BTC Prague 2023
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| Kick-Off | 07m | |
First-ever BTC Prague launches after about one and a half years of work, running short keynotes that end with specific calls to action and hands-on Expo… | ||
| Where Is Europe Heading? | Ioni Appelberg, Matthew Mežinskis, Rahim Taghizadegan, Niko Jilch | 46m |
Europe shows concrete shifts: EU pushes Mika (markets in crypto) regulation and stricter KYC reporting while banks once blocking bitcoin purchases now… | ||
| Free Cities | Peter Young | 16m |
Free cities propose decentralizing governance the way bitcoin decentralizes money, by creating autonomous territories (examples: Honduran ZEDEs, Prospera… | ||
| Bitcoin Islands | Dušan Matuška, Alena Vranova, Ethan Rose, Knut Svanholm, Daniel Prince | 43m |
Panel reports real results: Roatán runs a Bitcoin payroll and education program onboarding 60 businesses on Roatán, with a non‑KYC ATM and a bitcoin‑only café… | ||
| Spiral Framework for FOSS | Conor Okus | 13m |
Spiral runs a grant program funding ~36 developers and designers across 20 countries with ~70 grants in three years plus a full time engineering team working… | ||
| Open Source Technology | Pavol Rusnák, Val Wallace, Nicolas Dorier, Vlad Costea | 42m |
Panel documents concrete outcomes: a hardware wallet project that spawns BIP39 seed words and ships as open source hardware sold for sustainability; a payments… | ||
| The First-Ever Open-Source Secure Element | Jan Pleskač | 14m |
Tropic Square is doing something stunning, developing the world's first-ever open-source secure element chip.
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| Advanced On-chain Security: Multisig & More | Kevin Loaec | 14m |
Covers practical on-chain defenses beyond seed phrases: how descriptors plus keys form recoverable backups, concrete decaying multi-sig and expanding multi-sig… | ||
| Privacy & Anonymity: Securing the Digital Economy's Most Valuable Assets | Micah Anderson | 13m |
Tor provides end-to-end anonymity for Bitcoin infrastructure by routing traffic over onion services and avoiding central VPN gateways, with roughly 68% of… | ||
| We Have Entered the Age of Financial Tyranny | Lea Petrášová | 09m |
Claims that Bitcoin is sliding into corporate and state control, documents a timeline (FTX collapse, MiCA, CBDC pushes) and builds a simple metric set—CBDC… | ||
| Regulations Are Not The Solution | Jan Procházka, Giacomo Zucco, Lyudmyla Kozlovska, Bill Wirtz | 44m |
Panel argues that regulation often creates fake trust — Celsius, BlockFi, FTX and Gemini were regulated yet collapsed — and that AML rules get abused by… | ||
| Navalny Foundation Needs Bitcoin | Anna Chekhovich | 14m |
Claim: Bitcoin preserves operational continuity when banks collude with authoritarian states. The foundation faces minus one trillion rubles frozen, 300 staff… | ||
| Stratum V2 | Pavlenex | 15m |
Stratum V2 is an encrypted, authenticated replacement for Stratum V1 that prevents plain‑text hijacking of hashpower and adds a job decorator subprotocol that… | ||
| "Adam, WHO IS SATOSHI?" asks Mags on behalf of the audience | Mags | 59m |
Panel surveys concrete mining advances: adoption of Stratum V2 for TLS-secured, binary pool->miner links and miner-chosen block templates; deployed hydro and… | ||
| Attack Vectors | Jameson Lopp, Andrey Khavryuchenko, Peter K Todd, Riccardo Masutti | 57m |
Argues that ossification of the base layer is both a long-term limit and a defensive feature, warns of coordinated psyops and legal suits used to pressure… | ||
| The Bitcoin BuildMarket | Pavel Moravec, Benjamin Usinger, Jiří Brada, Robert Breedlove | 59m |
Panelists argue concrete survival tactics for building Bitcoin businesses in bear markets: keep custody airtight and don't lend customer coins, publish and use… | ||
| Bitcoin Philanthropy | Yusuf Nessary | 16m |
Argues that Bitcoin donations solve fiat pain points—high international wire fees, $9,999 limits, slow transfers—so projects get funded on time. Since 2017… | ||
| Bitcoin Is FU Money | Erik Dale | 11m |
Argues Bitcoin gives unconfiscatable wealth and uncensorable payments, citing cash mule runs to fund Belarusian opposition replaced by Bitcoin transfers and… | ||
| Liquid Network | Scott Millar | 15m |
Liquid is described as a Bitcoin side chain that issues multiple asset types and uses peg or wrapped Bitcoin as its native money, enabling on-chain delivery… | ||
| Lightning Network: a Zap-date | niftynei | 13m |
Lightning reports concrete progress: the network runs ~12,000 nodes with ~5,500 BTC locked, route blinding is now route blinding merged after a 3‑year spec… | ||
| Second Layers | Justin Moon, Scott Millar, John Carvalho, Stephan Livera | 42m |
Panel defines a layer as an external system that settles to Bitcoin in a trustless or deterministic way, arguing Lightning meets that bar while Liquid and… | ||
| Why You Should Run NODE | Peter K Todd | 13m |
A bitcoin node verifies ownership and enforces rules locally so wallet decisions don’t rely on third parties; running a full node downloads and validates… | ||
| LEARNING about BITCOIN & PUTTING your MONEY in BITCOIN takes some COURAGE | Aleks Svetski | 14m |
Argues that Bitcoin will propel bitcoiners into a new socioeconomic elite unless deliberate character work prevents two bad outcomes (degenerate Lambos or a… | ||
| Vexl: Bitcoin As It Was Intended | Lea Petrášová | 09m |
A user loses a Revolut account, faces repeated bank closures, and finds centralized exchanges demanding scans and utility bills; a DEX requires existing… | ||
| P2P & NoKYC Practices | Marek Palatinus, Anna, Juraj Bednar, Yaël Ossowski | 42m |
Argues that KYC creates a permanent link between identity and on‑chain purchases so buying through exchanges buys a certificate not private Bitcoin, and… | ||
| Bitcoin Empowers Africa and Africans Empower Bitcoin | Anita Posch | 13m |
Argues that a 21 million BTC supply stops monetary seizure and makes censorship-resistant payments practical in authoritarian, inflation-hit countries — bread… | ||
| The HonkHonk Story: Bitcoin vs. Canadian Government | Ben Perrin | 28m |
HonkHonk Huddle raises 1.3 million dollars in Bitcoin (over 21 BTC) to fund the 2022 Canadian trucker convoy but a rushed setup uses a single on‑chain address… | ||
| Bitcoin Is Justice | Andrey Khavryuchenko, Farida Nabourema, Lyudmyla Kozlovska | 37m |
Claims that Bitcoin acts as a bank of last resort get concrete: Africa shows ~70% unbanked and 46 currencies that block cross‑border trade, refugees and… | ||
| Human Rights Foundation - Bitcoin Development Fund Pitch | Arsh Molu | 06m |
Human Rights Foundation is a US 501(c)(3) focused on authoritarian regimes and says over half the world lives under them, linking authoritarianism to 97% of… | ||
| Bitcoin Privacy 101 | BTCxZelko | 16m |
Clear, actionable steps: run a full node to stop third parties learning balances and broadcasts; use privacy phones like GrapheneOS or CalyxOS and buy eSIMs… | ||
| AmityAge Bitcoin Educators Academy | Dušan Matuška | 05m |
Announces a Bitcoin Educators Academy pilot in October on Roatán, Honduras at a Bitcoin Citadel with a 10‑day curriculum training 21 participants in public… | ||
| THERE IS NO SECOND BEST - Saylor | Michael Saylor | 41m |
Rapid 0-to-500 basis points rate hikes crush long-duration sovereign and bank bond values, triggering bank failures (Silicon Valley Bank, Silvergate… | ||
| I WAS BORN AFTER BITCOIN 🧡 - Samantha de Waal | Samantha de Waal | 12m |
A 12-year-old native bitcoiner born at block height 117523 reports a family living 100% on Bitcoin and everyday payments — ice cream in Berlin, a tip to Los… | ||
| Why is PRAGUE so STUNNINGLY BEAUTIFUL? - Rahim | Rahim | 13m |
Argues Prague’s “beauty” comes from concrete monetary infrastructure: medieval silver mines and mints concentrate tradable wealth, merchants create resilience… | ||
| Behind The Language Bariers | Jakub Vejmola, Roman Reher, Lunaticoin, Rogzy, Rikki | 49m |
Five European Bitcoin communities describe concrete wins and tools: multilingual channels launched around 2018–2019 that grow to 90,000 subscribers and 140,000… | ||
| European Bitcoiners | General Kenobi | 06m |
A group forms one year ago to solve Europe's fragmentation, claiming language barriers block Bitcoin adoption and pointing to 40–50 initial replies that… | ||
| "It's COMMUNITY that DID IT!" - Dennis from EINUNDZWANZIG | Dennis Reimann | 12m |
A German‑language movement launches a podcast in 2019 and builds into a platform with almost 400 podcast episodes, 200+ YouTube videos, a print magazine (two… | ||
| WE EACH NEED AN UNCORRUPTED HEART 🧡 - Robert Breedlove | Robert Breedlove | 33m |
Argues that fiat money is coordinated currency counterfeiting cartels, citing roughly $20 trillion of pandemic-era money creation, and that inflation functions… | ||
| Nostr: Creating a Civilization Alliance with Bitcoin | Ray Youssef | 22m |
Claim: Civ Kit aims to end "financial apartheid" by making money freely exchangeable across networks, targeting a billion daily users. Implementation uses an… | ||
| Wallets: How Cold It Can Get? | Benjamin de Waal | 15m |
Defines a wallet as a system that does seed generation, seed storage, key derivation, transaction building, signing, broadcasting and displaying, and insists… | ||
| HWW: Challenges 10 Years After | Pavol Rusnák, Douglas Bakkum, Lawrence Nahum, Lunaticoin | 43m |
Hardware wallets start as a DIY fix in 2012, hit 1,000 preorders in weeks, then scale to 30,000 units after manufacturers demand large runs, and that launch… | ||
| WE HAVE LASER EYES - Michael Saylor | Michael Saylor | 33m |
Argues Bitcoin is the best long‑term hedge with concrete comparisons: Bitcoin sits at about $400 billion of a ~$900 trillion asset pool while gold is $12… | ||
| SKY IS THE LIMIT - Uncle Rockstar | Uncle Rockstar | 13m |
A developer traces a path from forum poster to building real code and community: opening PRs, recording short demo videos, and shipping features in BTC Pay… | ||
| Anyone Can #BuildOnBitcoin | Johns Beharry | 15m |
Argues Bitcoin is not just for saving but a stable base layer for apps and gives concrete evidence: over 1,400 Lightning-era companies mapped (pre-ordinals), a… | ||
| NEW WORLD OPENS when you WORK IN BITCOIN - Pavlenex | Pavlenex | 43m |
Panelists map concrete routes into Bitcoin careers: jobs at companies, open source contributions to projects like BTC Pay Server, work on Bitcoin Core, Kala… | ||
| Where Bitcoin Meets Artificial Intelligence | Aleks Svetski | 14m |
Argues that the real AI risk is language user interfaces becoming the new screened gatekeepers that can enforce approved speech, not AGI, and proposes a… | ||
| How To Make Privacy Convenient | Max Hillebrand | 15m |
Bitcoin privacy becomes practical without protocol changes by using collaborative transactions: CoinJoin via Wasabi wallet aims to mix coins with a minimum… | ||
| Fight or Flight? Bitcoin Options in Conflict Times | Andrey Khavryuchenko | 16m |
During the Ukraine conflict Bitcoin serves as 24/7 payment rails after banks freeze transfers and fix exchange rates, enabling 40+ million USD in Bitcoin… | ||
| Can Bitcoin Mining Save Europe? | Adam Back, Fabian Weber, Jaran Mellerud, Bob Burnett | 44m |
Panel argues Bitcoin mining monetizes stranded zero‑emission power and buys surplus energy from day one, citing Finland’s new 3.4 GW reactor that forces… | ||
| ORDINALS ARE RETARDED - Giacomo Zucco | Giacomo Zucco | 32m |
Argues ordinals/inscriptions are not new but a reinvention of sat coloring from 2012: giving each satoshi a number and attaching metadata recreates old… | ||
| How To Infiltrate Your Fiat Job | Daniel Wingen | 15m |
Shows exactly how to seed a Bitcoin program inside a non-crypto employer: search LinkedIn, internal Slack/Teams and the intranet to find coworkers, create a… | ||
| IT'S GREAT IF SOMEONE STARTS A SIGNAL - Anita Posch | Anita Posch | 43m |
Advice condenses into concrete moves: start with an online beacon before local meetups, recruit two trusted locals, and run Bitcoin-only education tied to… | ||
| Bitcoin & Leadership | Sophie von Laer | 12m |
Claims a reproducible four-stage rabbit hole process — disorienting dilemma, reflection, learning, implementation — that turns bitcoiner curiosity into… | ||
| European Bitcoiners | General Kenobi | 13m |
A pleb-run volunteer non-profit called European Bitcoiners builds a self-hosted publishing site and Telegram Town Square to coordinate Bitcoin activism across… | ||
| I Am You and I Can Prove It Using Bitcoin | Knut Svanholm | 15m |
Claim: Bitcoin equals the people who control its secrets — memorizing a seed phrase in your head makes the coins part of your identity. Running nodes on a… | ||
| Dangers of Centralization | Matthew Mežinskis | 19m |
Argues that centralizing base money repeatedly fails: Czechoslovakia’s 10,000 ounces donation buy time but Nazis seize Austria 2.6 million ounces and target… | ||
| “We’ve had the FIAT SCAM going on now for a CENTURY.” - Saifedean Ammous | Saifedean Ammous | 43m |
Argues fiat has been a century-long scam since World War I, showing gold went from $20 to ~$2,000/oz — 99% loss — and claims regular inflation acts like… | ||
| Closing | 05m | |
Organizers announce BTC Prague 24 will return to Prague and starts on 13th of June 24, running three days with multiple side events across the week. Early bird… | ||
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