DeFi is conventional financial tools built on a blockchain. Ethereum is one of the platforms widely used for lending protocols, security tokens, derivatives, exchanges and more. Defi are mostly predicated on open-source protocols or modular frameworks for creating and issuing digital assets and are designed to confer notable advantages of operating on a public blockchain like censorship-resistance and improved access to financial services.

In this event we talk about Decentralized finance and present HashMarket, a market for renting "Hash Power". It buys and/or sells hash power normally used for bitcoin mining. The price of hash power is often more than its "worth in bitcoin" (= the amount of bitcoin it is expected to generate). One example of such a marketplace was GPUMAX, ran by Pirateat40.

Hash markets can be used to obtain large amounts of hash power, in order to perform various attacks that require high hash rate against some alt-chains (or theoretically bitcoin itself).

Agenda:

19:30-19:45 Registration

19:45-20:00 Welcome session

20:00-20:45 HashMarket presentation

20:45-21:00 Q&A

Speakers

David J. Garcia

Energetic Economist, skilled in Blockchain and DLT Technologies, Tokeconomics and its impact of the cryptoeconomy in new business models researcher. Cryptoassets analyst and leading formation projects in cryptos, Fintech and Banking . Blockchain consultant for businesses and professor at Blockchain Institue & Technology. Public speaker and entrepreneur in Blockchain, mining, Fintech, Marketplaces, and Tourism. David es economista con formación de postgrado en Blockchain y tecnologías DLT, investigador de Bitcoin y el impacto de la criptoeconomía y su afectación en nuevos modelos de negocio: tokenomics. Analista experto de criptoactivos lidera programas de formación en este ámbito y experto en Banca Digital y Fintech. Consultor de Blockchain para empresas y profesor titular del Blockchain Institute & Technology primer centro mundial de formación reglada en Blockchain. Conferenciante y emprendedor en areas como Blockchain y Minería en Doctor Miner, Fintech, Marketplaces y Turismo

Loha Hashimy

Loha works as an innovation consultant at Knowledge Innovation Market (KIM). She helps public and private entities in transferring innovative projects and the development of digital transformation strategies. Currently affiliated with the Autonomous University of Barcelona as Ph.D. candidate, she investigates the uptake of Distributed Ledger Technologies and its impact on the adoption of open innovation by SMEs. She works with institutions, large firms, SMEs, Universities, and governmental entities to help them in:

• Mapping the state of art, and evaluating the challenges and opportunities generated by the new technologies
• Understanding the impact of innovative projects on society, economy, and environment.
• Assessment of new opportunities generated by decentralized applications and distributed technologies.
• identifying new research areas to formulate policy recommendation for sustainable innovation and development of new business models.

She has more than 8 years of experience at different international organizations as DAI/USAID, UNWomen, and YouNoodle. She has co-founded Life-Skills Development Center (LDC), a non-profit organization that empowers women and youth, when she had 16 years old.

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