prague-blockchain-week/data/23/events/bitcoin-prague/data.json

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      "id": "michael-saylor",
      "name": "Michael Saylor",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Michael-Saylor-2-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Executive chairman & president of MicroStrategy",
      "twitter": "saylor",
      "tag": "Entrepreneur",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Bitcoin expert at the biggest hodler among public companies with +130k BTC on their balance sheet. Michael stands behind free education initiatives saylor.org & hope.com.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://michael.com"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/michael-saylor/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/michael-saylor.jpg"
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    {
      "id": "stephan-livera",
      "name": "Stephan Livera",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/btcprague-stephanlivera-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Host of “Stephan Livera Podcast”",
      "twitter": "stephanlivera",
      "linkedin": "stephan-livera-11130717",
      "tag": "Influencer",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "As a long-term expert in bitcoin and Austrian economics and the host of one of bitcoin’s leading shows, Stephan was a no-brainer choice to be an MC of the conference and a panel moderator.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://stephanlivera.com/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/stephan-livera/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/stephan-livera.jpg"
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    {
      "id": "roman-reher",
      "name": "Roman Reher",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/btcprague-romanreher-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Founder of YT channel \"Blocktrainer\"",
      "twitter": "blocktrainer",
      "tag": "Influencer",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "“Blocktrainer” is the world’s second-biggest bitcoin-only YT channel. Roman will share what is happening in their community behind the German language barrier in the panel with similar personalities from other European countries.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://www.blocktrainer.de/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/roman-reher/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/roman-reher.jpg"
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    {
      "id": "aleks-svetski",
      "name": "Aleks Svetski",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Aleks-Svetski-320x320.jpeg",
      "caption": "Bitcoin author & podcaster",
      "twitter": "SvetskiWrites",
      "tag": "Author",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Aleks is co-author of „The UnCommunist Manifesto” book and publishes his own magazine „Bitcoin Times” in strictly limited edition. He has deep talks with guests in his „Svetski Wake Up Podcast” and is a freedom and voluntaryism advocate.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://Svetski.info"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/aleks-svetski/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/aleks-svetski.jpeg"
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    {
      "id": "peter-mccormack",
      "name": "Peter McCormack",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Peter-McCormack-1-320x320.jpeg",
      "caption": "Host of the “What Bitcoin Did” podcast",
      "twitter": "PeterMcCormack",
      "linkedin": "petermccormack1",
      "tag": "Influencer",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Peter is the host of one of the most favorite bitcoin podcasts where he interviews all the important personalities of the scene. He is also the Chairman of Real Bedford F.C. – an English football team that adopted and promotes bitcoin.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://www.whatbitcoindid.com/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/peter-mccormack/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/peter-mccormack.jpeg"
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    {
      "id": "obi-nwosu",
      "name": "Obi Nwosu",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Obi-Nwosu-320x320.jpeg",
      "caption": "CEO of Fedi",
      "twitter": "obi",
      "tag": "Entrepreneur",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Obi is a London-based bitcoin advocate. His goal is to broader bitcoin adoption using the Fedimint protocol, which enables bitcoin custody within a trusted community. Obi is going to reveal something truly essential regarding the Fedi project at BTC Prague!",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://www.fedi.xyz/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/obi-nwosu/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/obi-nwosu.jpeg"
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    {
      "id": "giacomo-zucco",
      "name": "Giacomo Zucco",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/btcprague-giacomozucco-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Bitcoin entrepreneur & consultant",
      "twitter": "giacomozucco",
      "tag": "Entrepreneur",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Did you think being a toxic maximalist and a very nice person were mutually exclusive? You definitely need to meet Giacomo and his cute Italian accent – his talks are always both deep and funny.",
      "web": {},
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/giacomo-zucco/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/giacomo-zucco.jpg"
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    {
      "id": "knut-svanholm",
      "name": "Knut Svanholm",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/btcprague-knutsvanholm-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Author of the \"∞ / 21M” book",
      "tag": "Author",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "His book became an instant classic. Knut comes from Sweden but lives in Madeira where he is a member of the Governance Board at @FREEMadeiraOrg – an attempt to create a bitcoin citadel right here and right now.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://www.knutsvanholm.com/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/knut-svanholm/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/knut-svanholm.jpg"
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    {
      "id": "anita-posch",
      "name": "Anita Posch",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Anita-Posch-2-320x320.png",
      "caption": "Bitcoin educator & author",
      "twitter": "anitaposch",
      "tag": "Author",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Anita created the “Bitcoin for Fairness” project with the goal to educate on bitcoin in emerging countries, focused on Africa. For her bitcoin is a tool for freedom, human rights, and privacy. She is also the author of the “(L)earn Bitcoin” book and a podcaster.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://anitaposch.com"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/anita-posch/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/anita-posch.png"
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    {
      "id": "lunaticoin",
      "name": "Lunaticoin",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Luna-1.png",
      "caption": "Bitcoin podcaster",
      "twitter": "lunaticoin",
      "tag": "Influencer",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Lunaticoin is an MC and moderator of different bitcoin events. He represents the Spanish community and he will share what is happening over there in the panel with similar personalities from other European countries.",
      "web": {},
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/lunaticoin/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/lunaticoin.png"
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    {
      "id": "rahim-taghizadegan",
      "name": "Rahim Taghizadegan",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/btcprague-rahimtaghizadegan-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Austrian economist & entrepreneur",
      "twitter": "scholarium_at",
      "tag": "Author",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "He is the last Austrian economist from Austria and the founder of the private university @scholarium_at in Vienna. Rahim is also a best-selling author, physicist, philosopher, investor, and entrepreneur – a true polymath.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://scholarium.at/rt/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/rahim-taghizadegan/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/rahim-taghizadegan.jpg"
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    {
      "id": "gleb-naumenko",
      "name": "Gleb Naumenko",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/btcprague-glebnaumenko-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Bitcoin Core and Lightning Network developer",
      "twitter": "ffstls",
      "tag": "Developer",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "His focus in development is security. Coming from Ukraine, Gleb will talk about how thanks to bitcoin he was able to raise funds from all over the world to provide help to his fellow citizens during the current war conflict.",
      "web": {},
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/gleb-naumenko/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/gleb-naumenko.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "samantha-de-waal",
      "name": "Samantha de Waal",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Samantha-de-Waal-1-3-e1674643216602-320x320.jpeg",
      "caption": "12-year-old bitcoiner",
      "twitter": "SamTheBTCKid",
      "tag": "Influencer",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Samantha has been a bitcoiner for twelve years. She’s also twelve years old. Sam has grown up around bitcoin and has never known a world without it. Now she wants to help other people -and especially kids- understand this revolutionary technology.",
      "web": {},
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/samantha-de-waal/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/samantha-de-waal.jpeg"
    },
    {
      "id": "benjamin-de-waal",
      "name": "Benjamin de Waal",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Ben-de-Waal.jpg",
      "caption": "VP Engineering of Swan Bitcoin",
      "twitter": "Ben_deWaal",
      "tag": "Developer",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Benjamin is a developer and manages a software team at the biggest bitcoin-only US exchange Swan Bitcoin. Ben values bitcoin’s privacy and censorship resistance features over its financial aspect. He is a bitcoin OG since 2010.",
      "web": {},
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/benjamin-de-waal/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/benjamin-de-waal.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "wolf-von-laer",
      "name": "Wolf von Laer",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Wolf-von-Laer-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "CEO of Students For Liberty",
      "tag": "Community Leader",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Students for Liberty is a non-profit organization that trains and supports pro-liberty students worldwide. Wolf is a libertarian who lived and studied in many countries and is also a member of the Montpelerin Society.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://www.wolfvonlaer.com"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/wolf-von-laer/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/wolf-von-laer.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "daniel-prince",
      "name": "Daniel Prince",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Daniel-Prince-320x320.png",
      "caption": "Host of \"Once BITten\" podcast",
      "twitter": "PrinceySOV",
      "tag": "Author",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "A long-time forex trader before he swallowed the orange pill. Today he is a digital nomad and father of 4 homeschooled children. Daniel will moderate panels at BTC Prague where he will leverage his skill of making discussions go the right way.",
      "web": {},
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/daniel-prince/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/daniel-prince.png"
    },
    {
      "id": "peter-young",
      "name": "Peter Young",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Peter-Young-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "CEO of Free Cities Foundation",
      "twitter": "freecitiesfound",
      "linkedin": "https://linkedin.com/company/freecitiesfoundation",
      "tag": "Community Leader",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Free Cities Foundation is an organization supporting innovation via liberty-oriented policies that lead to greater human freedom and prosperity. Peter will attend a panel focused on bitcoin islands such as Madeira, Roatan, or Isle of Man.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://free-cities.org/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/peter-young/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/peter-young.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "dusan-matuska",
      "name": "Dušan Matuška",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Dusan-Matuska-320x320.png",
      "caption": "Bitcoin educator & miner",
      "twitter": "dusan_matuska",
      "tag": "Entrepreneur",
      "country": "sk",
      "desc": "The personal target of Dušan is to educate 100 million people on bitcoin. He spread the book “Bitcoin Money” to schools in Slovakia. Dušan is building a bitcoin education center “AmityAge” on the free island of Roatán and he mines bitcoin in Paraguay.",
      "web": {
        "url": "http://amityage.com"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/dusan-matuska/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/dusan-matuska.png"
    },
    {
      "id": "ioni-appelberg",
      "name": "Ioni Appelberg",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/btcprague-ioniappelberg-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Bitcoin animator & video creator",
      "twitter": "IoniAppelberg",
      "tag": "Author",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "He creates beautiful hand-drawn animations, especially for @knutsvanholm. Ioni does deep dives into topics like civilization collapses, financial surveillance, or bitcoin and psychedelics.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://www.ioniappelberg.com/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/ioni-appelberg/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/ioni-appelberg.jpg"
    },
    {
      "id": "erik-dale",
      "name": "Erik Dale",
      "photoUrl": "https://www.btcprague.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/btcpraque-erikdale-320x320.jpg",
      "caption": "Host of the \"Bitcoin for Breakfast\" podcast",
      "twitter": "EuroDale",
      "tag": "Influencer",
      "country": "xx",
      "desc": "Norwegian communication professional living in Berlin, Germany. Erik has experience from the top level of the European Commission where he was supposed to analyze bitcoin. That turned him in the end from an EU clown to a bitcoin troublemaker.",
      "web": {
        "url": "https://www.kongerik.et/"
      },
      "link": "https://www.btcprague.com/speakers/erik-dale/",
      "photo": "photos/speakers/erik-dale.jpg"
    }
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