New DC conference for Bitcoin and Ethereum developers begins

Developer conferences aimed at founders, computer scientists, developers, and designers of cryptocurrency tokens and blockchain technology are typically held in cities such as San Francisco, New York, or other tech hubs around the world. Masu. Washington, D.C. may not immediately come to mind as the epicenter of cryptography, but a combination of remote work policies and policy conference burnout led to Genesis' first conference exclusively for D.C. developers. was held.

So if you're interested in a decent drink of technical blockchain development speakers and panels that include policy talks on ice, the first ETHDC conference will be held tomorrow, May 14th at around 9:30am ET on Culture It will be held at House DC. I had the opportunity to speak with Shailee Adinolfi, a business development manager at TrustMachines who has been involved in the DC blockchain space for many years. She explained how she identified a growing ecosystem of developers in DC, Virginia, and Maryland. Within a few years, we had grown to 300 people.

Adinolfi said, “The Genesis ETHDC conference aims to spotlight DC area founders in the cryptocurrency space. We formed the DC DAO and the idea for ETHDC was born. We wanted to have our own non-policy-focused event where we talk about everything we're working on, like rollups, token standards and abstractions. We want to grow, succeed and partner with each other.”

TrustMachines is a company focused on developing Bitcoin at a time when there is renewed interest in developing applications on top of Bitcoin's base layer, which many are describing as a Bitcoin renaissance.
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Ecosystem. Adinolfi sees an opportunity for the company to use its own Bitcoin wallet to build Bitcoin applications that could replace fees from Bitcoin miners that naturally diminish over time. He explained that it could provide an alternative financial incentive to hold on to Bitcoin. Make your network secure and future-proof.

Many companies are represented, including UniSwap, MetaMask, and Casa. Adinolfi said developers attending the conference will be able to “talk about how these companies have handled decentralized token issuance in a secure space, which is something developers want to talk about, not policymakers.” He said he aims to “understand.”

Of course, we cannot ignore the policy discussions that may arise with the aforementioned companies, especially regarding MetaMask and self-custodial wallets. Adolfini said self-custodial wallets are “similar to a browser, but you own all your cookies, bookmarks, and their data, and you can easily switch providers and keep it all intact.” explained.

After UniSwap announced that it had received a Wells Notice from the SEC and ConsenSys, the developer of the MetaMask wallet, also received a Wells Notice, the company announced that it would sue the SEC in defense of Ethereum.
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Ecosystem. Both companies are shielding themselves from potential regulatory enforcement actions on policy and legal fronts, and for now it's clear they're still interested in building in the U.S. The question is whether they want to issue it and under what circumstances. Of course, that will have to be left to another meeting.