Jan Jílek

Bitcoin gives people freedom to manage their own money, but also raises questions a wallet cannot answer: who has legal rights to assets, how can they be passed on and how should a business handle them? Jan Jílek at Blockchain Legal works on these connections. BTC Prague dates his work at the firm from 2021. Blockchain Legal’s Czech team page identifies him as an advokátní koncipient, a trainee preparing for the Czech attorney profession. The broad word “lawyer” in biographies therefore does not establish that he founded the firm or holds independently verified attorney authorization. [1] [2]

Bitcoin inheritance brings together two needs: deciding who receives the assets and enabling that person to actually access them. Imagine a family that knows about the bitcoin but cannot understand the backup left behind. Legal entitlement alone cannot recreate missing recovery information. BTC Prague links Jílek’s work to crypto inheritance planning and published his discussion with Viktor Kořínek on 24.6.2024. The public description highlights maintaining complex backups and passing assets to loved ones. We checked that description, not the entire discussion or a particular inheritance plan. [2] [4]

His Bitcoin wallet backup talk, listed by BTC Prague, develops the same theme. A backup preserves information needed to restore access; it is not a second pile of bitcoins outside the network. The description progresses from a first personal backup to multi share, a more advanced arrangement using several parts. Greater complexity still needs to remain understandable to whoever eventually uses it. A talk can explain the options, but its programme does not establish that every device supports the same recovery method or that a particular attendee successfully recovered a wallet. [2]

Jílek’s work also extends beyond law. His Jednadvacet article on Alza.cz, updated on 11.3.2024, portrays the community through local gatherings and their organizers. It also recalls the community’s introduction at ChainCamp in September 2023. His observations sit alongside members’ accounts. A newcomer can see that learning need not mean reading alone: they can attend a meetup, ask questions and compare experiences. This is reporting, not evidence that Jílek alone founded or centrally runs Jednadvacet. [3]

In his Alza.cz biography he mentions adoption—more people actually using bitcoin—and Lightning Network, which supports bitcoin payments through payment channels. His report provides a concrete example in Bolt Card, a card used for such payments. It credits the ChainCamp 2023 workshop to Honza “Gorrdy” Dvořák. Jílek is explaining another person’s work; writing the report does not make him the creator of that workshop or of the Lightning Network protocol. [3]

Bitcoin Strategy shows a similar connection between disciplines, listing Jílek as a Blockchain Legal legal professional on its Bitcoin-for-business team. A company has to consider responsibility, taxes and security alongside purchasing. The service therefore presents several specialists whose expertise complements one another. A statement about the team’s years of experience cannot be treated as the length of Jílek’s own career. The service description explains what help is offered, not which solution is right for every company. [5]

In Baťa a bitcoin on Alza.cz, dated 28.10.2025, Jílek takes a more reflective approach. He draws parallels between personal responsibility, openness and education in Baťa’s world and in the Bitcoin community. One section is explicitly labelled a simulated interview with Tomáš Baťa. It can serve as a way to think about present-day questions, but its lines are not historical quotations or evidence that Baťa supported Bitcoin. [6]

In an announcement on 23.3.2026, Josef Tětek introduced Stackuj95 with Jílek on MiCA, the holding-period tax test, Vexl, Baťa and Bitcoin inheritance. MiCA refers to European rules for cryptoasset markets; a holding-period test concerns how the length of ownership may affect tax treatment. These subjects show why a legal conversation needs both a date and the listener’s circumstances. The announcement establishes the episode’s topics, not a rule applicable at any time to everyone. This review did not transcribe the full audio or assess an individual tax or inheritance case. [7]