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and present

Permissionless III

Moving crypto forward in the US

Oct 9-11 2024, Salt Palace Convention Center

We're headed west — what will you build?

Permissionless is a conference for founders, application developers, investors, policymakers, and users.

Come meet the next generation of people building and using crypto.

Tickets

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GA PASS

  • Three-day full event pass
  • Access to pre-event networking app
  • Access to Karate Combat event on 10/11

DEVELOPERS

  • 36-hour Hackathon
  • Includes technical workshops for support
  • All meals & snacks are covered

STUDENT TICKET

  • Three-day full event pass
  • Access to pre-event networking app
  • Access to Karate Combat event on 10/11

BANKLESS CITIZENS

30% off available to Bankless Premium Subscribers aka Bankless Citizens. Discount code is required.

$559.30

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GROUP PASS (5+)

Discounts available for groups of 5+. Register today and save!

PRESS PASS

Available strictly to members of the press. Kindly provide recent bylines for consideration.

Speakers

Balaji S. Srinivasan

Angel Investor, Tech Founder & WSJ Bestselling Author,

Chris Dixon

Founder & Managing Partner, a16z Crypto

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Blockworks has partnered with our main event venue to offer our attendees preferred pricing on a limited number of rooms.

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  • 25% Savings vs. booking directly
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Hackathon

All participants will receive complimentary admission to Permissionless III

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36hr hackathon for solving complex problems

Technical workshops for support

All participants receive a complimentary ticket

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Themes

US Election + Policy

US Regulatory Landscape. Institutional Adoption and Investment. November Elections. DeFi Regulation. Tokenization. Stablecoins.

Consumer

Onchain Applications. Mobile Apps. Prediction Markets. NFTs. Onchain Gaming. Loyalty Engines. Creator Economy.

Restaking + Layer 2s

Scaling Solutions. Shared Security. AVS Ecosystems. Liquid Restaking. Restaked Rollups. RaaS. Based vs Shared Sequencing.

Multichain Future

Modular v. Monolithic. Interoperability. Appchains. Data Availability. EVM and SVM Optimizations. Chain Abstraction. AggLayer. Zk Proofs. Intents.

AI x Crypto

Onchain Verifiability. Decentralized GPUs. DePIN. Agents. Inference. Co-owned AI. Open Source Models. Incentivized Training.

Bitcoin Renaissance

Layer 2. BitVM. Drive Chains. Spot ETFs. Ordinals. Bitcoin Restaking. Yield Opportunities. Macro Adoption. Scaling Solutions.

Agenda

Main Stage

9:20 AM - 9:50 AM

Building The Future of The Internet

Ryan Sean Adams
Chris Dixon

9:50 AM - 10:30 AM

Crypto & The November Election

Paul Grewal
Rep Tom Emmer (R-MN)
Kristin Smith
Jake Chervinsky
Brian Quintenz

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

The Great ETF Debate: Bearish or Bullish?

Jim Bianco
James Seyffart
Felix Jauvin

11:00 AM - 11:20 AM

The Dawn of Open Gaming

Aaron McDonald
Kieran Warwick
Kevin O'Hara

11:20 AM - 11:40 AM

No Chain is Monolithic (Especially Solana)

Jason Yanowitz
Anil Kumar
David Hoffman

11:40 AM - 12:00 PM

Challenging the Stablecoin Incumbents

Robinson Burkey
Nick van Eck

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

A Conversation with Samara Cohen

MacKenzie Sigalos
Samara Cohen

12:30 PM - 12:35 PM

Introducing: Blockworks Advisory

Jason Yanowitz
Michael Ippolito

12:35 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

Restaking/AVS

1:30 PM - 2:10 PM

The AVS Economy

Ishaan 0x
Ludwig Thouvenin
Brandon Curtis
David Grider

2:10 PM - 2:50 PM

Restaking Beyond Ethereum

Misha Putiatin
Brian Smith
Lucas Kozinski
Rachel Chu

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

Managing Risk and Reward in LRTs

Tarun Chitra
Mike Silagadze
monetsupply

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

The Dawn of the Restaking Revolution

Michael Ippolito
Sam Cassatt
Firat Sertgoz
Sreeram Kannan
Misha Putiatin

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Hackathon Awards Ceremony

Bitcoin Renaissance

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Everything Bitcoiners Said is Coming True

David Hoffman
Alex Thorn
Eric Wall

2:00 PM - 2:40 PM

Bitcoin Layer 2 State of the Union

Alexis Johnson
Daniel Fogg
David Seroy
Alex Miller

2:40 PM - 3:00 PM

Survival of the Fittest: Bitcoin L2s

Daniel Fogg

3:00 PM - 3:40 PM

The Future of Bitcoin Mining Is In the US

Lee Brachter
Matthew Schultz
Fred Thiel
Rep. John R. Curtis (R-UT)
CJ Burnett

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM

Unlocking Bitcoin DeFi with ExSat

Casey Wagner
Yves La Rose

4:00 PM - 4:40 PM

Bitcoin & The Future of Asset Management

Casey Wagner
Matt Hougan
Ram Ahluwalia

Solana

1:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Block Production and MEV on Solana

Logan Jastremski
Lucas Bruder
Eugene Chen
Austin Federa

2:10 PM - 2:50 PM

Unlocking Consumer Applications on Solana

Mike Dudas
Vibhu Norby

2:50 PM - 3:10 PM

Peeling Back the Layers of a Blockchain Ecosystem

Rich Widmann
Simon Baksys

3:10 PM - 3:50 PM

Live Lightspeed: The Future of DeFi on Solana

Jack Kubinec
Tristan Frizza
Jayant Krishnamurthy

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM

World Shaping DePin on Solana

Ryan Connor
Jonathan Dockrell
Frank Mong
Mike Horton
Ariel Seidman

Investor Track

1:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Live 1000x: Where Are We In the Cycle?

Michael Ippolito
Avi Felman
Jonah Van Bourg

2:10 PM - 2:50 PM

The State of Crypto Private Markets

Tom Schmidt
Allen Ng
Soona Amhaz
Randy Little

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM

The Digital Future of Asset Management

Jeff John Roberts
Sebastian Bea, OLY

3:20 PM - 4:00 PM

Seeking Alpha in Liquid Markets

Joe McCann
Tushar Jain
Byron Gilliam

Marketing

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Intro by Justin Vogel, cofounder of Safary

Justin Vogel

1:10 PM - 1:45 PM

The Future of Web3 Marketing

Justin Vogel
Claire Kart

1:50 PM - 2:25 PM

Growing Ecosystems

Sam Friedman
Andrew Saunders
Meghan Hughes

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

How DeFi Protocols Grow Liquidity

Alex Shefrin
Pratik Gandhi
Kseniia Baziian

3:05 PM - 3:40 PM

Growing Consumer

Nick Shaheen
Sam Vuong

3:40 PM - 4:15 PM

Going Cross-Chain

Ishan Bhaidani
Alex Marsh
Bergen S
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Thursday, October 10th

Pickleball

Grab a team of three (or two, but it helps to have a backup!) and join us for the first-ever Permissionless Pickleball Tournament.

Friday, October 11th

Karate

Karate Combat will host a stacked lineup of fights to close out Permissionless III.

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  • Tickets
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