The Web3 Stack with Pantera, bloXroute, Enigma, Near, and Elixxir

bloXroute Labs is a leading venture-backed technology startup founded by researchers and software veterans from Northwestern University. It is the only layer zero blockchain scalability solution that solves the scalability bottleneck at its core: underneath the blockchain at the network layer. bloXroute has developed a Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN) that scales blockchains to 1000’s transactions per second.

bloXroute Labs

Technical talks by each of the teams, followed by a panel moderated by Pantera. Food and drinks will be provided.

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Please note RSVP does not guarantee entry. Only the first 100 people to arrive will gain entry. There are already over 100 RSVPs. <h2></h2><h2>Sponsored by Maven11, Pantera, and IOSG</h2><h2></h2><h2>Schedule:</h2><h2></h2>6pm - 6:15pm: Grab food and settle in 6:15 - 6:30pm: Solving for Privacy and Usability, Guy Zyskind, Enigma 6:35 - 6:50pm: Comparing dApps and App Chains, Illia Polosukhin, NEAR 6:55 - 7:10pm: Net Neutrality: The Unexpected Solution to Blockchain Scaling, Professor Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Co-Founder at bloXroute Labs7:15 - 7:30pm: Data Privacy, David Chaum, CEO Elixxir7:35pm: Pantera Introduction 7:40 - 8:00pm: Panel Q&A 8:00 - 8:30pm: Networking <h2>Speakers &amp; Sponsors Bios:</h2><h2></h2>Guy Zyskind is the cofounder and CEO of Enigma. Prior to founding Enigma, Guy was a graduate student at MIT researching and teaching blockchain technology. Guy has authored several academic papers, most recently on privacy and the blockchain, including the Enigma whitepaper (downloaded over 100K times) and “Decentralizing Privacy: Using Blockchain to Protect Personal Data”, which has over 700 academic citations and appeared in IEEE SPW 15’. Previously, Guy led the development of several start-up companies. Guy holds a M.S. from MIT and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Tel-Aviv University.Professor Aleksandar Kuzmanovic, Co-Founder and Chief Architect at bloXroute Labs, is a Net Neutrality expert and full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Northwestern University. Professor Kuzmanovic's work includes writing the TCP-LP protocol deployed in Linux that allows bulk data transfers without compromising performance and developing DDOS countermeasures deployed by Akamai, the world’s largest cloud provider. Professor Kuzmanovic co-founded Google’s Measurement Lab initiative for monitoring global Net Neutrality and the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded him a NSF Career Award for his work on Net Neutrality.Philipp Angele is the Director of Video Product at LivePeer, a scalable Platform as a Service for developers who want to add live or on-demand video to their project.Prior he was a Senior Product Manager at Wowza Streaming Cloud, CEO &amp; Co-Founder at Camfoo, and CEO &amp; Co-Founder at Camcast.Illia Polosukhin is an ICPC finalist and has more than 10 years of industry experience, including 3 years at Google where he was a major TensorFlow contributor and a manager of the team building question answering capabilities for the core Google search.Paul Veradittakit is a Partner at Pantera Capital and focuses on the firm’s venture capital and hedge fund investments. Paul has helped to launch the firm’s second venture fund and currency funds, executing over 100 investments. Paul also sits on the board of Staked and Blockfolio, is a mentor at The House Fund, Boost VC, and CDL, and is an advisor to Orchid, Origin, and Enigma.Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on ventures, tokens, and projects related to blockchain tech, digital currency, and crypto assets. As the first U.S. Bitcoin investment firm, Pantera Capital is one of the largest institutional owners of cryptocurrencies.Maven11 is a prominent European investment firm solely focused on DLT / blockchain tech related ventures, tokens, digital currencies and digital assets. They are a diverse team of serial entrepreneurs and traditional finance professionals and above all passionate believers that blockchain technology will fundamentally change economic and social structures.IOSG Venture Fund invests in very early-stage ventures, covering blockchain, cryptography, machine learning, fintech, and more. Their investment focus is centered around areas with strong growth potential and disruptive power, robust community and focused use-case.