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With over 20 years of expertise in Free Software and Open Hardware, tech entrepreneur Alexander Poltorak has been involved with the Bitcoin ecosystem since its early days. He has been working as a Bitcoin consultant since 2016. He is an advocate of Libre Software, cryptography and all technologies empowering sovereign individuals and helping preserve the core values of anonymity, privacy, censorship resistance, decentralisation and security.

Shirly is a prominent figure in the crypto industry, with a career that began in 2018 in Crypto Valley, Zug, Switzerland and a reputation for driving growth in Web3. Recognized on Forbes 30 Under 30, she has led global teams and spearheaded major fundraising, partnership and grassroots movement initiatives in the blockchain space. Past couple […]

The only relevant formal education I got was in primary school, when they taught me to read and write. After then I discovered, that I’m unable to make anything by hands and that I don’t have the guts for politics, I started to live on programming, design, lectures and movie production. Presently I work as developmenr security consultant and a wisdom disseminator for hire in the area of Central Europe and adjacent countries. I’m longest serving Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for ASP.NET in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Also I’m founding member of the Society for prevention of cruelty on computers and for mutual understanding of silicone and carbon based forms of life.

Tomas Studeník is an urban hacker, innovator, and author of The Art of Failure. He is the founder of Blackout Prague, a unique project that blends applied sociology with immersive theatre to explore what happens when modern cities go dark. Tomas has organized dozens of hackathons in Europe and the US, created the world’s first […]