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BUIP027: Satoshi's Vision - Development & Scaling Conference
Proposer: Andrew Clifford
Submitted: 2016-09-31
Status: passed

Summary

This is an Operational BUIP requesting BU membership approval for the expenditure to hold a small conference for the purpose of bringing together noted* Bitcoin developers to overview, discuss, critique and prioritize many of the leading software enhancements which enable a far higher capacity for transactional throughput on-chain.
* active developers of any full-node implementation who also support the on-chain scaling ethos.

Objectives

This conference has several strands:

  1. Reaffirmation of Satoshi Nakamoto's original vision described in his

    2008 whitepaper and later forum correspondence.

  2. Make the case for multiple implementations, i.e. decentralized

    development, resolving the last major centralizing force within the Bitcoin ecosystem.

  3. Presentations: Selected items drawn from the Bitcoin Unlimited

    proposed development roadmap.

  4. Panel and breakout discussions to debate specific on-chain scaling

    changes

  5. Networking: CTOs from Bitcoin ecosystem businesses will be invited

    to participate.

  6. Prepare the groundwork for paid developers to enhance BU full-node

    software on a per-project basis which are approved by technical BUIPs.

  7. Publicity for BU itself as a growing centre of development

    excellence for Bitcoin full-node software.

Expenditure

Budget: $20,000 with a further $5,000 reserve if necessary.
BU to be the major sponsor for the event but will attempt to mitigate costs by attracting additional sponsorship.
Funds to cover the conference room, catering and direct conference expenses for approximately 10 attendees. Externally invited attendees are additional but not reimbursed for expenses. (estimate ~10)

Edit: Funds to be available for live-streaming of the presentations and panel discussions. Recordings of these will be made available. Also, the keynote presentations will be translated into major languages and then available later on.

Location and Date:

San Francisco area (TBD).
September 25th (provisional date) but the option exists to defer if necessary.