"Is Bitcoin Still a Sovereign Tool?" will be discussed at Bitcoin 2026 happening April 27-29. Bitcoin Magazine readers can save 10% on tickets using code 'ARTICLE10'.
A new panel has officially been announced for Bitcoin 2026 titled “Is Bitcoin Still A Sovereign Tool?” featuring Matt Odell, Bruce Fenton, Luke Rudkowski, and BTC Sessions. The conversation will bring together these four voices who have spent years examining the intersection of Bitcoin, individual freedom, institutional adoption, and whether Bitcoin is staying true to its original ethos as adoption accelerates.
Matt Odell is an entrepreneur, podcaster, and venture capitalist best known for his Bitcoin privacy advocacy and working in freedom technology education for over a decade with guides, workshops, and even training activists on how to use Bitcoin. He is a managing partner at Ten31, the largest Bitcoin technology investor in the world, and co-founder of OpenSats, Bitcoin Park, and the Bitcoin Policy Institute.
Bruce Fenton has been involved in Bitcoin since 2012 and is the founder and host of the Satoshi Roundtable, now in its 12th year — an invitation-only annual retreat for leading CEOs, developers, founders, and academics in the Bitcoin ecosystem. He previously served as Executive Director of the Bitcoin Foundation and organized the first Dubai Bitcoin Conference in 2014.
