Ethereum has doubled in five days, rising from $100 to now above $200, as the digital currency continues a bull run the likes of which have never been seen before, even with bitcoin when the total market cap is taken into consideration.The Ethereum Foundation is now probably the richest blockchain company, with their holdings estimated at around $200 million to $300 million, while Vitalik Buterin, Eth’s inventor, holds assets valued at around $100 million currently.They are looking for new talent, with Buterin publicly asking everyone to “send smart people our way.Math, CS, distribution systems, crypto, economy, game theory, behavioral economy, all highly welcome.” That talent is in short supply currently as the field is very new, but most developers are attracted to ethereum because of its wide range of capabilities that may disrupt many industries.For that to become more likely, protocol level research is on-going with two areas of particular interest, Proof of Stake and Sharding.

Regarding the former, Vlad Zamfir, an ethereum developer, was spotted doing some research pictured below.Regarding the later, Buterin stated in an update that “substantial work has been done on sharding,” but no time estimate has been provided for either with a good guess being maybe sometime this year, but probably next year.That raises the question of whether ethereum can handle this level of growth.Transactions have reached a new high again yesterday at 187,000.If they double, they would overtake bitcoin’s transaction levels and more, while the network would still be working perfectly well.After that, it can handle another doubling or thereabouts, functioning well while processing around one million transactions a day, but then it will start needing more capacity provided by Proof of Stake sometime this year but most probably next year.If we translate this into price as transaction levels and price levels are highly correlated, that would be a doubling to $400, then another doubling to $800, with the network performing fine if price was at $1,000, but thereafter it would need Casper.

At $1,000 per coin, Ethereum’s market cap would be around $100 billion, near the same level as the current market cap of all digital currencies combined.litecoin cpu poolIn turn, the Ethereum Foundation would hold assets worth around $1 billion, giving them plenty of funds for developers to speed up the research and provide the needed capacity.tesla for bitcoin miningIt has been a busy few months since the launch of Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, and we have several exciting developments to share.ethereum announcement may 25When we announced at the end of February that we had formed an Alliance to define enterprise-grade software on the Ethereum blockchain, we could not have imagined such an enthusiastic reception.In the following weeks, we received hundreds of applications for membership from enterprises, startups, and academic groups, and offers of support from the growing community of Ethereum specialists and experts.

As a result, the Alliance will soon welcome a new cohort of members.The technology we are building inherently drives collaboration, and we expect it to become increasingly robust, thanks to the growth and diversity of our contributors across industries and sectors.We have named an official Technical Working Group, whose members have already made important strides building EntETH1.0, the protocol that is the basis for the Alliance’s ongoing work.The EntETH1.0 reference architecture seeks to accomplish three key objectives: The protocol is the result of collaboration between experts from member organizations.Work on the protocol is being led by these Technical Working Group members: We predict that some of the most important work to emerge from the Alliance will come from the application layer working groups that have formed since the launch.Members have the opportunity to self select into working groups within the organization and build projects publicly or privately, however they choose, using Ethereum-centric smart contracts.

We currently have active working groups in identity, banking, and supply chain.In June, we will form further working groups that include pharmaceuticals, mobile, and energy.The Alliance will drive work on Ethereum at the Consensus 2017 hackathon on May 20th to 21st.Please consider registering to participate in the hackathon, we want to see a strong showing of ethereum talent.We will also be hosting a two-hour afternoon event that will include presentations, panels, and a demo on May 22nd at Consensus in New York.Hope to see you there.Please see here for more details on the event.To receive regular updates, please sign up for our email newsletter.There’s never been a better time.Register for Consensus 2018 Now Agenda Consensus 2017 features two and a half days of expert presentations, panels, and demos regarding the most important commercial developments, technical innovations, and public policy issues affecting the evolution of the blockchain industry.Networking opportunities are available at our knowledge bar and exhibition areas, and at two evening receptions.

Check out our agenda to learn more about the topics that our 125+ industry leaders will cover at Consensus 2017.Download the Consensus mobile app to build your own agenda and network with other registered attendees: iOS Android Sessions & Tracks Roundtables Registration 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM Registration 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Breakfast 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM Opening Remarks & State of Blockchain 8:30 AM - 8:50 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Kevin Worth - CEO, CoinDesk Taariq Lewis - Founder, Aquila - Emcee Alex Sunnarborg - Research Analyst, CoinDesk Our welcoming remarks for Consensus 2017 come from Kevin Worth, CEO of CoinDesk, and will include CoinDesk's senior research analyst, Alex Sunnarborg, who will present the state of the blockchain economy in 2017.Going Global 8:50 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Peter Rizzo - Editor, CoinDesk - Moderator Vincent Wang - Chief Innovation Officer, China Wanxiang Group Nick Giurietto - CEO, Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association Peteris Zilgalvis - Head of Startups & Innovation Unit, European Commission NT Arunkumar, CEO of Fintech Valley, Andrah Pradesh This past year, blockchain investment around the globe has exploded, with various regions jockeying to position themselves as hotbeds for blockchain innovation.

Hear what these leading regional advocates have to say about how they are promoting business-friendly climates to attract the next wave of fintech titans to their countries.From Capital Markets to Supply Chains: Reimagining Business Networks with Blockchain 9:30 AM - 9:50 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Arvind Krishna - SVP, Hybrid Cloud & Director, IBM Research Early adopters in a variety of industries have taken blockchain from hype to reality, revolutionizing the way business is transacted.IBM, a founding member of Hyperledger, a Linux Foundation project, has engaged with more than 400 clients to apply blockchain technology in their businesses.Arvind Krishna will share what IBM is working on now and discuss developments planned for the near future.Unlocking Opportunities in Blockchain Through Collaboration 9:50 AM - 10:20 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Vanessa Colella - Head of Citi Ventures and Chief Innovation Officer, Citi Morgan McKenney - APAC Head of Core Cash Management, Treasury and Trade Solutions, Citi Brad Peterson - Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Chief Information Officer, Nasdaq Nelson Griggs - Executive Vice President of Listing Services, Nasdaq - Head of Citi Ventures and Chief Innovation Officer, Citi Adam Ludwin - CEO, Chain Citi was one of the first big banks to actually pay attention to the bitcoin and blockchain space.

Since then, it has taken a multi-disciplinary approach to the technology, exploring ways that blockchain technology can drive efficiencies, reduce costs and create new business models and markets.In this fireside chat, we'll learn more about what Citi is working on and where it sees the technology going.Exhibits Open 10:20 AM - 6:00 PM Networking Break 10:20 AM - 10:45 AM Cross-Border Payments 10:45 AM - 11:25 AM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Noelle Acheson - CoinDesk - Moderator Sheila James - Veem Harry Newman - SWIFT Michael Kleinsteuber - Citi Elizabeth Rossiello - BitPesa Dealing with the transfer of funds across borders is one of the most frequently discussed use cases for digital currencies and blockchain tech.In this session, we'll hear from leading entrepreneurs and executives who are working on technologies to streamline the process, reduce cost, and make it possible for funds to move around the world much faster than they do today.

10:45 AM - 11:25 AM Technology & Policy Track - Salons 3/4, 5th Floor Jameson Lopp - BitGo - Moderator Eric Lombrozo - Ciphrex Andrew Lee - Purse Bobby Lee - BTCC Peter Rizun - Bitcoin Unlimited Stephen Pair - BitPay Bitcoin's scaling debate has been raging for several years.As the cost of operating a fully validating node and the cost of making a transaction are both at all-time highs, the community is split in its support of proposed solutions such as Segregated Witness, Lightning Network, Emergent Consensus, Extension Blocks, and more.Will Bitcoin be able to break the current stalemate?Can we learn from this ordeal to make future changes less contentious?Building Coalitions 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Astor Ballroom, 7th Floor Building the DCG Network (10:45 AM - 11:00 AM) Meltem Demirors - DCG Digital Currency Group has invested in nearly 100 different blockchain startups over the past five years.That massive network gives the company unique insights into the most important trends and developments in the space.

Join Meltem Demirors, DCG's Director of Development, to hear how she approaches collaboration across enterprises, startups, and protocol development teams around the world.Project Vulcan (11:00 AM - 11:30 AM) Laura Shin - Forbes - Moderator Dawn Newton - Netki Jeff Garzik - Bloq Rob Allen - PwC Jake Benson - Libra The Vulcan project, led by PwC's digital asset services, has been quietly engaged with several multi-national projects since launching in November 2016.Come hear about how to take a next generation financial services platform into production, how their collaboration model has improved the chances of success and insights from their global focus.Building Minimum Viable Ecosystems (11:30 AM - 11:45 AM) Ian Lee - Citi Partnerships are central to how Citi approaches opportunities in blockchain, creating collaborations both internally and externally that advance collective understanding of the opportunities of this technology.Through several use cases, learn how Citi Ventures makes those partnerships productive by developing minimum viable ecosystems.

Building DLT for DTCC (11:45 AM - 12:15 PM) David Jegen - F-Prime Capital - Moderator Robert Palatnik - DTCC Greg Schvey - Axoni Todd McDonald - R3 Pramod Achanta - IBM Earlier this year, DTCC announced it would collaborate with IBM, Axoni, and R3 to re-platform its Trade Information Warehouse service, a platform that automates the record keeping, lifecycle events, and payment management for more than $11 trillion of cleared and bilateral credit derivatives.Hear why this group came together, and how they are jointly tackling this massive undertaking.Break 11:25 AM - 11:35 AM Trade Finance & Supply Chain 11:35 AM - 12:15 PM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Nolan Bauerle - CoinDesk - Moderator Soumak Chatterjee - Deloitte Jack Lee - Foxconn Group Stephen Moran - Bank of Ireland Lata Varghese - Cognizant Lamar Wilson - Hijro In a globalized economy, there could be dozens of participants in a supply chain, resulting in slow shipments.

To make matters worse, paying for goods internationally has resulted in an archaic, paper-driven trade finance business.With many proofs of concept under development, blockchain technology has the potential to significantly reduce friction in the international trade markets.Chasing Privacy in Blockchains 11:35 AM - 12:15 PM Technology & Policy Track - Salons 3/4, 5th Floor George Samman - CoinDesk, Moderator Mark Smith - Symbiont Zooko Wilcox - Zcash Andrew Poelstra - Blockstream Prakash Santhana - Deloitte Anne Wallwork - US Treasury Cryptocurrencies have long been touted for their 'anonymity' when sending and receiving payments and information.As blockchain analytics firms and practices developed, it became more obvious that true privacy and fungibility were not present in bitcoin, and new protocols and technologies like CoinJoin, mixers, Monero, ZK-Snarks, and Confidential Assets were developed to address the desire for anonymous data transfer.

Learn about the latest innovations (and regulatory challenges) in digital currency encryption from our expert panel.Lunch + RSK Announcement 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Gabriel Kurman - RSK Sergio Lerner - RSK Diego Zalvidar - RSK RSK's mission is to add value and functionality to bitcoin by enabling smart contracts and improving payment speed and scalability.The RSK blockchain is secured by merge-mining and has a two-way peg to bitcoin along with new technical features to advance the bitcoin ecosystem.The RSK team joins us to share a special announcement.Women in Blockchain Luncheon - Cracking the Code: From the Dorm Room to the Board Room 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Manhattan Ballroom, 8th floor Sponsored by: Amber Baldet - Blockchain Lead, JPMorgan Galia Benartzi - Co-Founder, Bancor Protocol Sharon Cocco - Director, Development, Blockchain, IBM Christine Leong - Security Biometrics and Blockchain Lead, Accenture Caitlin Long - Chairman and President, Symbiont There is a critical talent shortfall in the tech industry that could, specifically, impede our ability to bring blockchain to scale – but, more generally, could also threaten US innovation and our ability to compete globally.

We need to solve this issue, collectively – this is not just a gender discussion.A good place to begin is to shine a spotlight on the many women that are already doing great things in this technology to show a path forward.Blockchain and Global Issues 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Jesse McWaters - World Economic Forum, Project Lead - Moderator Rose Chan - World Bank Houman Haddad - World Food Programme Gabriela Andrade - Inter-American Development Bank Mike Pisa - Center for Global Development Niall McCann - United Nations Development Programme Much has been said and written about the potential for blockchain technology to help solve some of the world's most enduring problems.But without solid execution, potential is rarely realized.What role do global non-profits play in catalyzing the development of blockchain networks that serve the public good?How do they navigate evolving ecosystems to implement their vision?

What obstacles do they face, and how do they work to overcome these?Technical Challenges in Blockchain: Consensus Mechanisms & Smart Contract Verification 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM Technology & Policy Track - Salons 3/4, 5th Floor Stefan Thomas - CTO, Ripple Mark Staples - Blockchain Group Leader, Data61 In this two part session, come watch two leading technologists talk about two of the most critical issues emerging in the blockchain industry.First Ripple CTO, Stefan Thomas kicks off with a history of consensus algorithms, and what the future holds for the decentralized blockchains that are struggling to achieve consensus at scale.Then Data61 Blockchain Group Leader Mark Staples discusses work his team is doing to "formally verify" ethereum smart contracts, and ensure that these programs act as actually intended.Enterprise Ethereum Alliance 1:30 PM - 3:50 PM Astor Ballroom, 7th Floor Post-Launch Update (1:30 PM - 1:45 PM) Julio Faura Enriquez - Santander Updates from the Working Groups (1:45 PM - 2:15 PM) Sandra Ro - CME Group - Moderator Maksym Petkus - Chronicled Matt Spoke - Nuco Sandeep Kumar - Synechron Yorke Rhodes - Microsoft Demo: Quorum (2:15 PM - 2:45 PM) Amber Baldet - J.P.

Morgan Zooko Wilcox - ZCash The Business of Blockchain (2:45 PM - 3:15 PM) Jeremy Millar - ConsenSys - Moderator Casey Kuhlman - Monax Kieren James-Lubin - Blockapps Eric Piscini - Deloitte EEA: A Technical Discussion (3:15 PM - 3:45 PM) Alex Batlin - BNY Mellon - Moderator Ramesh Babu - Wipro Ari Juels - IC3, Cornell Tech Sanjay Bakshi - Intel Bob Summerwill - ConsenSys Ethereum has taken the world by storm.Come hear what the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance is working on.Break 2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Building a Foundation for Decentralized Identity 2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Dakota Gruener - ID2020 - Moderator Daniel Buchner - Microsoft Rouven Heck - uPort Micah Winkelspecht - Gem Drummond Reed - Evernym Ryan Shea - Blockstack Wayne Vaughan - Tierion Blockchains possess unique properties that can be used to build systems that significantly impact our world.

Perhaps no area of utilization, besides raw value exchange, is as intriguing as decentralized identity.Join us for a discussion about what you can do today to help build a future based on blockchain-anchored, self-sovereign identity.Looking Forward: New Regulatory Challenges for Blockchain Tech 2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Technology & Policy Track - Salons 3/4, 5th Floor Trent McConaghy - BigChainDB Juan Benet - IPFS In this two part session, come watch two of the industry's most brilliant technologists discuss issues that sit at the nexus of technology and policy.BigChainDB CTO, Trent McConaghy walks through the opportunities and challenges associated with integrating artificial intelligence into blockchain technology, while IPFS founder Juan Benet gives an inside look at the structural challenges his company must solve for as an open-source blockchain project.Break 3:00 PM - 3:10 PM IoT & Blockchain: Powering the Connected Device Economy 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Dan Elitzer - IDEO - Moderator Wendell Brown - Averon Allie Cliff-Jennings - Filament David Sonstebo - IOTA Julio Faura - Santander According to the CEO and Chairman of Cisco, John Chambers, the Internet of Things market will be worth $19 trillion.

But within all of these connected devices, there will be an economy that develops with machines paying machines.In this session, our panelists will talk about the technology and ideas around the connected device economy.Legality & Structure of ICOs 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM Technology & Policy Track - Salons 3/4, 5th Floor Chris Burniske - Ark Invest - Moderator Preston Byrne - Monax Thomas Linder - MME Matthew Tan - Etherscan Peter Van Valkenburg - Coin Center There has been much discussion about the validity of using initial coin offerings to fund new projects?Are ICOs disrupting the venture capital business?Are ICOs even legal?In this discussion, our panelists will discuss the legal merit behind the ICO and determine how they should be structured to ensure that prospective investors don't get scammed.Networking Break 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM Fat Protocol Investing: A Fireside Chat with USV's Albert Wenger and AngelList's Naval Ravikant 4:10 PM - 4:45 PM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Albert Wenger - Partner, Union Square Ventures Naval Ravikant - Founder, AngelList Michael Del Castillo - Journalist, CoinDesk - Moderator Investing in networks is a thesis that both Albert Wenger from Union Square Ventures and Naval Ravikant from AngelList have talked often about.

Wenger popularized the term 'Fat Protocols' while Ravikant popularized the term 'appcoin' and called bitcoin the "fifth protocol."Join them both at Consensus where they'll be talking about all of this and the comparison between the blockchain application stack and the internet, and how investing in this emerging asset class is both similar and different.Taking Blockchain Live: Reimagining Trade Finance 4:45 PM - 5:20 PM Keynote Presentation and Discussion - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Noelle Acheson - Contributor, CoinDesk - Moderator Eric Piscini - Principal, Deloitte Lory Kehoe - Director, Deloitte Brian Lam - Fintech Facilitation Officer, Hong Kong Monetary Authority Join us for a peek behind the curtain from the global partnership that's on its way to revolutionizing trade finance.Together with Hong Kong's monetary authority and five global banks, Deloitte has unveiled a trade finance platform set to strengthen Hong Kong's position as a major trade finance hub based on distributed ledger technology.

With more than 800 blockchain practitioners across 20 countries, a library of 35 developed PoCs, and Blockchain Labs soon to span the globe, Deloitte is developing real, working solutions that have the highest potential for industrial scale - and it is taking them live.The State of Blockchain 5:20 PM - 6:00 PM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Pete Rizzo - CoinDesk, Editor - Moderator Richard Gendal Brown - CTO, R3 Adam Back - CEO, Blockstream Joseph Lubin - CEO, ConsenSys Brian Behlendorf - Executive Director, Hyperledger We're wrapping up our Day 1 sessions with a killer 'Power Panel' featuring leading industry executives across public and enterprise blockchain projects and moderated by CoinDesk's own Pete Rizzo.Come listen to Richard, Adam, Joseph and Brian talk bitcoin, ethereum, business oriented 'Distributed Ledger Technology' and everything in between!Welcome Reception 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM 8th Floor, Broadway Lounge Sponsored by: Registration 7:00 AM - 7:00 PM Breakfast 7:00 AM - 8:30 AM R3 Special Announcement: The New Operating System for Financial Services 8:30 AM - 8:50 PM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom David Rutter - CEO, R3 R3 is moving distributed ledger technology off the drawing board and into financial markets.

Launched in September 2015 with nine bank members, R3 now has over 80 members from all corners of the financial services industry and has launched Corda, a DLT platform built from the ground up to meet the specific needs of the industry.Join CEO David Rutter at Consensus as he discusses R3's journey to becoming the new operating system for global financial markets.Blockstack: Building a New Decentralized Internet 8:50 AM - 9:10 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Ryan Shea - Blockstack, Co-Founder Muneeb Ali - Blockstack, Co-Founder Blockstack is a new decentralized internet where you own your data and your apps run locally without remote servers.Come watch as co-founders Muneeb and Ryan demo Blockstack's new developer platform for decentralized applications and break the silence on a major announcement.The New Digital Gold Standard with CME Group and The Royal Mint 9:10 AM - 9:30 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Sandra Ro - Head of Digitization, CME Group David Janczewski - Head of New Business & Strategic Intelligence, The Royal Mint For years, bitcoin has been colloquially referred to as "digital gold."

But thanks to a new collaboration with CME Group, that moniker should probably belong to Britain's Royal Mint.Join us for an inside look at RMG, Royal Mint Gold, as project leads from the organizations share new details surrounding the work that led to the creation of a $1 billion blockchain-based platform for gold trading.Bitcoin Beyond $20 Billion: Digital Currency's Future 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Ben McLannahan - Financial Times, U.S.Banking Editor - Moderator Peter Smith - Blockchain, CEO Erik Voorhees - Shapeshift, CEO Bitcoin has ascended from the ranks of an obscure idea to a $20 billion asset in just 8 short years.In that time, it spawned an entire class of digital assets, and led entrepreneurs like Peter Smith (Blockchain) and Erik Voorhees (ShapeShift) to rally behind the technology.How is this industry of free-market finance growing, and where is it headed?Bits and Blockers: Reflections from our Journey 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Abigail P. Johnson - Chairman & CEO, Fidelity Investments Fidelity Investments has been exploring Bitcoin and blockchain technology for some time through its R&D unit, Fidelity Labs.

In addition to Labs' internal efforts, they partner with several academic institutions including Harvard, MIT, and IC3 to support the continued development and adoption of this technology.One of the early learnings of Fidelity's efforts was the emerging desire of some of its customers to use Bitcoin to contribute to their charitable causes.To respond to this customer need, Fidelity Charitable began allowing individuals to contribute bitcoin to their donor advised fund account.The firm continues to look for other customer needs that can be addressed with the help of these technologies.Abigail P. Johnson, will join us at Consensus to share an inside look at Fidelity's journey.Exhibits Open 10:20 AM - 5:30 PM Networking Break 10:20 AM - 10:45 AM Blockchain-Based Insurance 10:45 AM - 11:25 AM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Nolan Bauerle - CoinDesk, Moderator Siva Kannan - Gem Ryan Rugg - R3 Jags Rao - Swiss Re Mandal Subhajit - LumenLab The commercial relationships that secure the insurance industry are being rewritten.

New cryptographic techniques are formalizing claims management, reinsurance markets, trust among competitors, and the integration of the IoT.New products and business models are arising from these new relationships.When combined with the current 'soft' underwriting market, the table is set for explosive revolution in the industry.Investor Panel & Proof of Work Competition 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Salons 3/4, 5th Floor William Mougayar - Moderator Rumi Morales - CME Ventures Dan Morehead - Pantera Capital Brad Stephens - Blockchain Capital Matthew Roszak - Tally Capital, Bloq Lisa Cheng - Vanbex Entrepreneurs, take note.Our two-part session on startup investing will feature perspectives from world-class investors who will share their visions for the future of blockchain technology and how to raise money for your ideas.This will be followed by pitches from five entrepreneurs who will compete for bragging rights and $10,000 in prize money in our second annual "Proof-of-Work" pitch competition.

Digital Currencies: An Emerging Asset Class 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Astor Ballroom, 7th Floor Digital Currencies: Are Institutional Investors Ready to Buy?(10:45 AM - 11:20 PM) Joon Ian Wong - Quartz, Journalist - Moderator Timo Schlaefer - Crypto Facilities Brian Kelly - BKCM Marco Santori - Cooley Michael Moro - Genesis Global Trading How do institutional investors get access to the digital currency markets?The SEC has rejected two early bitcoin ETFs due to lack of market surveillance tools, and healthy derivatives infrastructure, yet clever investors are exploring alternatives to custody their own funds, invest in ICOs, or identify fund managers that can act as trusted middle men.What's next for digital currency as an institutional investment class?Swarm Intelligence and Tokenization (11:20 AM - 11:40 AM) Olaf Carlson Wee - Polychain Capital Adding economic incentives to well-defined human behaviors facilitates sudden and efficient self-organization without a central planner.

Token protocols create spontaneous and precise micro-capitalist structures which operate more efficiently than top-down hierarchies.The proliferation of these protocols will irreversibly alter society over the next decade, according to Polychain founder, Olaf Carlson Wee.Beyond Bitcoin and Ether - The Long-Tail of Blockchain Assets (11:40 AM - 12:15 PM) Alex Sunnarborg - CoinDesk, Research Analyst - Moderator Riccardo Spagni - Monero Jae Kwon - Cosmos Joey Krug - Augur Julian Zawistowski - Golem Miguel Vias - Ripple Since 2009, the universe of blockchain assets has exploded in terms of diversity, market capitalization, developer interest and investor demand.Bitcoin's birth and popularity gave way to the rise of digital assets like ripple and monero, and smart contract platforms like ethereum, which spawned projects and tokens like augur and golem.Come hear from the founders and key players from five of the leading blockchain projects out today about how their startups, protocols, and assets fit into today's rapidly expanding ecosystem and asset class!

Break 11:25 AM - 11:35 AM Global CSD's - One Blockchain Fits All?11:35 AM - 12:15 PM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Marc Hochstein - American Banker, Moderator Jill Carlson - Chain Artem Duvanov - Moscow Exchange Group, National Securities Depository Monica Singer - Strate Fredrik Voss - Nasdaq What's it like to build blockchain solutions in the heavily regulated, global financial infrastructure sector?These representatives can speak to their experience working on new technology that may one day facilitate trillions of dollars worth of collateral and securities settlement, and the role this implementation could play in international financial flows.Lunch + Civic Announcement 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Vinny Lingham - CEO, Civic Vinny Lingham will unveil Civic's new product for decentralized identity, and showcase how the tool makes "know-your-customer" credentials reusable for bitcoin exchanges, wallets & other crypto services.

Women in Blockchain Luncheon - Cracking the Code: Achieving Greater Talent Diversity in DLT 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM Manhattan Ballroom, 8th floor Sponsored by: Accenture’s David Treat will lead an interactive ThinkTank session so we can, collectively, determine the best way to engage more women in blockchain tech.How can we leverage areas of success, strengthen areas that are working well, and craft a plan to fix what’s not working as well as it should?The goal of the session is to agree a concrete plan of action and agree the steps to move it forward.Energy Markets 1:30 PM - 2:10 PM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Susan Furnell - Furnell Consult Mark D'Agostino - ConsenSys Enterprise Diego Dal Canto - Enel Karolina Marzantowicz - IBM Carsten Stoecker - RWE/Innogy Blockchain tech is primed to overhaul the structure and dynamism of global energy markets.Homeowners with solar panels may soon be able to easily sell excess electricity to neighbors, with automatic payments transferred on a blockchain.

Governments and enterprise will likely incentivize clean energy investments via blockchain-based carbon credit markets.And electric vehicle manufacturers will need to solve for device identity issues that hinder the interoperability of charging stations.Our expert panel dives deep into the most promising blockchain energy use cases.The OCC's New FinTech Charter: Panacea or Distraction?1:30 PM - 2:10 PM Technology & Policy Track - Salons 3/4, 5th Floor Jerry Brito - Coin Center - Moderator Ted Rogers - Xapo Patrick Murck - Berkman Klein Center at Harvard David Cotney - Cross River Bank Pratin Vallabhaneni - Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has recently moved to accept applications for special purpose federal bank charters from financial innovators.Blockchain businesses have welcomed this "fintech charter" as a simple federal alternative to the expensive and inconsistent state-by-state money transmission licensing.

State banking regulators, however, have said it amounts to a federal overreach that tramples state rights.How will consumers fare?And can small startups really qualify for a federal bank charter?Hyperledger Projects 1:30 PM - 3:50 PM Astor Ballroom, 7th Floor Introduction and Update (1:30 PM - 1:45 PM) Brian Behlendorf - Linux Foundation - Host Role of Open Source in Blockchain (1:45 PM - 2:25 PM) Dan Middleton - Intel (Sawtooth Lake) Casey Kuhlman - Monax (Burrow) Chris Ferris - IBM (Fabric) Makoto Takemiya - Soramitsu (Iroha) Amber Baldet - JPMorgan (Quorum) Blockchain in the wild, POCs, Pilots and Deployments!(2:25 PM - 3:05 PM) David Treat - Accenture Jesse Chenard - MonetaGo Corey Todaro - Hashed Health Ashwin Kumar - Deutsche Boerse Ram Komarraju - CLS Group Security, Privacy and the Enterprise Blockchain (3:05 PM - 3:45 PM) Justin Newton - Netki Astyanax Kanakakis - Norbloc Andre Boysen - SecureKey Jeff Garzik - Bloq Drummond Reed - Evernym Hyperledger contains the largest enterprise blockchain membership of any current open-source project.

Come hear about the latest breakthroughs from the group bringing blockchain mainstream.Break 2:10 PM - 2:20 PM Policies and Procedures in Healthcare Blockchain Implementations 2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Perianne Boring - Chamber of Digital Commerce - Moderator John Bass - HashedHealth Debbie Bucci - Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, HHS Mike Jacobs - Optum Healthcare Dr. Bryan Smith - PokitDok Chris Young - Ascension Health How can the blockchain be used to ensure that patient health records are kept safe and that the medications they take are, in fact, legitimate?And what are the next steps to taking this technology to the next level to ensure that healthcare can continue to innovate?Our panelists will discuss this and more.Beyond Speculation: Who Actually Uses Bitcoin?2:20 PM - 3:00 PM Technology & Policy Track - Salons 3/4, 5th Floor Brian Eha - Author, How Money Got Free - Moderator Ron Hose - Coins.ph Nimrod Lehavi - Simplex Sebastian Serrano - Ripio James Smith - Elliptic Who's actually using Bitcoin?

In the past, that answer may have been dominated by discussion about speculation and gray market activity (and alpaca sock aficionados).Come learn what these entrepreneurs have to say about real-world volumes today, and what the data has to say about bitcoin commerce, remittances, and other non-speculative use cases for digital currency.Break 3:00 PM - 3:10 PM Monetizing Content & Data 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM Business Track - Salons 1/2, 5th Floor Pete Rizzo - CoinDesk - Moderator Ryan Charles - Yours Brendan Eich - Brave Lily Liu - 21 Josh Metnick - Navier With ad blocking on the rise and so much data being stolen from users, it's only a matter of time before there is a breaking point.But what if content could be monetized by the user paying rather than through ads?And what if corporations could pay the individual for high-quality data directly rather than having to find hidden ways of collecting?That's what our panelists will discuss in this session all about monetizing content & user data.

Engaging with Central Banks on Cryptocurrencies 3:10 PM - 3:50 PM Technology & Policy Track - Salons 3/4, 5th Floor Farzam Ehsani - Rand Merchant Bank - Moderator Gabriel Abed - Bitt Robleh Ali - MIT Digital Currency Initiative Runako Brathwaite - Barbados Central Bank Ed Budd - Deutsche Bank Amos Meiri - Colu Central banks are the gatekeepers of the traditional financial world.As bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were birthed completely outside the existing banking and regulatory frameworks, central banks now face new opportunities and threats.Will central banks and sovereign nations use the underlying blockchain technology to their advantage, and if so how?Will central banks face an existential crisis in the face of increased adoption of borderless cryptocurrencies?One thing is clear, enterprising sovereigns are taking serious notice.Networking Break 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM Falling Behind?Is the United States Fostering Blockchain Innovation or Sending it Overseas?

4:10 PM - 4:35 AM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Perianne Boring - President, Chamber of Digital Commerce - Moderator Jeff Bandman - FinTech Advisor, U.S.Commodity Futures Trading Commission Valerie Szczepanik - Head, Distributed Ledger Technology Working Group, U.S.Securities and Exchange Commission The United States has a complicated regulatory environment with a patchwork of regulators.Where does blockchain technology fit into the federal regulatory regime and is the United States doing a good job of fostering innovation?Come hear from the blockchain leads at the CFTC and SEC regarding their views on token sales, digital assets, sandboxes, jurisdictional boundaries and more.Driving an Open Ecosystem for Mobility 4:35 PM - 5:00 PM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Chris Ballinger - CFO and Head of Mobility Services, Toyota Research Institute Hudson Jameson - Project Oaken Bruce Pon - CEO, BigChainDB Eitan Katchka - Commuterz Toyota Research Institute lead Chris Ballinger joins us to discuss the new initiatives his company is pursuing as part of Toyota's "Open Mobility Initiative."

Blockchain entrepreneurs Hudson Jameson from Oaken, Eitan Katchka from Commuterz, and Bruce Pon from BigChainDB will share details on how they are working with Toyota to drive the mobility ecosystem forward.Netki Announcement 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Justin Newton - CEO, Netki Gabriel Abed - CEO, Bitt Ryan Peterson - General Manager Economic Policy, Central Bank of Aruba This session begins with a brief overview of the work Netki and Bitt have done to meet the risk and compliance requirements of central banks.We will discuss how Bitt is working with Netki to enhance their proven blockchain platform to decrease risk and strengthen compliance across their network.The session will then transition to a fireside chat led by Coindesk's Michael Castillo where a representative of Aruba's Central Bank will join Bitt and Netki to discuss the goals, challenges and opportunities for blockchain technology as a tool for financial inclusion and opportunity.

Nuco Announcement 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Matthew Spoke - CEO, Nuco Nuco CEO Matt Spoke joins us to unveil an exciting new corporate partnership with a major financial institution.Closing Remarks & Proof of Work Winner 5:45 PM - 5:50 PM Ryan Selkis - Managing Director, CoinDesk Proof-of-Work Winner (TBD on site) Out of nearly 100 aspiring startups, only five were invited to pitch at Consensus.Listen to the winning Proof-of-Work elevator pitch that wowed our judging panel, and won this company $10k of prize money.Closing Keynote: Introducing Token 5:50 PM - 6:10 PM Keynote Presentation - 6th Floor, Broadway Ballroom Brian Armstrong - CEO, Coinbase Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, will deliver our closing keynote on his vision for Token, a new mobile browser for Ethereum apps with a built in messenger and Ethereum wallet.Closing Reception 6:10 PM - 7:30 PM 8th Floor, Broadway Lounge Sponsored by: Registration 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM Breakfast 7:00 AM - 9:00 AM Academic Workshop: Research, Education and Partnerships with Industry 9:00 AM - 10:45 AM Julliard Complex George M. Giaglis - University of Nicosia Emin Gun Sirer - Cornell University Campbell Harvey - Duke University Foteini Baldimtsi - George Mason University Sarah Meiklejohn - University College London Peter Rizun - Ledger Andrew Miller - University of Illinois Any field as fast moving and disruptive as blockchain is naturally faced with a continuous stream of new challenges.

Development of new technologies requires coordinated basic and applied research, as does the incorporation of disruptive innovation in commercial applications.At the same time, the widespread adoption of blockchains creates needs for new sets of skills, which universities are called to satisfy through novel education and training curricula.These must combine knowledge from fields as diverse as technology, business, economics/finance, public policy and regulation.Naturally, pioneering universities have risen up to the challenge, by creating research centers, new courses (and even whole degrees), as well as collaborating with industry to advance blockchain scholarship and practice.In this session, blockchain researchers will present their ongoing work views on the main challenges currently facing the field and discuss the role that universities can play in the future development of the blockchain ecosystem, especially through industry/academia partnerships.Legal & Policy Workshop 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Lyceum Complex Opening Remarks Greg Egan - Digital Currency and Ledger Defense Council Regulatory and Enforcement Developments Brian Klein - Baker Marquart Grant Fondo - Goodwin Proctor Greg Xethalis - Arnold & Porter Reuben Grinberg - Davis Polk The blockchain technology and digital currency regulatory and enforcement landscape is rapidly evolving.

This panel of legal experts will discuss the current state of the law and emerging trends, including the OCC's proposal, and recent law enforcement and regulatory actions, providing insight into how those laws are being applied, and offer thoughts and predictions on the future direction of enforcement actions.Blockchain Innovation and Opportunity Peter Van Valkenburg - Coin Center - Moderator Dax Hansen - Perkins Coie Patrick Murck - Harvard Berkman Center Mercedes Turnstall - Pillsbury Adam Ettinger - Sheppard Mullin Blockchain technology is expected to fundamentally transform finance, including global payments, as well as other industries like insurance and real estate.This panel of legal experts will discuss how that will happen and what types of future innovations and opportunities will and may be on the horizon and how they may shape the law and the law may shape them.R3 Workshop 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Salon 2 and Salon 4 DLT Applications Beyond Banking Ryan Rugg - R3 - Moderator Eiki Hatakeyama - Western Asset Management Company David Sullivan - MetLife Jennifer O'Rourke - Illinois Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Corda: Core Concepts Mike Hearn - R3 Accelerated Consortium-Driven Delivery Clemens Wan - R3 - Moderator Chris Swanson - US Bank Sunil Challa - Barclays Andrew Golomb - Bank of America Building on Corda Chris Khan - R3 Philippe Carrel - Calypso Abishek Kumarasubramanian - TradeWind Markets Manish Tomer - Cognizant Dan Gallancy - Vida Project Demonstration Chris Khan - R3 Corda Demo: Demobench Demonstration Clemens Wan - R3 R3 was one of the first major blockchain consortia boasting numerous major global financial institutions.

More recently, they open sourced 'Corda', an open-source distributed ledger platform created in collaboration with many of their member banks designed to manage financial agreements amongst enterprises, and joined Hyperledger, a collaborate effort following much of their same original mission hosted by The Linux Foundation.Come learn more about their current membership, direction, projects and roadmap going forward!Building Digital Asset Infrastructure 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Salon 1 Introducing the Digital Currency Infrastructure Stack Meltem Demirors The Global Digital Currency Infrastructure Landscape Ola Doudin - BitOasis Tony Lyu - Korbit Sunny Ray - Unocoin Banking, Liquidity, and Pricing Adam White - GDAX Michael Moro - Genesis Joshua Lim - Circle Michelle Sabins - Silvergate Interoperability and New Assets Erik Voorhees - ShapeShift Zooko Wilcox - ZCash Patrick Griffin - Ripple The Challenge of Digital Identity as an Infrastructure Layer Justin Newton - Netki Allison Paz - BNY Mellon Opportunity: Bringing Digital Assets Into the Enterprise Sandra Ro - CME Group John Whelan - Santander Jonathan Levin - Chainalysis Mike Belshe - BitGo While there is growing excitement over blockchain technology, the primary production-ready use case for blockchain technology is the use of public blockchain networks and digital assets as both a store of value and a payment rail.

In 2016 alone, cross-border payments leveraging bitcoin as a payment rail totaled over $200M.While bitcoin is the dominant digital currency in these payment networks, other protocols and networks like Ripple (XRP) and Zcash (ZEC) are growing in usage and adoption.In this session, we'll explore how digital currencies are being used around the world, how banking, liquidity, and pricing standards are impacting market structures, and how the digital currency ecosystem will need to grow and mature in order to not just compete with, but also extend existing global payments infrastructure.The growing digital asset ecosystem has evolved organically over the last seven years, but now, as the digital currency ecosystem is at an inflection point, global coordination across businesses building the infrastructure layer for this new, global, borderless network will need to collaborate to create stable and scalable infrastructure that companies, corporations, and institutions can build upon.Accelerators, Seed Funding and Corporate Incubation 10:45 AM - 12:00 PM Julliard Complex Brayton Williams - Boost VC Scott Robinson - Plug and Play Megan Hayes - Startup Bootcamp Alex Sunnarborg - CoinDesk Boost VC, Plug and Play and Startupbootcamp have supported dozens of startups in the blockchain space with initial funding, massive networks, and management insights they've gathered from accelerating hundreds of companies throughout the years.

Come hear how they've helped aspiring entrepreneurs off their feet, what they're excited about in blockchain, and what they think of the fundraising landscape in 2017.Get to Know Hyperledger's Distributed Ledger Technologies & Use Cases Sponsored by: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Duffy/Columbia The focus of this roundtable will be to foster an open discussion on some of the different DLT frameworks incubated by Hyperledger including Sawtooth, and Iroha.It will discuss the projects' progress so far, technological advantages, differences and best use cases.We'll also look at how we are bringing these projects together from an architectural and community POV.XRP in Action: A Live Demo and Expert Q&A Sponsored by: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Times Square This session shows the power of XRP versus Bitcoin in a live demonstration of a global payments use case.Following the demo, we take a deeper look under the hood through a facilitated Q&A with Stefan Thomas and David Schwartz, moderated by Patrick Grifn, regarding upcoming plans to solidify XRP’s role as the digital asset for payments.

How Blockchain is Changing Gold Markets Sponsored by: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Hudson/Empire AlphaPoint and BitGo join CME Group for a technical Q&A about RMG, the new digital gold standard.Accelerating your Blockchain Application Development Sponsored by: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Duffy/Columbia This session will discover what firms can do to accelerate their blockchain application initiatives including: - an assessment of the top blockchain/DLT platforms (Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, Quorum and Corda) - your blockchain ecosystem and who you need to go from POC to Pilot - the top use cases that are leading the way already including Trade Finance, KYC and Mortgage Processing - building blocks, toolkits, and accelerators to leapfrog application development - future-proofing applications with scalability, interoperability, and privacy in mind Building an Integrated Blockchain Application on Azure Sponsored by: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Times Square In this session we will review new offerings aimed at accelerating end to end blockchain app development on Azure, including support for additional blockchain implementations and a deep dive on a new framework that will greatly accelerate blockchain PoC development.

Industrialization of the Blockchain in Embedded Finance - The Conversation between Humans and Machines Sponsored by: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Hudson/Empire Concurrent innovations in smart hardware and sensor technology utilizing blockchains have opened the door on expanding communication between machines and humans.The transmission of value based on logic embedded in machines can be unlocked using blockchains to enable value to autonomously and securely occur in micro-increments and at a relatively low technological cost.Money moving based on software, with no humans involved.Explore the nuances of embedded finance using blockchain applications across your enterprise.Consider the implications for your existing operations and how this might reshape your business model.In a world where value moves as freely as data, embedded finance is poised to launch a new wave of business ecosystems.The First Legal Delaware DAO; A Blockchain Bank; and A Headless Equity-token Sale: Advanced Topics in Crypto-law Sponsored by: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Times Square If you want to hear lawyers lecture on blockchain regulations, feel free to nap through a panel.

Then, join this roundtable talk on the disruptive businesses you could actually build using the new laws that are about to reshape the market.Cooley's Blockchain Technology team will lead a discussion on some of tomorrow's most disruptive opportunities.Some of it will be weird.BitSE and Blockchain Sponsored by: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Times Square Bitse, China's premier blockchain service company, will illustrate the usability of blockchain technology in supply chains from manufacturing to post consumption with its VeChain product.Bitse's CEO and COO, DJ Qian & Sunny Lu, will highlight the company's global progress, its relationship with PwC and will reveal the details of its new partner program.Blockchain and the Indian Rupee - Introduction to ThroughBit Sponsored by: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Hudson/Empire Cryptocurrencies are an asset class.Every asset class has been and will continue to be traded.The methodology and the techniques used in conventional trading have been passed on to trading in cryptocurrencies, stalling the possible innovations.

A disruptive product deserves disruptive tools.The complexity of cryptocurrencies coupled with it's volatility has kept the larger populace from getting in.This round table will give you an insight into the: - usage of blockchain for effective hedging for the common man - possibility of making trade orders with 'zero' balance - true price control for traders.Strategies for Building Minimum Viable Ecosystems Sponsored by: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Duffy/Columbia Learn how Citi Ventures and several of its partners including Cisco, IDEO and others work to unlock opportunities in blockchain by developing minimum viable ecosystems through cross-sector partnerships.Chain Demos Ivy: Secure Smart Contracts for Finance Sponsored by: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Times Square The Chain team will introduce Ivy, its high-level language for writing secure smart contracts.Chain's engineers will then live code several smart contracts for different use cases to demonstrate how to programmatically control value on Chain's blockchain platform.

Dash Presents: How Cryptocurrency Will Expand from Niche to Mainstream Sponsored by: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Hudson/Empire Dash, short for Digital Cash, is one of the most popular digital currencies.Dash has pioneered a number of firsts in digital currencies, including the first and longest-lived Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO), the first instant confirmations, the first optional transaction privacy feature, the first two-tier and incentivized network infrastructure, the first self-funding mechanism, and the first explicit voting-based governance structure.This continuous innovation, focused on the consumer and merchant, has made Dash a leading cryptocurrency with a fast-growing ecosystem of services integrating Dash natively alongside Bitcoin.In an interactive presentation, Ryan Taylor, CEO of Dash Core, will articulate why cryptocurrency is in its general infancy today, while detailing the steps necessary to make digital currencies commonly utilized payments instruments in the future.

The session will explore the strengths and weaknesses of the Bitcoin protocol, the low hanging fruit that the next generation of blockchain-based currencies have captured, the solutions necessary for every party in a value chain to embrace digital currency, and how Dash will maintain a rapid evolution.Driving the Future of Capital Market & Global Trade with Blockchain: A Live Demo of Cognizant's DLT Solutions Sponsored by: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Duffy/Columbia In late 2016, Cognizant embarked on a mission to go beyond the media hype to perform primary research to discover where the banking and financial services market truly is regarding distributed ledger technologies.Come hear Cognizant's take on how the industry can now act on DLT as Cognizant presents a live showcase of two solutions for capital markets and global trade.Interactive Roundtable: How to Solve the Digital Identity Problem Sponsored by: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Times Square Where the "Building a Foundation for Decentralized Identity" panel on Monday looked at digital identity from a technological angle this roundtable will address digital identity from a policy, legal, business, and governance angle.

Today, a person's digital identity is fragmented across the numerous providers of services that rely on all or part of the person's identity to deliver services.Maintaining multiple digital identities across the Internet creates privacy and security risks and also poses significant challenges for businesses that need to accurately verify a person's identity for business and regulatory compliance reasons.Distributed ledger technology offers a potential solution as it allows for the creation of a decentralized, portable, secure, and entirely user-controlled online identity system, often referred to as self-sovereign identity.The use cases for self-sovereign identity are numerous: from helping users regain control and privacy over their digital identities, helping refugees that have lost or do not have state-issued credentials safely and privately identify themselves, to allowing businesses and governments to streamline processes that improve efficiency.Hear from our panelists as they discuss the evolution of self-sovereign identity and its potential to shape how digital identity is addressed around the world.

A Blockchain for Every Asset, Starting with $1B in Royal Mint Gold Sponsored by: 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Hudson/Empire 2017 is the year that any asset can be digitized, traded on a blockchain and secured with functional digital wallets.The revolution has just begun.CEO Mike Belshe will describe BitGo's approach to building the blockchain for Royal Mint Gold in partnership with CME Group and AlphaPoint.He will also describe his vision for what comes next on the digital asset frontier.Taking Blockchain Live Sponsored by: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Duffy/Columbia Blockchain will be bigger than imagined, but is harder than expected.We have identified 20 essential questions to consider in order to go beyond Proof of Concept and will discuss them as a group.Addressing these questions early will increase the chances of successfully harvesting the benefits of blockchain.Blockchain is a Team Sport - "Spark" Your Network in IBM's Garage Sponsored by: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Times Square The IBM Bluemix Garage for blockchain is where it all comes together.

The Garage brings blockchain innovation services, business leaders, technical architects and developers who want to gain a deeper understanding of the technology together.Blockchain development consulting provides a deep study of use cases and an understanding of blockchain risk that can help your team take concepts to production.Join the conversation with IBM Blockchain experts to learn about how to create ideas with the IBM Design Thinking method, and how to develop a blockchain application with your team in an agile manner.RSK Global Release Roundtable Sponsored by: 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM Hudson/Empire Join us to learn more about RSK.We'll show how to program smart contracts powered by Bitcoin.We'll discuss how to merge-mine RSK, partners, solution providers, RSK University and the Ambassador.The Australian Blockchain Ecosystem Sponsored by: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Duffy/Columbia A discussion on Australian leadership in emerging blockchain standards, regulation and proof-of-concept experience.

Led by Nick Giurietto, CEO of the Australian Digital Currency Commerce Association with panelists from the legal and accelerator community and a view from startups in the Australian ecosystem.How to Build on the New Decentralized Internet with Blockstack Sponsored by: 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Hudson/Empire Blockstack is a full stack for building decentralized apps where users control their identity, storage, and payments, and where apps run without remote servers on a new decentralized internet.Cofounders Muneeb Ali and Ryan Shea will go through why the internet is broken, how Blockstack is built to increase user safety and freedom on the internet and will demo Blockstack for building apps on the decentralized internet.The Last Mile to a Complete Blockchain-based Distributed Identity Sponsored by: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Duffy/Columbia A New Economic Infrastructure Sponsored by: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Times Square Smart Governance and scalability are the next major challenges in the conversation on Smart Contracts.

We will demystify smart contracts and enable you to understand the future of self-governing blockchains.This panel will also discuss innovative approaches to building antifragile smart contracts that support horizontal scaling to millions of transactions per second.Bitcoin for under $500.Reality for a Personal Miner and a Major Investor Sponsored by: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Hudson/Empire Part 1.Mining for dummies A cryptominer's thorny path: high entrance threshold, economic dependence on price and investment surges, high power rates, hidden costs, and other unforeseen obstacles.Cryptomining leaves no room for error, and the key question is how can someone with just a thousand – or several million dollars – succeed in it.Come and learn if you can still mine successfully from home, which cryptocurrencies you should choose, and what it costs to mine nowadays.Mining facility for pennies Tokenization of cryptomining infrastructure and minimization of mining costs is the name of the game.