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Liberty in Tech

Liberty In Tech Conference
Charleston, SC - April 24-26, 2024

Navigating the Digital Frontier: Unleashing the Power of Bitcoin, AI, and Blockchain to Champion Technological Freedom

Explore concepts of liberty and freedom in emerging technologies over three days in one of the most beautiful and historic city's in America, Charleston, SC.

The 2022 conference, SC Bitcoin Blockchain Week, was an instant hit with attendees, sponsors, and speakers. The 2024 edition of Liberty in Tech promises to be even better.

Liberty In Tech

"Free Speech or Double Speak? Jefferson in 1776 or Orwell in 1984? Gold, Dollars, or Bitcoin ETF? Deep Fakes or Truth? What’s a CBDC or a stablecoin? Explore all these questions and how emerging technologies have the potential to shape the future of humanity, either ushering in a golden age or enabling a dystopian world controlled by the elite. Hear from world class industry specialists and leadership. Don't miss this opportunity to learn how we can build liberty through technology. Grab your ticket now and use the code love30 for a 30% discount that expires on Valentine's Day! Space is limited.

Bitcoin

Decentralized freedom money at its core with centralized agendas knocking on the door attempting to regulate it. Explore aspects of education, self-sovereignty, security, economics, mining, energy usage, and empowerment that Bitcoin provides in everyday lives around the world. From the amazing hard money properties of Bitcoin, to how it works in a retail environment, to using it on a daily basis for protecting your stack, to learning it from a Bitcoin 101 expert, this conference will have you pumped!

Artificial Intelligence

Transparency and Accountability. Two words often used in AI but how do you guarantee the machine is providing correct results? Digital Assets will play an important role in guaranteeing authenticity, but we are just beginning to understand how Blockchain and AI will converge. Who is making the rules? How does it work? Where is the human component? Can I trust the results? What's better 4 or 5 centralized datasets or millions of nodes democratizing data? Who controls AI? Will AI destroy jobs? We will explore these and other questions whether as they apply to all sectors of our economy.

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Blockchain

The open ledger of a public blockchain powers decentralized finance (defi), enhances accountability in the supply chain, streamlines the legal process thru smart contracts, builds wealth thru tokenization of assets, secures personal data thru identity management, and even facilitates retail sales thru gift card management. The potential is amazing! Come experience and learn about real-life uses of blockchain technology and transparency.

Connecting People, Policy and Technology

Join us to explore the change and promise of technology and freedom in South Carolina.

Economic Development
Digital Asset Data Centers are an estimated $1.5 billion opportunity in South Carolina that puts stranded and excess power generation to work in short order. But our state is at a crossroads and could lose the very industry that safeguarded it from a blackout on December 24, 2022, the day the lights went out in NC but not SC. Why? Learn how you can benefit from Bitcoin mining, even on a small scale, and drive a circular economy that promotes savings, education, innovation, and expands financial inclusion while also providing much-needed power when we need it the most. 

Education
What is digital currency literacy? What should you know about digital wallets, public/private keys, self-custody, mobile identity and accessing both the Bitcoin & Lightning Network, the only public financial network that allows you and your business to send money anywhere in the world instantly with little to no fees.

Policy Guidance
We are writing the rules today for both the financial system and the intelligent platforms that will control our everyday lives very shortly.

With multiple bills in Congress driven by the industry’s arch-rival, Sen. Elizabeth Warren,  President Biden’s Executive Order on AI favoring big tech and threatening to shut down innovation in a nascent industry, a first-of-its-kind in the nation, AI Committee in the SC House, and up to 5 blockchain-related bills in the SC General Assembly there’s a lot to learn and a lot at stake.

Get informed, and help shape government & legal policies through active involvement and targeted education. All, while South Carolina was the first state to appropriate funds for “Digital Currency Literacy.”  

The future is bright but in a state that is highly competitive and extremely successful at bringing manufacturing jobs to South Carolina, we are now at risk of paving over  our rural roots and it’s time to diversify and attract knowledge-based businesses to our state. Find out how you can help change that and how a friendly policy initiative can guide, create more personal freedoms, and make our state a regional powerhouse that fosters innovation, protects our constitutional rights and guards against centralized control of our money and thoughts.

Foster Investment
Build your network, connect with stakeholders, discover startups and early-stage technology companies in the Palmetto State and from around the world.

Call For Sponsors

The 2024 Liberty in Tech Conference is coming up in April during the Bitcoin Halving.  It will be here before you know it.  Reach out for a sponsor deck and promote your business to our industry attendees. 

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Conference Speakers

Curtis Loftis

Honorable Curtis Loftis

South Carolina State Treasurer

Honorable Curtis Loftis

The Honorable Curtis M. Loftis, South Carolina State Treasurer
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Scott Stornetta

Scott Stornetta

Yugen Partners Crypto VC
Bitcoin White Paper Citation (3)

Scott Stornetta

Yugen Partners Crypto VC, Chief Scientist Bitcoin White Paper Citation (3)
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Caitlin Long

Custodia Bank, Founder

Caitlin Long

Custodia Bank, Founder & CEO Founder & CEO at Custodia Bank, #bitcoin since 2012. 22-yr Wall St veteran. Caitlin played a pivotal role in Wyoming becoming the first state in the nation to adopt Blockchain Laws establishing legal framework to accept Bitcoin in a state.
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Shawna Hoffman

Shawnna Hoffman

Responsible AI, Blockchain & Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert

Shawnna Hoffman

Ms. Hoffman is an accomplished leader and expert in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain, with a distinguished career spanning industry and government.
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Lamar Wilson

Black Bitcoin Billionaire

Lamar Wilson

Founder of the largest organized Bitcoin social group in the world, Black Bitcoin Billionaire
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Dennis Porter

Dennis Porter

Satoshi Action Fund

Dennis Porter

Satoshi Action Fund
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Carlos Toriello

Digital Witness

Carlos Toriello

Carliño led FiscalDigital.net, the only election audit to review all 150k+ public documents and verify 56 million votes across 366 elections in Guatemala. SimpleProof.com's Bitcoin back-up service and the Lightning Network incentivized over 1k volunteers with 66 million Satoshis.
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Carl Agren

Phoenix Group, CEO

Carl Agren

Motivated and visionary Senior IT professional noted for superb leadership of enterprise IT operations, driving business innovation, risk management and mitigation strategist, multinational team guidance, and is passionate about delivering and managing technology that empowers business.
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Joseph McKinney

Catawba Nation
Digital Economic Zone

Joseph McKinney

Catawba Indian Nation
Digital Economic Zone
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Wendy Damron

Palmetto Promise Institute

Wendy Damron

Wendy Damron is the President & CEO of Palmetto Promise Institute, a free-market policy thinktank founded by Senator Jim DeMint in 2013. Wendy is a CPA and lives in Mt. Pleasant, SC.
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Gerald Gallagher

General Counsel, Nation.io
Principal, Red Clay Capital

Gerald Gallagher

General Counsel, Nation.io, Principal, Red Clay Capital Twitter: @thatgerald Linked In: Gerald Gallagher
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Michael Marion

Bitcoin 101 Educator

Mike Marion

Writer, Thinker, Bitcoin 101 Educator
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Curtis Harris

Compass Mining

Curtis Harris

Bitcoin Mining | Electricity | Communicator | Strategist | Innovator | Creator | Relationship Builder
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Dan Spuller

Blockchain Association

Dan Spuller

Director of Industry Affairs at Blockchain Association -Head of Industry Affairs, Blockchain Association -Previously Chamber of Digital Commerce, 2016-20 -Co-Chair, North Carolin Blockchain Initiative -Co-Founder, Cryptolina Bitcoin Expo, 2013
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Robert Malka

Robert Malka

Bitcoin Today Coalition
Board Member

Robert Malka

Robert Malka is on the Board of the Bitcoin Today Coalition, advocating for pro-Bitcoin regulation with legislators and regulators. Robert is a core team member designing My First Bitcoin's curriculum - the first required bitcoin certification program at a public high school in the world.
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Jonathan Dunsmoor

Jonathan Dunsmoor

Chief Development Officer of the Blue Rock Organization, a nonprofit

Jonathan Dunsmoor

Working to Revolutionize Digital Assets | Investor | Speaker | Blockchain Believer
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Eric Lapin

Eric Lapin

FormFree.com, President

Eric Lapin

FormFree® CSO, Consumer Financial DNA, Fintech, Web3, Mortgage, Strategy, Revenue & Title Abstract
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Ken Chapman

Ken Chapman

Finance

Ken Chapman

Finance
Gordon Jones

Dr. Gordon Jones

AI & Blockchain

Dr. Gordon Jones

Evangelizes... the Sport of Pickleball, AI to Cloneyourself & Blockchain for Decentralization
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Mark Boyce

Finance

Mark Boyce

Mark Boyce is a founder of a family office with a focus on crypto, fintech, blockchain, and healthcare. Previously he was a Microsoft, IBM executive and Wall Street tech investment banker. His charitable endeavors include support for the Ukrainian refugee crisis.
Dennis Fassuliotis

Dennis Fassuliotis

Conference Host SCETA, President

Dennis Fassuliotis

President, SC Emerging Tech Assoc Host of SC Blockchain Week, Executive Director & Co-founder of South Carolina Emerging Tech Association, Inc.
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Dr. Brian Houillion, PhD

Dr Brian Houillion,PhD

Asst Professor, Global Business,
University of the Cumberlands

Dr. Brian Houillion, PhD

Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor for MSc Global Business with Blockchain Technology at University of the Cumberlands
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Craig Ratliff

Craig Ratliff

SCETA, Director
25yr Banking Finance

Craig Ratliff

Director for South Carolina Emerging Tech Association, Crypto/Blockchain since 2015
25 yr Banking Industry Finance veteran.
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Doug Morton

AlpacaRMS, Founder
SCETA, Director

BrewsBitcoin

BTCRetailX, Founder
Lightning Payments Teacher
Charleston Bitcoin Meetup Leader
Educate and Empower!
Twitter: @brewsbitcoin
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Jerry Dwyer

Gerald P Dwyer Jr

Professor Emeritus of Economics and BB&T Scholar at Clemson University

Gerald P Dwyer Jr

Professor Emeritus of Economics and BB&T Scholar at Clemson University. Created and taught a course on Cryptoassets. Formerly founding Director of the Center for Financial Innovation and Stability and a Vice President at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. Recognized researcher on Cryptoassets.
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Robert Matheson

NFT Museum of Newberry, SC

Robert Matheson

Mission: The Non-Fungible Token Museum is a contemporary digital art museum featuring both a physical and virtual space for NFT art education, collaboration and exhibition. Twitter, Instagram, Facebook & Youtube: @NFTMuseumSC
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Hardware and Art Showcases

NFT Museum of Newberry, SC

Robert Matheson, Founder

NFT Museum of Newberry, SC

Robert Matheson brings his NFT Museum to Charleston to showcase some of the ongoing art being shown and developed by artists at the NFT Museum of Newberry, SC.
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