stage): Chainlink co-founder Sergey Nazarov will discuss the project's work with global banking payment network Swift in a panel moderated by CoinDesk's Sam Kessler.
4:15pm (Town Square): John Adler, co-founder and chief research officer of Celestia Labs, and Austin Federa, director of strategy at Solana Foundation, discuss the difference between modular and monolithic blockchains. Discuss what is a better way to expand.
10am (Rethinking Money Stage): MakerDAO co-founder Rune Christensen talks about where DeFi is heading.
10:40 a.m. (Main Stage): Raj Gokal, co-founder and president of Solana Labs, talks about the future of networking and the upcoming release of Firedancer software designed to improve performance.
11am (Rethinking Money Stage): Helium CEO Abhay Kumar speaks on a panel about the future of “distributed physical infrastructure networks,” or DePIN (previously known as the Internet of Things, or IoT) .
11:30am (Main Stage): Casey Rodalmore, the developer who almost single-handedly created two of the most influential protocols introduced on top of Bitcoin in the past two years, Ordinals and Runes, discusses what's next. Blockchain talks about what will happen and his vision for the oldest and largest protocol.
12pm (Town Square): AMA with Casey Rodarmor
12:15pm (Startup Village): Injective co-founder Eric Chen shares his vision for the future of finance.
3:00 p.m. (Rethinking Money Stage): Gauntlet co-founder Tarun Chitra will lead a panel discussion on “Risk Mitigation in DeFi,” from preventing smart contract bugs and fraud to financial management strategies and audit readiness. I will give a lecture at
For blockchain developers and VC investors, this will likely end up costing them a lot of time.
1:30pm Cosmos (“About Bitcoinization”)
11:30am Rohan Tomare, Alchemy Engineering Lead, talks about “Building the Next Killer DAPP” and “How to Simplify the Web3 User Experience with Account Abstraction.”
At 1:30 p.m., RedStone Oracles co-founder Marcin Kazmierczak will give a crash course on “Pull Oracles vs. Push Oracles.”
On Thursday and Friday, Startup Village will host the PitchFest semifinals and finals. Winners will be announced Friday at 1:20 p.m.
There are sessions scheduled on Cryptocurrency VC on Wednesday and during PitchFest. Securing funds. How to win a pitch contest. Web3 and decentralized identity. And Web3 games.
