Bitcoin Policy Summit 2023: Panels, Video, Highlights
Bitcoin Policy Summit was a single day, invite-only event exploring Bitcoin as strategic opportunity for the United States. The event took place on April 26, 2023 in Washington, DC.
Notable talks on the event include panels by Alex Gladstein of the Human Rights Foundation, Senator Ted Cruz, Strike's Jack Mallers, Senator Cynthia Lummis, and more.
Timestamps for specific panels:
- 00:04:10 Opening remarks by David Zell and Grant McCarty co-founders of Bitcoin Policy Institute
- 00:10:10 Panel: What Makes Bitcoin Unique Among Cryptocurrencies
“There’s one and only one way to make new bitcoins; it’s to do computational work.” — @resistancemoney on #Bitcoin vs crypto pic.twitter.com/3HhteydQH9
— Walker⚡️ (@WalkerAmerica) April 28, 2023
- 00:46:43 Panel: Bitcoin Mining: Separating Fact From Fiction
Why is #Bitcoin a legitimate and socially worthwhile consumer of energy?
— Hammond of Texas🌽 (@FieldNas) April 26, 2023
Avik Roy plays devil's advocate and Troy Cross destroys the question! 🔥🔥🔥 2 mins.@Avik @thetrocro pic.twitter.com/fvXAosL8hZ
- 01:24:30 Coffee and Networking
- 01:57:37 Panel: How Bitcoin Protects Human Rights
- 02:40:00 Panel: Assessing Bitcoin's Impact on US National Security
- 03:19:57 Special Announcement By Former Congressman Tim Ryan, Former Congressman David McIntosh and Grant McCarthy
- 03:24:30 Lunch
- 04:15:05 Perspectives on Central Bank Digital Currencies
- 04:17:00 Video: Representative Tom Emmer on CBDCs
JUST IN - 🇺🇸 US Congressman Tom Emmer: "There is enormous opportunity for growth that #Bitcoin" presents for our country 🙌 pic.twitter.com/zcszWQbcpg
— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) April 26, 2023
- 04:20:20 Video: Natalie Smolenski, Founder and Exec. Director of Texas Bitcoin Foundation
- 04:30:25 Presentation by Laurence White, Professor at George Mason University
- 04:47:21 Fireside Chat with Senator Ted Cruz
Put aside your red and blue partisan flags for a moment and just listen:
— Walker⚡️ (@WalkerAmerica) April 28, 2023
“I like #Bitcoin for the same reason that the Chinese communist government doesn’t like Bitcoin. They don’t like Bitcoin and they banned it because they can’t control it.” — @tedcruz pic.twitter.com/01YzZYmOSx
- 05:02:00 Jack Mallers on the Lightning Network
Here’s the closing by @jackmallers and follow-up by @Amanda_Cavaleri *without music.* #Bitcoin doesn’t care, but apparently a lot of people do 😂
— Walker⚡️ (@WalkerAmerica) April 27, 2023
I’ll make another version with a Nickelback/Beethoven mashup. pic.twitter.com/sqN0RpwGMV
- 05:38:10 Panel: Bitcoin and Public Policy: Legislation
- 06:11:50 Coffee and Networking
- 06:25:45 Panel: Bitcoin and Public Policy: Regulation
- 07:10:27 Panel: Bitcoin and Financial Inclusion
- 07:50:15 Fireside chat with Elijah Bowdre, Chairman at Miami-Dade Cryptocurrency Task Force
- 08:09:00 Fireside chat with Senator Cynthia Lummis
JUST IN - 🇺🇸 U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis: “I for one, am opposed to a U.S. CBDC” 👏
— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) April 26, 2023
CBDC’s are slavery, #Bitcoin is freedom! pic.twitter.com/Q3bWnRQKys
- 08:35:55 Closing Remarks
Watch the full recording on the event here:
