Ben Jones

Optimism
Co-Founder
Ben Jones is the Co-Founder of Optimism, where he focuses on advancing the ecosystem’s mission and shaping governance to reduce platform risk for Superchain partners. Ben is one of the earliest Ethereum researchers. He co-founded Plasma Group, a nonprofit research collective that evolved into Optimism and helped catalyze its mission to scale Ethereum.
Other Speakers

Wesley

Xia

Momentum
Head Janitor

Charles

St. Louis

Ethereum Foundation
DeFi, App Relations & Research

Jake

Claver

Digital Ascension Group
CEO & Principal

Wooster

Han

Hashed
Head of Communications

Harriet

Hageman

House of Representatives
Congresswoman

William

Mougayar

Ethereum Market Research Center
Founder & Author

Harshal Dhanesh

Bhangale

Circle
Staff Software Engineer

Jonny

Howle

Para
Design Lead

Ben

Schiller

Miden
Head of Comms and Special Advisor

Jen

Luker

Consensys, MetaMask
Director of Product Security

Matthew

Green

Professor CS John's Hopkins / Co-inventor of Zcash

Banafsheh

Fathieh

Faction
General Partner

CupOJoseph

Nerite
Founder

Samuel

Jacques-Cloutier

Hash Directorships
Independent Director, Consultant

Jatin

Pandya

Canton Foundation
Developer Relations Manager

Will

Shannon

Lido
Head of Node Operator Mechanisms

Bren

Maciel

August & Upshift
Institutional Business Development

Jason

Nelson

Decrypt
Journalist

Derek

Woods

Persona
Crypto GTM Lead

Solange

Gueiros

Chainlink Labs
DevRel Manager

Mason

Nystrom

Pantera Capital
Investor

samczsun

Security Alliance (SEAL)

Felix

Machart

Greenfield Capital
Research Partner

Philipp

Zentner

LI.FI Protocol
CEO & Co-Founder

LVC at the National Western Center