Pitch Day at The Bitcoin Convention is again! Bitcoin Journal and The Bitcoin Convention are in search of the following wave of Bitcoin startups to compete within the final Bitcoin pitch competitors. Going down in Nashville July 25-27 at Bitcoin 2024, the world’s largest Bitcoin convention, founders will current their imaginative and prescient on Bitcoin’s greatest stage to panels of judges throughout 6 classes:
Layer 2 + Scaling TechnologyMining + EnergyInvesting (Alpha)Open SourceOrdinalsLocals Solely (Nashville-based startups)
Pitch Day on the Bitcoin Convention has highlighted elite Bitcoin startups throughout the ecosystem since 2021 with earlier winners together with: Debifi, Geyser Fund, Nunchuck, Alby, The Bitcoin Firm, Elixir Video games, and 24 Trade.
Layer 2 + Scaling Know-how
As Bitcoin adoption heats up, demand for block house continues to develop, and we’re trying to find progressive initiatives on the forefront of accelerating the capability of Bitcoin to scale and incorporate better transaction quantity whereas increasing use circumstances past financial worth switch.
The Layer 2 + Scaling Know-how monitor is concentrated on figuring out high founders and corporations engaged on functions associated to Lightning, various Layer 2 proposals, cross-chain settlement and the utilization of newly recognized tech together with BitVM.
Mining + Vitality
Bitcoin mining maintains a singular place within the broader vitality panorama given its flexibility, geographic distribution and capability as a software for distinctive vitality providers. The Mining + Vitality monitor will carry collectively innovators creating novel enterprise functions for bitcoin mining, {hardware}, software program and firmware for operations, in addition to the digital infrastructure for enabling the expansion of bitcoin mining world wide.
Investing (The Bitcoin Alpha Competitors)
First launched at Bitcoin 2023 in Amsterdam, The Bitcoin Alpha Competitors, sponsored by Samara Alpha Administration, is again – getting down to establish the following high Bitcoin fund supervisor to supply $1 million USD in seed capital to deploy their technique.
Because the bitcoin market has modified dramatically with the appearance of Spot ETFs in the US, the Investing monitor seeks to focus on progressive methods delivering out efficiency with BTC because the benchmark.
Open Supply
Open supply expertise lies on the coronary heart of Bitcoin and is essential to offering the precious providers that everybody transacting on Bitcoin at the moment enjoys. The Open Supply monitor is bringing the magic of the Open Supply Stage into the pitch area and can acknowledge the highest open supply initiatives within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Ordinals
Ordinals have exploded onto the scene previously yr, upending the marketplace for digital collectibles and altering the market dynamics of all the crypto ecosystem. The Ordinals monitor is in search of the highest initiatives using inscriptions – whether or not that’s within the type of digital collectibles or the infrastructure enabling the expansion of ordinals as an entire.
Locals Solely
Pitch Day is coming to Nashville, and it’s solely proper to focus on the homegrown Bitcoin expertise within the Music Metropolis. The Locals Solely monitor is placing the highest Nashville-based Bitcoin startups on the map it doesn’t matter what sector of the Bitcoin financial system they function in.
Assume You Have What it Takes?
startups and open supply initiatives could apply to compete in Bitcoin Pitch at Bitcoin 2024. Click on right here to enter the competitors.
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Click on right here to inquire about title sponsorship, particular person monitor sponsorship, or to see how your Enterprise fund can get entangled as a decide for the competitors.
