Here in Czechia, April weather has been as unpredictable as ever. The world, meanwhile, is also full of turbulent tendencies. One day, the gates of the strait are closed; another day, they are closed again. Sometimes even twice over.
Bitcoin is always open. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, regardless of holidays, weather, or geopolitics. Since its creation, it has had an uptime of approximately 99.988%. Bank payment systems have scheduled maintenance, tech services have outages, and even Claude takes a break from time to time.
The idea that Bitcoin belongs to everyone and no one may also be reflected in Satoshi Nakamoto’s symbolic date of birth. Do you know what it might refer to?
🎙️ News
Strategy overtakes BlackRock
Strategy is now the largest institutional holder of Bitcoin in the world. It owns 815,061 BTC. [Source]
Should we freeze Bitcoin at unused addresses?
Quantum computers do not pose a direct threat to us yet, but the Bitcoin community is already thinking ahead. One controversial proposal, BIP-361, describes freezing Bitcoin held at old, unused addresses. Nobody likes it, not even the proposal’s author. [Source]
🎙️ Where we’ve been & where we’re going
CryptoByte, May 16, Liberec, CZ
As always, the CryptoByte cryptocurrency conference will bring together some of the most interesting voices from the Czech scene. Expect talks, workshops, and a party. On Saturday, you can look forward to a keynote by Michal Nýdrle — Trust Is the Hardest Currency on the Market. Matouš Ledvina will lead a workshop on how Turbo Buy works. There will also be a practical workshop for beginners.
👉 Use the code INVITY20 to get 20% off Member and Student passes. The code is valid only until May 7.
BTCPrague, June 11–13, Prague, CZ
A must-attend conference for Bitcoiners, where every year you can meet some of the biggest names in the industry. We’ll be there with a booth, merch, and a great game where you can win BTC. You can also catch talks by our team members Štěpán Uherík, Michal Nýdrle, Matouš Ledvina, and Petr Horák.
👉 Don’t have a ticket yet? Use our **code INVITY to get 10% off, or buy your ticket directly through this link.
Bitcoin2026, Las Vegas**
This conference brought together the biggest names from Senator Cynthia Lummis to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes. Our founder Štěpán Uherík took the stage to share battle-tested strategies for holding Bitcoin on the balance sheet. If you missed it, more chances are coming, he and Michal will be speaking at BTCPrague.
FUTURE Conference by CzechCrunch, CZ
We attended the first edition of this technology conference. We discussed geopolitics and the importance of Bitcoin and led a workshop on AI agents paying with BTC via Lightning. You can find a recording of the discussion on the future of money with Michal Nýdrl and Štěpán Uherík on the CzechCrunch YouTube channel.
🎓 Education corner
Cost Basis
/kɒst ˈbeɪ.sɪs/ · noun · The average price at which you bought Bitcoin
Cost basis is the weighted average of the prices at which you bought Bitcoin. Put simply, it shows your average entry price and helps you understand your position in context.
Example: You bought 0.1 BTC at $30,000 and another 0.1 BTC at $50,000. Your cost basis is $40,000 per BTC. For long-term holders, this can be a far more useful number to track than day-to-day price swings.
“Bitcoin is trading at $68,000 right now, but my cost basis after two years of regular buying is $42,000, so I’m still comfortably in profit.”
With Invity, you can build your cost basis using Auto Buy and Auto Buy Plus for recurring purchases, or Turbo Buy to accumulate even more Bitcoin.
CTA: What is my cost basis on Invity?
🐇 Did you know…?
In April, Satoshi Nakamoto, the founder of Bitcoin, celebrated his birthday. On his P2P Foundation profile, he chose April 5 as his date of birth. It’s a small Easter egg for those familiar with history. On this day in 1933, U.S. President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102. It ended the gold standard, made it illegal for citizens to hoard gold, and effectively confiscated it from them.
Bitcoin was created as a system that belongs to everyone and no one at the same time. No individual, nor any state, can stop it from running or change the rules of its code.
One more interesting fact is linked to April. In 2013, Satoshi posted his very last message on an online forum. He said goodbye with the words: “I’ve moved on to other things.”
To meaningful endings and new beginnings.
And may you always keep things in your own hands.
Just like Bitcoin.