Welcome to the 3rd annual Pizza Day Prague Bitcoin Conference!
As we gather once again to celebrate the evolution of Bitcoin and its impact on our world, this year’s conference explores a crucial battleground.
The Scaling Wars represent a pivotal moment in Bitcoin’s journey, a battle to address the growing pains and ensure the continued relevance of peer-to-peer electronic cash. As the demand for Bitcoin transactions rises, questions about network capacity, transaction speed, and fees become increasingly urgent. The decentralization ethos that underpins Bitcoin’s essence faces challenges as the community navigates the delicate balance between scalability and maintaining the trustless nature of the network.
The Scaling Wars encompass not only technical considerations but also ideological discussions about the very soul of Bitcoin. Should we prioritize on-chain scaling or explore layer-two solutions? How do we ensure inclusivity and avoid centralization without compromising efficiency?
Together, we can navigate the challenges of scaling, foster innovation, and ensure that the original spirit of Bitcoin thrives in the face of adversity. Join us in Prague for Pizza Day 2024 – where the aroma of freshly baked ideas and the zest of intellectual exchange promise to make this a landmark event in the ongoing saga of Bitcoin’s evolution.
Let the Scaling Wars begin.
Mário is a hacker and researcher focused on making the crypto ecosystem more efficient and anonymous. As a member of Paralelní Polis and the driving force behind Pizza Day Prague, Mário educates about tools of cryptoanarchy in local communities with a focus on onboarding via Lightning and p2p exchange. He is a vast enjoyer of FOSS and parallel economy.
An advocate of sovereignty and privacy-preserving tools. Co-founder of Hodling SA which provides non-custodial hardware-based Bitcoin multisignature wallet solutions.
Politically an anarchist since the 1990s, and a Bitcoiner since 2010, Ben spends much of his time thinking about how to make the world a better place without hierarchies and centralised systems. He runs Bitcoiner Consulting, an independent consultancy focused on the technical implementation of Bitcoin in to products and business processes.
Alexei has worked on BTC bridges & sidechains since 2016, publishing the first design for economic security bridges in 2018 at Scaling Bitcoin. His Ph.D. at Imperial College London focused on the problem of trustless cross-chain communication. Alexei co-founded Interlay to build a decentralized and interoperable financial layer on top of Bitcoin and the Build on Bitcoin (BoB) project.
Juraj is an educator, book author, coder, and cryptoanarchist. He helps people turn off statism in their own heads and disconnect their brains from the hierarchies of the world. He is a co-founder of Paralelná Polis and author of the book Cryptocurrencies – Hack your way to a better life. Enjoyer of volatility, swimmer in uncertainty.
Martti ‘Sirius’ Malmi is a Finnish computer scientist and software developer who helped Satoshi develop Bitcoin during its first two years of operation and was known for making the first Bitcoin to fiat transaction.
Malmi’s first tasks included writing Bitcoin’s documentation and creating a FAQ section to help people understand Bitcoin. He also set up the first Bitcoin community forum, which later became BitcoinTalk, the most well-known crypto forum.
Paralelní Polis is a one-of-a-kind nonprofit organization that brings together art, social sciences, and modern technologies. The ideas of liberty, independence, innovative thinking, and the development of society are the main underlying foundations of the project.
The project intends to remain state-free as it operates entirely without support from the government, and most of the funds come from voluntary contributions of our donors and partly from commercial activities such as running a unique coworking space and the world’s first bitcoin-only café. Its main goal is to promote economic, social, and digital freedom.
Since 2014, our crew has brought to you many unforgettable events like Black Swan Security Congress or Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis.
