Four days of Bitcoin in Seoul: a privacy conference, a bank-hall debate day and a Lightning market
bitcoin++ holds its first Korean edition on privacy on 5–6 November, then the Bitcoin Korea Conference runs on 7–8 November. Agendas, highlights and Seoul/Moscow times.
In early November Seoul hosts two Bitcoin-only events back to back. bitcoin++ Seoul (5–6 November) is a developer conference on privacy. The Bitcoin Korea Conference (7–8 November) follows, and lists bitcoin++ as one of its side events.
Seoul is on KST (UTC+9), so Moscow is 6 hours behind: a 10:30 talk in Seoul is 04:30 in Moscow.
bitcoin++ Seoul: "privacy edition"
It is the series' first Korean edition: two stages at Community House Masil in Myeong-dong, with a hackathon alongside. The published agenda has 32 sessions. A few to know:
| Seoul / MSK | Session |
|---|---|
| 5 Nov, 10:30 / 04:30 | "Privacy is not a concept in Korea", Calvin Kim. The Korean language has no direct word for "privacy"; the talk looks at how that shapes Korean Bitcoiners |
| 5 Nov, 11:00 / 05:00 | "CISA & Friends", Fabian Jahr (Brink): an update on the signature-aggregation proposal, which the talk lists as BIP460 |
| 5 Nov, 11:45 / 05:45 | "JoinMarket Feeder Coinjoins", Kruw (Wasabi Wallet) |
| 5 Nov, 14:00 / 08:00 | "Silent Payments for Multiparty Wallets", Oleksandr Kurbatov (Blockstream Research) |
| 5 Nov, 16:00 / 10:00 | "Privacy in the age of AI", Danny (IPF/Marmot) |
| 6 Nov, 11:00 / 05:00 | "Who Defines Privacy?", Dan Gould (Payjoin Dev Kit) |
| 6 Nov, 12:00 / 06:00 | "The bitcoin privacy tier list", stutxo |
| 6 Nov, 15:30 / 09:30 | "The regression theorem of privacy", Adam Gibson (waxwing) |
Three privacy tools in one sentence each {#glossary}
- Coinjoin: many people combine their payments into one transaction, so outsiders cannot easily tell whose coins went where.
- Payjoin: the sender and the receiver both add coins to the payment. This breaks the common assumption that all inputs of a transaction belong to one person. BIP 77 lets them do it without being online at the same time.
- Silent payments: you publish one reusable address, but each payment to you lands on a new address that only you can link (BIP 352).
Bitcoin Korea Conference
- 7 Nov: main day at COEX in Gangnam, starting at 13:00 Seoul / 07:00 MSK.
- 8 Nov: talks at the Korea Federation of Banks building and Community House Masil in Myeong-dong, plus the Lightning Market, where vendors take bitcoin over Lightning by QR code.
The organisers say more than 800 people attended last year's edition.
| Seoul / MSK | Session |
|---|---|
| 7 Nov, 13:10 / 07:10 | "How to Prepare for the Coming Quantum Computing Era", Stephan Livera (see our quantum explainer) |
| 7 Nov, 13:40 / 07:40 | "Crypto Asset Taxes in 2026", Kang Jae-nam (MADE Tax & Accounting) |
| 7 Nov, 15:40 / 09:40 | "Life on Bitcoin, No Borders", Daniel James, CEO of Wallet of Satoshi |
| 7 Nov, 16:10 / 10:10 | "CBDCs and Bitcoin", Alex Li (Human Rights Foundation) |
| 7 Nov, 17:10 / 11:10 | Fireside chat, Carl Dong (Obscura VPN) and Stephan Livera |
| 8 Nov, 13:00 / 07:00 | "Pushing Adoption in Japan: What Worked and What Didn't", Teruko |
| 8 Nov, 16:00 / 10:00 | "Whose Keys? The Third Option Between Self-Custody and the Exchange", Dea Rezkitha (Fedi) |
| 8 Nov, 16:30 / 10:30 | "Bringing Privacy to Bitcoin L1 via PIPEs", Misha Komarov (see Shielded Bitcoin) |
Several day-2 slots are still "Topic TBA". The organisers say the schedule may change.
What we expect
The bitcoin++ agenda itself frames privacy as a cultural blind spot in Korea. We expect the Seoul talks to focus on everyday tools (Lightning, payjoin, silent payments) rather than protocol changes.
Sources
- bitcoin++ Seoul, privacy edition: agenda btcpp.dev
- Bitcoin Korea Conference: home page bitcoinkoreaconference.com
- Bitcoin Korea Conference: schedule day 1 bitcoinkoreaconference.com
- Bitcoin Korea Conference: schedule day 2 bitcoinkoreaconference.com
- Bitcoin Korea Conference: Lightning Market bitcoinkoreaconference.com
- BIP 77: Async Payjoin github.com
- BIP 352: Silent Payments github.com
Times are Lugano (CEST, UTC+2) and Moscow (UTC+3). Not investment advice.
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