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

• 3/24/26 - Tether Signs Big Four Firm to Complete First Full Audit

  • Audit partner is revealed to be KPMG

• 3/26/26 - Coinbase and Fannie Mae-Approved Lender Better Launch Bitcoin-Backed Mortgages

• 3/26/26 - Brazil passes new law to allow state spending of seized bitcoin

• 3/26/26 - Coinbase, Block, River, and The Bitcoin Policy Institute advocating for a de minimis tax exemption

• 3/30/26 - Square enables bitcoin payment option by default on vendor terminals

  • Businesses that accept bitcoin

• 4/4/26 - Lyn Alden 'when will $39 trillion public debt matter?'

• 4/7/26 - Adam Back on Bloomberg on quantum threat

• 4/8/26 - Iran Weighs Bitcoin Payments for Strait of Hormuz Transit

  • $1 fee per barrel of oil paid in BTC

Notable Blocks Mined:

• 4/7/26 - Solo miner mines block 943,411 w/ 230TH/s

• 4/9/26 - Solo miner mines block 944,306

Upcoming Local Bitcoin Events:

• Saturday May 9th - Bitcoin in the Burg Coffee Hangout

• Thursday May 21st - Central PA Bitcoiners BitPlebs #7

• Friday May 22nd - Bitcoin in the Burg Pizza Day Event

• Thursday June 18th - Central PA Bitcoiners BitPlebs #8

• Sunday June 28th - Bitcoin in the Burg Coffee Hangout

Trustworthy places to buy miners:

• Altair Tech

• Solo Satoshi

• MegaMiner

Want to contribute to our next event?

Onchain: bc1qd9kualxf3gvlf7t59us7t832kq88f7q2tg4qls

LN Address: businesscat@getalby.com