We Hired Gart To Audit BTC Prague’s Security This Year

A joint announcement from BTC Prague and Gart.

Why We Did This

Prague is one of the safest capitals in Europe. You can walk almost anywhere, at almost any hour, and feel at ease. For most of you, the riskiest decision in any given week is over-ordering at dinner.

Yet “safe by default” is not the same as “secure by design.” When we bring tens of thousands of Bitcoiners into one venue, including some of the most publicly recognized, most doxxed, and highest-net-worth people in the industry, the bar has to be higher than the city average. So we did something about it.

That is why we hired Gart to audit the security of this BTC Prague 2026. Their scope is a full independent security audit of the event, plus a dedicated advisory track for our speakers and our VIP attendees. Gart will work directly with our organizing team and with the on-site security teams who will be on the floor during the conference.

What We Asked Gart To Do

Gart’s job is to look at every layer of the conference, from the first checkpoint at the gate to the last car leaving the afterparty, and ask the questions a motivated adversary would ask. They then sit down with two groups inside our operation:

• Our organizing team, on planning, access control, VIP flow, communications, and incident protocols.
• Our on-site security teams, on threat picture, posture, escalation paths, VIP and VVIP procedures, and rehearsals.

This scope covers the full event life cycle: the threat model going in, the security posture on the ground, the protection needs of high-profile guests, and the emergency procedures that hopefully never get used but must exist.

We already run one of the most professionally organized events in the Bitcoin calendar. The goal is to take an already strong operation and make it measurably better, transparently, so you know the level of care being put into your safety.

What Changed in the Last Two Years

The threat to publicly known Bitcoiners has changed — you have seen the headlines, you read about it in our newsletter. Gart’s own dataset documents more than 330 targeted physical attacks on crypto holders (data available at stats.gart.io), with the trend steeply rising into 2026. Being publicly associated with Bitcoin, as a founder, creator, executive, or well-known holder, now comes with a personal security dimension that did not exist a decade ago.

Conferences are the one time of year when many of these individuals are in the same physical place, on a published schedule, surrounded by strangers who share their interest in Bitcoin. That concentration is what makes the week work. It is also why it deserves serious preparation on our side.

We treat that the way we treat everything else: professionally, without cutting corners.

What This Means for You

For the vast majority of our guests, nothing about your core experience will change, beyond the quiet confidence that comes from knowing the people looking after you have done their homework.

Here are a few things worth knowing before you arrive:

• Our security personnel on site speak English. You do not need to worry about the language barrier in a stressful moment.
• Our team handles badge control and incident response. If you experience harassment, suspect you are being followed, have something stolen, feel unsafe, or witness something that worries you, find the nearest member of our security team. That is what they are there for.
• Dedicated protocols are in place for our VIP guests, including discreet escort options and safe locations.
• The official event app and venue signage will list help points and contact details before the conference.

Additional venue-specific details, including entry flow, access control, and transport recommendations, will appear in the official attendee briefing closer to the event.

A Word From Gart

We are honored to work with BTC Prague on this. BTC Prague was already asking the right questions before anyone asked them to. That is the kind of engagement we enjoy most.

Our scope covers the full event lifecycle: the threat picture going in, the security posture on the ground, the protection needs of high-profile guests, and the emergency procedures that hopefully never get used but must exist. We work closely with the organizing team and with the on-site security teams in the weeks leading up to the conference and on site throughout.

What We Will Not Publish

Any specifics into what Gart finds or recommends. By design.

We did not have to announce this engagement at all. Most organizers wouldn’t. We are telling you because the BTC Prague community has always valued straight talk over noise, and because the people who travel here trust us with their time, their network, and their personal safety.

See You in Prague

Come for the conference. Stay for the city. On both sides of this partnership, a lot of people are quietly working so that the only thing on your mind is the next talk and the next orange-pilled friend you meet there.

About Gart — Gart provides privacy-first personal security for crypto holders, executives, and public figures. We combine training, advisory, research, and tools, informed by the largest public database of crypto-related physical violence (stats.gart.io). Founded 2025, based in Prague and available globally.