2024-11-16 –, Nakamoto Stage
What are CBDCs, are they with us in a room right now? Are they dangerous? What can we and should we do about it?
This panel will discuss CBDCs, their current state and their role in the future. The war on cash and initiatives like FedNow and PIX are enhancing digital banking and payments but many see them as a threat. Should we be afraid of CBDCs, what exactly is a CBDC and what role does Bitcoin and Lightning play in that technological tour the force?
Joe Davison first heard about Bitcoin in 2011, but did not receive his first satoshi until January, 2014. He later served as a technical program manager at Google and Apple, where he focused primarily on payments, identity, and commerce infrastructure. In 2022, he founded Payments Engineering, which enables developers and enterprises to optimize payment flows across bitcoin, blockchain, and legacy payments infrastructure. A father of two children, Joe is an advocate of free speech, free markets, and Christian family values.
Juan Diego is country manager El Salvador at IBEX. He has been building the tools for adopting since the beginning and is immersed in building Lightning technology and communicating with enterprises and institutions. Juan Diego is a El Salvadorean entrepreneur and technology leader and studied Finance & Economics.
Efrat, a freedom & bitcoin maximalist, is a marketing expert, public speaker, podcaster, and independent journalist, covering the growing global control regime, CBDC & monetary changes, politics, and propaganda. She is taking her audiences on a journey from red to orange pill.