BTC Prague founder: Bitcoin is a tool for survival, not just investment

Bitcoin is not merely an investment vehicle but a tool for financial freedom and survival that protects individuals' savings from government overreach and inflation, according to Martin Kuchař, founder of Europe's largest Bitcoin-only conference, BTC Prague. Speaking at the ongoing BTC Prague 2026 event in the Czech capital, Kuchař drew on the country's history of having private property confiscated under a past communist regime. "We felt and understood it firsthand," he said, adding that people today are learning directly about how communism "ruins everything." Kuchař asserted that Bitcoin is a means that can save lives, people, and property.