Let’s take Bitcoin development to the next level.
You've mastered the basics, now learn about the latest technical developments in depth. Be inspired by talks from leaders in this amazing field.
Bitcoin needs people like you. Come and network, learn from industry leaders, and hear amazing stories.
There will be no ICOs here.
Advancing Bitcoin is a new 2 day conference where developers can listen to, learn from, and be inspired by the latest technical developments in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Speakers
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Jameson Lopp
(via Skype) CTO at CASA
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Jimmy Song
Bitcoin Educator at Programming Blockchain
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Nicolas Dorier
Creator of BTCPay Server
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Elaine Ou
Blockchain engineer at Global Financial Access
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Jeremy Welch
Founder of CASA
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Patrick McCorry
Assistant Professor at King's College London
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Kalle Alm
Bitcoin Core contributer and engineer at DG Lab
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Matt Corallo
Bitcoin developer at Chaincode Labs
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Patrícia Estevão
UX designer and consultant
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Justin Moon
Founder at BUIDL BOOTCAMP
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Philip Glazman
Software engineer at Bitmain
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Sjors Provoost
Bitcoin Core contributer
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Stepan Snigirev
CTO Crypto Advance
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Adam Fiscor
Creator of Wasabi Wallet
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Fabrice Drouin
CTO of ACINQThe call for speakers is now closed.
What people are saying
Feb 7th + 8th is gonna be a great time to be in London for those into Bitcoin development. https://t.co/P5EPP1aQSz
— Matt Corallo (@TheBlueMatt) December 15, 2018
This lineup is amazing. If you’re in London, I’m jelly. https://t.co/gHdeZfHE4i
— Leigh Cuen (@La__Cuen) December 16, 2018
I just learned about the https://t.co/tUvYPJ5kWl conference - wish I had applied to speak there before it got fully booked! Perfect venue to present https://t.co/FWyZ2GOv3d v0.1.0 we are releasing early January.
— Francis Pouliot 🐂₿ (@francispouliot_) December 14, 2018
Looks like another great tech-focused Bitcoin event 🤓🚀
I'll be speaking & holding a workshop at @advbitcoin in London, February 7-8. Theme is "security in bitcoin dev", and workshop will be about making a tiny (layer 1) payment processor in node.js (sorry if you hate node).
— Kalle Alm (@kallewoof) December 14, 2018
Agenda
- Day 1
- 09:15 - 09:45
Registration - 09:45 - 09:55
Opening Remarks - 09:55 - 10:25
Hardware Wallets - General Attack Analysis
Stepan Snigrev - 10:25 - 10:55
The Lightning Network: a fast, instant, high performance payment network built on top of Bitcoin
Fabrice Drouin - 10:55 - 11:25
What I've Learnt From Lightning Development
Elaine Ou
11:25 - 11:40 BREAK
- 11:40 - 12:10
Lightning Development in Rust
Matt Corallo - 12:10 - 12:40
The Difficulties in Designing Protocols: Bitcoin vs Ethereum
Patrick McCorry
12:40 - 13:30 LUNCH (Provided)
- 13:30 - 14:05
Panel Discussion - 14:05 - 14:50
Danger! Bitcoin Threat Models
Kalle Alm - 14:50 - 15:20
Exploring Neutrino
Jimmy Song
15:20 - 15:40 BREAK
- 15:40 - 16:10
Bitcoin Engineering Lessons Learned
Jameson Lopp - 16:10 - 16:55
BTCPay Server Architecture: How to pick your trust level
Nicolas Dorier - 16:55 - 17:00
Closing remarks
After conference drinks!
- Day 2
- 09:15 - 11:15
Workshop 1A: How to Build Your Own Hardware Wallet
Stepan Snigrev - 09:15 - 11:15
Workshop 1B: Setting up and securing a Lightning node
Fabrice Drouin and Elaine Ou
11:15 - 11:30 BREAK
- 11:30 - 13:30
Workshop 2A: Crawling the Bitcoin networkJustin Moon - 11:30 - 13:30 Workshop 2B: Security analysisKalle Alm
13:30 - 14:15 LUNCH (Provided)
- 14:15 - 14:45
Bitcoin and The Fourth Computing Wave
Jeremey Welch - 14:45 - 15:15
Technical Principles of Bitcoin WalletsPhil Glazman - 15:15 - 15:40
Using your hardware wallet with Bitcoin Core
Sjors Provoost - 15:40 - 16:10
Advancing the Bitcoin User Experience: Designing for developers and end users
Patrícia Estevão - 16:10 - 16:20
Open mic
You! In the audience - 16:20 - 16:50
The current state of Bitcoin fungibility
Adam Fiscor - 16:50 - 17:00
Closing remarks
End of Conference
The Venue
Code Node:
10 South Place
London,
United Kingdom
EC2M 7EB
Capacity:
125 people
CodeNode is the UK's largest venue dedicated to Technology events. It welcomes thousands of engineers each year.
The Experience
Network
Meet with Bitcoin developers from around the world. Spend two days exchanging ideas, making new contacts, and connecting with like-minded people.
Learn
You've mastered the basics. Now take your knowledge to the next level. Attending our workshops and talks will give you essential knowledge and tips from industry leaders about new Bitcoin developments and how to take your Bitcoin development to the next level.
Be Inspired
Hear stories from industry leaders about the projects they're working on and the journey they've been through. Learn how you can contribute to the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Tickets
Refunds? Just let us know up to 3 days before the event and we'll give you a full refund. No questions asked.
Sponsors
Contact
Leon Johnson
If you have any questions contact us: support@advancingbitcoin.com