Pitch Day at The Bitcoin Convention is again! Bitcoin Journal and The Bitcoin Convention are on the lookout for 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 Expertise
- Mining + Vitality
- Investing (Alpha)
- Open Supply
- Ordinals
- Locals 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 Expertise
As Bitcoin adoption heats up, demand for block house continues to develop, and we’re looking for revolutionary initiatives on the forefront of accelerating the capability of Bitcoin to scale and incorporate higher transaction quantity whereas increasing use instances past financial worth switch.
The Layer 2 + Scaling Expertise observe is concentrated on figuring out prime founders and corporations engaged on functions associated to Lightning, different Layer 2 proposals, cross-chain settlement and the utilization of newly recognized tech together with BitVM.
Mining + Vitality
Bitcoin mining maintains a novel place within the broader power panorama given its flexibility, geographic distribution and capability as a software for distinctive power providers. The Mining + Vitality observe will deliver 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 determine the following prime Bitcoin fund supervisor to supply $1 million USD in seed capital to deploy their technique.
Because the bitcoin market has modified dramatically with the arrival of Spot ETFs in the US, the Investing observe seeks to spotlight revolutionary 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 this time enjoys. The Open Supply observe 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 12 months, upending the marketplace for digital collectibles and altering the market dynamics of all the crypto ecosystem. The Ordinals observe 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 a complete.
Locals Solely
Pitch Day is coming to Nashville, and it’s solely proper to spotlight the homegrown Bitcoin expertise within the Music Metropolis. The Locals Solely observe is placing the highest Nashville-based Bitcoin startups on the map it doesn’t matter what sector of the Bitcoin economic system they function in.
Suppose You Have What it Takes?
startups and open supply initiatives might apply to compete in Bitcoin Pitch at Bitcoin 2024. Click on right here to enter the competitors.
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