I’m restarting the podcast in preparation for the huge conference in Prague. I will be hosting a fireside chat with gigachad Michael Saylor and do a keynote presentation on the lessions Bitcoiners can learn from the rebels of 1989. Looking forward to see you all in Prague! Join us and use code WASBITCOINBRINGT to get 10% off! Summary My conversation with Matyas Kuchar covers the upcoming Bitcoin Prague conference, the significance of Bitcoin in Europe, the VIP stage, side events, and the global impact of Bitcoin. It also delves into the importance of personal connections and the role of Bitcoin in uniting people across different continents. Takeaways * Bitcoin Prague conference is a significant event with a focus on Bitcoin and its impact on Europe. * The VIP stage offers a curated environment for business networking and in-depth discussions with speakers. * Side events and parties at the conference venue provide opportunities for networking and informal discussions. * Bitcoin plays a crucial role in uniting people across different continents and fostering lasting connections. * The conversation highlights the importance of personal connections and face-to-face interactions in the Bitcoin community. Chapters * 00:00 Bitcoin Prague: An Overview and Expectations * 03:19 The VIP Stage: Networking and In-Depth Discussions * 06:13 Side Events and Networking Opportunities * 10:23 Bitcoin's Impact on Europe and Unifying Force * 15:46 The Global Impact of Bitcoin and Uniting People Full Transcript Niko (00:00.843) Welcome back everyone, welcome back to the Fix The Money podcast. I'm restarting my English channel with a new and fresh mission. I'll write about that soon, but today we'll talk about Prague and we'll talk about me meeting Michael Saylor there, interviewing him there. This will be interesting at the VIP stage and with me today is Matthias who is behind it all. Hi, Matthias. Matyas (00:22.798) Hello everyone, hello and thanks Nico for being a part of this great mission. Niko (00:28.491) Well, thank you for taking the time. I'm very much looking forward to Prague. I'll be doing two things there. And of course, I want to promote what I'll be doing. Yes, Michael Saylor, but before we go into the details, how are preparations going? What's it going to be like in Prague this year? Matyas (00:46.478) man, it's so much things to do still. We are now in the sprinting mode with the whole team. We are very looking forward to it. It's gonna be awesome. The only unpredictable thing is the weather, but it's June, so probably it will be nice summer weather, hot and the beer will be cold. So the perfect combination and... And you know, in the even organizing business, you have one certainty that always something will go wrong, but we are prepared for everything. So you will definitely enjoy it. Niko (01:25.387) Who are the main headliners of this year's edition of Bitcoin Prague, BTC Prague? Well, there is Michael Saylor, of course, and who else? Matyas (01:34.734) Yeah, so I'm very proud to say that we are bringing Jack Mallers to Prague for the first time. I met him in another two conferences and confirmed his attendance just a few weeks ago. So Jack Mallers, then Adam Beck, then for the first time, Tour de Mestre. I'm sorry if I butchered his name. Then... Niko (01:59.178) He's a great guy. I haven't met him personally, but I'm very much looking forward to meeting him. He's amazing. Matyas (02:06.126) He is amazing and I didn't know how he looks. Of course, I read all of his work and we just met in Honey Badger conference while waiting for a burger and we were chatting for 20 minutes. I didn't know he's a tour. Yeah. So I thought that I'm chatting to some random guy and then he introduced himself and I'm just like, okay. It's tour and this actually helped me to convince him because I was talking to just a Niko (02:23.466) I see. Matyas (02:36.238) normal guy random play yeah and then we made a very very good connection and he will he will he's preparing like perfect very very interesting talk it's titled bitcoin is a mythril for Europe so maybe some connection to Lord of the Rings I don't know Niko (02:55.759) Well, I'll be talking in my keynote, I'll be talking about the lessons from 1989. I am obsessed with communism and I see lots of strategic lessons that we can learn from the collapse basically of the Soviet Union and especially I'm very excited talking about that in Prague. There's a reason why there's so much going on in Prague. You also had it in your amazing video. There's a reason why there's so much Bitcoin stuff going on in Eastern Europe in general. We're not supposed to call it Eastern Europe anymore, right? But you know what I mean. Matyas (03:35.886) Yeah, no, it's fine. No offense taken. I'm actually proud about our history, you know, because the scars made us what we are today. Niko (03:47.243) Absolutely. I mean, there's a reason why the Satoshi Nakamoto statue is in Budapest and there's a reason why the Honey Badger is in Riga and in Warsaw there's the film festival. And of course, BTC Prague is the biggest event in Europe, right? Matyas (04:04.654) It is, it is, yeah. Last year we had 6 ,500 people, this year we are ready to welcome 8 ,000 people. We are stretching the venue even more, so we rented more place and the Czech stage will be much bigger because so many Czech Bitcoiners are coming to Prague to see their favorite Czech Bitcoin speakers. And this year... I think I feel confident enough that I'm bringing few very famous Czech speakers to the main stage. So they are not used to speak in English, but they have a lot to say. So you can, for those who want to see some famous Czech speakers, Daniel Steidrváld, he's a very famous Czech anarcho -capitalist. And he's famous because he... he can put things in very funny way and pick the most ridiculous things on the state apparatus to show how nonsense this system is. And he's a Bitcoiner, you know, so I'm very, very much looking forward to this one. Niko (05:16.97) You see, that's why I want to talk about, you know, 1989, I want to talk about Vaclav Havel and Lech Walesa. I know I'm going to butcher the names. And Hungary even, because here in Austria, we are very East, very much in the East. I'm even more Eastern than you are in Prague right now, like on the map, right? But we don't have anarcho -capitalists. But we do have communists that I can vote for in the European elections, which I think is absolutely ridiculous. But, you know, that's the that's the reality of it. So I'm also very much so that's the one thing that I'm going to do my keynote on on the Soviet Union. And then there is the fireside chat that I'm going to do with Michael Saylor. I've done that in Innsbruck twice, but that was digital. Now we do it on the stage. What are we going to do, Matthias? Matyas (05:50.446) in this. Matyas (06:13.806) So, you know the VIP stage is a perfect opportunity for everyone to meet the best and the brightest in the Bitcoin ecosystem, all the speakers, all the entrepreneurs, CEOs and founders of the companies in a curated environment, which is quiet and perfect for business networking and just like jump -starting the Bitcoin journey. It's... the VIP stage is not recorded, so the speakers are able to share a little bit more from what might be not fitting for the main stage. And not only because the audience is so big and we narrow it down to like 40 -50 people. So you can imagine after the fireside chat, you can ask a question, the speaker, he answer it. Then sometimes, and I know this from the last time, there is like a discussion between the parties and it's almost like a Socratic seminar style of thing, you know. So it gets very, very natural because it's a small group. Niko (07:17.77) Mm -hmm. Matyas (07:24.079) And after that you have an ideal situation where the ice is already broken and you can continue in the discussion with the speaker after the official fireside talk finish because the speaker will just hang out in the VIP area. Niko (07:45.45) So there's going to be more than one fireside chat, more than one, there's going to be a whole program on the VIP stage, but me and Michael, we're also going to be there. So we're going to have like 50, 60 people. I've seen the VIP stage. I was there last year. I think that honestly, of all the conferences that I've been to, yours was by far the best VIP area. I mean, we don't want to sound elitist now. The whole conference is amazing. And if you're still on the fence about it, I can tell you that it's going to be absolutely great. I mean, last year there was no BlackRock ETF. You know, this year we are basically in the middle of society here with our Bitcoin conference. Yeah, and Prague is the perfect location for it. So I can tell you, if you're listening, you know, Use my code was Bitcoin bring this the German code I'll put it in the description and get either a normal ticket or a VIP ticket if you can afford it. I know that there are many Bitcoins who can afford it and I think that and I really mean this now is the time to get in touch with people. It's not just about listening to the talks it's about meeting the other Bitcoiners and building businesses basically. Matyas (08:58.286) Yeah, Bitcoin is a growing ecosystem. I can see this from the first hand. I'm a program director of BTC Prague and I work with my brother. He is a business development part of the things and he tells me every day that the companies are hiring. They are looking for more connections. They are looking not only for developers but marketers, sales, graphic designers and all kind of classic jobs opportunities are rising in the ecosystem because it's just another business like everything else just still new. If I compare it to the dot -com bubble... early days of internet. We are probably still in the year 95. Yeah. So imagine how, how early we are and we have the very, very good situation that we can bet on the win
