Suffolk Bitcoin

Block 745, 612 ➡️ 915,581

[TheSoloMiningCo (I Am GPIO) @TheSoloMiningCo]

Draw is tomorrow. You gotta' be in it to win it!

[BTCProofofPlay @BTCProofofPlay]

⚡Tomorrow we'll be sharing a deeper look into how Mining Rewards and Card Distribution work in BTC: Proof of Play.

We'll cover:

⚡ Seasonal card releases
⚡ Evergreen card pools
⚡ How mining rewards are generated
⚡ Hash Weight and deck building
⚡ The future of card collecting

As the game grows, we want these systems to remain transparent, balanced and easy to understand.

More tomorrow.

[Bitcoin Policy UK @bitcoinpolicyuk]

Bury St Edmunds is fast becoming the UK Bitcoin hub!

Local businesses in Bury accepted Bitcoin payments, and the historic Guildhall hosted debates plus a pop up sats market.

Great to see grassroots adoption actively sponsored by @bitcoinhodlco. Their CEO @FreddieNew shared his thoughts on his first visit to the town with Suffolk News.

“The BSEBTC event itself ran like clockwork and struck a lovely balance between celebrating the town and discussing wider issues around saving and spending with Bitcoin.”

Bitcoin Policy UK Director Susie Violet Ward shared her perspective on the social impact:

“People can feel that the world is changing economically, politically and socially, and that’s why interest in Bitcoin and freedom technology is growing. Events like this matter because education, community and open discussion are going to be incredibly important in the years ahead.”

Thank you to the @BSEBTC for delivering a fabulous event.

Full coverage from @SuffolkNewsWire:

https://t.co/lkvrb0fpx5

[Suffolk Bitcoin @SuffolkBitcoin]

@bitcoinhodlco @freddienew Thanks, Freddie!

[email protected]

And for my daughter (who’s too young for X):

[email protected]

🤙

[Strike @Strike]

21,000,000 BTC / 8,000,000,000 humans = 0.002625 BTC each.

Bitcoin was never designed so everyone could have one. It was designed so no one could print more.

Position accordingly.

[Bury St Edmunds Bitcoin @BSEBTC]

Nice little write-up in the @buryfree for last week’s event.

Thanks again go to our speakers, vendors, guests and sponsors, @bitcoinhodlco.

[Freddie New @freddienew]

Last week, we looked at some quick easy wins to improve your privacy in just a few minutes (post linked in the thread). This week, browsers, searching and cleaning up your digital footprint.

I’m spending a few weeks stepping through the Privacy Toolkit from @bitcoinpolicyuk. This has been thrown into even sharper relief this week by the comments of the incoming head of @Ofcom (the UK’s censorship quango), who sees VPNs as a ‘problem’ and deliberately hasn’t met with any tech companies before formulating policy for a sector he clearly doesn’t understand.

What is also clear is that they want to know absolutely everything about you, at all times, whether you want them to or not. So it’s up to us all to tell them, “No, actually”.

The Chrome browser sends to Google far more information about you, and about your search history, than you might like. The simplest fix is to switch to software and search engines that collect less information; such as @brave.

For those in censorship-heavy countries (like the UK) the @opera browser is another option; it has a built-in VPN that you can toggle on and off, and you can greatly restrict the amount of data that is gathered about you. Using @DuckDuckGo as either your browser, or your default search engine in your browser of choice, is another simple fix.

For maximum privacy, use @torproject’s Tor Browser. It’s slower, but much more private and secure. And you can easily circumvent any restrictions that the censorship junkies want to put in your way.

Finally, in order to scrub some of your personal information that might already have been stolen or sold, check out services such as DeleteMe (@joindeleteme) or Incogni (links to both in the thread). These will remove as much information on you from data brokers as they can.

Next week - email and password habits to improve….

[Decentra Suze @DecentraSuze]

Bitcoin is often called the best performing asset of the decade.

So I created this 10 year chart to show how big the gap really is.

Orange = Bitcoin
Purple = S&P 500
Yellow = Gold

[Suffolk Bitcoin @SuffolkBitcoin]

@BTCProofofPlay @freddienew Ghodl for the win

[Suffolk Bitcoin @SuffolkBitcoin]

@BTCProofofPlay Happy to have helped! You’re crushing it.

Next up, @freddienew implementing the ideas we discussed 😅

[Suffolk Bitcoin @SuffolkBitcoin]

@BTCProofofPlay Love this!

That was a quick turnaround 🫡

[Decentra Suze @DecentraSuze]

Bitcoin mining is going mainstream. ⚡️

The BitForge Nano Ghost Edition won Silver at the 2026 London Design Awards in both Product Design and Unexpected Design.

This is the coolest piece of nerd kit I’ve ever seen.

It’s a fantastic educational tool. A dedicated chip inside does trillions of cryptographic guesses every second to help secure the Bitcoin network through Proof of Work.

A real lesson in decentralization, connecting money to energy and the power of open source hardware.

It’s cool and educational. What’s not to love?

Thanks Duncan & @TheSoloMiningCo team! I’m solo mining, wish me luck!!

Who else is running a home miner?

@wantclue @kliA90_ @dtvelectronics

[Peter McCormack 🏴‍☠️🇬🇧🇮🇪 @PeterMcCormack]

Just recorded a monster 3 hours with @frankwrighter - out this Friday.

[Umbrel ☂️ @umbrel]

Nostr VPN is now live on the Umbrel App Store!

It turns your Umbrel into a private mesh VPN, aka you can securely reach your Umbrel and all your devices from anywhere in the world.

Think Tailscale, but with no third-party company and no central control server in the middle.

[Peter Lane @Peterlane1985]

For anyone who actively trades within an ISA, cash is at times an important tool to navigate volatility. Those expecting a crash or market pullback will typically hold cash until they’re happy to deploy and buy the dip.

@RachelReevesMP may penalise you to do that so to navigate round this crazy rule is to just hold money market funds in order to avoid this madness.

[Suffolk Bitcoin @SuffolkBitcoin]

@Jcastweet @RupertLowe10 @PeterMcCormack This from @bitcoinpolicyuk is helpful:

https://t.co/MD2kmWley1

[Claudia Tiberius @ClaudiaTiberius]

🔭 BSE Bitcoin is in this for the long run.

More events. More local businesses accepting Lightning. More people in Suffolk understanding what Bitcoin actually is.

Follow along. Get involved. 👉 https://t.co/yjcnIw0MIf #Bitcoin #BSEBitcoin #BuryStEdmunds #BitcoinAdoption

[Mark Cordell @MarkourbseBID]

Absolutely and we are so lucky to have three quality Independent butchers in @ourburysteds town centre, that’s without others on local housing estates and in surrounding villages

[BTCProofofPlay @BTCProofofPlay]

What a day at @BSEBTC Pizza Day 🍕⚡(1st event of 2026)

Honestly, we didn’t know what to expect going in… but it absolutely smashed our expectations and then some.

Huge appreciation to everyone who came along, played BTC: Proof of Play, chatted with us, supported us and just made the entire day feel special. Bury St Edmunds is such an amazing place too - loads of history, brilliant atmosphere, and genuinely so many varied independent shops and businesses accepting Bitcoin. You love to see it.

One highlight (for everyone except me) was me somehow choking mid conversation and accidentally causing a full blown latte volcano over several innocent bystanders ☕🌋😂 I think I’ve now permanently earned the nickname “Latte Volcano”.

The response to the game was incredible. People were just picking it up naturally and getting into matches almost instantly which was honestly really reassuring for us. Seeing people understand the mechanics quickly and actually have fun with it was a massive moment.

Special shoutout to Hacky who popped by and was unbelievably enthusiastic about what we’re building. You could tell the interest was genuine and that really means a lot when you’ve been grinding away building in the open for so long.

Also finally meeting Degreelessness IRL after years of mutually following each other online was awesome 😂 Really great to meet you and your wife mate - and genuinely appreciate all the support over the years. Good luck with the next few weeks 😉🤝

Meeting Freddie “Swol” New finally was brilliant too 💪 Such a pleasure mate. Honestly one of the best things about the entire event was just how grounded and welcoming everyone was.

Huge thanks as well to Suzie for sitting with me and allowing me to absolutely chew her ear off about the game for ages 😂 Appreciate the genuine interest and conversation more than you know.

And Duncan from @TheSoloMiningCo - what a ridiculously small world! 🍻 Definitely need to hit you up for a beer properly next time and potentially chat about a fun little side quest involving the arcade idea 👀

The vendors market was packed all day with loads of people coming through constantly. We even had several mums scanning the QR code for their kids to download the game afterwards 👀 Potential future players inbound!

Even more surreal - several Guildhall committee members sat with us for well over 45 minutes playing the game, asking questions and genuinely engaging with what we’re building. That honestly meant a lot.

Massive shoutout as well to the Biltong vendor directly next to us - what an absolutely lovely gent. Top tier munch too 😂🥩

The pizza was incredible… although it was so busy we ended up eating most of ours cold by the time we got chance 😅

Massive credit to the organisers as well. Seriously well run event, great people, great atmosphere and everything felt really thoughtfully put together from start to finish.

h/t:
@TheSoloMiningCo
@DecentraSuze
@freddienew
@SmithyG
@SuffolkBitcoin
@MFKillerB (we see you)
@_degreelessness
@hackythoughts
@BSEBTC
@BitcoinRacing (good luck for the weekend!)

…and everyone else building, supporting and showing up for Bitcoin culture in the real world 🧡

[Suffolk Bitcoin @SuffolkBitcoin]

@Bitcoin_Cookie @BTCProofofPlay You taking the piss?