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Schedule

September 12th

Introduction

09:00

(5 min)

Introduction to Event and Format Overview

PRESENTER(s):

Jeremy Rubin

09:06

(30 min)

Review of Historical Context

PRESENTER(s):

Bryan Bishop

Implementated Work

09:37

(15 min)

Bitcoin Relay Network

PRESENTER(s):

Matt Corallo

09:53

(15 min)

Reworking Bitcoin Core's P2P Code to be More Robust and Event-Driven

PRESENTER(s):

Cory Fields

10:09

(10 min)

Block Upload Data and IBLT

PRESENTER(s):

Rusty Russell

10:20

(20 min)

Coffee Break

Security and Privacy

10:40

(20 min)

Overview of Security Concerns

PRESENTER(s):

Peter Todd

11:01

(20 min)

Scaling Bitcoin to Support Privacy-Preserving Smart Contracts

PRESENTER(s):

Ranjit Kumaresan

Testing, Simulation, and Modeling

11:22

(20 min)

A Testbed for Bitcoin Scaling

PRESENTER(s):

Ittay Eyal, Emin Gün Sirer

11:43

(15 min)

Stochastic Modeling of Bitcoin with Dynamic Block Sizes

PRESENTER(s):

Conner Fromknecht, Nathan Wilcox

11:59

(15 min)

Coinscope & Shadow-Bitcoin

PRESENTER(s):

Andrew Miller

12:15

(10 min)

Break

Economics and Incentives

12:25

(15 min)

How Wallets Can Handle Real Transaction Fees

PRESENTER(s):

Bram Cohen

12:41

(15 min)

A Transaction Fee Market Exists without a Block Size Limit

PRESENTER(s):

Peter R

12:57

(15 min)

Mind the Gap: Security Implications of the Evolution of Bitcoin Mining

PRESENTER(s):

Miles Carlsten, Harry Kalodner, Arvind Narayanan

13:13

(60 min)

Lunch

14:13

(2 min)

Workshop Primer

14:15

(60 min)

Roundtable Discussion A

Future of SPV Technology

LEADERS: Bryan Bishop

Network Propagation

LEADERS: Matt Corallo, Rusty Russell

Involving Academia

LEADERS: Joseph Bonneau, Olaoluwa "Laolu" Osuntokun

Trustless UX and Human-Crypto Interaction

LEADERS: Paige Peterson and Dan Elitzer

Threat Models and Boogeymen

LEADERS: Peter Todd, Andrew Poelstra

Testing and Simulation Methods

LEADERS: Andrew Miller, Ittay Eyal, Emin Gün Sirer

15:15

(60 min)

Roundtable Discussion B

Mathematical Modeling and Spherical Cows

LEADERS: Bram Cohen, Patrick Strateman

Miner-Developer Relations

LEADERS: Alex Petrov, Matt Corallo, Luke Dashjr

Scalability and Hosted Infrastructure

LEADERS: Ryan Charles, Ryan Smith, Charlie Lee

Pathway to Adopting Better Cryptography

LEADERS: Andrew Poelstra

Privacy and Scalability

LEADERS: Zooko Wilcox-OHearn, Ranjit Kumaresan, Andrew Miller

Potential for SHA3-like Contest Processes for Bitcoin

LEADERS: Shin'Ichiro Matsuo

16:15

(10 min)

Break

16:25

(80 min)

Roundtable Discussion Summary Session

18:30

Reception

17:45

(30 min)

Invited Talk: Gabriella Coleman

September 13th

Community Communication Channels

10:00

(20 min)

Lessons learnt from the NIST SHA-3 Competition for scaling Bitcoin

PRESENTER(s):

Shin'ichiro Matsuo

10:21

(15 min)

Objective Functions in Bitcoin Development

PRESENTER(s):

Paul Sztorc

Payment Channels & Layer 2

10:37

(20 min)

Bitcoin failure modes and the role of the Lightning Network

PRESENTER(s):

Joseph Poon, Thaddeus Dryja

10:58

(10 min)

Experiences Working on Layer 2 Scalability Solutions

PRESENTER(s):

C.J. Plooy

11:09

(10 min)

Stroem - A Protocol for Microtransactions

PRESENTER(s):

Jarl Fransson

11:20

(20 min)

Coffee Break

Mining & Network Costs

11:40

(10 min)

How to Mine Bitcoin Profitably

PRESENTER(s):

Sveinn Valfells

11:51

(10 min)

Mining True Cost

PRESENTER(s):

Marshall Long

12:02

(5 min)

Initial Block Synchronization is Quadratic Time Complexity

PRESENTER(s):

Patrick Strateman

12:08

(20 min)

Validation Costs and Incentives

PRESENTER(s):

Eric Lombrozo

12:29

(10 min)

Break

Block Size Research

12:39

(15 min)

Sharding the Blockchain

PRESENTER(s):

Vlad Zamfir

12:55

(15 min)

Alternatives to a Block Size Limit as a Rate-Limiter for Validator Resource Consumption for Consideration

PRESENTER(s):

Mark Friedenbach

13:11

(20 min)

Issues Impacting Block Size Proposals

PRESENTER(s):

Jeff Garzik

13:32

(15 min)

Mathematical Formalism for Voting Process

PRESENTER(s):

Alex Petrov

13:48

(20 min)

How Will Bitcoin's Block Size Affect Non-Currency Applications?

PRESENTER(s):

Harry Kalodner, Arvind Narayanan

14:09

(60 min)

Lunch

15:09

(30 min)

Invited Talk: Nicholas Negroponte

15:39

(60 min)

Roundtable Discussion C

Communicating Without Official Structures

LEADERS: Elizabeth Stark

Payment Channels

LEADERS: Joseph Poon, CJ Plooy, Jarl Fransson

Interfacing with the IETF, W3C, and ISPs

LEADERS: Pindar Wong

Perspectives and Challenges on Interfacing with China

LEADERS: Marshall Long, Jinglan Wang

Systematizing Knowledge

LEADERS: Andrew Miller, SJ Klein, Arvind Narayanan

Non Currency Applications

LEADERS: Harry Kalodner, Devon Gundry

16:39

(60 min)

Roundtable Discussion D

Moving Forward: Pathways to Requirement Setting

LEADERS: Eric Lombrozo

Actionable Network Events and Planned Responses

LEADERS: Gregory Maxwell, Alex Chernyakhovsky

Challenges for Major Protocol Changes and their Benefits

LEADERS: Wladimir van der Laan, Vlad Zamfir

Education and Resources: How can we get 10x the number of "core" contributors?

LEADERS: Suhas Daftuar, Alex Morcos, Eric Martindale

Sustainable Financing for Bitcoin's Future

LEADERS: Micah Winkelspecht, Patrick Murck

Scalability of Wallet Technology

LEADERS: Greg Sanders, Lawrence Nahum

17:39

(10 min)

Break

17:49

(80 min)

Roundtable Discussion Summary Session

19:09

(20 min)

Closing Session

PRESENTER(s):

Pindar Wong

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Schedule

Introduction

Implementated Work

Security and Privacy

Testing, Simulation, and Modeling

Economics and Incentives

Community Communication Channels

Payment Channels & Layer 2

Mining & Network Costs

Block Size Research

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