scbtcmeetup
SC Bitcoin meetup

https://www.meetup.com/bay-area-bitcoiners

Casual monthly gathering of local Bitcoiners in Santa Cruz, CA.

Socratic seminar style discussion of current events, projects & developments in the bitcoin & nostr ecosystems.

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2026-05-31 22:09:38 UTC

Vibe coding and pizza on the menu for the next Santa Cruz Bitcoin meetup. Wednesday | June 10 | 6PM | RSVP
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2026-05-12 21:30:13 UTC

See you all tomorrow at 6pm as usual.
Damian will talk about Cashu protocol and their new app!

2026-05-07 21:40:43 UTC

Come and learn about the hottest nut in town! Guest speaker, Gudnuf, will be here to talk about what he's building with ecash.
Wednesday, May13th, 6PM.
#nuts #ecash #cashu
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2026-05-07 21:18:53 UTC

Electronic cash for payments online, in person, and around the world.
https://cashu.space/
#ecash
#nuts

2026-04-08 21:06:48 UTC

Easily find out where you can spend sats; locally and globally.
Add new locations to the map and become a shadowy super tagger!
https://btcmap.org/

2026-04-03 20:50:49 UTC

Under current rules, every bitcoin payment is taxed as if you were selling stock. A de minimis exemption would fix that, treating payments like money, not an investment.
https://btcismoney.xyz/
#everydaymoney
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2026-04-02 22:22:59 UTC

Join us on Wednesday 04/08 @ 6PM. Pizza and drinks followed by a discussion about using bitcoin as everyday money.
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2026-04-02 22:21:10 UTC

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/news/square-begins-automatic-bitcoin-payment

2026-03-06 18:43:32 UTC

Join us on Wednesday 3/11 @ 6PM to talk about magic internet money. Hope to see you there! : )
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2026-02-10 20:28:06 UTC

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/paystand-the-payments-giants-quietly-supporting-bitcoin-circular-economies
#circulareconomy #CircularEconomy

2026-02-10 20:25:03 UTC

Good overview of several circular economy projects.
https://blog.bitfinex.com/education/a-look-at-bitcoin-circular-economies-around-the-world/
#circulareconomy #CircularEconomy

2026-02-09 23:52:47 UTC

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Reminder, meet up this Thursday with special guest Alexandra!!!
#nevent1q…ddn7

2026-01-17 23:30:17 UTC

Learn about Bitcoin and circular economies in Central and South America with our guest speaker, Alexandra Navarro.
Chief of Impact at Paystand.org, Alexandra will give a presentation on various projects that promote financial inclusion and Bitcoin education.
Join us! February 12, 6PM
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2026-01-07 02:06:40 UTC

There are 24,644 global bitcoin nodes!
https://bitnodes.io/
Node operators help increase the resiliency of the network by enforcing the consensus rules and can benefit by having their Bitcoin wallet communicate privately with the Bitcoin node to validate and accept incoming or broadcast new wallet transactions.

2026-01-06 20:05:23 UTC

Become a sovereign bitcoiner.
A free course on setting up a bitcoin full node, from Plan B Network.
https://planb.academy/en/courses/setting-up-your-first-bitcoin-node-3cd9cb94-82e8-417a-9c5a-02afc2589426

2026-01-05 03:44:40 UTC

Santa Cruz Bitcoin meetup is Thursday, 01/08 at 6PM.
Join us for a hands-on workshop about setting up a bitcoin full node. If you have hardware, bring it – and if you don't, there's a lot to learn by just watching how its done.
https://github.com/kdmukai/raspi4_bitcoin_node_tutorial
Support bitcoin and run a full node! : )

2025-12-08 17:46:30 UTC

Reminder: see you on Thursday at 6pm. We will discuss NOSTR and get hands on experience by setting up accounts & learning how to submit discussion topics for our meetup.
RSVP so we know how many pizzas to order!
Santa Cruz - Bitcoin meetup, Thu, Dec 11, 2025, 6:00 PM
https://www.meetup.com/bay-area-bitcoiners/events/311104657/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=share-btn_savedevents_share_modal&utm_source=link&utm_version=v2&member_id=197539809 https://blossom.primal.net/8d3e3aaf26ca2002ea12b4e1c477ad41425a211250d94d13290cb63256a0aa47.png

2025-12-04 18:29:03 UTC

Santa Cruz Bitcoin meetup next Thursday, 12/11 at 6PM.
We'll be talking about NOSTR. Please join us!
Use #scmeetuptopic to submit NOSTR related topics for discussion.
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2025-12-01 19:05:45 UTC

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NOSTR is the topic of our next meetup on December 11th.
#nevent1q…yrtp

2025-12-01 18:43:42 UTC

"you can just do things"
https://andotherstuff.org/

2025-11-10 20:00:23 UTC

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Reminder: see you on Thursday at 6pm. We will discuss Lighting so bring your phones to set up a wallet.
RSVP so we know how many pizzas to order!
https://www.meetup.com/bay-area-bitcoiners/events/311104650/
#nevent1q…7mhg

2025-10-17 17:19:20 UTC

Join us on November 13th for a Socratic discussion of the ⚡️Lightning network. We will spend some time setting up wallets and zapping ⚡️
Use #scmeetuptopic to submit topics for discussion.
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2025-10-10 17:04:37 UTC

Great to see you yesterday!
Here are two of the great books that @nprofile…uz3n mentioned:
Crypto: How the Code Rebels Beat the Government—Saving Privacy in the Digital Age
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/984428.Crypto
End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62926960-end-times?from_search=true&from_srp=aOxzKDr6TC&qid=1
See you next time (13th of November)!

2025-10-06 17:14:39 UTC

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See you this Thursday! Please RSVP so we know how much pizza to get.
https://www.meetup.com/bay-area-bitcoiners/events/310996111/
#nevent1q…9p95

2025-09-23 21:41:53 UTC

Hey @Rizful.com, sc_btc_meetup@rizful.com here.
testing 1 2 3...

2025-09-23 17:16:20 UTC

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RSVP at https://bit.ly/sc-btc-meetup

2025-09-23 17:14:36 UTC

Next meetup 10/9! We got a special guest speaker: Garrick will lead a discussion about money. He is ranked as one of the 100-most influential economists in the UK and has been studying and teaching Bitcoin since 2013 so this will be a fun discussion.
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2025-09-23 02:56:27 UTC

Good discussion about custodial Lightning vs Cashu:
https://stacker.news/items/1225181
(One of the questions at the last meetup)

2025-09-22 23:46:26 UTC

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make bitcoin fun again
smoke & slaps
#nevent1q…3uv6

2025-09-22 23:42:39 UTC

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standing the test of time
proven functionality for more than a century
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2025-09-11 15:22:56 UTC

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#scmeetuptopic
#naddr1qv…wkjj

2025-09-08 22:29:28 UTC

Happening this week! Join us in downtown Santa Cruz for the first meetup at the new location. Scan code to rsvp and get location address. Hope to see you there : )
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2025-09-08 22:11:48 UTC

Presidio Bitcoin Design Week
September 15-19, 2025
@nprofile…3skh
https://event.bitcoin.design/

2025-09-06 17:41:08 UTC

#scmeetuptopics
best video explaining nostr
Nostr - Wouter Constant - FOSDEM 2025
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbt3jL1Ms0w

2025-09-06 16:57:31 UTC

#scmeetuptopics
https://nostr.com/
Made with ❤️ by the LNbits team.

2025-09-06 16:15:27 UTC

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#scmeetuptopics
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2025-09-06 16:11:29 UTC

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#scmeetuptopics
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2025-09-06 15:48:20 UTC

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#scmeetuptopics
https://opencash.dev/#vision
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2025-09-06 15:33:38 UTC

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#scmeetuptopics
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2025-09-06 15:02:48 UTC

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#scmeetuptopics
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2025-09-06 15:02:01 UTC

#scmeetuptopics
#gitvianostr
#GitViaNostr
https://gitworkshop.dev/

2025-09-06 14:56:33 UTC

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#scmeetuptopics
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2025-09-06 14:55:28 UTC

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#scmeetuptopics
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2025-09-04 18:49:29 UTC

sharing is caring : )
herecomesbitcoin.org
@spiral
#opensourceeverything
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2025-09-04 17:02:13 UTC

mixing it up with visuals & inspiration from the community
shout out to @streetcyber
https://www.streetcyber.art/
#opensourceeverything
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2025-08-29 17:50:05 UTC

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#scmeetuptopic
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2025-08-14 19:18:01 UTC

https://blossom.primal.net/ec91e810089f5e97128f0836a2b16762ce4794dfdacf5f2e3b2cfc55e43c11c0.png
https://andotherstuff.org/
#scmeetuptopic

2025-08-14 02:31:15 UTC

get your bitch@ on
https://bitchat.free/
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#scmeetuptopic

2025-08-14 02:22:25 UTC

https://blog.blockstream.com/simplicity-launches-on-liquid-mainnet/
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#scmeetuptopic
#blockstream

2025-08-13 00:33:28 UTC

hello world : )
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