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.