Featuring lectures by leading academics and practitioners in blockchain consensus, covering the latest developments in the area.
Blockchains rely on consensus protocols to enable a large number of physical machines to act logically as a single virtual machine — a "computer in the sky." The last few years have seen exciting progress on both the theory and practice of consensus protocol design.
This summer school will feature lectures by leading academics and practitioners in the area, and will bring attendees up to date on the latest developments.
Hosted by the Columbia-Ethereum Research Center for Blockchain Protocol Design.
The Columbia-Ethereum Center for Blockchain Protocol Design brings together the multi-disciplinary expertise at Columbia to advance the performance, security, robustness, and economics of blockchain technology — drawing on distributed systems, game theory, cryptography, and more.
A world-class lineup of researchers and practitioners from top universities, research labs, and industry.
The schedule below is tentative. Talk titles and abstracts will be added closer to the event. There will be no livestream; edited videos of all talks will be posted to YouTube after the event.
Columbia Engineering
Innovation Hub
Tang Family Hall
2276 12th Avenue, Floor 2
New York, NY 10027
Columbia University
Morningside Heights, Manhattan
May 26–29, 2026
New York City