This autumn, Prague will host a gathering unlike any other. Dark Prague 2025 is a three-day international conference dedicated to exploring decentralized futures and the anatomy of control. Taking place from October 3–5, 2025, at the Second Culture venue, the event marks the beginning of a new chapter in critical, radical, and decentralized discourse.
Dark Prague is envisioned as the successor to the Hackers Congress Paralelní Polis core, but with new depth: fed by the roots of life, the edge of science, and the code of exile. It is not only a meeting point but a signal — an urgent call to thinkers, builders, and breakers around the globe.
The Manifesto
Technology is the battlefield. Biology is the frontier. Networks are the lifeblood. This is where we examine systems to dismantle them, fork them, or remake them.
In the flicker between freedom and control, shadows move. They are thinkers, builders, breakers, not invited, not waiting.
This is not a conference. This is a signal — low-res, high-risk, peer-to-peer.
Speaker Highlights
Dark Prague 2025 will convene some of the most radical voices and uncompromising thinkers shaping the edge of technology, politics, and culture. Confirmed speakers include:
- Gavin Wood — Ethereum co-founder & Polkadot creator
- Harry Halpin — CEO of NYM, privacy advocate
- Bob Summerwill — crypto veteran and open-source advocate
- Cody Wilson — gun rights activist & cryptoanarchist
- Amir Taaki — DarkFi cryptographer & pioneer of cryptoanarchist thought
- Ann Brody — DAO & political futures researcher
- Maxim Orlovsky — cypherpunk, posthumanist, computer & neuroscientist
- Pavol Lupták — global opportunist, cryptoanarchist & hacker
These voices will interrogate systems of control, expose the shifting boundaries of technology and power, and push forward new visions for decentralized futures.
What to Expect
Dark Prague 2025 will explore:
- Decentralized systems: Cryptographic tools, anonymous networks, and the politics of code
- The anatomy of control: State, corporate, and algorithmic power
- Frontiers of science & biology: Posthumanist visions and biopolitical challenges
- Exile & resistance: How communities adapt, disrupt, and survive in the shadows
The program will combine keynotes, panels, and workshops with cultural happenings, designed to blur the line between performance, conversation, and action.
Why Prague, Why Now?
Prague has long been a nexus of countercultural innovation, cryptographic resistance, and radical imagination. With Dark Prague 2025, the city becomes the stage for a global community ready to confront the forces of control and envision decentralized futures.
Join the Signal
Dark Prague 2025 is a gathering of those unwilling to wait. A peer-to-peer signal sent into the noise.
🗓 October 3–5, 2025
📍 Second Culture, Prague
More info: https://darkprague.com/
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