Decentralized Mining: A Cypherpunk Party

​The future of mining is decentralized.

​Join Localhost Research, the 256 Foundation, and members of the open source mining community for an evening of learning and merriment at the hottest Bitcoin bar in DC- Pubkey!

​Hear from some of the best about where we've been and where we're going as the mining industry evolves.

​Agenda:

​---------- 256 Foundation ----------

• ​7PM: Skot - History of Mining Decentralization

  • ​Why it's important and what we can do

• ​7:30PM: Schnitzel - The State of Mining Today

  • ​Creative use cases from 3D printing to excess solar to Bitcoin heated spas, and more

​---------- Localhost Research ----------

• ​8PM: Justin - FIBRE & STALETIP

  • ​Learn about the history of FIBRE, its development, and why it's an important primitive for the future of Bitcoin. Justin will also touch on the new STALETIP network message and why stale blocks are an important proxy signal for the health of the mining ecosystem.

• ​8:30PM: David Gumberg - Compact Block Prefilling

  • ​David recently introduced an implementation of mempool-based prefilling in Bitcoin Core, a long-standing idea that has now come to life thanks to David's hard work. He'll give some context on the change and how it improved compact block reconstruction rates.