On April 8, Hong Kong time, the world's first theme summit focusing on the cutting-edge development and technical discussion of Bitcoin Layer 2, "Bitcoin Layer 2 Conference Hong Kong 2024 - East & West", held at the Charles Kao Conference Center in Hong Kong Science Park, came to a successful conclusion.

This groundbreaking offline event focused on building a communication bridge between the core builders and emerging forces of the global Bitcoin ecosystem through the form of "East & West Dialogue". At the meeting, many heavyweight industry leaders and technology experts gathered together with Bitcoin Layer 2 developers and enthusiasts to exchange ideas, share knowledge, and deeply participate in the important narrative of Web3!

01 Conference Review

As one of the key theme summits of the "2024 Hong Kong Web3 Carnival", this summit invited more than 60 innovative thinkers from the Bitcoin ecosystem in the East and West to participate in the event; at the same time, it also attracted more than 600 developers and enthusiasts who focus on Bitcoin Layer 2 to attend the conference, as well as more than 100 capital parties, project parties, security institutions, technical communities, media and surrounding resources from around the world. The gathering of multiple forces jointly contributed to the success of this summit!

- The first global offline event focusing on Bitcoin Layer 2

- Bringing together the innovative thinking of the core builders of Bitcoin ecosystem from the East and the West

- Exclusive After Party networking opportunities to gain rich industry resources

The summit was initiated by BTC Security Lab, a research institution dedicated to Bitcoin ecological security, and sponsored by BEVM, the first fully decentralized EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer 2 network. It was hosted by ScaleBit, a blockchain security team under BitsLab, and professional Web3 information service platform Web3CN, and co-organized by HashKey Capital, BiHelix, Techub News, and Hong Kong Science Park. We would like to express our gratitude to the core co-constructors!

The summit had 11 keynote speeches, 7 roundtable discussions and 1 project demonstration, which attracted the participation of more than 100 popular projects in the Bitcoin ecosystem, and received strong support from sponsors, strategic partners, strategic media partners, media partners and community partners. We sincerely thank every ecological partner for working together to promote the future innovation and development of the Bitcoin ecosystem! For more ecological partners, please pay attention to the poster.

- Title Sponsor: BEVM

- Gold sponsors: MVC, Satoshi Protocol, Zulu Network, Supra

- Silver Sponsors: BitReXe, QED Protocol, Conflux Network, LayerTwo Labs

- Bronze sponsors: ZAN, Turingbitchain, Doubler, Master Protocol, Taproot Chain, Mask Network, Citrea, Gelios

- Strategic partners: LK Venture, Comma3 Ventures, BlockTempo, Web3Labs, Bing Ventures, Coinstore

- Strategic media partners: TechFlow, ChainCatcher, MarsBit, Foresight News, CoinVoice

02 Keynotes

【Keynote 1】

In his opening speech, Paul Li, co-founder of ScaleBit, first extended a warm welcome to all participants and gave a comprehensive overview of the highlights and vision of the summit, thus kicking off the Bitcoin Layer 2 Hong Kong Theme Summit. Patrick Zhou, Senior Business Development Manager of Hong Kong Science Park, introduced Hong Kong's significant advantages in Web3 and the support and services that Hong Kong Science Park can provide.

【Keynote 2】

Jullian Duran, product manager of Marathon Digital Holdings, took the theme of "A New Multichain Vision for Bitcoin" and introduced ANDURO's multichain solution and multiple sidechains such as COORDINATE and ALYS.

【Keynote 3】

Rena Shah, Vice President of Products and Operations at Trust Machines, focused on the technical dimensions and layout of Bitcoin Layer 2 with the theme of "Bringing Bitcoin to a Billion People with Bitcoin L2s", and highlighted the progress of Ordinals and Stacks.

【Keynote 4】

Babylon co-founder and CTO Fisher Yu shared a technical speech covering Bitcoin Layer 2, Bitcoin Staking, and BTC PoW on the theme of "Bitcoin Staking for L2s", and concluded that Babylon is a protocol suite that brings BTC security, users, and liquidity to Layer 2.

【Keynote 5】

BEVM Marketing Director Hakan Sezikli gave an in-depth introduction to BEVM Stack and DBFX Protocol under the theme of "BEVM: An EVM-compatible Bitcoin Layer 2 based on Taproot Consensus", and shared BEVM's development roadmap, technical architecture and ecosystem.

【Keynote 6】

Luke Vinci, co-founder of Zulu Network, gave a comprehensive introduction to Zulu Network's solutions for the innovative development of the Bitcoin ecosystem with the theme of "Zulu Network, Bitcoin Layer 2 for An Open Future", and focused on its unique architecture and vision.

【Keynote 7】

MVC committee member Rachel Tsang gave a speech titled "MVC: The Revolutionary Sidechain of Bitcoin". She talked about how MVC, as an open source sidechain, has outstanding performance in the Bitcoin ecosystem, and introduced its technological innovations and user cases.

【Keynote 8】

Gimmy, co-founder of Satoshi Protocol, took the topic of "Satoshi Protocol: Why CDP Stablecoin on Bitcoin L2" and used stablecoin as the entry point for his keynote speech. He shared the significant features of Bitcoin Layer 2, CDP style, and ERC-20 format, and summarized the current progress of Satoshi Protocol.

【Keynote 9】

ScaleBit blockchain researcher Zorrot Chen discussed the current situation of Bitcoin ecosystem developers and the changes after the Taproot upgrade under the theme of "We Choose the Hard Way: Developing in the Bitcoin Ecosystem", and proposed the open source repository Tapscript Lib.

【Keynote 10】

Brendon Wann, founder and chief architect of BitReXe, took the theme of "Parallel Smart Contract Layer on Bitcoin: Drawing Lessons from Ethereum" and used scalability as the entry point to introduce two key points of BitReXe: Deterministic Parallelization and First-Class Assets.

【Projects Showcase】

In the project demonstration session, 11 popular projects focusing on the innovative development of the Bitcoin ecosystem gave keynote speeches on the theme of "Bitcoin Layer 2 is Raising". After the demonstration, OKX Web3 product growth expert Monica Liu, ViaBTC investment research director Rebecca Chow, and Bitcoin researcher Pepper conducted professional reviews on the demonstration projects.

- David Li, Founder of Master Protocol

- Ronnie Lau, Co-founder of Bool Network

- Hannah, Co-founder of TerpLayer

- PATH Protocol Chinese Ambassador Jacky

- Charlie Hu, co-founder of Bitlayer

- Ken, Co-founder of Hacash.com

- Turingbitchain CMO NIGO

- Yves La Rose, Co-founder and CEO of EOS Network Foundation

- Austin Alexander, co-founder of LayerTwo Labs

- Jolestar, Founder and CTO of Rooch Network

- Rose Li, Lightec Partner and Ecosystem Director

【Keynote 11】

Jack Kong, founder of Nano Labs and director of Hong Kong Cyberport, took the theme of "New Opportunities in Web3 Development" and elaborated on the four stages of Web3 development and the six current hot spots. He also focused on the three hot spots in the Bitcoin ecosystem, namely Inscription, Runes and Layer 2.

03 Panels

【Panel 1】

Moderated by Bitcoin angel investor and consultant Kevin Williams, the session themed “Bitcoin Layer 2, East & West” explored in depth the impact of cultural and regulatory differences between the East and the West on the adoption and innovation of Bitcoin Layer 2 solutions, while also discussing how the global Bitcoin community should work together to overcome current challenges.

Roundtable guests:

- ALEX CTO Chan Ahn

- Ed Roman, Managing Partner, Hack VC

- Orkun Mahir Kilic, Co-founder of Citrea

- Phoenix, Head of Business Development and Partnerships, B² Network

- Vineet Budki, CEO of Cypher Capital

【Panel 2】

Hosted by Alma Li, founder and CEO of Techub NEWS, the topic was "Bitcoin Layer 2 Ecosystem: Infra and DApps", which comprehensively discussed the challenges, contributions and innovations faced by infrastructure and decentralized applications in the development of Bitcoin Layer 2.

Roundtable guests:

- Gimmy, Co-founder of Satoshi Protocol

- Hanzhi Liu, co-founder of Nubit

- Jason Kwok, Co-founder and COO of MVC

- Leo Lin, Founder of Arkreen

- Rachel Yu, Co-founder and COO of ALEX

【Panel 3】

Hosted by Nicole Liu, founding partner of Comma3 Ventures, the session was themed "VCs Perspectives: How to Grow Bitcoin Layer 2 Ecosystem". From the perspective of venture capital, she shared investment strategies for Bitcoin Layer 2 projects and provided effective advice for entrepreneurs seeking to raise funds.

Roundtable guests:

- Edward, Partner of CGV FoF Singapore

- Elaine Yang, Investment Director of Waterdrip Capital and Head of Investment at Satoshi Lab

- Jun, Vice President of Sora Ventures

- Kyle Ellicott, Partner at Bitcoin Frontier Fund

- Omer Ozden, Chairman, RockTree Capital

【Panel 4】

Hosted by Luis Loh, CEO of ScaleBit and BTC Security Lab, the topic was “Tech Perspective: What Exactly is Bitcoin Layer 2”. He discussed in depth what Bitcoin Layer 2 is from a technical perspective, and shared the technical challenges and solutions in the development and integration process, as well as future development trends.

Roundtable guests:

- Carter Jack Feldman, Founder and CEO of QED Protocol

- Jay Lee, CEO of Bison Labs

- Jeffrey Hu, Head of Investment Research, HashKey Capital

- BEVM core developer Jhon

- Matt Ye, CEO of Lorenzo Protocol

【Panel 5】

Hosted by TechFlow Marketing Manager Airis, the topic was “What's the Next Engine for the Bitcoin Ecosystem”. The discussion included the possibility of Bitcoin ecology after the popularity of Inscription and BRC-20, as well as Meme and WIF/Bome in different ecosystems.

Roundtable guests:

- Austin Alexander, co-founder of LayerTwo Labs

- Eric Lifson, co-founder of Zulu Network

- AINN Ecosystem Developer Fukaeri

- Joshua Tobkin, Supra Co-Founder and CEO

【Panel 6】

Hosted by Sawyer, co-founder of BTC Security Lab, with the theme of "Ignite Bitcoin Layer 2: Exploring the Co-creation of Chinese Power in Web3", the discussion explored the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western cultures in the entire Web3 ecosystem, and also focused on the next outbreak point of the Bitcoin ecosystem, as well as the contributions and challenges of the Chinese community in the blockchain field.

Roundtable guests:

- Cipher, author of RGB++ protocol and founder of CELL Studio

- Deng Peng, Founding Partner of LK Venture

- Bitcoin researcher Hong Shuning

- Jennie, Bitcoin Ecosystem Director at Web3Labs

- Yang Guang, Research Director of Conflux Network

【Panel 7】

Moderated by Martin Mark Hynek, venture capital partner of MIIX Capital, the session was themed "The Opportunities and Challenges of Bitcoin Layer 2", exploring the main challenges and solutions facing the adoption and integration of Bitcoin Layer 2, sharing cooperation cases, and discussing the future role of Bitcoin Layer 2 in the broader blockchain and cryptocurrency fields.

Roundtable guests:

- Cecilia, Ambassador of Mirror Staking Protocol

- Cora, Operations Manager at bitSmiley

- Ike Lee, Head of Investment, Web3Port

- Jagdeep, CEO of SYS Labs and President of Syscoin Foundation

Sincere thanks to the above speakers for their wonderful speeches and unique insights! I believe that all participants, like us, have gained a wealth of industry knowledge and unforgettable memories. The Bitcoin Layer 2 Hong Kong Theme Summit has come to a successful conclusion. More plans for the Bitcoin ecosystem are being promoted. Stay tuned!