Matyas Kuchar

@pepakriz @natbrunell Thank you @pepakriz - I can only imagine how many hours went to this endeavor! I was proud to say we have so many merchants accepting bitcoin, showing that to my friends wherever we were going for a dinner…

@natbrunell @Matyas44Cook As a developer at Qerko, I can confirm that regulation first completely wrecked the Bitcoin payment experience in Qerko, and later, together with other indirect regulatory effects, led to BTC payments being shut down entirely.

EU regulation killed Bitcoin payments across Europe. Over 1,000 businesses that accepted Bitcoin had to stop overnight. But Prague isn't backing down. @Matyas44Cook shares how the Czech Republic is becoming the most Bitcoin-friendly country in Europe — and why the rest of the world should pay attention. Full episode (with Czech translations thanks to AI!) Join us at @BTCPrague June 11-13th - use code HODL for your passes. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Bitcoin Adoption Across Europe 7:02 Czech Republic's Bitcoin-Friendly Central Banker 9:28 Bitcoin on the Streets of Prague 12:55 How MiCA Regulation Killed Bitcoin Payments Overnight 15:00 Europe's Energy Crisis & Bitcoin Mining 19:00 Inside BTC Prague: Stages, Speakers & Format 19:37 Michael Saylor's Fourth Year in Prague 23:11 The Real Value: In-Person Bitcoin Community 26:24 What to Do in Prague: Food, Beer & Sightseeing

@noufsmith @BTCPrague @coinjoined Much better ! @coinjoined you have a fan

@Matyas44Cook @BTCPrague @coinjoined Let me try again Matyas

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@noufsmith @BTCPrague @coinjoined Not being very creative Smiffy

@BTCPrague @Matyas44Cook This one easy

@spikychill @BTCPrague I like this approach 🫡

@BTCPrague @Matyas44Cook Conference is nice… but the afterparty is the real reason 😏🔥😁 I’m ready — just need the ticket now 👀

@djsenior13 @BTCPrague @natbrunell Not all of them - there is a nuance - most business owners (in Czech) used a 3rd party payment provider, which is a financial institution and falls into Mica regulation

@BTCPrague @Matyas44Cook @natbrunell Does MICA apply to businesses accepting Bitcoin ? (I was asking my Ai while watching) not sure… 🤔

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@The_Benchmark_ @natbrunell Thank you sir 🫡

@natbrunell @Matyas44Cook Listened this morning. Was already going to the conf but am doubly sold now. Great chat.

@felixbillert @TomasNajmanCZ @natbrunell Those are advices from a distance - if you ever run business or tried to onboard one, you would speak differently

@TomasNajmanCZ @natbrunell @Matyas44Cook Exactly right! The preferred setup for merchants should be to accept payments with self-custodial wallets first. ...then offramp using Consumer / Business accounts (such as ours wave.space) whenever needed.

@BrianRoemmele Hey Brian ... many crazy ones at @btcprague - keen to come? :)

The crazy ones…

@LRothbardian @natbrunell @BtcpayServer My understanding of MiCa is shallow, I admit that! But its true hundreds or thousands of restaurants stopped accepting bitcoin bcs of regulations! If you think regular business owners will run their own self custody solution then I tell you sorry, i dont have time to explain you

He admits on camera he is not an expert on this topic. Yet he still starts yapping and spreads misinformation to thousands of people. MiCA does not apply to self-hosted payment solutions like @BtcpayServer. Any business that accepts Bitcoin directly to their own wallet does not have to deal with MiCA. MiCA is a problem exclusively for custodial services like BitPay or Coinbase Commerce. They hold customer funds, which makes them a CASP under the regulation. That is a completely different situation. And here is the thing: a custodial Bitcoin payment processor going under is not a loss for Bitcoin adoption. Real adoption is not swapping PayPal for another middleman that holds your funds and does KYC. The bakery around the corner running their own BTCPayServer or sharing their wallet address has nothing to worry about. That is actual adoption. It is called freedom of contract. His understanding of Bitcoin adoption is as shallow as his understanding of MiCA. Both are surface level. And in contrast to @Matyas44Cook, I know what the fuck I'm talking about. We (@shopinbit) have been accepting Bitcoin directly since 2018 and will continue to do so.

SUPER EXCITED to announce I'll be speaking at Europe's biggest Bitcoin conference - ON THE MAIN STAGE! I'll be delivering a keynote on why Gen Z is turning to Bitcoin faster than every other generation, and why it sets up the 2030s for a huge Bitcoin decade. Deets below 👇

@Tacitocu @TomasNajmanCZ @natbrunell It sounds simple to us .... not simple for most people who deal with everyday business operations

@Matyas44Cook @TomasNajmanCZ @natbrunell So they should simply stop using a payment provider (financial institution). That simple. 👉e.g. btcpayserver.org

@JosefTetek @UW_Phoenix 6) No more boating accidents

1) nikdo tím neplatí 2) platí tím jen anarchisti, dealeři, a podobná havěť 3) nikdo to nepoužívá, jen jedna malá Latam zemička 4) furt je to k ničemu, jen na to zlá Wall Street dělá deriváty 5) je to mrtvé, jen tím zlé země obcházejí sankce Zajímavý vývoj, skoro jako kdyby to mělo use case jako globální nestátní peníze...

Ha... a pak že bitcoinem nikdo neplatí 😁

@TomasNajmanCZ @natbrunell The majority of shops and restaurants use a payment provider (financial institution) ... so IMHO it is fair to say, the regulation had a direct impact on restaurants ceasing to accept Bitcoin after several years of successful transactions... + creating KYC honeypots

@natbrunell @Matyas44Cook I dare say that the information that MiCA would prevent BTC payments is wrong. MiCA (or Travel rule) only applies to financial institutions, which a regular hotdog seller or pool operator is not.

@matijaoe @bramk @vexl Go to meetups, conferences and exchange numbers . You have to work for the network a bit ;) usually you find few connections and that works well for the rest of the process

@Matyas44Cook @bramk @vexl I don’t have real life bitcoin contacts to bring to vexl… it’s just sitting idle in my phone for years at this point

Get as much KYC free Bitcoin as you can anon

We don't have to live in a lawless shit hole. It is literally a choice.

@jasonsvoboda Come to @BTCPrague ;) you know you have a great Czech name? Svoboda means freedom !

I've seen far too much of this smug, sanctimonious, virtue-signaling lately. I'm a Bitcoiner... specially a Vegas Bitcoiner. A nobody in Bitcoin. I stack sats, run a node, run a meetup, and I'm heading to the conference this year like thousands of others. That doesn't make me "shitcoiner" or "tradfi grifter." It doesn't make me inferior. And it certainly doesn't justify the endless mental gymnastics and gatekeeping that's infecting our community. Many of you have lost the plot. Bitcoin was never meant to be a purity test or a social hierarchy where the loudest twatter accounts decide who's "in" and who's "out." Satoshi gifted the world "money for everyone" regardless of geographic location, status, or identity. He promised us decentralization. He promised us permissionless access and censorship resistance. He promised us a strict adherence to a predictable monetary policy. He promised us that we could have direct, exclusive control over our wealth. But you'd think he promised some of you a superiority complex for simply buying the asset. The arrogant behavior, the dismissive attitudes, the need for control, the "always right" preaching... I have no doubt he'd be embarassed in how a lot of you act. The same cypherpunk energy that gave us Bitcoin is being replaced by clout-chasing and performative superiority. If your version of Bitcoin requires looking down on others who don't meet your arbitrary bar, that's a YOU problem. Bitcoin doesn't care about your beliefs and opinions, your follower count or Interwebs street cred, or how early you got in. It cares about sound money, individual freedom, and voluntary participation. Come on, come fucking all. As for those of you knocking Las Vegas. You can dislike the Strip, but it is a purpose-built entertainment and convention ecosystem that caters to damn near everyone. For us that live here, we've got zero state income or capital gains tax, world class dining and entertainment, endless activities, hour flights to most of the southwest for even more optionality, a relatively LCOL, and 300+ days of sunshine. I've read your moody posts and have seen pix of a lot of you... trust me, many of you could use the sun. Finally, the conference is what you make of it -- whether it is in Vegas, Prague, or whatever town it's in. It's about finding some signal in the noise. It's about finding some alpha that you can't find hiding behind your keyboard. It's about reconnecting and spending time with the friends you've made along the way. Maybe some of you never understood the plot. For those of you that do, I'll see you in Vegas at the happy hour I'm hosting, at Hotstyle Takeover, at the Club Orange party, at NOSVegas... be sure to say Hi!