Agenda:

5PM - 5:15PM - Meet & greet

5:15PM - 6:30PM - Discussion of recent bitcoin related news & developments

6:30PM - 7PM - Hangout + QA

Reminders:

No photos, videos, audio recording

Leave the meeting space as clean as you found it

You are welcome to bring outside food/drinks (no alcohol)

Suggest topics for next BitPlebs - Contact Business Cat via Telegram

Local Bitcoin News:

• Listen to the Rock Paper Bitcoin Podcast

• Read the book Bitcoin for Institutions

• Local bitcoin map update

• Grover Jr Plumbing radio spot

• Watch Fundamentals onstage at BTCPrague

• Alternate Harrisburg area bitcoin Meetup – Bitcoin in the Burg

General Bitcoin News:

• Ongoing: Sign the change.org petition! Pardon the Samauri Devs

• 11/21/25 – PubKey Bar launches in Washington DC

• 11/24/25 – Reuters says mining in China is making a comeback

• 11/25/25 – Texas buys $10M bitcoin via BlackRock’s IBIT ETF

  • $5M bought of $10M allocation

• 11/25/25 – Sam Altman’s ex targeted for crypto robbery

• 11/26/25 – JPMorgan files new structured note via BlackRock’s IBIT

• 12/2/25 - Vanguard Reverses Policy and Approves Bitcoin ETF Trading

• 12/3/25 – BoA recommends 4% bitcoin allocation

• 12/3/25 – UK passes law recognizing bitcoin as property

• 12/3/25 – BlackRock CEO Larry Fink says he was wrong about bitcoin

• 12/4/25 – Lyn Alden posts brutal macro chart on inflation

• 12/6/25 – Google searches for “dollar debasement” hit all time high

• 12/8/25 – CFTC announces pilot program for bitcoin as collateral

• 12/9/25 – OCC confirms banks can act as intermediaries

• 12/10/25 – Fed cuts rates by 25 basis points

• 12/11/25 – BoA plans bitcoin-backed credit product

• 12/11/25 – CFTC withdraws outdated bitcoin guidance

• 12/16/25 – Tether led an $8M funding to bring stablecoins to lightning

• 12/17/25 – Kingdom of Bhutan to build “Gelephu Mindfulness City”

• 12/17/25 – Steak ‘n Shake offers employees option to be paid in bitcoin

• 12/17/25 – Fed withdraws guidance constraining banks from bitcoin activity

• 12/18/25 – Taiwan now holds (seized) bitcoin

Bitcoin Project Updates:

• 11/19/25 – First public 3rd party audit of Bitcoin Core

• 11/21/25 - Rumble launches bitcoin wallet for supporting creators

• 11/23/25 – ZapWork launches – Work for sats online

  • Website

• 12/3/25 – LDK version 0.7.0 released

Notable Blocks Mined:

• 11/21/25 - Bitaxe Gamma mines a block on SoloCK pool

  • Block 924569

• 11/27/25 – Miner w/ less than 1TH mines a block on SoloCK pool

  • Block 924569

• 11/29/25 – Miner w/ WhatsApp number mines a block on SoloCK pool

  • Block 925758

• 12/11/25 – Miner w/ more than 200TH mines a block on SoloCK pool

  • Block 927474

• 12/15/25 – User “Christ is KING” mines a block on Ocean Pool

  • Block 927982

Upcoming Local Bitcoin Events:

• (BitB) Sunday December 28th Coffee Hang @ Denim Coffee in Mechanicsburg

• Thursday January 15th BitPlebs #3 @ The Residence Inn by Marriott in Mechanicsburg

• Thursday February 19th BitPlebs #4 @ The Residence Inn by Marriott in Mechanicsburg

Want to contribute to our next event?

Onchain: BC1QZUKLJEFUAED2GYPNJ9KFELQXK0H83FMTG26EML

LN Address: businesscat@getalby.com