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

Local Bitcoin News:

• Follow us on Nostr for updates

• Listen to the Rock Paper Bitcoin Podcast

• Read bitcoin books by Brian Connelly

• Local bitcoin map update

• Grover Jr Plumbing radio spot

• Alternate Harrisburg Area Bitcoin Meetup: Bitcoin in the Burg

General Bitcoin News:

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

• 1/16/26 – Major US lender NewRez to recognize crypto for mortgage qualification

• 1/16/26 – Trump Admin says government has not sold seized Samourai bitcoin

• 1/16/26 – BlackRock’s chief investment strategist says bitcoin hedges geopolitical risk

• 1/17/26 – Steak ‘n Shake buys $10M in bitcoin

• 1/19/26 – Prime Minister of Ethiopia wants to mine bitcoin

• 1/21/26 – Delaware Life Insurance Company launches industry first fixed annuity with bitcoin

• 1/21/26 – Steak ‘n Shake to pay bitcoin bonus to employees

• 1/21/26 – Mainstream media mostly positive on bitcoin in the last year

• 1/22/26 – Now they are trying to join us

• 1/27/26 – Steak ‘n Shake buys another $5M in bitcoin

• 1/28/26 – Tether launches USAT, stablecoin for US market

• 1/28/26 – Federal Reserve pauses interest rate cuts at 3.5 – 3.75%

• 1/30/26 – Trump selects Kevin Warsh as new Fed Reserve Chair

• 1/30/26 – Kevin Warsh talks about his views of bitcoin

• 1/31/26 – Metropolitan Capital Bank collapses, 1st US bank failure of 2026

• 2/4/26 – Yearly bitcoin USD returns since 2010

• 2/7/26 - John Heubusch on the scale of the US interest problem

• 2/12/26 – Van Eck says 13 governments are actively mining bitcoin

• 2/13/26 – Brazil proposes national bitcoin reserve, 1M bitcoin over 5 years

• 2/18/26 – Could an EMP event kill bitcoin?

Bitcoin Project Updates:

• 2/2/26 – Tether launches MiningOS, open-source OS for bitcoin miners

• 2/10/26 – CashApp makes foundational changes to support living on bitcoin

Notable Blocks Mined:

• 1/17/26 – NiceHash solo miner mines block 932,373

• 1/21/26 – NiceHash solo miner mines block 933,034

• 2/18/26 – Public Pool solo miner mines block 937,218

Upcoming Local Bitcoin Events:

• Sunday February 22nd Bitcoin in the Burg @ Denim Coffee

• Saturday March 14th Bitcoin in the Burg @ Simpson Library

• Thursday March 19th BitPlebs #5 @ The Residence Inn by Marriott

• Sunday March 22nd Bitcoin in the Burg @ Denim Coffee

• Thursday April 16th BitPlebs #6 @ The Residence Inn by Marriott

• Sunday April 26th Bitcoin in the Burg @ Denim Coffee

Trustworthy places to buy miners:

• Altair Tech

• Solo Satoshi

• MegaMiner

Want to contribute to our next event?

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LN Address: businesscat@getalby.com