We're excited to announce Bolt-A-Thon 2! Back in April we hosted the first virtual Lightning Network conference and hackathon which resulted in 14 new Lightning projects and 300+ tickets sold. Bottlepay, one of the winners, even went on to raise [$2 MM afterwards](https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/40658/team-behind-bottle-pay-raises-2m-to-bring-bitcoin-lightning-network-payments-to-the-masses)!

With Bolt-A-Thon 2, we're bringing back the same format. The first part of our event will be a 3 day hackathon (Dec. 6-8) with a chance to win:

+ 1st - 0.2 BTC
+ 2nd - 0.15 BTC
+ 3rd - 0.1 BTC

*Hackers, please note that it costs 100 sats to register. We also have a new 2 round project assessment format.

The second part of our event will feature 8 top notch Lightning Network speakers (Dec. 7.) featuring Alex Bosworth, Lisa Neigut, Joost Jager, Brandon Curtis, Christian Decker, and Rusty Russell to start! Tickets are on sale now and are 100k sats per session.

The mission of the Bolt-A-Thon is to foster the global development of the Lightning Network. By hosting it online, we are able to make session tickets affordable and encourage developers all over the world to take a shot on building on Lightning.

If you've been curious about trying to build a Bitcoin application, there's no better time nor place than to do it at the Bolt-A-Thon 2. We are also partnering with Bottlepay to offer a bounty program of $250 per team just for building something with their API's! We hope you take a risk and join us to experience the exciting new opportunities Lightning brings!

Website: www.boltathon.com
Tickets: https://boltathon.com/sessions/#/tickets
Twitter Announcement: https://twitter.com/Boltathon/status/1193935341914226689

The [Bolt-A-Thon](www.boltathon.com) is the world's first online Lightning Network hackathon and conference.  If you're a Lightning developer, register for a chance to win 0.3 BTC, 0.2 BTC, or 0.1 BTC.
Bolt-A-Thon Conference Schedule (April 6th)
Below is the finalized Conference Schedule.  I highly recommend attending some of the sessions as there are several topics which for beginners to learn about the Lightning Network from the leading experts in the space:

• Conference Kick Off (10:00am PST)
  Alex Bosworth (10:30am PST) - Major Limitations of the Lightning Network
  Conner Fromknecht (11:30pm PST) - Architecture of LND Watchtowers
  Fabrice Drouin (1:00pm PST) - The Lightning Network in Action
  Trey Griffith (2:00pm PST) - TBA
  Pierre Rochard (3:00pm PST) - How to configure and launch your Bitcoin and Lightning nodes
  Max Hillebrand (4:00pm PST) - The Economics of Lightning
  Rockstar Dev and Britt Kelly (5:00pm PST) - Code-a-long and Q&A
  Rusty Russell (6:00pm PST) - JSON Interface with c-lightning and Writing Extensions
  Justin Camarena (7:00pm PST) - Using Lightning Network in Production
  Francois Rautenbach (8:00pm PST) - Brick-and-Mortar payments on the Lightning Network
  

Tickets are 250,000 satoshis (~$10) per session.  You can also purchase all 10 with one invoice at the top of our [ticket homepage](https://boltathon.com/sessions/#/tickets).   If you don't have a Lightning wallet, you can pay on-chain with Bitcoin.

Apologies about that.  If you go to the home page (www.boltathon.com) -> click on "schedule" at the bottom bar -> Saturday, April 6 -> you'll see the speaker schedule.  I'll work on making that more clear on our website.

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10:00am PST
Conference Kick Off
After a short introduction and a word from our sponsors, we will introduce the first speaker of the day.

10:30am PST
Alex Bosworth
Major Limitations of the Lightning Network

11:30am PST
Conner Fromknecht
TBA

1:00pm PST
Fabrice Drouin
The Lightning Network in Action

2:00pm PST
Lightning Koala
Presenting Koala Studio, handing out free game vouchers, and how to implement Lightning Network games like Lightning Chess

3:00pm PST
Pierre Rochard
How to configure and launch your Bitcoin and Lightning nodes

5:00pm PST
Rockstar Dev and Britt Kelly
Code-a-long and Q&A

6:00pm PST
Rusty Russell
JSON Interface with c-lightning and Writing Extensions
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Yea.  We did not put this on to make crazy profits. 

We love the LN, are huge believers in it, and this is our way of helping it grow. 

Even our speaker tickets are a 80/20 split in favor of our speakers.  So when you buy a ticket, you're really supporting them.

The cheap price is because we want to make it as affordable as possible.  Hosting it online helps us cut a lot of costs like renting out a room and paying for our speakers room/travel.

I can attest to the quality of the event not only from the speakers (we have premier Lightning Network dev's speaking like Alex Bosworth, Rusty Russell, and Fabrice Drouin), but also by the bounty prizes.  I haven't seen another Lightning hackathon yet that's offered almost 1 BTC's worth of prizes.  We hope this will incentivize people to participate and build really cool Lightning apps.

Hey!  Yes.  You can pay to watch any livestream of our speakers for 250,000 satoshis.  We will be livestreaming the project presentations for free on Sunday.  Follow https://twitter.com/blockfuse to stay up to date with the latest news.

Hey Kakmakr!

That's correct.  Non-coders do not have to pay the 100 satoshi "proof of node" payment to register.  But conference tickets are 250,000 (~$10) satoshis per session.  If you don't have a lightning node, you can always pay on-chain via submarine swaps.

After the event, we will probably host the videos somewhere.  Just got to figure out which platform and how.  Hope to see you there!

Friends, Lightning bolters, denizens of the internet, lend me your ears!  I’m proud to introduce to you Bolt-A-Thon: The world’s first virtual LightningNetwork conference and hackathon.  Winners of the hackathon will win the following prizes: 1st place = 0.3 BTC, 2nd = 0.2 BTC, 3rd = 0.1 BTC.  Blockstack is also offering an additional $1000 bounty for the best project utilizing their platform.

Speakers
We’re also featuring fantastic workshops from people like Rusty Russell, Alex Bosworth, Pierre Rochard, Rockstar Dev, and Lightning Koala.  Even if you are not a developer, there are sessions that non-coders would gain a lot from.  For example, Pierre will be showing people how to launch their own Lightning node.  So you could try and follow along from the comfort of your own home!  Another great talk for all Bitcoiners will be Alex Bosworth's sobering discussion about the limitations of the Lightning Network.

Payments
We are only receiving payments in Lightning Bitcoin.  Don't have a Lightning node?  Don't worry!  You can submarine swap on-chain Bitcoin or Litecoin payments into Lightning Bitcoin.

Prices
- Hackathon: We require a 100 satoshi "proof of node" payment to register.
- Conference: Each speaker session will be $10.  We will be hosting 10 speakers. This is a far cry from other conferences where you have to pay $399 PLUS housing and travel. And the best part is, you can attend anonymously!

Visit our website for more info: www.boltathon.com

Hi.  I'd like to request the ability to contribute to the wiki because I have 2 suggested definitions to propose to the lightning network glossary.

>https://en.bitcoin.it/wiki/Lightning_Network#Glossary

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