A Strategic Bitcoin Reserve: My Thoughts From the Bitcoin 2024 Conference

The Bitcoin 2024 conference is one of the most consequential events in Bitcoin's history, and it takes a period of reflection to separate the signal, from the political noise.

G’day Folks,

With the Bitcoin 2024 conference coming to a close in Nashville, there is a sense of meaningful change in the air. Without question, this was the largest, and likely most consequential Bitcoin conference that I have been to. We can get a sense of the scale solely based on the headline acts.

Over the span of two days, the checkonchain team had the privilege to watch:

• Two US presidential candidates present their platform (RFK and DJT).

• Senator Lummis with the paperwork for a US Strategic Bitcoin Reserve bill.

• Edward Snowden via live-feed discussing the risks of AI and surveillance states.

• Howard Lutnick from Cantor Fitzgerald eviscerate Tether Truther arguments.

• Macro wizards like Luke Gromen, and James Lavish talking through their views on the global financial landscape.

• Countless others, making for an all around great time, with new and old friends (including a few of our subscribers!).

In today’s post, I wanted to summarise my thoughts around the gravity, and implications of some of the headline events and themes of the weekend. When politicians are involved, I believe it requires a period of deeper thought and reflection to unravel the rhetoric, from the reality.