Understand Bitcoin – before others decide.

From the introductory talk to a hands-on workshop with a real wallet, right through to crypto strategy for your institution. Since 2018, independent and without investment promises.

Formats

From first contact to the board paper

Education rather than investment advice: the goal is that your audience can place Bitcoin in context – technically, economically and in regulatory terms.

Bitcoin in brief

A 90-minute overview of the entire Bitcoin system: blockchain, mining, custody, ETFs, regulation – with a thorough Q&A.

  • No prior knowledge required
  • Current events put into context

Hands-on workshop

Understanding by doing: set up a wallet, receive a tiny amount of Bitcoin, follow your own transaction live on the blockchain.

  • Mobile or hardware wallet
  • Popular with banks, apprentices & teams

Consulting for institutions

Crypto strategy for banks & savings banks: market overview, implementation paths, MiCAR assessment, training concepts – all the way to the board paper.

  • Neutral and vendor-independent
  • Reference: Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
Topics

What I speak about

Fundamentals & practice

For beginners and anyone who wants to join the conversation.

Bitcoin in brief

How are bitcoins created, how does mining work, how do I store them safely? The full picture, including current market developments.

Bitcoin hands-on workshop Hands-on

Your own wallet, a real transaction, followed live on the blockchain – the aha moment that turns theory into understanding.

Blockchain for business

What can the technology do beyond Bitcoin – and what is buzzword? An honest assessment with real examples.

Lightning, the digital euro & co.

Deep-dive topics on request: scaling, smart contracts, CBDCs – we'll shape the right format together.

For banks & savings banks

From the regulatory frame to a team that can speak to clients.

Crypto strategy For decision-makers

Market overview, partnership models and implementation paths for your own crypto offering – assessed neutrally from your institution's point of view.

MiCAR made clear

What the EU regulation means for product, distribution and compliance – prepared for the board and business units.

Staff training

So advisory and sales teams can speak to clients before the product goes live: training concepts from fundamentals to product detail – as delivered for Sparkasse Bremen and Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf.

References

Bitcoin projects that convince

From crypto strategy for an institution to training entire teams.

Consulting · strategy

Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf

Guiding a major German savings bank to a well-founded crypto strategy: market analysis, MiCAR assessment and training concept – all the way to a decision-ready board paper.

Keynote & debate

Smavesto annual kick-off

Keynote and panel debate "Gold vs. Bitcoin" at the annual kick-off event of this German robo-adviser at Campus Space.

Keynote & Q&A

Sparkasse Bremen – Private Banking

Bitcoin keynote with an extensive Q&A for private banking clients.

Staff training

Sparkasse Bremen – teams

Bitcoin and crypto training for apprentices and wealth advisers – from fundamentals to client conversations.

Explainer videos

Understand Bitcoin in a few minutes

Complex concepts explained briefly and vividly – a glimpse of how I teach. Videos are in German.

The Bitcoin metaphor

What Bitcoin is – explained with an image that sticks.

Mining explained

How new bitcoins are created and the network is secured.

The first transaction

How a Bitcoin transaction works – step by step.

The heartbeat of Bitcoin

Why the network keeps its own rhythm.

Bitcoin, king of the jungle

Why Bitcoin stands apart from thousands of cryptocurrencies.

Testimonials

What Bitcoin clients say

We brought Leonard Pust in for expert support on our crypto project – analysing and framing the various questions around possible operating models, and running the first workshops to introduce the topic across our organisation. Working with him has been excellent so far: friendly, competent, reliable. Deadlines and commitments hold, and the documents come in a quality we can take straight into our committees. What stands out most is that he brings everyone along: he explains the subject so that colleagues without prior knowledge can follow, without making it superficial. Based on our positive experience so far, we will continue to involve Leonard over the coming months and go deeper into the regulatory and practical questions together – particularly with regard to MiCAR and the introduction and implementation of a concrete crypto solution in our organisation.

Patrick Weber
Products, Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf (municipal savings bank)

Leonard has run numerous Bitcoin workshops for our wealth advisers and our apprentices at Sparkasse Bremen. Interest was high – and the participants' enthusiasm even higher. As a marketing and crypto specialist, he knows how to make complex topics understandable and practical.

Friederike Borttscheller-Friedrichsen
Sparkasse Bremen, Private Banking

What impressed me most was his appearance at the Smavesto annual kick-off: in the panel discussion on the similarities and differences between Bitcoin and gold, he brought his deep knowledge across clearly and understandably. Excellent on substance, and a real pleasure to work with!

Patrick Paech
Managing Director, Smavesto

Leonard Pust explains blockchain clearly and understandably, with telling metaphors and a helpful dose of humour. Dig a little deeper and a vast well of expertise comes to light. Highly recommended!

Dr. Isabelle Drexler
Sparda-Bank
In the media

Bitcoin explained – on TV and in podcasts

German-language material.

TV · buten un binnen

Bitcoin explained on regional TV

Radio Bremen came to visit: what's behind the Bitcoin hype – explained for everyone.

Bitcoin verstehen podcast Watch on YouTube ↗
Podcast · Bitcoin verstehen

Guest on the "Bitcoin verstehen" podcast

An in-depth conversation about Bitcoin, teaching it well, and why understanding comes before investing. Opens on YouTube.

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