Two days, several lecture halls and topics ranging from Bitcoin and asset protection to second citizenship and digital privacy. On 11 and 12 September, the Czech and Slovak Bitcoin community gathered in the Aula of VŠB-TUO in Ostrava-Poruba for the seventh edition of the ChainCamp conference.

This year's edition, subtitled NEXT BLOCK, also showed how significantly the debate around Bitcoin has expanded in recent years beyond the price itself or the technological workings of the network. Questions of long-term wealth preservation, security, regulation, privacy and readiness for a changing economic environment are coming to the fore.

Two days, two perspectives on personal freedom

ChainCamp got fully under way as early as Friday this year. The organisers prepared a separate programme focused on building a personal Plan B, which ran in parallel across three halls and featured roughly two dozen speakers and experts.

The topics went well beyond the world of cryptocurrencies. Discussions covered global mobility, second citizenship and foreign residencies, asset protection, tax planning, digital privacy, cybersecurity and entrepreneurship. The common denominator was the question of how to create a back-up plan for oneself and one's family.

One of the topics was also the Financial PLAN B, in which speakers compared various options for long-term value preservation - from Bitcoin and gold to traditional capital markets. The programme also touched on geopolitical risks, inheritance, asset protection across jurisdictions, practical OPSEC and personal data protection.

Saturday belonged to Bitcoin

The Friday programme was followed by the traditional Saturday part of ChainCamp, this time focused primarily on Bitcoin.

The main stage hosted a series of well-known figures from the Czech and Slovak Bitcoin and economic scene. In his talk, Jakub “Kicom” Vejmola reflected on what Bitcoin had given him and what it had taken away. Juraj Karpiš raised the question of how Bitcoin can compete with the current fiat system and then discussed money, the economy and their future together with Dominik Stroukal.

Josef Tětek presented the use of Bitcoin in Africa, while space was also given to topics such as KYC versus NO KYC, Bitcoin adoption, stablecoins, the current situation on the cryptocurrency market and long-term holding of Bitcoin.

The programme thus offered different perspectives on the same asset - from technology and economics through investing to the practical questions of its use and secure storage.

ChainCamp through the eyes of crypto4me

Among this year's visitors was Tomáš Bára, brand manager at crypto4me. This time he came to ChainCamp as a guest and spent practically the whole day at the conference.

“I was at the event from morning until evening, and the very opportunity to spend a whole day among people who share a common topic was for me one of the greatest values of the entire conference. You talk about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, their future, what is happening on the market and how to think about it today. At the same time, you hear the views of people who look at the same topic completely differently,” Bára describes.

According to him, personal contact is one of the main strengths of events like this. Not all debates take place on stage.

“I made several interesting contacts, and that is exactly what such events are about in my view. It is not just about the talks. During the breaks, at the stands or simply in an ordinary conversation, you can strike up a chat with someone you would otherwise never have met. You have a common topic and the conversation arises naturally,” says Bára.

According to Bára, the lecture programme above all offers the chance to broaden one's horizons and look at familiar topics from a different angle.

“You do not have to agree with everything. Quite the opposite. The value often lies in hearing an argument that would never have occurred to you and which forces you to think about the topic a little differently,” he adds.

Smaller than BTC Prague, but all the more personal

This year crypto4me also took part in BTC Prague 2026, one of the largest Bitcoin conferences in Europe. By comparison, ChainCamp is a considerably more intimate event. According to Bára, however, it is precisely the smaller scale that creates more room for personal contact between visitors.

“BTC Prague is a huge event with international reach, big names and a completely different scale. ChainCamp is smaller, but as a result much more open to personal contact. You have a greater chance of having a relaxed chat with someone, making a connection or continuing a debate after a talk. The whole event felt very friendly to me, almost community-like. Personally, this format perhaps suited me even better,” Bára explains.

According to him, a similar view was shared by many other visitors he spoke with during the day. The smaller size of the event therefore need not be a disadvantage. On the contrary, it helps ChainCamp retain its community character.

ChainCamp is not just about talks

Practical workshops have long been a prominent part of ChainCamp. This year the organisers set aside several separate rooms for them, and visitors could try many things out for themselves on the spot.

The programme included, for example, verifying the authenticity of a hardware wallet, working with Bitcoin services, second-layer technologies, mining, renewable energy sources and practical questions related to building and managing a portfolio.

Alongside the talks and workshops, however, the community itself remains an important part of the event. Experienced Bitcoiners, developers, entrepreneurs and investors meet in one place with people who are only just beginning to take an interest in Bitcoin.

Plan B need not mean only Bitcoin

The broader concept of Plan B was among the most prominent themes of this year's edition.

crypto4me raised a similar question this year at the BTC Prague 2026 conference, where Tomáš Bára presented Bitcoin as a possible component of a long-term financial plan. Not as a route to quick profit, but as an asset which, in his view, needs to be approached over the long term, responsibly and with an awareness of the associated risks.

ChainCamp extended this theme beyond Bitcoin itself. According to the conference programme, financial resilience need not rest on a single asset alone. It also includes asset protection, security, privacy, risk diversification, knowledge of the environment in which one lives and the ability to prepare for various scenarios.

In the understanding of this year's ChainCamp, Plan B therefore did not mean an attempt to predict the future, but rather readiness for a situation in which things do not unfold as expected.

Next time perhaps with crypto4me too

crypto4me did not take part in this year's ChainCamp as a partner or exhibitor. Tomáš Bára came as an ordinary visitor. After this year's experience, however, he can imagine the brand getting involved more actively in the future.

“This year I came as a visitor. But I liked the event so much that I would be glad if crypto4me took part in similar community events more actively in the future. Not just as a brand, but above all as part of the community that is forming around Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies,” Bára sums up.

Alongside the large international conferences, he believes there is also a place for smaller local events, where there is more room for personal contact, open debate and the sharing of experience.

Bitcoin has long ceased to be only about price

The seventh edition of ChainCamp showed that the debate within the Czech and Slovak Bitcoin community is no longer based solely on the question of where the price of Bitcoin will move.

Security, privacy protection, personal responsibility, economics and a long-term approach to wealth are being given ever more space. And it is precisely the combination of an expert programme, practical experience and informal debates among visitors that gives community conferences like this their meaning even beyond the lecture halls themselves.

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