2025-11-15 –, English Workshop Language: English
Bitcoin’s momentum is unstoppable, yet payments are just the beginning. Let’s have an honest conversation about the unsolved challenges in accounting for bitcoin. Why aren’t more people thinking about this? How do we make privacy, sovereignty, and compliance work together as we design accounting for bitcoin-first businesses and individuals? This session shares lessons from building BitBooks and Bitcoin Connector from scratch, and tries to spark the collaboration needed across open source, business, and community. We’ll clarify why the usual focus on cost-basis for capital gains tax reporting misses the real opportunities and challenges for managing finances on a bitcoin standard.
Bitcoin accounting is a frontier rarely explored beyond tax reporting, yet it holds the keys to sustainable adoption and innovation. This fireside chat is designed for builders, business leaders, accountants, and early adopters eager to move the conversation from compliance to operational excellence. Expect candid dialogue, real project insights, and practical strategies from building BitBooks and Bitcoin Connector. The discussion will highlight how collaborative thinking and open source solutions can solve challenges like privacy and interoperability. Attendees will be invited to bring questions, share perspectives, and help lay the groundwork for a resilient bitcoin ecosystem—where accounting is a tool for empowerment, not just paperwork
Roark Janis is a founder and ecosystem builder focused on practical bitcoin adoption. Leading BitBooks and Bitcoin Connector, he delivers open source tools for real accounting—beyond just tax tracking—that enable businesses and individuals to use bitcoin as their unit of account. With decades in enterprise software and operational leadership, Roark brings hands-on vision and collaborative energy to projects. He advocates for robust, usable accounting infrastructure to support the next wave of bitcoin payment adoption