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Mar 1, 2022

Orchid’s Dr. Steven Waterhouse and Jay Freeman Speak at ETHDenver

Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven) and Head of Technology Jay Freeman (Sorek) both spoke at ETHDenver, the largest and longest-running Ethereum community event in the world.

Feb 10, 2022

Join Orchid at ETHDenver 2022!

The Orchid team will be at ETHDenver, will you? Don’t miss talks from Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven) and Head of Technology Jay Freeman. Jay will also be a mentor and a hackathon judge.

Nov 17, 2021

Highlights from Priv8, Orchid’s Virtual Privacy Summit

On Monday evening, Orchid wrapped up the second edition of the Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit. The event brought together experts, academics, and evangelists from various technology, business, media, and political spheres to share their experiences, predictions, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Here are the highlights.

Nov 12, 2021

Announcing Eight New Speakers for Priv8

Eight additional speakers will join an already-deep bench of experts at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit on Monday, November 15. These leaders include tech journalist and producer Naomi Brockwell, author Shiv Malik, Rivet founder Greg Lang, blockchain researcher Jonathan Dotan, crypto journalist Leigh Cuen, and technologist Chjango Unchained. Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven) and community manager Derek Silva will round out the roster of speakers.

Nov 11, 2021

Willy Woo and Greg Osuri to Speak at Priv8 on November 15

We are thrilled to announce that Bitcoin market analyst Willy Woo and Akash Network CEO Greg Osuri will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit. Priv8, a first-of-its-kind event focused on digital privacy, is a venue for experts to share their experiences, predictions, hopes, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Willy and Greg join a growing slate of distinguished speakers, including journalist, analyst, and author Glenn Greenwald.

Nov 10, 2021

OnlyFans Creator Aella Will Speak at Priv8 on November 15

We are thrilled to announce that OnlyFans creator Aella will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit. Priv8, a first-of-its-kind event focused on digital privacy, is a venue for experts to share their experiences, predictions, hopes, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Aella joins a growing slate of distinguished speakers, including journalist, analyst, and author Glenn Greenwald.

Nov 9, 2021

Journalist Benjamin Powers Joins Priv8’s Expanding Roster of Speakers

We are thrilled to announce that technology journalist Benjamin Powers will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit. Priv8, a first-of-its-kind event focused on digital privacy, is a venue for experts to share their experiences, predictions, hopes, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Benjamin joins a growing slate of distinguished speakers, including journalist, analyst, and author Glenn Greenwald.

Nov 5, 2021

Secret Foundation’s Tor Bair Joins Priv8’s Expanding Roster of Speakers

We are thrilled to announce that technology journalist Tor Bair will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit. Priv8, a first-of-its-kind event focused on digital privacy, is a venue for experts to share their experiences, predictions, hopes, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Tor joins a growing slate of distinguished speakers, including journalist, analyst, and author Glenn Greenwald.

Nov 2, 2021

BlockTower Capital’s Ari Paul Joins Priv8’s Expanding Roster of Speakers

We are thrilled to announce that Ari Paul of BlockTower Capital will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit. Priv8, a first-of-its-kind event focused on digital privacy, is a venue for experts to share their experiences, predictions, hopes, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Ari joins a growing slate of distinguished speakers, including journalist, analyst, and author Glenn Greenwald.

Oct 29, 2021

Purse.io’s Christopher Jeffrey Will Speak at Priv8

We are thrilled to announce that Christopher Jeffrey of Purse.io will speak at Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit, presented by Orchid and Handshake. Priv8, a unique event focused on digital privacy, is a venue for experts to share their experiences, predictions, hopes, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Christopher joins a growing slate of distinguished speakers, including journalist, analyst, and author Glenn Greenwald.

Oct 28, 2021

Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse Speaks at LisCon 2021

On Wednesday, October 20th, Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven) spoke at LisCon, an Ethereum community event that gathered Web3 thought leaders from around the globe. Seven’s talk focused on the evolution of the Internet from the decentralized, anti-establishment culture of its early years to today’s centralized, “walled garden” online landscape. Seven spoke on the importance of bringing decentralization back to the web—and to the world.

Oct 28, 2021

Impervious’s Matthew Zipkin Joins Priv8’s Expanding Roster of Speakers

We are thrilled to announce that Matthew Zipkin of Impervious will speak at Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit, presented by Orchid and Handshake, on November 15. Priv8, a unique event focused on digital privacy, is a venue for experts to share their experiences, predictions, hopes, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Matthew joins a growing slate of distinguished speakers, including journalist, analyst, and author Glenn Greenwald.

Oct 26, 2021

Google Whistleblower Zach Vorhies Will Speak at the Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit

Google whistleblower and author Zach Vorhies will speak at Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit, a first-of-its-kind event focused on digital privacy presented by Orchid and Handshake. Priv8 is a venue for experts to share their experiences, predictions, hopes, and advice with like-minded people around the world. Zach joins a growing slate of distinguished speakers, including journalist, analyst, and author Glenn Greenwald.

Oct 19, 2021

Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse to Speak at LisCon 2021

We’re excited to share that Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven) will speak at LisCon 2021 on Wednesday, October 20th. Seven’s talk, entitled "The Cryptopunk Ethos and the Future of Freedom,” will focus on the anti-establishment origins of the Internet, the potential ramifications of centralized digital currencies, and the role that decentralization can play in a free and open digital future. The presentation will take place at 2:10 pm local time (UTC+1).

Oct 12, 2021

The Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit Returns with Featured Speaker Glenn Greenwald

We are thrilled to announce that renowned journalist and constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald will be the featured speaker at the second installment of Priv8 Online, the premier gathering dedicated to the future of Internet privacy. The event will take place virtually on November 15th, free of charge and open to anyone who wants to attend.

May 6, 2021

Edward Snowden joins Priv8 to discuss causes and solutions for a broken Internet

“The Internet is broken because it reflects a broken society.”

Mar 31, 2021

Highlights from Priv8, Orchid’s virtual privacy summit

Last Thursday marked the final day of the Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit. The first-of-its-kind event brought together experts, academics, and evangelists from around the world of privacy for an eye-opening week of panels, discussions, and sharing of insights.

Mar 23, 2021

Final Speakers Announced for Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit

We are thrilled to announce that Fereshteh Forough of Code to Inspire, Jeff John Roberts and Adriana Hamacher of Decrypt, Anne Fauvre-Willis of Oasis Labs, Harry Halpin of Nym Technologies, Cade Diehm of The New Design Congress and EEQJ’s Jeffrey Paul will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Mar 22, 2021

Kevin Werbach joins Priv8’s expanding roster of speakers

We are thrilled to announce that Kevin Werbach of the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Mar 18, 2021

Jen Zhu Scott joins Priv8’s expanding roster of speakers

We are thrilled to announce that Jen Zhu Scott of The Commons Project Foundation will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Mar 17, 2021

FT Editor Izabella Kaminska will speak at Orchid’s Priv8

We are thrilled to announce two new speakers. Izabella Kaminska, editor of the Financial Times’s Alphaville blog, will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Mar 16, 2021

Yele Bademosi joins Priv8’s expanding roster of speakers

We are thrilled to announce that Yele Bademosi, CEO of Bundle Africa, will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Mar 11, 2021

NYT’s Kara Swisher will speak at Priv8

We are thrilled to announce that Kara Swisher of The New York Times will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Mar 9, 2021

Rohan Grey joins Priv8’s expanding roster of speakers

We are thrilled to announce that Professor Rohan Grey of Willamette University will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Mar 8, 2021

Orchid CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse answers users’ questions in Hillrise Capital AMA

Last month Orchid’s co-founder and CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse (Seven) answered questions in a Telegram AMA with Hillrise Capital.

Mar 4, 2021

Jorge Rios will discuss the future of the Internet at Priv8

We are thrilled to announce that Jorge Rios of Bridgefy will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Mar 2, 2021

Peter Van Valkenburgh joins Priv8’s expanding roster of speakers

We are thrilled to announce that Peter Van Valkenburgh of Coin Center will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Feb 25, 2021

Ryan Selkis joins Priv8 to explore the pandemic’s implications for privacy

We are thrilled to announce that Messari's Ryan Selkis will speak at Orchid's Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Feb 23, 2021

Zooko Wilcox will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Summit

We are thrilled to announce that Zooko Wilcox, Founder and CEO of the Electric Coin Company that leads the development of Zcash, will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Feb 18, 2021

Ken Liu joins Priv8’s expanding roster of speakers

We are excited to announce that award-winning author Ken Liu will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit. Priv8 is a first-of-its-kind event focused on digital privacy.

Feb 11, 2021

Sheila Warren joins Priv8’s expanding roster of speakers

We are thrilled to announce that Sheila Warren of the World Economic Forum will speak at Orchid’s Priv8 Virtual Privacy Summit.

Feb 4, 2021

Meet Orchid (virtually) at ETHDenver 2021

The event, which takes place virtually for the first time, will feature a talk by Co-founder and CEO Dr. Steven Waterhouse

Feb 3, 2021

Announcing Priv8, Orchid’s digital privacy summit, featuring Edward Snowden

The famed whistleblower will be joined by global privacy advocates, government leaders, academics and technologists

Dec 3, 2020

AMA with Blockchain Infinity on All Things Orchid

Orchid recently joined the Blockchain Infinity group for an Ask-Me-Anything session to satisfy the curiosity from its more than 10,000 member community for information about the first incentivized, peer-to-peer privacy network.

Sep 15, 2020

Orchid's AMA Recap

Orchid recently held two Ask Me Anything (AMA) sessions in our official Reddit and Telegram groups giving our community members the opportunity to ask their most burning questions of our CEO, Dr. Steven Waterhouse.

May 14, 2020

Orchid attends first Virtual New York Blockchain Week

This past week the Orchid team participated in the first Virtual New York Blockchain Week. Amid unprecedented global conditions we saw and met with many promising people and projects.

May 5, 2020

Orchid Is Hoppy to Announce Participation in Consensus: Distributed

The Orchid team will be returning to Consensus this May –– and in a whole new format!

Feb 3, 2020

Events

Orchid Is Hopping Over to ETHDenver

The Orchid team is excited to announce we will be returning to ETHDenver this February!

Nov 14, 2019

Orchid: Recap of Recent Events

From the Bay Area to Columbus, Ohio, the team at Orchid has enjoyed a whirlwind of events these past few weeks. Here’s a recap of what we’ve been up to.