Peter Van Valkenburgh: Blockchains and Regulation: Why Open Matters
Channel: Decrypto org
Date: 2017-06-07

Smart Contracts Day: Cryptography & Law: Information, Privacy and Smart Contracts

In this single day event, expert speakers presented talks on the topic of Information, Privacy and Smart Contracts in the interdisciplinary field merging Cryptography and Law.

The talks are high level targeting a general public audience.

In this talk, Peter Van Valkenburgh talks about Blockchains and Regulation: Why Open Matters.

Slides for this talk: https://law.bitcoinschool.gr/assets/slides/valkenburgh.pdf

Peter is Director of Research at Coin Center, the leading non-profit research and advocacy group focused on the public policy issues facing cryptocurrency technologies such as Bitcoin. He is a graduate of NYU Law, as well as a self-taught designer and coder. He drafts the Center’s public regulatory comments, and helps shape its research agenda. He has briefed policymakers and regulatory staff around the world on the subject of Bitcoin regulation. Previously, he was a Google Policy Fellow and collaborated with various digital rights organizations on projects related to privacy, surveillance, and digital copyright law.