🔨⚡ MINING MONDAYS POSTER COMPETITION ⚡🔨 We're launching Mining Mondays at Bitcoin Park, a monthly hands-on workshop dedicated to bitcoin mining education, collaboration, and experimentation. And we need YOUR creative vision to represent it! SUBMIT YOUR GRAPHICS FOR A CHANCE TO WIN 25,000 SATS The winning design will become the official graphic for Mining Mondays, displayed at Bitcoin Park and promoted across our community. What is Mining Mondays? A monthly workshop series starting March 16, 2026 (third Monday of each month) where miners, builders, and enthusiasts gather to: - Build and power bitcoin miners - Create custom heat solutions - Connect to mining pools - Explore Mining DevOps - Collaborate, tinker, and share ideas Co-hosted by Bitcoin Park + 256 Foundation, Powered by Proto SUBMISSION DETAILS: - Design format: 16 : 9 , PNG or JPG - Deadline: February 16, 2026 - Submit entries in comments - Includes design mark for Bitcoin Park, 256 Foundation, and Proto - Include created by and the artists signature  Think bold. Think bitcoin. Think mining. We're looking for designs that capture the spirit of hands-on building, technical innovation, and the collaborative energy of the mining community. Prizes: 25,000 sats to the winning artist 🏆 10,000 sats to 2nd place 5,000 sats to 3rd place See Meetup page where your graphic will be featured here: https://www.meetup.com/bitcoinpark/events/312947772/ Message with any and all questions. Thank you in advance for all your help 🙏

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Nostr Nights #1, Mon, Feb 2, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

Date: February 2, 2026 Doors Open - 5:30 PM Time: 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM CT Please RSVP — Space is Limited Food & Drink Courtesy of [Soapbox](https:...

This is the first of many quarterly meetups focused building, growing, and exploring decentralized social technology. Each session features conversations with people building real projects on Nostr, hands-on onboarding for newcomers, educational deep dives into how the protocol works, and open discussions about emerging tools, use cases, and best practices. It's an opportunity to ask questions, share what you're working on, and collaborate with others pushing the ecosystem forward. This month we're excited to welcome two special guests: @jb55 , founder of @Damus , a popular, decentralized, and censorship-resistant social network client built on Nostr. Casarin is a key figure in the Bitcoin and Lightning Network community, and co-authored NIP-57 to enable Bitcoin Zaps (tips) directly within the Nostr ecosystem. We'll also be joined by @david , founder of @nosfabrica , who is building open-source, scalable Web of Trust engines that turn raw network activity into clear, reliable signals. Thank you to @Derek Ross @OpenMike @Shawn @Soapbox @tunestr for making it happen.

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Free Samourai. Angela McCardle, former head of the national Libertarian Party, joined us at Bitcoin Park to spread awareness for the petition to pardon Samourai Developers Bill and Keonne before they are scheduled to report to prison later this month. Code is speech. Sign the petition:

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“We need leaders, not managers.” – Sen. Marsha Blackburn From Bitcoin as a strategic reserve to AI governance, we were privileged to be joined by the senator and CEO of CleanSpark, Matt Schultz to kick off Imagine IF diving into why freedom must be at the center of innovation. Watch the full conversation on our Bitcoin Park YouTube:

‘I can’t take the argument that Bitcoin is zero seriously anymore.’ It’s pristine collateral. It trades 24/7. You can liquidate it on weekends. Listen to Stephan Livera and Rory Murray discuss Bitcoin as a treasury asset at CTS25. Read our full Bitcoin Custody in 2025 White Paper: bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper Watch the full conversation:

“Imagine if your memories could be edited.” @Marks of @Maple AI asked how AI could reshape thought itself, at Bitcoin Park’s recent Imagine IF Summit. Because AI can already nudge what you see and how you feel, the idea of impacting our very thoughts creates what he calls subconscious censorship. Marks warns this could come for freedom of thought itself. His answer: open systems, verifiable code, and sunlight as disinfectant. Watch the full conversation on our BP YouTube channel:

Bitcoin works because its supply cannot change. Everything else flows from that. At Imagine IF, Rapha Zagury explained to Parker Lewis, what it was like growing up in Brazil and watching grocery prices rise throughout the day. When you live through that, you understand why predictable money matters. Proof of work transforms electricity into certainty and sustainability. Watch the full fireside chat on YouTube: Catch the full panel on Bitcoin Park's YouTube:

Sean Bill didn't mince words. He's looking to help @Blockstream create the Berkshire Hathaway of Bitcoin by managing an active treasury and helping find efficiencies in the market to increase their Bitcoin treasury. He sat down with @preston to talk about the real-world use cases of a Bitcoin treasury at CTS25 Read our full custody whitepaper: https://bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper Stay informed on all things freedom tech—register for our daily email at

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On the Imagine IF stage, @Troy Cross a simple challenge: Just try accessing a permissionless, censorship-resistant network that has no borders… You won’t go back. He likened Bitcoin to having children: pre-experience fears are real, but the post-experience perspective is richer and truer. Yes, disruptive tech carries risks, just like cars did too. But fear, tribalism, and politicization blind us to what new technologies unlock in human flourishing. Watch the full Imagine IF We Didn't Fear Innovation keynote:

The real question: how do you avoid a single point of failure? Most businesses only think of Bitcoin custody as “cold vs. hot.” Collaborative custody and distributed keys make sure no one person, device, or company can put all your Bitcoin at risk. At CTS25, @Will Cole discusses the various approaches around institutional custody with @Becca Amilee and @Jesse Posner Read our full custody whitepaper: https://bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper Stay informed on all things freedom tech—register for our daily email at

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Nostrville 3.0 - October 25, 2025 - Doors Open 2pm @Bitcoin Park Workshops/Other Stuff: 3pm-6pm Live Music: 6pm-8pm @Derek Ross @OpenMike @Ainsley Costello @Joe Martin @Phantom Power Music

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Nostrville 3.0 - Live Music & Other Stuff, Sat, Oct 25, 2025, 2:00 PM | Meetup

**NOSTRVILLE** is a celebration of Nostr and the re-birth of a new internet built by private-public keys. Join us! **October 25, 2025** **2pm-8pm*...

The internet made us more connected—and less free. Our lives moved online. Our freedom didn’t. At Bitcoin Park’s Imagine IF, @ODELL argued that the only way to fix it is to make freedom profitable. Because open protocols don’t scale on donations. They scale on alignment.

Fifty years ago, Cathie Wood learned economics from Dr. Art Laffer. Now they share a stage, connecting Bitcoin, stablecoins, and AI to the next chapter of sound money. Recorded live at Bitcoin Park’s Imagine IF. Watch the full conversation below.

Bitcoin isn’t just digital gold. It’s becoming working capital: collateral for loans, liquidity in Lightning, and a new frontier for financial services. But where the "yield" actually comes from needs to be understood in order to properly assess the risk of lending Bitcoin. This panel from CTS25, featuring @Shawn, @Max Kei, @myles_snider, and @Jestopher some of those strategies and how to proceed with caution. Read our Custody in 2025 White Paper: https://bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper

“We need to stop wasting our waste.” @Erik Hersman is on the frontier of the emergent grid → connecting compute to renewable energy where it’s abundant. In rural communities across Africa, energy doesn’t just power homes, it fuels productivity, education, and healthcare. But too often, excess renewable energy goes to waste. At Imagine IF he gave this impactful keynote on the 2 sides of the same coin, and how Bitcoin mining is the solution to the next wave of human productivity and flourishing.

“Not your keys, not your coins.” Self-custody means trade-offs—but it’s the only way to truly own Bitcoin. Individuals: use hardware wallets + backups. Institutions: multisig + proof of reserves. No keys, no control. @ODELL and @npub1qg8j...24kw discuss the endgame of defending the free and open network of Bitcoin by securing your own custody at CTS25. Read our full Bitcoin Custody in 2025 White Paper: https://bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper Watch the full conversation:

Most of us only think about insurance when something goes wrong. But when something goes wrong with your Bitcoin custody, it is gone forever. Listen to our panel with Rob Hamilton, Danny Baer, Dave Schwab, and Dan Ross discussing the future of Bitcoin and insurance. Read our full Bitcoin Custody in 2025 White Paper: bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper Watch the full conversation:

When you hold Bitcoin, you’re holding something unlike anything else. It isn’t a bank account balance. It isn’t a stock certificate. It’s a digital bearer asset. It lives everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Trey Sellers, Frank Hinek, and John Arnold broke down the ins and outs of multi-signature custody at CTS25. Watch their full panel below. Read our full Bitcoin Custody in 2025 White Paper: https://bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper

“The best deterrent to confiscation is distribution.” Just as the Second Amendment empowers citizens by distributing arms, Bitcoin custody is strongest when keys are widely held. The more individuals and institutions that take real responsibility for their keys, the harder it becomes for any government or central authority to coerce control. @preston, @Parker Lewis, and @Bitstein the Tradeoffs of Control at CTS25 and how the tail risks of bitcoin are impacted by the strategic choices of custody deployed and who ultimate holds the key to sign transactions.