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DESCRIPTION:   'Title: Cryptocurrency Opening Keynote\n   Tags: Cryptocurre
 ncy Village | Creator Talk/Panel\n   When: Friday\, Aug 7\, 11:00 - 11:59 
 PDT\n   Where: LVCCW Level 1 Hall 3 1103 (Creator Stage 5) - [1]Map\n\n   
 Description:\n\n   Join your fellow hackers managing the Cryptocurrency ar
 eas at DEF CON\,\n   and get a sneak peak of what each workshop teaches as
  well as an\n   overview of the showcases and programs happening in our DE
 F CON\n   Village and Contest areas. We will report on cryptocurrency tren
 ds and\n   perspectives from distinguished positions in industry\, academy
 \, and\n   government. We will announce the teams competing in the Cryptoc
 urrency\n   Challenge\, and give an overview of what prizes are available 
 to\n   winning contestants of the hackathon\, CTF\, and contests. Meet the
 \n   organizers of years of cryptocurrency content at Defcon and bring you
 r\n   questions to the Creator Stage during the Cryptocurrency Opening\n  
  Keynote!\n\n   Speakers:Michael "MsvB" Schloh\,Param "P7R7M"\,Izdihar\n\n
    SpeakerBio:  Michael "MsvB" Schloh\, Chairman\, Monero Devices\n\n   Th
 e Cryptocurrency Advocate is a group working to prepare society for\n   th
 e likely adoption of modern cryptocurrency in legacy financial\n   systems
 . We host a number of events\, including the Cryptocurrency\n   Village an
 d Cryptocurrency Challenge at DEFCON hacker conventions and\n   other cybe
 rsecurity events around the world.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Param "P7R7M"\n\n   
 Param is an Electrical Engineering Student from Georgia Tech with a\n   st
 rong passion for and interest in crypto. Although he primarily got\n   int
 erested in cryptography and hardware security through a class at\n   Georg
 ia Tech\, he is also working at a software company on crypto\n   adoption 
 and ease of use. With a unique blend of HW and SW skills\,\n   Param is tr
 uly enthusiastic about all aspects of crypto.\n\n   SpeakerBio:  Izdihar\,
  Swarmnetics / cyber673 / Brunei Cyber Security\n   Association\n\n   Izdi
 har is a cybersecurity practitioner who works in penetration\n   testing a
 nd tinkers with a homelab in his spare time\, where he has\n   been experi
 menting with running blockchain testnet nodes. His interest\n   in cryptoc
 urrency is mostly about understanding how the infrastructure\n   works. He
  helps run cyber673\, a small grassroots community in Brunei.\n\n   '\n\n 
   1. #LVCCW_Level1_Hall3\n\n\n
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LOCATION:Cryptocurrency Village - LVCCW Level 1 Hall 3 1103 (Creator Stage 
 5)
SUMMARY:Cryptocurrency Opening Keynote
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