Sunday, September 10
(1) Smart Contracts, (2) Network Theory| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:15-09:45 | Gathering | |
| 09:45-10:30 | Greetings, Introduction and overview of cryptocurrencies | Eli Biham, Eli Ben-Sasson |
| 10:30-11:15 | Ethereum Basics I | Joseph Bonneau |
| 11:15-11:35 | Coffee break | |
| 11:35-12:20 | Ethereum Basics II | Joseph Bonneau |
| 12:20-12:50 | Ethereum Contracts Hands on demo | Vitalik Buterin |
| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Smart Contract bugs and pitfalls | Vitalik Buterin |
| 14:45-15:30 | Proof of Stake | Vitalik Buterin |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee break | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Security of Bitcoin's communication infrastructure | Aviv Zohar |
| 16:30-17:15 | Second layer protocols (vaults, TEE-based channels) | Ittay Eyal |
Monday, September 11
Consensus and Scalability| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | Gathering | |
| 09:30-10:15 | Nakamoto Consensus - I | Rafael Pass |
| 10:15-11:00 | Nakamoto Consensus - II | Rafael Pass |
| 11:00-11:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:20-12:05 | Selfish Mining and The Miner's Dilemma | Ittay Eyal |
| 12:05-12:50 | Optimal Selfish Mining | Aviv Zohar |
| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Scalability I - High performance blockchains and green mining | Ittay Eyal |
| 14:45-15:30 | Scalability II - GHOST/SPECTRE | Aviv Zohar |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Offchain Channels | Joseph Bonneau |
| 16:30-17:15 | Sleepy Consensus+Thunderella | Rafael Pass |
Tuesday, September 12
Privacy and Zero Knowledge| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | Gathering | |
| 09:30-10:15 | ZCash introduction | Zooko Wilcox |
| 10:15-11:00 | Auditable private ledgers | Neha Narula |
| 11:00-11:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:20-12:05 | Introduction to ZK and the ANONIZE protocol | Rafael Pass |
| 12:05-12:50 | Introduction to zk SNARKs and STARKs | Eli Ben-Sasson |
| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | STARKs I - Arithmetization | Eli Ben-Sasson |
| 14:45-15:30 | STARKs II - Low degree testing | Eli Ben-Sasson |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45-16:15 | ZCash hands on Demo | Zooko Wilcox |
| 16:15-17:15 | Panel - Future of Decentralized Crypto currencies | moderator: Eli Ben-Sasson participants: Vitalik Buterin Zooko Wilcox Neha Narula Peter Van Valkenburgh Meni Rosenfeld |
| 18:00 | Gala Dinner |
Wednesday September 13
Regulation of cryptocurrencies| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | Gathering | |
| 09:30-10:15 | Financial surveillance (AML/KYC) | Peter Van Valkenburgh |
| 10:15-11:00 | The Silk Road and Solving Crime with Cryptocurrency Technology | Kathryn Haun |
| 11:00-11:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:20-12:05 | Consumer protection | Peter Van Valkenburgh |
| 12:05-12:50 | Bringing cryptocurrency to the mainstream | Mark Smargon |
| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Regulating Cryptographic Tokens: from Satoshi Dice to the DAO | Jonathan Kllinger |
| 14:45-15:30 | Regulating cryptocurrencies: A comparative global approach and the case for a light touch | Kathryn Haun |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45-16:45 | Regulatory panel | Moderator: Tal Zarsky Participants: Kathryn Haun Peter Van Valkenburgh Zooko Wilcox Gitit Gur-Gershgoren Jonathan Klinger |
Thursday September 14
Crypto-currency entrepreneurship in Startup Nation| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 09:00-09:30 | Gathering | |
| 09:30-10:15 | Overview of Blockchain Initiatives | Neha Narula |
| 10:15-11:00 | Governance, hard forks and network upgrades | Zooko Wilcox |
| 11:00-11:20 | Coffee break | |
| 11:20-12:05 | Governance in Tezos | Artur Breitman |
| 12:05-12:50 | Can there be such a thing as a Permissioned Blockchain? | Gideon Greenspan |
| 12:50-14:00 | Lunch | |
| 14:00-14:45 | Securities regulation | Peter Van Valkenburgh |
| 14:45-15:30 | Mining pool reward methods | Meni Rosenfeld |
| 15:30-15:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:45-16:30 | Decentralized Web | Neha Narula |
| 16:30-17:30 | Panel - Business and Entrepreneurship | Moderator: Arthur Breitman Participants: Zooko Wilcox Neha Narula Roi Carthy Yoni Assia Mark Smargon |