Day 1
TUM Blockchain Conference DayThree stages, one building: the research, the infrastructure and the people shipping on top of it.
The day
What Is Day 1?The first conference day opens the TUM Blockchain Conference 26. It is the day the whole field is in one building: researchers presenting work that is weeks old, the teams running the infrastructure underneath it, and the people deciding what gets built next.
Three stages run in parallel from morning to late afternoon. Nakamoto carries the main programme, where exchanges, payment rails, prediction markets and capital meet on one stage. Turing is the research track, with cryptographers walking through proofs, privacy and verification. Hopper is where builders and the community talk about what actually ships: wallets, security, identity and the agentic stack.
You do not have to pick a lane. Everything runs in the same house, the breaks line up across all three stages, and a conference ticket covers all three days.
Where
Three StagesThe same three rooms carry the Digital Assets Day the next morning under its own names, so wherever you sit on Thursday you already know your way around on Friday.
Nakamoto
The main stage
Exchanges and DEXs, cloud rails, regulation in code, prediction markets, agent economies, venture capital and Europe's payment infrastructure.
Turing
Research and cryptography
Verifiable science, proving systems, privacy on public chains, cryptanalysis and the maths underneath the infrastructure, presented by the people who wrote the papers.
Hopper
Building, security and community
Dapp anatomy, market manipulation, key compromise and audits, identity for humans and AI, self-custody, tokenization and the agentic payments stack.
Programme
AgendaThree stages running in parallel, named after Nakamoto, Turing and Hopper: Nakamoto carries the main programme, Turing the research track, and Hopper what builders and the community are working on. They are the same three rooms the Digital Assets Day uses the next day under its own names. The programme is still being finalised, and only speakers who have confirmed are named.
Nakamoto
The main stage
Turing
Research and cryptography
Hopper
Building, security and community
09:00 – 9:15 · 15 min
Opening
Felix Rihacek
09:20 – 10:00 · 40 min
CEX and DEX: Convergence or Competition?
10:05 – 10:45 · 40 min
Hyperscalers Meet Crypto Rails — Cloud Infrastructure for the Machine Economy
André Liesenfeld
10:50 – 11:30 · 40 min
Technical Regulatory Panel: Autonomous Code Compliance and EU Regulation
Billy Rennekamp, Pawel Grischuk, Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler, Ondřej Kovařík (moderation)
11:35 – 12:15 · 40 min
How Prediction Markets Actually Resolve — Oracles, Disputes & Settlement
Jonas Gebele, Ivan Morozov
12:20 – 12:45 · 25 min
What It Takes to Build an Agent Economy
13:30 – 14:10 · 40 min
Beyond the Hype Cycle: Where Crypto VCs Are Deploying Capital Now
Anies Khan, David An
14:15 – 14:55 · 40 min
Architects of Tomorrow: How Student Innovation is Redefining Industry Standards
15:00 – 15:30 · 30 min
The Future of Privacy on Solana
Tilo Carl Palfner
15:35 – 16:15 · 40 min
Sovereign Rails vs. Global Giants: Europe’s Payment Infrastructure
Sveinn Valfells
09:20 – 9:45 · 25 min
Why the Future of AI Depends on Verifiable Science
Dr. Sandra Vengadasalam
09:50 – 10:15 · 25 min
Atomic composability in EVM ecosystems and beyond
10:20 – 10:45 · 25 min
Inside Crypto’s Race for Speed
10:50 – 11:15 · 25 min
Flock: Fast Proving for Batch Boolean Computations
William Wang
11:20 – 11:45 · 25 min
Title to be announced
Andrew Zitek
11:50 – 12:15 · 25 min
Title to be announced
Vadim Lyubashevsky
12:20 – 12:45 · 25 min
Title to be announced
Pavel Hubacek
13:30 – 13:55 · 25 min
How to be Private on a Public Blockchain
Sergey Shemyakov
14:00 – 14:25 · 25 min
Plonk Without Random Oracles
Marek Sefranek
14:30 – 14:55 · 25 min
Language-Agnostic Detection of Bugs in ZKP Programs
Arman Kolozyan
15:00 – 15:25 · 25 min
Title to be announced
Kasra EdalatNejad
15:30 – 15:55 · 25 min
Cryptanalysis of Witness Encryption: A Path to Bitcoin Privacy
Markus Schofnegger
16:00 – 16:25 · 25 min
The Exotic Derivatives Missing from Blockchain Interest-Rate Markets
Ivan von Greiff
16:30 – 16:55 · 25 min
Title to be announced
Dr. Slobodan Sudaric-Hefner
09:20 – 9:45 · 25 min
The Anatomy of a dapp
Václav Pavlín
09:50 – 10:15 · 25 min
The Mechanics of Market Manipulation
Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler
10:20 – 10:45 · 25 min
The Infrastructure Vulnerability: Key Compromises, Bridge Exploits, and the Limits of Security Audits
10:50 – 11:30 · 40 min
Identity in a World of Humans and AI
Felix Hoops, Raj
11:35 – 12:15 · 40 min
AI-Powered Smart Contract Security: From Weeks to Seconds
12:20 – 12:45 · 25 min
Self-Custody in 2026 — Hardware Wallets After a Year of Record Hacks
13:30 – 14:10 · 40 min
Learners, Builders, Speculators — Who Is Community For?
Andi Schmitt
14:15 – 14:40 · 25 min
The Case for Invisible Infrastructure
Karim Jedda
14:45 – 15:25 · 40 min
Tokenize Everything, the Race for Onchain Equities
15:30 – 15:55 · 25 min
DLT Interoperabilität thanks to Open Source
16:00 – 16:40 · 40 min
The Agentic Payments Stack
09:00 – 9:15 · 15 min · Nakamoto
Opening
Speaker:
Felix Rihacek
President & Head of Industry, TUM Blockchain Club
09:20 – 10:00 · 40 min · Nakamoto
CEX and DEX: Convergence or Competition?
09:20 – 9:45 · 25 min · Turing
Why the Future of AI Depends on Verifiable Science
Speaker:
Dr. Sandra Vengadasalam
Co-Founder, bloxberg | Deputy Director, MPDL, Max Planck Information & Technology
09:20 – 9:45 · 25 min · Hopper
The Anatomy of a dapp
Speaker:
Václav Pavlín
09:50 – 10:15 · 25 min · Turing
Atomic composability in EVM ecosystems and beyond
09:50 – 10:15 · 25 min · Hopper
The Mechanics of Market Manipulation
Speaker:
Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler
Lawyer, Board Member, siedler legal, DAAvern, Bundesblock
10:05 – 10:45 · 40 min · Nakamoto
Hyperscalers Meet Crypto Rails — Cloud Infrastructure for the Machine Economy
Speaker:
André Liesenfeld
10:20 – 10:45 · 25 min · Turing
Inside Crypto’s Race for Speed
10:20 – 10:45 · 25 min · Hopper
The Infrastructure Vulnerability: Key Compromises, Bridge Exploits, and the Limits of Security Audits
10:50 – 11:30 · 40 min · Nakamoto
Technical Regulatory Panel: Autonomous Code Compliance and EU Regulation
Speakers:
Billy Rennekamp
CTO, 0xcounting
Pawel Grischuk
Dr. Nina-Luisa Siedler
Lawyer, Board Member, siedler legal, DAAvern, Bundesblock
Ondřej Kovařík
Senior Advisor, European Ethereum Institute
Moderation
10:50 – 11:15 · 25 min · Turing
Flock: Fast Proving for Batch Boolean Computations
Speaker:
William Wang
PhD Student, New York University
10:50 – 11:30 · 40 min · Hopper
Identity in a World of Humans and AI
Speakers:
Felix Hoops
CEO, Haven
Raj
11:20 – 11:45 · 25 min · Turing
Title to be announced
Speaker:
Andrew Zitek
11:35 – 12:15 · 40 min · Nakamoto
How Prediction Markets Actually Resolve — Oracles, Disputes & Settlement
Speakers:
Jonas Gebele
Ivan Morozov
11:35 – 12:15 · 40 min · Hopper
AI-Powered Smart Contract Security: From Weeks to Seconds
11:50 – 12:15 · 25 min · Turing
Title to be announced
Speaker:
Vadim Lyubashevsky
Research Scientist, IBM Research Europe
12:20 – 12:45 · 25 min · Nakamoto
What It Takes to Build an Agent Economy
12:20 – 12:45 · 25 min · Turing
Title to be announced
Speaker:
Pavel Hubacek
12:20 – 12:45 · 25 min · Hopper
Self-Custody in 2026 — Hardware Wallets After a Year of Record Hacks
12:45 – 13:30 · 45 min
Lunch Break · Nakamoto
12:45 – 13:30 · 45 min
Lunch Break · Turing
12:45 – 13:30 · 45 min
Lunch Break · Hopper
13:30 – 14:10 · 40 min · Nakamoto
Beyond the Hype Cycle: Where Crypto VCs Are Deploying Capital Now
Speakers:
Anies Khan
Investment Associate, Greenfield Capital
David An
Partner & Co-Founder, Dracoon Ventures
13:30 – 13:55 · 25 min · Turing
How to be Private on a Public Blockchain
Speaker:
Sergey Shemyakov
ZK Researcher, L2BEAT
13:30 – 14:10 · 40 min · Hopper
Learners, Builders, Speculators — Who Is Community For?
Speaker:
Andi Schmitt
Crypto-YouTuber, LIGHT UP
14:00 – 14:25 · 25 min · Turing
Plonk Without Random Oracles
Speaker:
Marek Sefranek
PhD Researcher (ZK proofs, SNARKs), TU Wien
14:15 – 14:55 · 40 min · Nakamoto
Architects of Tomorrow: How Student Innovation is Redefining Industry Standards
14:15 – 14:40 · 25 min · Hopper
The Case for Invisible Infrastructure
Speaker:
Karim Jedda
14:30 – 14:55 · 25 min · Turing
Language-Agnostic Detection of Bugs in ZKP Programs
Speaker:
Arman Kolozyan
Predoctoral Researcher, CISPA
14:45 – 15:25 · 40 min · Hopper
Tokenize Everything, the Race for Onchain Equities
15:00 – 15:30 · 30 min · Nakamoto
The Future of Privacy on Solana
Speaker:
Tilo Carl Palfner
15:00 – 15:25 · 25 min · Turing
Title to be announced
Speaker:
Kasra EdalatNejad
15:30 – 15:55 · 25 min · Turing
Cryptanalysis of Witness Encryption: A Path to Bitcoin Privacy
Speaker:
Markus Schofnegger
Cryptography Researcher, [[alloc] init]
15:30 – 15:55 · 25 min · Hopper
DLT Interoperabilität thanks to Open Source
15:35 – 16:15 · 40 min · Nakamoto
Sovereign Rails vs. Global Giants: Europe’s Payment Infrastructure
Speaker:
Sveinn Valfells
16:00 – 16:25 · 25 min · Turing
The Exotic Derivatives Missing from Blockchain Interest-Rate Markets
Speaker:
Ivan von Greiff
Portfolio Manager, TUM CryptoFund
16:00 – 16:40 · 40 min · Hopper
The Agentic Payments Stack
16:30 – 16:55 · 25 min · Turing
Title to be announced
Speaker:
Dr. Slobodan Sudaric-Hefner
Chief Economist, Optimum
Join us
TicketsOne conference ticket covers all three days, October 29 to 31 in Munich.
Day 1 is this conference day, Day 2 the Digital Assets Day by Bundesblock, and the Blockchain & AI Hackathon runs from Day 2 into Day 3.