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 + Power
- 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 trying to find modern initiatives on the forefront of accelerating the capability of Bitcoin to scale and incorporate larger transaction quantity whereas increasing use instances past financial worth switch.
The Layer 2 + Scaling Expertise monitor is targeted on figuring out prime founders and corporations engaged on purposes associated to Lightning, various Layer 2 proposals, cross-chain settlement and the utilization of newly recognized tech together with BitVM.
Mining + Power
Bitcoin mining maintains a singular place within the broader vitality panorama given its flexibility, geographic distribution and capability as a instrument for distinctive vitality providers. The Mining + Power monitor will carry collectively innovators creating novel enterprise purposes for bitcoin mining, {hardware}, software program and firmware for operations, in addition to the digital infrastructure for enabling the expansion of bitcoin mining all over the world.
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 monitor seeks to focus on modern 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 dear 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 enviornment and can acknowledge the highest open supply initiatives within the Bitcoin ecosystem.
Ordinals
Ordinals have exploded onto the scene up to now 12 months, upending the marketplace for digital collectibles and altering the market dynamics of the complete crypto ecosystem. The Ordinals monitor is looking for 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 economic system they function in.
Suppose 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.
Considering Sponsoring?
Click on right here to inquire about title sponsorship, particular person monitor sponsorship, or to see how your Enterprise fund can become involved as a choose for the competitors.
