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You won't want to miss this year's MIT Bitcoin Expo! Early-bird tickets are selling out fast and prices go up on Feb 9th! Speaker announcements starting now and throughout this week so stay tuned! #MITBitcoinExpo #BuildingTheStack bit.ly/mitbtcexpo
Our first speaker for 2020 is Sharon Goldberg! @goldbe is not only CEO/Co-Founder of @arwensecure, a Boston startup building out layer-2 non-custodial trading, but also an associate professor at @BUCompSci! Come see her! #MITBitcoinExpo #BuildingTheStack bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci Tadge Dryja, a staple of the Expo, is back again this year! @tdryja is the co-inventor of the Bitcoin Lightning Network and has been continuing his work on scaling solutions as a researcher at @mitDCI. #MITBitcoinExpo #BuildingTheStack bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI Robleh Ali is a researcher @mitDCI working on #CBDC and its impact on the financial system. @RoblehAli previously led the Digital Currencies research at the Bank of England, one of the first central banks to research CBDC. #MITBitcoinExpo #BuildingTheStack bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli David Vorick is CEO at @NebulousLabs, the parent company of @SiaTechHQ focused on decentralized cloud storage, and @ObeliskTechHQ focused on blockchain hardware. We're excited to hear @DavidVorick speak! #MITBitcoinExpo #BuildingTheStack bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli @NebulousLabs @SiaTechHQ @ObeliskTechHQ @DavidVorick Valentine Wallace is a software engineer at @sqcrypto. Previously at @lightning, @vallywal now works on Square Crypto's Lightning Development Kit! You won't want to miss hearing how she's #BuildingTheStack! #MITBitcoinExpo bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli @NebulousLabs @SiaTechHQ @ObeliskTechHQ @DavidVorick @sqcrypto @lightning @vallywal Carl Dong is a Bitcoin developer working at @ChaincodeLabs. @carl_dong previously worked at @Blockstream before joining Chaincode, #BuildingTheStack by contributing to Bitcoin Core and rust-bitcoin! #MITBitcoinExpo bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli @NebulousLabs @SiaTechHQ @ObeliskTechHQ @DavidVorick @sqcrypto @lightning @vallywal @ChaincodeLabs @carl_dong @Blockstream Quanquan Liu is a PhD student at @MIT_CSAIL in the Theory of Computation group. @qqliu9's research interests include consensus for blockchains and proofs of work/space. You won't want to miss her talk! #MITBitcoinExpo #BuildingTheStack bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli @NebulousLabs @SiaTechHQ @ObeliskTechHQ @DavidVorick @sqcrypto @lightning @vallywal @ChaincodeLabs @carl_dong @Blockstream @MIT_CSAIL @qqliu9 Cory Fields is a Bitcoin Core developer at @mitDCI. Cory has taken a step back from front-line development work recently to focus on researching long-term solutions for hardening the security of cryptocurrencies. #MITBitcoinExpo #BuildingTheStack bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli @NebulousLabs @SiaTechHQ @ObeliskTechHQ @DavidVorick @sqcrypto @lightning @vallywal @ChaincodeLabs @carl_dong @Blockstream @MIT_CSAIL @qqliu9 Sonja Davidovic is an economist at @IMFNews. @sonjadav is exploring how emerging technologies can help IMF member countries achieve their development goals and is part of a team working on #CBDC implementation considerations. #MITBitcoinExpo bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli @NebulousLabs @SiaTechHQ @ObeliskTechHQ @DavidVorick @sqcrypto @lightning @vallywal @ChaincodeLabs @carl_dong @Blockstream @MIT_CSAIL @qqliu9 @IMFNews @sonjadav Ethan Heilman is the CTO and co-founder at @arwensecure. @Ethan_Heilman is also an inventor of the TumbleBit protocol and several of his contributions have been merged into Bitcoin Core. #MITBitcoinExpo #BuildingTheStack bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli @NebulousLabs @SiaTechHQ @ObeliskTechHQ @DavidVorick @sqcrypto @lightning @vallywal @ChaincodeLabs @carl_dong @Blockstream @MIT_CSAIL @qqliu9 @IMFNews @sonjadav @Ethan_Heilman Stacie Waleyko is a software engineer at @CasaHODL. @StacieWaleyko is passionate about solutions that empower the individual and is #BuildingTheStack by working on technology to make self-custody easier and safer. Hear her speak at the #MITBitcoinExpo! bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image
@goldbe @arwensecure @BUCompSci @tdryja @mitDCI @RoblehAli @NebulousLabs @SiaTechHQ @ObeliskTechHQ @DavidVorick @sqcrypto @lightning @vallywal @ChaincodeLabs @carl_dong @Blockstream @MIT_CSAIL @qqliu9 @IMFNews @sonjadav @Ethan_Heilman @CasaHODL @StacieWaleyko Chain-chain communication got you down? No fear, James Prestwich is here! Founder of @summa_one
and co-founder of @crosschaingroup, @_prestwich is #BuildingTheStack when it comes to interoperability. Hear him talk at this year’s #MITBitcoinExpo bit.ly/mitbtcexpo Image

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Jan 24, 2019
We’ll be announcing a first wave of speakers over the next few days! Confirming more every day, and excited to have every one! For the most up to date list, check out mitbitcoinexpo.org #MITBitcoinExpo #TheNext10Years
Starting off, can’t wait to hear from @tdryja, research scientist and thought leader at @mitDCI! Co-author of the lightning paper and currently working on Utreexo, he has insights to share about the future of scalability! #MITBitcoinExpo Get your tickets: mitbitcoinexpo.org
@cathieyun’s absolutely blown us away with her cryptography for @go_interstellar - some might even say she’s bulletproof! Can’t wait to hear her speak at the #MITBitcoinExpo. #TheNext10Years Get your tickets here: mitbitcoinexpo.org
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