Viareggio, Italy — May 12-13

TuscanyLightning Summit

2026
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About the Summit

Where Bitcoin's
brightest minds
converge

The Tuscany Lightning Summit is an exclusive gathering of the most innovative companies and leaders shaping Bitcoin's Layer-2 ecosystem.

Set against the stunning backdrop of Viareggio on the Tuscan coast, this summit provides an intimate setting for meaningful discussions, deep collaboration, and genuine connections among industry pioneers.


2

Days of Summit

Possibilities

Mark Your Calendar

The Dates

12
12

May 2026

13
13

May 2026

Location

Principino
Eventi

Viale G. Marconi 130

55049 Viareggio (LU)

Tuscany, Italy

On the Tuscan Coast

Nestled along the beautiful Versilian coast, Principino offers the perfect blend of Italian elegance and modern conference facilities. The venue provides an inspiring atmosphere for breakthrough discussions and meaningful connections.

Two Days, Two Formats

Agenda

Curated mornings: keynote, featured talk, and panel discussion. Afternoons run two parallel tracks of community-driven sessions.

Day 1May 12
AMSingle Track
10:00 – 10:10
Opening
10:10 – 10:40
Keynote

The State of Bitcoin (Giacomo Zucco)

10:45 – 11:15
Keynote

The Death Of Bitcoin Companies (Marco Argentieri)

11:15 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:15
Panel

Building Bitcoin Companies

Moderator: Roy Sheinfeld

Panelists: Marco Argentieri, Sergej Kotliar, Andre Neves, Ethan Marcus

PMTwo Tracks · Unconference
14:00 – 14:30
Talk

Lightning fast P2P with Arkade (Anna)

Talk

Introducing LDK Server (Elias Rohrer)

14:30 – 14:45
Break
14:45 – 15:15
Talk

Confidential Computing: The Missing Piece of Sovereign Infrastructure (Aljaz Ceru)

Talk

From Prompt to Payment: AI Agents on Bitcoin (Moritz Kaminski)

15:15 – 15:30
Break
15:30 – 16:15
Workshop

Building Multi-Layer Bitcoin Apps with KaleidoSDK & Wallet (Walter Maffione)

Discussion

Bitcoin Backed Lending (Max Kei)

Day 2May 13
AMSingle Track
10:00 – 10:10
Opening
10:10 – 10:40
Keynote

Keynote · TBD

10:45 – 11:15
Keynote

Lightning as a Trust Network (John Carvalho)

11:15 – 11:30
Coffee break
11:30 – 12:15
Panel

The Future of L2

Moderator: Giacomo Zucco

Panelists: John Carvalho, Steven Roose, Elias Rohrer, David Seroy

PMTwo Tracks · Unconference
14:00 – 14:30
Talk

Wallet-Linked Offers: The Missing Incentive Layer (Tomas Chojnacki)

Talk

Lightning as the Execution Layer for the Dollar Economy (Viktor Ihnatiuk)

14:30 – 14:45
Break
14:45 – 15:15
Talk

B-SSL: Trustless Key Recovery in Self-Custody (Francesco Madonna)

Discussion

P2Poolv2 Payouts (Kulpreet Singh)

15:15 – 15:30
Break
15:30 – 16:15
Workshop

Introducing Paykit (Denys Zaliskyi)

Discussion

Beyond Payments: RGB as Sovereign Identity Infrastructure (Michael Chobanian)

16:15 – 16:30
Break
16:30 – 17:15
Workshop

Marketing With AI: From Prompts to Process (Danny Stagg)

Workshop

Glow: Breez SDK Playground (Roy Sheinfeld)

Join Us

Join the Waiting List

The Tuscany Lightning Summit is an invite-only gathering and all spots for this edition are currently taken. Join the waiting list to be notified if a place opens up.

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Fulgur Ventures