Join the network in El Salvador!
The adoption of Bitcoin in the Republic of El Salvador caused excitement around the world. It’s time to shine! Adopting Bitcoin is bringing together the Bitcoin and Lightning community in San Salvador and El Zonte to create connections and foster the future of money and payments in the Central American republic.
This conference will include three days of renowned speakers, engaging panels, educational tracks, demos and hands-on workshops in English and Spanish. Welcoming developers, businesses and general enthusiasts to network and form in-person connections. Vamos!
100% of profits from the summit will be donated to support Lightning Network development.
Adopting Bitcoin 2021 is presented by Galoy – bringing Bitcoin banking solutions to companies and communities around the world.
SPEAKERS
“We are all equal before a wave.” Laird Hamilton
16 - 18 November 2021
And we are all equal before Bitcoin. In this sense, there is no better place than El Salvador to celebrate the leaps we have been making, and no better place to take greater waves riding the Lightning Network.
And we are all equal before Bitcoin. In this sense, there is no better place than El Salvador to celebrate the leaps we have been making, and no better place to take greater waves riding the Lightning Network.
CONVENTION SCHEDULE
DAY 1
Tuesday Nov 16, San Salvador- Lightning 101 Workshop
- Tech/developer track (research/tech, for developers)
- Economic Track
Day 1 Schedule
ECON
MC: Stephan Livera
Host of the Bitcoin PodcastDEV
MC: Pablo Fernandez
Software Engineer SwanBitcoin| 7:30- 09:00 | Registration + coffee & snacks |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Opening Remarks: Chris Hunter |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Welcome to El Salvador! María Luisa Hayem Brevé Minister of Economy El Salvador Morena Ileana Valdez Vigil Minister of Toursim El Salvador (Spanish / English) |
| 09:35 - 10:10 | Bootstrapping Bitcoin Adoption Mike Peterson - Director of Bitcoin Beach Hosted by: Gerson Martinez |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | El Salvador - Paving the Way for Bitcoin Adoption in South America Jehudi Castro Sierra - Former Vice-Minister of Digital Economy Colombia Monica Taher - Technological & Economic International Affairs at Trade & Investments Secretariat - Government of El Salvador Gael Sanchez Smith - Author of Bitcoin lo Cambia Todo Carlos Miguel Rivas Carillo - Regulatory Specialist Host: Camila Campton - Social Media Manager Swan Bitcoin (Spanish) |
| 11:05 - 11:40 | Bitcoin for Non-Profits Josh Young - NewStory Enrique Berrios - Dentist at Bitcoin Smiles Host: Chris Hunter - Co-Host / Galoy |
| 11:45 - 12:10 | Take BTC to the Third Layer Chase Perkins - Founder ImperviousAi |
| 12:10 - 1:30 | Lunch break |
| Registration + coffee & snacks | 7:30- 09:00 |
| Opening Remarks: Nicolas Burtey | 09:00 - 09:10 |
| Introduction to Chaincode's Lightning Protocol Development Josie - Bitcoin Core Contributor | 09:15 - 09:40 |
| Peer Infrastructure Improvement Warren Togami - Blockstream Konstantin Nick - Donnerlabs | 09:45 - 10:10 |
| Onboarding a Country to Lightning -
A Cloud Architecture Approach Rafael Cordón - CTO IBEX | 10:15 - 10:40 |
| Improving the developer experience with BDK & LDK Conor Okus - Product Manager Square Crypto | 10:45 - 11:10 |
| Where do you fit in the Lightning Network? Jesse Jestopher - Co-Founder Amboss Technologies | 11:15 - 11:40 |
| Lunch break | 11:45 - 1:30 |
| 1:35 - 2:00 | Free Private Cities and Bitcoin Veronika Kuett / Tipolis Peter Young / Free Private Cities Foundation |
| 2:05 - 2:30 | Architecting a Self-Sovereign Economy John Carvalho - CEO of Stealth Company |
| 2:35 - 3:00 | Mystery Speaker (TBA) |
| 3:05 - 3:55 | If it looks better, it works better Anthony Potdevin - Co-Founder Amboss Technologies Johns Beharry - Bitcoin designer at Peak Shift John Carvalho - The Biz Host: Alexandra Moxin - Advance Tech Podcast |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Coffee Break |
| Fee-bumping for presigned transactions protocols Antoine Poinsot - Founder Revault | 1:35 - 2:00 |
| Transaction Relay Policy for L2 Developers Gloria Zhao - Brink Fellow, Bitcoin Core Contributor | 2:05 - 2:30 |
| Solving the Dev Crunch Paul Itoi - Co-Founder of Sphinx Chat | 2:35 - 3:00 |
| The Future of Lightning Custody Pierre Marie Padiou - CEO of ACINQ Nicolas Burtey - CEO of Galoy Roy Sheinfeld - CEO of Breez Conor Okus - Product Manager at Square Crypto Host:Aaron van Wirdum - Bitcoin Magazine | 3:05 - 3:55 |
| Coffee Break | 4:00 - 4:30 |
| 4:35 - 5:00 | Self-Custody Solutions for Salvadoran Companies Moritz Wietersheim - Founder of Specter Solutions (Spanish) |
| 5:05 - 5:30 | Taking local commerce off-the-chain Michael Atwood - Founder of Oshi |
| 5:35 - 6:15 | Bitcoin for Institutions Alexander Leishman - River Host: Chris Hunter - Galoy |
| 6:15 - 6:30 | Closing Remarks: Moritz Wietersheim |
| Lightning Node Observability Bob the Coder - Backend Engineer at Voltage | 4:35 - 5:00 |
| Lightning Watchtowers and Why You Should Use Them if You're Not Sergi Delgado Segura - CEO of Talaia Labs (Spanish) | 5:05 - 5:30 |
| Privacy on Lightning Bastien Teinturier - Software Developer ACINQ | 5:35 - 6:15 |
| Closing Remarks: Jeff Gallas | 6:15 - 6:30 |
ECON
MC: Stephan Livera
Host of the Bitcoin Podcast| 7:30- 09:00 | Registration + coffee & snacks |
| 09:00 - 09:10 | Opening Remarks: Chris Hunter |
| 09:15 - 09:30 | Welcome to El Salvador! María Luisa Hayem Brevé Minister of Economy El Salvador Morena Ileana Valdez Vigil Minister of Toursim El Salvador (Spanish / English) |
| 09:35 - 10:10 | Bootstrapping Bitcoin Adoption Mike Peterson - Director of Bitcoin Beach Hosted by: Gerson Martinez |
| 10:15 - 11:00 | El Salvador - Paving the Way for Bitcoin Adoption in South America Jehudi Castro Sierra - Former Vice-Minister of Digital Economy Colombia Monica Taher - Technological & Economic International Affairs at Trade & Investments Secretariat - Government of El Salvador Gael Sanchez Smith - Author of Bitcoin lo Cambia Todo Carlos Miguel Rivas Carillo - Regulatory Specialist Host: Camila Campton - Social Media Manager Swan Bitcoin (Spanish) |
| 11:05 - 11:40 | Bitcoin for Non-Profits Josh Young - NewStory Enrique Berrios - Dentist at Bitcoin Smiles Host: Chris Hunter - Co-Host / Galoy |
| 11:45 - 12:10 | Take BTC to the Third Layer Chase Perkins - Founder ImperviousAi |
| 12:10 - 1:30 | Lunch break |
| 1:35 - 2:00 | Free Private Cities and Bitcoin Veronika Kuett / Tipolis Peter Young / Free Private Cities Foundation |
| 2:05 - 2:30 | Architecting a Self-Sovereign Economy John Carvalho - CEO of Stealth Company |
| 2:35 - 3:00 | Mystery Speaker (TBA) |
| 3:05 - 3:55 | If it looks better, it works better Anthony Potdevin - Co-Founder Amboss Technologies Johns Beharry - Bitcoin designer at Peak Shift John Carvalho - The Biz Host: Alexandra Moxin - Advance Tech Podcast |
| 4:00 - 4:30 | Coffee Break |
| 4:35 - 5:00 | Self-Custody Solutions for Salvadoran Companies Moritz Wietersheim - Founder of Specter Solutions (Spanish) |
| 5:05 - 5:30 | Taking local commerce off-the-chain Michael Atwood - Founder of Oshi |
| 5:35 - 6:15 | Bitcoin for Institutions Alexander Leishman - River Host: Chris Hunter - Galoy |
| 6:15 - 6:30 | Closing Remarks: Moritz Wietersheim |
DEV
MC: Pablo Fernandez
Software Engineer SwanBitcoin| Registration + coffee & snacks | 7:30- 09:00 |
| Opening Remarks: Nicolas Burtey | 09:00 - 09:10 |
| Introduction to Chaincode's Lightning Protocol Development Josie - Bitcoin Core Contributor | 09:15 - 09:40 |
| Peer Infrastructure Improvement Warren Togami - Blockstream Konstantin Nick - Donnerlabs | 09:45 - 10:10 |
| Onboarding a Country to Lightning -
A Cloud Architecture Approach Rafael Cordón - CTO IBEX | 10:15 - 10:40 |
| Improving the developer experience with BDK & LDK Conor Okus - Product Manager Square Crypto | 10:45 - 11:10 |
| Where do you fit in the Lightning Network? Jesse Jestopher - Co-Founder Amboss Technologies | 11:15 - 11:40 |
| Lunch break | 11:45 - 1:30 |
| Fee-bumping for presigned transactions protocols Antoine Poinsot - Founder Revault | 1:35 - 2:00 |
| Transaction Relay Policy for L2 Developers Gloria Zhao - Brink Fellow, Bitcoin Core Contributor | 2:05 - 2:30 |
| Solving the Dev Crunch Paul Itoi - Co-Founder of Sphinx Chat | 2:35 - 3:00 |
| The Future of Lightning Custody Pierre Marie Padiou - CEO of ACINQ Nicolas Burtey - CEO of Galoy Roy Sheinfeld - CEO of Breez Conor Okus - Product Manager at Square Crypto Host:Aaron van Wirdum - Bitcoin Magazine | 3:05 - 3:55 |
| Coffee Break | 4:00 - 4:30 |
| Lightning Node Observability Bob the Coder - Backend Engineer at Voltage | 4:35 - 5:00 |
| Lightning Watchtowers and Why You Should Use Them if You're Not Sergi Delgado Segura - CEO of Talaia Labs (Spanish) | 5:05 - 5:30 |
| Privacy on Lightning Bastien Teinturier - Software Developer ACINQ | 5:35 - 6:15 |
| Closing Remarks: Jeff Gallas | 6:15 - 6:30 |
DAY 2
Wednesday Nov 17, San Salvador- Lightning 101 Workshop
- Tech/developer track (research/tech, for developers)
- Economic Track
Day 2 Schedule
ECON
MC: Gerson Martinez
Bitcoin MinerDEV
MC: Alexandra Moxin
CEO and Founder of Advance Tech Media and Host of the Advance Tech Podcast| 7:30- 09:00 | Registration + coffee & snacks |
| 9:05 - 9:25 | Bitcoin is Hope! Alex Gladstein - Chief Strategy Officer at Human Rights Foundation |
| 09:30 - 9:55 | The State of Lightning - a Helicopter View Anders Helseth - Senior Analyst Arcane Crypto |
| 10:00 - 10:25 | Developing the Bitcoin developer pipeline Adam Jonas- Chaincode / Qala |
| 10:30 - 11:10 | Lightning and the Creator Economy Roy Sheinfeld - Co-founder & CEO of Breez Adam Curry - Podfather 2.0 Michael Tidwell - Head of System Operations of Zebedee Colin Harper - Content and Tech LuxorTechnologies Host: Anita Posch - Bitcoin Advocate, Author and Podcaster |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Fireside Chat: El Salvador's Future is Bright with Bitcoin Monica Taher - Technological & Economic International Affairs at Trade & Investments Secretariat - Government of El Salvador Host: Will Hernandez - Growth & Business Manager Paxful |
| 12:10 - 1:30 | Lunch break |
| Registration + coffee & snacks | 7:30- 09:00 |
| The perfect LN wallet: what we dream of, what we have now Giacomo Zucco / BHB Network | 9:05 - 9:25 |
| Mass Adoption, But Decentralized Jonas Nick - Bitcoin Research Blockstream | 09:30 - 9:55 |
| Privacy on Lightning Bastien Teinturier - Software Developer ACINQ | 10:00 - 10:25 |
| Optimally Reliable & Cheap Payment Flows on the Lightning Network Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin & Lightning Network Developer & Educator Stefan Richter - netpositive.money and host of the Honigdachs Podcast | 10:30 - 11:10 |
| All About LNbits and Local Custodianship Ben Arc - Teacher LNBits | 11:15 - 12:00 |
| Lunch break | 12:10 - 1:30 |
| 1:35 - 2:00 | Investing in the Lightning Network as the Next Internet Max Webster - Hivemind James Andrew - Global Liquidity Host: Jeff Gallas |
| 2:05 - 2:30 | Hong Fang - CEO Okcoin |
| 2:35 - 3:00 | El Salvador - The global pilot for the Bitcoin circular economy: A progress report Sergej Kotliar - Founder & CEO Bitrefill |
| 3:05 - 3:45 | Fireside: The Cure for Financial Apartheid Ray Youssef - CEO of Paxful Host: Rodrigo Gomez - Country Manager of Bitrefill - El Salvador |
| 3:50 - 4:10 | Coffee Break |
| Liquid Q&A Samson Mow - CSO Blockstream | 1:35 - 2:00 |
| DLCs and Lightning Chris Stewart - Founder Suredbits | 2:05 - 2:30 |
| Running a big Lightning node: challenges, findings and next steps Victor Afanassieff and Romain Rouphael from LN Markets | 2:35 - 3:00 |
| Lightning Privacy Adam Ficsor - Wasabi Wallet Peter Todd - Bitcoin Core Developer Bastien Teinturier - Software Developer ACINQ Openoms (Raspiblitz) Host: Stephan Livera - Host of the Bitcoin Podcast | 3:05 - 3:45 |
| Coffee Break | 3:50 - 4:10 |
| 4:15 - 4:40 | From El Salvador to Sénégal - or how to accelerate Bitcoin and Lightning adoption in Africa Fode Diop - Bitcoin Application Developer at Global Mesh Labs |
| 4:45 - 5:10 | Building for the Remnant Aleks Svetski - Co Founder at Amber, Writer, Speaker |
| 5:15 - 6:10 | Lightning Payments from a Merchant's Perspective João Almeida - CTO of Open Node Mario Aguiluz - CSO of Ibex Mercado Host: Rodrigo Gomez - Bitrefill |
| 6:15 - 6:25 | Closing Remarks: Chris Hunter |
| Building a Bitcoin Bank Justin Carter (Galoy) | 4:15 - 4:40 |
| Improving Bitcoin Privacy with Federated E-Cash Mints elsirion - Blockstream | 4:45 - 5:10 |
| Onboarding Bitcoin and Lightning Developers Will Clark - Lightning Application Engineer at Global Mesh Labs Gloria Zhao - Brink Fellow, Bitcoin Core Contributor Josie - Bitcoin Core Contributor Jonas Nick - Bitcoin Research Blockstream Host: Pablo Fernandez | 5:15 - 6:10 |
| Closing Remarks: Nicolas Burtey | 6:15 - 6:25 |
ECON
MC: Gerson Martinez
Bitcoin Miner| 7:30- 09:00 | Registration + coffee & snacks |
| 9:05 - 9:25 | Bitcoin is Hope! Alex Gladstein - Chief Strategy Officer at Human Rights Foundation |
| 09:30 - 9:55 | The State of Lightning - a Helicopter View Anders Helseth - Senior Analyst Arcane Crypto |
| 10:00 - 10:25 | Developing the Bitcoin developer pipeline Adam Jonas- Chaincode / Qala |
| 10:30 - 11:10 | Lightning and the Creator Economy Roy Sheinfeld - Co-founder & CEO of Breez Adam Curry - Podfather 2.0 Michael Tidwell - Head of System Operations of Zebedee Colin Harper - Content and Tech LuxorTechnologies Host: Anita Posch - Bitcoin Advocate, Author and Podcaster |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | Fireside Chat: El Salvador's Future is Bright with Bitcoin Monica Taher - Technological & Economic International Affairs at Trade & Investments Secretariat - Government of El Salvador Host: Will Hernandez - Growth & Business Manager Paxful |
| 12:10 - 1:30 | Lunch break |
| 1:35 - 2:00 | Investing in the Lightning Network as the Next Internet Max Webster - Hivemind James Andrew - Global Liquidity Host: Jeff Gallas |
| 2:05 - 2:30 | Hong Fang - CEO Okcoin |
| 2:35 - 3:00 | El Salvador - The global pilot for the Bitcoin circular economy: A progress report Sergej Kotliar - Founder & CEO Bitrefill |
| 3:05 - 3:45 | Fireside: The Cure for Financial Apartheid Ray Youssef - CEO of Paxful Host: Rodrigo Gomez - Country Manager of Bitrefill - El Salvador |
| 3:50 - 4:10 | Coffee Break |
| 4:15 - 4:40 | From El Salvador to Sénégal - or how to accelerate Bitcoin and Lightning adoption in Africa Fode Diop - Bitcoin Application Developer at Global Mesh Labs |
| 4:45 - 5:10 | Building for the Remnant Aleks Svetski - Co Founder at Amber, Writer, Speaker |
| 5:15 - 6:10 | Lightning Payments from a Merchant's Perspective João Almeida - CTO of Open Node Mario Aguiluz - CSO of Ibex Mercado Host: Rodrigo Gomez - Bitrefill |
| 6:15 - 6:25 | Closing Remarks: Chris Hunter |
DEV
MC: Alexandra Moxin
CEO and Founder of Advance Tech Media and Host of the Advance Tech Podcast| Registration + coffee & snacks | 7:30- 09:00 |
| The perfect LN wallet: what we dream of, what we have now Giacomo Zucco / BHB Network | 9:05 - 9:25 |
| Mass Adoption, But Decentralized Jonas Nick - Bitcoin Research Blockstream | 09:30 - 9:55 |
| Privacy on Lightning Bastien Teinturier - Software Developer ACINQ | 10:00 - 10:25 |
| Optimally Reliable & Cheap Payment Flows on the Lightning Network Rene Pickhardt - Bitcoin & Lightning Network Developer & Educator Stefan Richter - netpositive.money and host of the Honigdachs Podcast | 10:30 - 11:10 |
| All About LNbits and Local Custodianship Ben Arc - Teacher LNBits | 11:15 - 12:00 |
| Lunch break | 12:10 - 1:30 |
| Liquid Q&A Samson Mow - CSO Blockstream | 1:35 - 2:00 |
| DLCs and Lightning Chris Stewart - Founder Suredbits | 2:05 - 2:30 |
| Running a big Lightning node: challenges, findings and next steps Victor Afanassieff and Romain Rouphael from LN Markets | 2:35 - 3:00 |
| Lightning Privacy Adam Ficsor - Wasabi Wallet Peter Todd - Bitcoin Core Developer Bastien Teinturier - Software Developer ACINQ Openoms (Raspiblitz) Host: Stephan Livera - Host of the Bitcoin Podcast | 3:05 - 3:45 |
| Coffee Break | 3:50 - 4:10 |
| Building a Bitcoin Bank Justin Carter (Galoy) | 4:15 - 4:40 |
| Improving Bitcoin Privacy with Federated E-Cash Mints elsirion - Blockstream | 4:45 - 5:10 |
| Onboarding Bitcoin and Lightning Developers Will Clark - Lightning Application Engineer at Global Mesh Labs Gloria Zhao - Brink Fellow, Bitcoin Core Contributor Josie - Bitcoin Core Contributor Jonas Nick - Bitcoin Research Blockstream Host: Pablo Fernandez | 5:15 - 6:10 |
| Closing Remarks: Nicolas Burtey | 6:15 - 6:25 |
DAY 3
Thursday Nov 18, El Zonte/El Tunco- Meet the local people who started the bitcoin initiative @BitcoinBeach
- Food court 10a - 6p in El Zonte
- Taproot Activation Party in El Tunco
DAY 3
Get ready for a full week of Bitcoin events!
Bitcoiners from around the world will be flocking to El Salvador for our flagship event "Adopting Bitcoin" -- the first global Lightning Summit in more than two years.
There will be several other events taking place during the same week. Most notably LABitConf.com, with a hackathon starting Nov 15, and a business conference starting Nov 18.
(NOTE: you will need to purchase separate tickets to attend LABitConf)
If you are planning a satellite event, please reach out, so that we can coordinate on behalf of all visitors and attendees.
GET YOUR TICKET HERE
Late Mover
$300from November 1
Late Mover
$300Lightning only
Tickets for this event can be paid with bitcoin over Lightning only.
Ticket Schedule
| Late Mover from November 1 | $300 |
THE LOCATIONS
Sheraton Presidente
San Salvador
Re-energize at the pool, gather at the bar, and enjoy an excellent service. The professional convention center with top notch conference rooms is just a few steps away from San Salvador’s fabulous shops.
Bitcoin Beach
El Zonte
Our favorite town in El Salvador: Beautiful beaches, great surfing, amazing restaurants, friendly people and of course, the place where the adoption of Bitcoin in the country was pioneered.
Directions
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Adopting Bitcoin
Sheraton Presidente
Ave. La Revolucion,
San Salvador, El Salvador
