VIRTUAL PRIVATE MONEY Re-imagining Value and Privacy in the Digital Age
Fresh from the Australian Crypto Convention 2025, Robbie Coleman joins us at Skill Studio to unpack the next frontier of digital value: Virtual Private Money.
As the Creative Director of the Litecoin Foundation and founder of [VPM.run](https://www.vpm.run) — an independent initiative exploring privacy-preserving, interoperable payment layers — Robbie bridges technical design, narrative, and culture to show how money itself is being reimagined.
His 2024 talk on Virtual Private Money became one of AusCryptoCon’s most discussed sessions. This time, he’ll take us deeper into how privacy and usability can coexist on public blockchains — from Litecoin’s MimbleWimble Extension Blocks (MWEB) to the emerging VPM architecture designed to enable permissionless, private, peer-to-peer value exchange across networks.
#### You’ll Learn
Why financial privacy is essential to an open digital economy
How MWEB and VPM use cryptography to shield value without sacrificing auditability
What “Virtual Private Money” means for wallets, payments, and user sovereignty
How communities and developers can participate in the movement toward private, decentralised finance
#### Who It’s For
Developers, designers, and anyone curious about the future of payments, privacy, and blockchain usability.
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This is a Hybrid event, in-person registrations are here:
Free entry | RSVP required | Free BTC draw for ticketholders in the venue
Free Drinks and Pizza || Licensed bar (18+) featuring local craft beers
Hosted by Skill Studio / Canberra Blockchain Community