MIT Bitcoin Club

We are a group of students, alumni & enthusiasts dedicated to supporting bitcoin and bitcoin-inspired tech.

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Well done Hackers!!!!

Truly impressive work this year. Your prizes are well-deserved

#MITBitcoinExpo

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“Should you desire a career in Bitcoin open-source, it’s absolutely a viable thing to do.”

Wondering how the people building on Bitcoin do it? And how they got into it in the first place?

Check out this chat with Bitcoin dev @satsie talking about her career stream:

blockchain—>Bitcoin company—>Bitcoin open-source

Another insightful interview from @niftynei of @btcinsider__ at the #MITBitcoinExpo

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Does bitcoin need more devs? @btcinsider__ reporter @niftynei chats with @satsie, a @Bitcoin_Devs, about getting into bitcoin development at the @MITBitcoinClub Expo this past Sunday, April 12th.

Stacie tells us about her journey into bitcoin, and what she's working on now

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All differences are resolved by gondola

[Coinjoined Chris ⚡ @coinjoined]

Thanks @btcplusplus for sponsoring our romantic gondola ride! Get your Knots or Core hat at @TheBitcoinConf merch booth in Vegas!

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@callebtc peep the DMs @callebtc (or email)

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Well done Hackers!!!!

Truly impressive work this year. Your prizes are well-deserved

#MITBitcoinExpo

[Erick @erickpinos]

Reflecting on the @MITBitcoinClub Expo 2026. Theme was "Freedom for All."

The panel that stuck with me most was @Ethan_Heilman @apruden08 @MYShalaginov and @ClaraShik on defending Bitcoin from quantum through post-quantum signatures.

It got me thinking about what this means for DeFi. Most people assume current signature schemes are permanent. But if you're building anything that holds user funds or executes trades, post-quantum migration paths need to be part of the architecture conversation now.

@Austin_Federa argued that none of the upper-layer stuff matters if the physical infrastructure isn't purpose-built. @MurielMedard mentioned how post-quantum research is likely to be a highly significant area for the industry in the coming years.

The Bitcoin Core panel with @satsie @achow101 @darosior furszy, Cory Fields, and Sjors Provoost gave some insight on the responsibilities in maintaining the network. And @HesterPeirce highlighted how regulators need to reframe the dialogue around privacy in crypto.

Two whole days of talks alongside a 36-hour hackathon, a DCI workshop, and a lot of hallway conversations with undergrads, professors, researchers, and industry experts.

Full livestream available here: https://t.co/hDQgFzpgkU

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Talking improvements to the Lightning Network, when @niftynei caught @jonhbit in the hallway at the 2026 MITBitcoinExpo ⬇️

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Does Lightning Scale? @btcinsider__ reporter @niftynei chats with Jonathan Harvey-Buschel (jharveyb), an @MIT grad and current @ChaincodeLabs researcher, about his work on the Lightning gossip protocol at the @MITBitcoinClub Expo this past Sunday, April 12th.

See what he had to say about networking clusters, minisketch considerations, and how he's repurposing insights from the Erlay paper to make the Lightning Network scale to the next 100k nodes.

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Bitcoin Magazine

Bitcoin Magazine is the oldest and most established source of news, information and expert commentary on Bitcoin, its underlying blockchain technology and the industry that has been built up around it. Since 2012, Bitcoin Magazine has provided analysis, research, education and thought leadership at the intersection of finance and technology.

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Sincerest thanks also go out to our incredibly supportive Community Partners. Your generous contributions have been invaluable to this year's #MITBitcoinExpo

Please take a moment to get to know them better in the comments below this post!

Allium Labs
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MIT Innovation Headquarters (iHQ)

System76
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Bitcoin Magazine
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System76

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What a weekend -- this year's #MITBitcoinExpo was so good!

Thank you to everyone who supported and participated -- all the attendees, our generous sponsors, fascinating speakers, hackers, students, investors, builders. The combination of all of you is what makes this event special.

If you missed any talks, you can watch them all on @BitcoinMagazine 's YouTube page.

https://t.co/GAQwkZwBMp

And if you want to be first in line for hearing about next year's Expo, email us at [email protected]

We're more excited than ever about Bitcoin after those two days. Let's keep building, keep educating, keep earning and spending and pushing adoption.

Because #Bitcoin is #FreedomforAll

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Highly relevant to this post about running a full validating node in a phone …

@tdryja gave a talk about utreexo and shrinking initial bloc download in Saturday at the #MITBitcoinExpo

https://t.co/nrucc8wZ7P

Scrub right to the 7hr mark for Tadge’s presentation

#bitcoin

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NEW: Running a full validating Bitcoin node on your phone is nearing reality.

Floresta + Utreexo enables Android users to verify the network without storing the full blockchain.

Wallet connects to your own Electrum server. Mainnet support coming soon.

[Muriel Medard @MurielMedard]

Had a wonderful time at the @MITBitcoinClub over the weekend discussing the future of scaling infra with @Austin_Federa .

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@csgui @satsie @ChaincodeLabs

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@callebtc 🫡

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@boyacaxa Here you go

https://t.co/Nfw5WoFJpI

[Documenting ₿itcoin 📄 @DocumentingBTC]

The MIT Bitcoin Expo has officially started at one of the world’s most legendary technology and universities. Students learn how Bitcoin can be used to secure individual empowerment and economic sovereignty.

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👏 👏First Place winner - Bit Lazarus

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👏 👏 Second Place winner - Bitvoice Pay