Hello 👋🏼 from ATL BitLab

Bryan Nonni�Full Stack Engineer�LibertyPay (NCR)�https://libertypay.com

Stephen DeLorme�UX/UI Engineer�Voltage�https://voltage.cloud

Hello 👋🏼 from Unchained

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Trey Sellers�Head of Client Solutions�Unchained Capital�https://unchained.com/

📚 Agenda

🖥️Ethereum

💰Bitcoin

🥅Goals & Differences

🔨Bitcoin as a Tool for Human Rights & Freedom

🪨Is Bitcoin a Pet Rock?

⚡️Lightning Network

🧭Where to Learn More

Ethereum

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What is it trying to be?

• Global, decentralized computing resource
• Robust feature set, complex functionality
• Turing-complete, smart contracts

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What problems does it hope to solve?

• Improve human institutions and organization (DAO)
• Disintermediate financial institutions (DeFi / DEX)
• Access to startup funding (ICO / IDO)

Bitcoin

What is it trying to be?

• Excellent money

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What problems does it hope to solve?

• Alternative to inflationary currencies�(no money printing)
• Open access to money�(banking the unbanked)
• Censorship resistance against governments, corporations, etc.

How is Bitcoin different?

1. Different goal
2. Different design decisions
3. Different development pace

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Generally speaking:

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Ethereum�Move fast + More features + Increased complexity => Robust supercomputer

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Bitcoin�Move slow + Less features + Decrease complexity => Excellent money

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These differences lead to different outputs and interesting trade-offs.

Bitcoin: A Tool for Human Rights & Freedom

Circular Economies

• Bitcoin Beach
• Bitcoin Ekasi
• Praia Bitcoin
• Lago Bitcoin
• Bitcoin Mountain
• Bitcoin Island PH
• Cloud21Siargao
• Bitcoin Jungle
• Bitcoin Sénégal
• BitcoinBirr
• Bitcoin Beach GT
• Bitcoin Du Liban
• Bitcoin Beach Vietnam
• Bitcoin Pakistan

• Bitcoin Chile
• Bitcoin Panama
• Aceita Bitcoin
• Kiveclair
• Motiv NGO
• Ghana surfboard factory
• Bitcoin Dada
• BitcoinWitsand
• BitcoinJamii
• Amity Age
• BitcoinMtaani
• Arnhem Bitcoinstad
• Bitcoin Ubuntu
• Link to comprehensive list

Bitcoin: A Tool for Human Rights & Freedom

Remittances

Bitcoin: A Tool for Human Rights & Freedom

Dissidents

Is Bitcoin a Pet Rock? 🪨

• DLCs
• Bitcoin payments using oracle signature
• SuredBits: https://suredbits.com/
• Taro by Lightning Labs
• Tokens on Bitcoin
• Multisig
• Collaborative custody
• Unchained Capital, Casa
• Stablecoins
• Stabilizing Bitcoin against fiat for use in circular communities
• Stablesats by Galoy
• Bitcoin Design Community

• Lightning Network
• L2 solution, solves Bitcoin throughput problem
• Stacker News: Reddit + SATs
• Bitrefill: Giftcards for SATs (spend your bitcoin)
• LNBits: Robust toolset for features on Lightning
• Lightning Roulette: Fun LN gambling
• Ordinals
• Collectibles on Bitcoin
• Ordinals.com
• OrdinalHub
• Chaumian eCash
• Separate protocol using Bitcoin IOUs in community context
• FediMint
• Cashu
• Nostr
• Decentralized social media
• Damus, Amethyst, Snort

• Bitcoin is a living fossil!
• Perfectly suited for its environment 440M years ago

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Lightning Network

Remember those design decisions we talked about earlier? ��The ones that make Bitcoin slow, steady and secure?��Those aren't good for buying cups of coffee�

• Lightning fixes this
• Bitcoin: ~10 min settlement
• Lightning: <10ms settlement

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1. Establish a sound money
2. Make it fast
3. ??
4. Profit

Atlanta BitDevs

• Part of the global BitDevs movement
• Focused on technical bitcoin education
• Help getting industry jobs

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• Meetup group: https://meetup.com/atlantabitdevs/
• Meetup Notes: https://atlantabitdevs.org/
• Telegram Group

Atlanta BitPlebs

• First of two meetup groups (that we know of)
• Focused on financial / economic bitcoin education
• Meetup group: https://meetup.com/atlanta-bitplebs/
• Shares telegram with BitDevs

ATL BitLab

• Co-working for anyone
• Incubation for bitcoin startups
• Focused on bitcoin and lightning education
• Technical workshops to learn about building stuff with bitcoin and lightning
• Workshops schedule: https://www.meetup.com/atlbitlab/