Naples, FL — 2026

Bruce Barone Jr., founder of BrainSprout Studios™, has been announced as an official speaker at Bitcoin 2026, joining a global lineup exploring the future of decentralized technology and culture.

Barone is the co-creator, alongside his 10-year-old son, of Brucie Bitcoin and the Guardians of the Timechain™—an original Bitcoin mythology developed in the tradition of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis. What began as part of a homeschool exploration of Bitcoin fundamentals evolved into a full manuscript and a growing cinematic universe centered on truth, inheritance, and the enduring battle between order and corruption.

Following the passing of Barone’s father, Bruce Sr., the project took on deeper meaning. The Timechain universe is dedicated to him—the original inspiration behind “King Rex”—and explores how ideas, values, and responsibility are passed from one generation to the next. What started as father-and-son study sessions became BrainSprout Studios™, a media studio building original Bitcoin-native intellectual property.

The studio develops cinematic storytelling, graphic novels, and serialized media that frame Bitcoin not as speculation, but as durable truth infrastructure—a digital structure built from mathematics, electricity, and discipline. 

Barone’s work blends classical architecture, historical figures such as Nikola Tesla, and the philosophical development of “electric money” into a cohesive Bitcoin mythology. Through immersive AI-driven production supported by a growing graphics team, BrainSprout Studios explores sovereignty, technocracy, artificial intelligence, and intergenerational responsibility in stories designed for families and the next generation.

Since launching, the studio has grown to more than 150,000 subscribers and over 6 million views worldwide.

At Bitcoin 2026, Barone will speak on the role of culture, storytelling, and education in carrying Bitcoin forward—not merely as a financial instrument, but as a civilizational framework capable of being inherited, understood, and defended.

For more information, visit: https://2026.b.tc/speakers