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Marek Palatinus was never exactly the employee type. That's why when he finished working at the bank, he wanted to go freelance, travel and work on smaller projects in the evenings. Eventually, Palatinus, who is known by the global crypto scene under the nickname Slush, created the first hardware wallet for cryptocurrencies, Trezor, with his colleague Pavol Stick Rusnák. And when bitcoin also started to grow, it was clear that this would not be a small project. Trezor, which is part of the Satoshi Labs group, today generates hundreds of millions in profits and the Czech company is a recognized brand all over the world. Will bitcoin continue to grow? How is chip production going? And why does the Czech Republic not have the right to call itself a crypto power? We talk about all this with Slush in the Money Maker podcast, listen to the full interview! 00:00:00 Let's get started 00:01:25 Bitcoin as a political topic, lobbying for a crypto wallet 00:04:01 I am an anarchist. Experience with politics "radicalized" me 00:06:06 Crypto package, Babiš's speech 00:12:12 Bureaucratic quagmire. "As a startup, we operate despite regulation" 00:13:30 Approval of the Bitcoin ETF 00:15:02 Changes in the crypto world and community 00:25:50 Adaptation of the Satoshi Labs business to the bitcoin waves 00:32:20 "We are at the foot of another madness" 00:33:25 Satoshi Labs and its "daughters": Trezor, Invity, TropicSquare and Vexl 00:37:07 Tropic01 - Secure chip and the first Satoshi Labs venture with external investors 00:47:08 How Slush and Pavol Stick Rusnák divide their roles 00:54:35 Hiring at Satoshi Labs 00:59:34 The Czech Republic as a crypto power? 01:01:13 Artificial Intelligence 01:05:57 How Slush invests and diversifies ???? Read us on the website https://cc.cz, where we cover topics that move the Czech Republic and the world every day.