The Baltic Honeybadger conference is driven by the cypherpunk movement with the goal of creating an educational and community-driven event. The conference attracts high-profile speakers from all around the world with diverse backgrounds — from technical engineers and cybersecurity professionals to business owners and bestselling authors.
Baltic Honeybadger is one of the most respected Bitcoin conferences in the space. Baltic Honeybadger was held in Riga, Latvia on September 22 and 23 and features world renown speakers and panelists including Adam Back, Saifedean Ammous, Elizabeth Stark, Jameson Lopp, Peter Todd, Tuur Demeester, WhalePanda, Florian Maier, Tone Vays, Matt Corallo, Yurii Rashkovskii, Mir, Nic Carter and many more.
Every year Bitcoiners from around the globe make the trek to Riga to enjoy the festivities and charm this magical city has to offer. If you missed the conference, you can watch the livestream for each day below.
Baltic Honeybadger 2018 Bitcoin conference, Riga, day 1
Baltic Honeybadger 2018 Bitcoin conference, Riga, day 2
Timestamps, courtesy of the conference organizers and sponsors Hodl Hodl exchange.
DAY 1
35:48 - The Reserve Currency Fallacy by Eric Voskuil
1:05:34 - Trustlessness, Scalability, and Directions in Security Models by Matt Corallo
1:41:42 - 1 on 1: Current state of the market & institutional investors Leo Weiss with Tone Vays & Bruce Fenton
2:38:19 - The future of Bitcoin smart contracts by Max Keidun
3:02:50 - The Bitcoin Standard as a layered scaling solution by Saifedean Ammous (via Skype)
3:36:10 - Beyond Bitcoin: Decentralized collaboration by Yurii Rashkovskii
4:06:30 - 1 on 1: The future of Bitcoin wallets with Pavol Rusnak & Lawrence Nahum, moderated by Giacomo Zucco
5:48:10 - Extreme OPSEC for the Modern Cypherpunk by Jameson Lopp
6:24:20 - 1 on 1: Bitcoin payment processing and merchants with Sergej Kotliar & Alena Vranova, moderated by Vortex
6:55:01 - 1 on 1: Present and future tech challenges in Bitcoin with Peter Todd & Adam Back, moderated by Pierre Roberge
7:48:45 - The Future of Lightning by Elizabeth Stark
8:24:10 - 1 on 1: Investing in bitcoin businesses with Nic Carter & Florian Maier, moderated by Matthew Mežinskis
8:52:10 - Closing panel with Elizabeth Stark, Peter Todd, Jameson Lopp, Eric Voskuil, Alex Petrov, moderated by Roman Snitko
DAY 2
11:56 - Bitcoin Maximalism dissected by Giacomo Zucco
46:18 - Trading panel with WhalePanda, Florian Maier, Tone Vays moderated by Matthew Mežinskis
1:18:27 - Bitcoin as a novel market institution by Nic Carter
1:48:54 - Global Ledgers: Scaling & Capacity for Legacy Securities Systems in the Age of Atomic Swaps by Bruce Fenton
2:10:59 - Development panel with Eric Voskuil, Bryan Bishop, Eric Lombrozo, Matt Corallo, moderated by Pierre Roberge
3:09:32 - Running an organization fully on crypto, Parallel Polis case study by Juraj Bednár
3:38:03 - B Foundation announcement by Alena Vranova & Giacomo Zucco
4:18:12 - Bitcoin, regulation and policy panel with Alex Petrov, Eric Voskuil, Leonhard Weese, Gregory Klumov moderated by Giacomo Zucco
5:12:40 - Using Bitcoin for Real Estate by Ragnar Lifthrasir
5:42:13 - Bitcoin security panel with Pavol Rusnak, Eric Lombrozo, Pierre Roberge, Jameson Lopp, moderated by Florian Maier
6:09:20 - Bitcoin custody by Bryan Bishop
6:33:36 - Bitcoin statistics & basics by Alex Petrov
7:05:09 - Cyphernode: building Bitcoin applications without trusted third parties by Francis Pouliot
7:29:08 - Closing panel with Adam Back, Giacomo Zucco, Tone Vays, Eric Lombrozo moderated by Matthew Mežinskis