New speaker - Peter Horvath! And his talk - From sound money to honest odds.

Abstract: While Bitcoin gave us permissionless and borderless payments, prediction markets give us way to price belief, surface hidden information, and coordinate around reality, all without asking states, media, or platforms for approval. In this talk, I want to connect back to the old cypherpunk dream and show that while it is retro, the vision is still very much alive. Turns out the frontier in freedom tech may not just be private money, but permissionless truth discovery.

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Bitcoin solved money. Or at least, it solved a fundamental part of it — how to transfer value without permission. But what about truth? At Bitcoin is RETRO!, we look at the broader implications of cypherpunk technologies — not just how they reshape finance, but how they reshape coordination itself.

Peter Horváth’s talk expands the frontier.

Prediction markets introduce a different kind of decentralization: not of money, but of knowledge. They allow individuals to express belief with skin in the game, turning opinions into measurable signals and noise into structured information.

In a world saturated with narratives, manipulation, and institutional filters, this becomes a powerful idea. Truth — not declared, but discovered. Without gatekeepers.

From Bitcoin to systems like Zcash, the trajectory has been clear: remove trust from money. Prediction markets push this further — removing trust from information itself. This is where the cypherpunk vision continues to evolve. Not just towards private money, but towards permissionless reality coordination.

And that’s exactly why this talk belongs at Bitcoin is RETRO!