A celebration of the best hacks from the Ethereal Virtual Hackathon, including a live demo from the Ethereal Best in Show prize winner.

Featuring:
Chris Burniske, Partner (Placeholder VC)

Blockchains and related consensus systems are collapsing the cost of asset creation, custody and transfer. General purpose technologies that collapse costs aggregate the platforms of production that find use in them, begging the question of which forms of production, and related valuable assets, will grow atop these systems. Chris will talk about what he expects to see in the taxonomy, value capture and governance of the growing field of cryptoassets (cryptocurrencies, cryptocommodities, and cryptocapital), as well as ramifications for existing traditional assets (equities, bonds, physical commodities, etc). Given significant value is already being captured in these systems, he’ll also touch upon power dynamics and governance failures that we can expect in the hopes of avoiding repeating easy lessons that are better learned from the past.

Featuring:
Yorke Rhodes, Principal PM (Microsoft Azure Blockchain)

Taking stock and paving the road ahead, a measured look at where we are, a brief look at how we got here, and the building blocks to tomorrow. Highlights of valuable use cases and community experiments and things that unlock scale, adoption, and transformation.

Featuring:
Casey Schwab, VP, Business & Legal Affairs (NFL PA)
Jeff Marsilio: Senior Vice President, New Media (NBA)
Brad Feinstein, Head of Global Business Development (ConsenSys Sports)

With the advent of blockchain technology, a new paradigm emerges to change the sporting world. Blockchain will raise the proverbial bar for how fans interact with sports, creating new market opportunities, technical efficiencies, and most importantly, a better fan experience.

Taking stock and paving the road ahead, a measured look at where we are, a brief look at how we got here, and the building blocks to tomorrow. Highlights of valuable use cases and community experiments and things that unlock scale, adoption, and transformation.

Laura Shin, Host of Unchained and Unconfirmed Podcasts will interview two rising stars of the DeFi ecosystem: Arjun Bhuptani, Cofounder of Connext Network and Austin Griffith, Creator of Burner Wallet.

Featuring:
Kevin Owocki, Founder and CEO (Gitcoin)

Open Source Software is the lifeblood of the blockchain economy. Find out about new funding mechanisms that are being explored in the design space of Blockchain + Open Source.

Featuring:
Simona Pop, CMO and Cofounder (Bounties Network)
Robby Greenfield, Cofounder (ConsenSys Social Impact)
Carlos Acevedo – Peer Collaborative Teacher and Technology Coordinator (NYC Department of Education)

With new decentralized applications, we can empower different communities to access a new economy they weren’t able to previously. We’ll discuss how blockchain will shape the way we work, collaborate, and earn a living now and in the future.

Mike Novogratz, CEO (Galaxy Digital), will make the case for why he’s more bullish than ever on Bitcoin, Ethereum, and our whole space.

Featuring:

Michael DiPetrillo, Senior Director, Blockchain Technologies (VMWare)

Come learn about why trust is the cornerstone to blockchain and understand the areas you should address in your blockchain projects to have fully, decentralized trust.

Featuring:
Leah Callon-Butler, CMO and Cofounder (Intimate.io)

Data scandals have left us thinking long and hard about data privacy, especially when it comes to dating online. So even genuine lovebirds – not just scammers – are crafting their digital identities with varying degrees of illegitimacy to blur the line between their public personas and private life. intimate.io Co-Founder, Leah Callon-Butler, examines how Blockchain technologies are allowing privacy and transparency to co-exist.

Featuring:
Connie Yang, Director of Design (Coinbase)
Ric Burton, CEO and Founder (Balance)
Andy Morales, Lead Designer (ConsenSys Kuiper)
Amber Baldet, Cofounder and CEO (Clovyr)

Design has been named the “killer app” of crypto. We’ll be discussing everything from the role of design in product creation, including the difficulty of data-driven design and the balance between collecting metrics and respecting user privacy.

Featuring:
Georgios Konstantopolous, Research & Development (Loom Network)

Featuring:
Tushar Jain, Cofounder and Managing Partner (Multicoin Capital)
Paul Verradakit, Head of Venture (Multicoin Capital)
Jalak Jobanputra, Founder (Future/Perfect Ventures)
Dovey Wan, Partner (Primitive Ventures)

Featuring:
Donna Redel, Founder and CEO of Strategic 50, and Board Member of New York Angels

Joseph Lubin, Co-founder (Ethereum) & Founder/CEO (ConsenSys)

Portion.io bridges art, luxury, and crypto. Through their smart contracts and distributed technology, art and collectibles enter a free market. Portion will be auctioning off 15 donated and commissioned pieces of digital and physical art. Buyers will receive a certificate of ownership/authentication and proceeds will benefit the Foundation for Art and Blockchain, an organization that aims to fund artists working at the intersection of blockchain and creativity.