Permissionless is a DeFi event organized by Bankless and Blockworks, a crypto media organization. The Permissionless III conference is scheduled for October 9-11, 2024. ^[1][2]

Overview

Permissionless is known as one of the world’s largest DeFi (Decentralized Finance) events. The conference brings together various crypto enthusiasts, builders, and industry leaders to discuss and explore the latest trends and innovations in the crypto and DeFi space. ^[1]

2024 Edition

According to Blockworks, the Permissionless III conference, scheduled for October 9-11, 2024, will bring together some of the biggest names in the crypto industry. The event, taking place in Salt Lake City, Utah, aims to provide attendees with an opportunity to connect with nature and hear from industry giants such as Balaji S. Srinivasan, Luca Netz, Li Jin, Nick White, and Travis Kling. ^[1]

The conference will cover the latest narratives in crypto, focusing on seven key areas: modularity, restaking, gaming, Bitcoin, AI and crypto, NFTs, and layer-2 solutions. The event is designed exclusively for crypto natives. ^[3]

Speakers set to be at the event include Mike Novogratz, Chris Dixon, Rep. Tom Emmer (R-MN), Paul Grewal, Sreeram Kannan, Luca Netz, Harry Kalodner, Ben Jones, Raj Gokal, Keone Hon, Kristin Smith, Casey Caruso, Devin Finzer, Evan Cheng, Santiago Roel Santos, Bryan Pellegrino, Colleen Sullivan, Meltem Demirors, Soona Amhaz, Spencer Bogart, Sam Kazemian, and so on. ^[1]

Themes of discussion for the event will be based on:

• US Election + Policy: US Regulatory Landscape. Institutional Adoption and Investment. November Elections. DeFi Regulation. Tokenization. Stablecoins.
• Consumer: Onchain Applications. Mobile Apps. Prediction Markets. NFTs. Onchain Gaming. Loyalty Engines. Creator Economy
• Restaking + Layer 2s: Scaling Solutions. Shared Security. AVS Ecosystems. Liquid Restaking. Restaked Rollups. RaaS. Based vs Shared Sequencing.
• Multichain Future: Modular v. Monolithic. Interoperability. Appchains. Data Availability. EVM and SVM Optimizations. Chain Abstraction. AggLayer. Zk Proofs. Intents.
• AI x Crypto: Onchain Verifiability. Decentralized GPUs. DePIN. Agents. Inference. Co-owned AI. Open Source Models. Incentivized Training.
• Bitcoin: Layer 2. BitVM. Drive Chains. Spot ETFs. Ordinals. Bitcoin Restaking. Yield Opportunities. Macro Adoption. Scaling Solutions. ^[1]

Participating Companies

• 6th Man Ventures
• a16z crypto
• Aglae Ventures
• Asymmetric
• Bitwise
• Blockchain Association
• Bloomberg Intelligence
• Coinfund
• Celestia
• Coinbase
• Dragonfly
• Eigenlayer
• Electric Capital
• Framework
• Fuel
• Gauntlet
• Heliax
• Helius, etc.^[1]

Past Events

Permissionless II (2023) was held in Austin, Texas, USA from 11-13 September. It featured keynotes from Web3 leaders and panels, networking events, parties, activations, etc. with Erik Voorhees providing the keynote address. ^[4]

Permissionless I (2022) was held at Palm Beach, Florida from May 17-19, 2022. It featured Conferences & Expos, VIP events, NFT Gallery, and nightlife parties. Speakers included Chris Dixon, Katherine Wu, Vlad Tenev, Hasu, Haseeb Qureshi, etc. ^[5]