We’re excited to welcome Mário Havel to Bitcoin is RETRO!

While Bitcoin stays retro, our understanding of blockchain technology has evolved on many levels. During almost a decade, the research and development of distributed systems brought protocols with more scale, privacy and efficiency. Even further, near term progress of ZK implementations and quantum computing opens ideas for wild future of the blockchain paradigm. Time travel from past to the future with an overview of the latest research.

<em></em>* Bitcoin may be retro — but the research didn’t stop.

At Bitcoin is RETRO!, we intentionally look beyond the surface narrative. Beyond price, beyond hype, beyond simplified stories about “old vs new” technologies.

Mário Havel’s talk maps what has actually happened in the background over the last decade.

From scalability challenges to privacy breakthroughs, from new consensus models to the rapid progress in zero-knowledge proofs — the blockchain space has quietly evolved into something far more sophisticated than its early form.

And this is where it connects directly to the core of our conference.

From Bitcoin to privacy-preserving systems like Zcash, the trajectory is clear: towards systems that are not only decentralized, but also private, efficient, and resilient by design.

What was once a radical idea is now an active field of research — and increasingly, real-world implementation.

This talk is a reminder that while narratives may lag behind, the technology does not.

And if you want to understand where the next layer of cryptoanarchy is emerging, this is where to look.

25th April 2026 - Bratislava, Slovakia
Tickets: https://pay.cypherpunk.today/plugins/FhgdSzrmhbgrR1v64Y4EdpVxedKN3JhRnKT6mqh62QMi/ticket/public/event/199f6655-c62a-4f26-b24e-95fa2905f148/summary