Imagine IF

A two-day convergence of dreamers and doers
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Friday, September 19
Saturday, September 20
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Fisher Center for Performing Arts, Nashville, TN
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100% of proceeds support Bitcoin Park
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The Vision

Join some of the most curious and capable minds shaping what's possible in Bitcoin, AI, energy, and freedom tech for an intimate experience that blends the narrative power of human storytelling with the serendipity of natural connection.

The Format

Human centered keynotes begin with one question: "Imagine IF..."
Candid fireside chats with visionaries that turn ideas into infrastructure.
Natural collisions with investors, engineers, policymakers, and entrepreneurs.
Set on two stages, the main theater stage, and a curated Ten31 stage.

Our aim is to entertain, inform, and inspire.
The future isn't inherited.
It's imagined, then built together.

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Nashville

Why Nashville?

Nashville is a city of rebirth, grit and creativity.
The Athens of the South is where ideas stretch out and sing.
The Fisher Center, a European style opera house, encapsulates big visions and unforgettable moments mere steps from Bitcoin Park.

PROGRAMMING TRACKS: FROM "IMAGINE IF..." TO IMPACT

Track 1: Bitcoin & The Monetary Layer

Track 2: AI & Intelligence Unbound

Track 3: Energy & the Path to Abundance

Track 4: Freedom and Changing Institutions

Imagine IF… Bitcoin became the monetary network for 8 billion people.

Imagine IF… artificial intelligence was wise.

Imagine IF… energy was too cheap to meter and too clean to fear.

Imagine IF… the next great leap in human freedom came from open source code.

  • The Sovereign Yield Curve: Bitcoin, Bonds, and a New Credit Paradigm
  • Does Cypherpunk Scale? (Does it Have To?)
  • What Proof-of-Work Proves
  • 2140: What Changes? What Stays the Same?
  • Heat as Freedom Technology: Decentralizing Mining Through Energy Use
  • How Do You Hold the Revolution?
  • Trust Nobody, Ever Again — Building a Modular Future
  • Super Collateral for a Compute-Based World: Bitcoin, AI, and Energy
  • Decentralizing Communication in the Age of Control
  • Freedom of Thought in the Age of AI
  • Will AI Work for You, or Will You Work for It?
  • Super Collateral for a Compute-Based World: Bitcoin, AI, and Energy
  • Reliability Is the Greatest Innovation
  • Will Superclusters Drive Energy Policy?
  • Power Is a Gordian Knot. Do We Untie or Cut?
  • Energy as a Balance Sheet
  • Power for Centuries: Nuclear Energy, Infrastructure, and Long-Term Thinking
  • Wildcatting Nuclear Reactors
  • We Need the Isotope
  • No Innovation Is an Island
  • The Frontier Playbook for Ambition
  • Bitcoin as Constitutional Order: Stories that Become States
  • Making Freedom Profitable
  • Black Boxes and Bright Lines: Defending Autonomy in a Networked World
  • Master to Student, the Supply Side Economy
  • The Cadence of Freedom: Building Operating Systems for Decentralized Innovation
  • Building Rome: The Next Century of Entrepreneurship
  • Winning the Race for Freedom: Geopolitics in the Age of Digital Disruption

Track 1: Bitcoin & The Monetary Layer

Imagine IF… Bitcoin became the monetary network for 8 billion people.

This track explores how Bitcoin reshapes global finance, from individual sovereignty to institutional infrastructure.

  • The Sovereign Yield Curve: Bitcoin, Bonds, and a New Credit Paradigm
  • Does Cypherpunk Scale? (Does it Have To?)
  • What Proof-of-Work Proves
  • 2140: What Changes? What Stays the Same?
  • Heat as Freedom Technology: Decentralizing Mining Through Energy Use
  • How Do You Hold the Revolution?
  • Trust Nobody, Ever Again — Building a Modular Future
  • Super Collateral for a Compute-Based World: Bitcoin, AI, and Energy

Track 2: AI & Intelligence Unbound

Imagine IF… artificial intelligence was wise.

This track navigates the intersection of artificial intelligence and human dignity.

  • Decentralizing Communication in the Age of Control
  • Freedom of Thought in the Age of AI
  • Will AI Work for You, or Will You Work for It?
  • Super Collateral for a Compute-Based World: Bitcoin, AI, and Energy

Track 3: Energy & the Path to Abundance

Imagine IF… energy was too cheap to meter and too clean to fear.

This track covers the critical infrastructure of energy—nuclear, Bitcoin mining, grid sovereignty—and how energy abundance can power freedom and innovation.

  • Reliability Is the Greatest Innovation
  • Will Superclusters Drive Energy Policy?
  • Power Is a Gordian Knot. Do We Untie or Cut?
  • Energy as a Balance Sheet
  • Power for Centuries: Nuclear Energy, Infrastructure, and Long-Term Thinking
  • Wildcatting Nuclear Reactors
  • We Need the Isotope

Track 4: Freedom and Changing Institutions

Imagine IF… the next great leap in human freedom came from open source code.

This track champions digital autonomy, censorship resistance, open-source infrastructure, and the tools that empower individuals to resist surveillance and control.

  • No Innovation Is an Island
  • The Frontier Playbook for Ambition
  • Bitcoin as Constitutional Order: Stories that Become States
  • Making Freedom Profitable
  • Black Boxes and Bright Lines: Defending Autonomy in a Networked World
  • Master to Student, the Supply Side Economy
  • The Cadence of Freedom: Building Operating Systems for Decentralized Innovation
  • Building Rome: The Next Century of Entrepreneurship
  • Winning the Race for Freedom: Geopolitics in the Age of Digital Disruption

Featured Speakers

Cathie Wood
Cathie Wood
Founder, CEO, and CIO
ARK Invest
Dr. Arthur B. Laffer
Dr. Arthur B. Laffer
Founder and Chairman
Laffer Associates
Adam Back
Adam Back
CEO
Blockstream
Bill Hagerty
Bill Hagerty
Tennessee
U.S. Senate
Marsha Blackburn
Marsha Blackburn
Tennessee
U.S. Senate
Matt Odell
Matt Odell
Managing Partner
Ten31
Econoalchemist
Econoalchemist
Co-Founder
The 256 Foundation
Matthew Rasmussen
Matthew Rasmussen
SVP & Chief Nuclear Officer
Tennessee Valley Authority
Harry Sudock
Harry Sudock
SVP
CleanSpark
Marty Bent
Marty Bent
Managing Partner
Ten31
Parker Lewis
Parker Lewis
Author
Gradually Then Suddenly
David Puell
David Puell
Bitcoin
ARK Invest
Stephanie Coleman
Stephanie Coleman
President and CEO
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
R0ckstar Dev
R0ckstar Dev
Core Contributor
BTCPay Server
Matthew Pines
Matthew Pines
Executive Director
Bitcoin Policy Institute
Jose Rios
Jose Rios
Founder
BTLabs
Skot9000
Skot9000
Instigator
Bitaxe
Sean Bill
Sean Bill
Chief Investment Officer
Blockstream
Brian Domitrovic
Brian Domitrovic
Richard S. Strong Scholar
Laffer Center
Mark Suman
Mark Suman
Co-Founder & CEO
Maple AI
Robert Warren
Robert Warren
Research and Education
Bitcoin Park
Max Kei
Max Kei
CEO
Debifi
Lorenzo Valente
Lorenzo Valente
Director of Research
ARK Invest
D++
D++
Educator & Engineer
Entropy
Shawn Yeager
Shawn Yeager
Host
Trust Revolution
Erik Hersman
Erik Hersman
CEO
Gridless
Stephan Livera
Stephan Livera
Host
Stephan Livera Podcast
Troy Cross
Troy Cross
Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
Reed College
Tyler Stevens
Tyler Stevens
Founder and CEO
Exergy
Andrew Hohns
Andrew Hohns
CEO
Battery Finance
Michael Goldstein
Michael Goldstein
President
Satoshi Nakamoto Institute
Matt Schultz
Matt Schultz
CEO
CleanSpark
Adam Sullivan
Adam Sullivan
CEO
Core Scientific
More Speakers TBA
More Speakers TBA
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