BTC Prague 2026 with Matyas Kuchar | SLP733

**Matyas Kuchar** (0:00)
Many people dream about the future. I really think that Bitcoiners and pretty much entrepreneurial people should focus on creating the future, and you can create it with right tools. You can learn about all these tools at BTC Prague, most in Bitcoin, but these others as well. And you can also meet the right people who will help you on the way.

**Stephan Livera** (0:21)
Hi everyone, welcome back to Stephan Livera Podcast. Rejoining me on the show today is my friend Matyas Kuchar. He is one of the co-founders, one of the lead organizers of BTC Prague, a conference I've been going for the last few years now, I think every year actually, what's it, fourth year now. So coming up on the new one, coming up in June, the dates of that are June 11th to 13th. So I wanted to get Matyas on to talk a bit about it, and of course, what he's seeing in the Czech Bitcoin world and in the European Bitcoin world. So welcome back to the show, Matyas.

**Matyas Kuchar** (0:54)
Thank you very much, Stephan. Nice to be here and hello to all your listeners.

**Stephan Livera** (0:58)
Yeah, so let's talk a bit about what the focus is for BTC Prague this year. So for listeners who aren't familiar, I think most listeners know, but this is basically the biggest conference in Europe for Bitcoin, and it's like really more, you know, Bitcoin strong focus. And I believe you got, even on the website here, you've got 8,500 people in Prague get it. So these are the kinds of numbers that you're getting. Talk to us a bit about that.

**Matyas Kuchar** (1:20)
Yeah, well, yeah, the numbers are somewhere between seven and a half, the first six, seven and a half the first year, up to eight and a half last year. Now with the sentiment, who knows how many people will come to the next event in June, but we are ready to welcome up to 10,000 people. It's massive event, 250 speakers. You can see all the big names, Michael Saylor, Jeff Booth, Natalie Brunel for the first time this year, and the list goes on, Jack Mallers. And we have four stages, and the topics are pretty much everything from really basics for beginners to institutional level business topics, freedom, technology. And also this year, it's very exciting for me to say that we have a new track, which is called Bitcoin Living Masterclass. And it's for everything. It's for Bitcoiners who have to talk about those other things except Bitcoin. So health, AI, Noster, parenting, prepping and Citadel building, community building, and Plan B passports. So all these other tools, which are important in the time of uncertainty to have in your toolkit. As a program director, I always talk to every single speaker and I never put the words in their mouth, but I'm trying to encourage them to come up with some action ability. Action is important. Doing by or learning by doing. So it's not only interesting, but BTC Prague is a place where you can really learn how to be more competitive in the upcoming years, because I really believe that we are in a paradigm shift. The world is changing rapidly and it's not only because of Bitcoin, but it's also about those other technologies I mentioned, like AI, genomics, robotics. And I would use the analogy of industrial revolution, and agriculture revolution before in nearly 1800s, where few very important technologies met, merged. It was a telegraph, it was a steam engine, electrification. It was kind of the things that people get more centralized to factories, and it changed how the world work, and it changed how the society really, how the people live their lives. And I think that we are now in next big leap, so to say quantum leap into new civilization, into new way, how we even think about the world and the space, because we have now so many new technological innovations. It's Bitcoin, it's AI, it's Noster, it's genomics, it's different tactics for longevity. We travel space.
It's crazy what is happening, right? And it's hard to keep up. But at BTC Prague, we want to give people the chance to recognize what is the trend, where should be the focus, and how to ride the wave, how to stay afloat, and how to not get smashed by this new wave, and how to benefit from it. Because every wave has a positive and negative effects, and you can benefit from the positive ones, but you can shield yourself or avoid the negative ones. And I think that's very important. So, like, the analogy of the technological revolution is great. The history often rhymes. And I think that the common denominator, if you look at the history and how it's developing, is that it's speeding up. It's speeding up and it's getting more decentralized. So it's good to be flexible, and it's good to be prepared. Of course, like we see so many predictions, what this person is telling that and that person is telling this. So it's hard to say how the future will look like, but it's good to be flexible, and it's good to have options and be ready. And that's what BTC Prague is about. It's, of course, it's 90% about Bitcoin, but that's where it starts with good money, self-custody. And then you can discover those other topics, which are extremely interesting and important, and you meet the people who are leading, who are experts and who can answer the questions. And really, in just two days, you get so many answers and conviction that actually the future is not dark, it's bright.