Saturday, October 31

Fringe programme

Orange Zone

08:30 – 18:00Session

Exhibition area, drinks, music & games

Kids' Corner – Little Satoshi

11:00 – 16:00Session

Free kids' corner with plenty of games and fun

Programme by hall

Hall 1 – Satoshi Nakamoto

Hall 2 – The Balkans

Hall 3 – Bitcoin for Beginners

08:30 – 09:30

Registration, coffee, networking, welcome & orientation to BTC Balkans

09:30 – 10:00bg

Opening of BTC Balkans 2026 and introduction of the Bitcoin Club initiative

10:00 – 10:30en

Fighting DAC8: The Struggle for Freedom in Europe

Federico Rivi

10:30 – 12:00bg

Bitcoin Is Not Just Money. It Is a Way of Thinking

Plamen Andonov · Ivan Ivanov · Georgi Manolov · Kostadin Kotevski (moderator)

12:00 – 12:30bg

The EU Matrix Is Coming: How It Will Work and What I Am Doing to Stay Free

Georgi Manolov

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch & networking

14:00 – 14:30bg

Lecture by Zdravko Pirinliev

Zdravko Pirinliev

14:30 – 15:00en

Teaching Bitcoin at College: Saving Gen Z from the Fiat Disaster

Dr. Peter Schmidt

15:00 – 15:30bg

What Bitcoin and AI Have in Common

Plamen Andonov

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break & networking

16:00 – 17:00en

Is the Fiat System Broken? Banks, CBDC, Control and Money Laundering

Ivan Draganov · Dimitris Tsapakidis · Dr. Peter Schmidt

17:00 – 17:30en

We Build on Bitcoin

Kyle Huber

17:30 – 18:00

Game, raffle & closing

08:30 – 09:30

Registration, coffee, networking, welcome & orientation to BTC Balkans

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch & networking

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break & networking

10:30 – 12:00en

Bitcoin Industry in the Balkans — All Balkan Communities

Arvin Kamberi · Nikola Grbovic · Filip Durovic · Toni Čepon

12:00 – 12:30en

Proof of Work on an Island: Bitcoin, Tourism and Waste on the Croatian Island of Krk

Marin Pavlić

14:00 – 15:00bg

Beyond the Price: How to Explain What Bitcoin Really Is

Georgi Manolov · Ivan Ivanov · Miroslava Kalibradova · Stoyan Petrov · Silvia Paunova (moderator)

15:00 – 15:30en

The Frontrunner's Bargain: All the Rules, One Way Out

Nikola Grbovic

16:00 – 16:30bg

Game Theory: We're All Playing the Same Game

Robert Hristov

08:30 – 09:30

Registration, coffee, networking, welcome & orientation to BTC Balkans

12:30 – 14:00

Lunch & networking

15:30 – 16:00

Coffee break & networking

10:30 – 11:00bgen

What Is Bitcoin, Part 1?