100+ artists. Ten years of Rare Pepe, Fake Rares, Fake Commons, Dank Directory and beyond.
One very comfortable room.
Pepe.x Lounge, 20โ21 Nov at @Bitfestuk.
The PEPE.X Art Zone (@pepe_x_art) line-up for Bitfest 2026 ๐งต
Twenty-one artists showing work across the weekend โ painting, illustration, print, digital and everything in between.
Bitfest ยท 19โ22 November ยท The Pendulum, Manchester
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Wave 2 of the Bitfest 2026 speaker line-up is here ๐งต
Thirteen more names: energy researchers, tax specialists, game builders, radio pioneers and more.
Bitfest ยท 19โ22 November ยท The Pendulum, Manchester
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Bitcoin, live music and value-for-value payments.
Thanks to @Princey21M for hosting @AaronofEssex on Once Bitten!
They discuss Lightning-powered streaming, independent artists and Bitfest.
Listen:
https://t.co/4ZJAzxxXw5
In June the DOJ subpoenaed major banks over debanking. In August, regulators finalized rules against "reputation risk" account closures. Bitcoin has never debanked anyone. Not once, not anywhere.
This is still one of the funniest things Iโve ever seen on the internet.
In 2006, tech journalist Guy Kewney went to the BBC for a live interview about an Apple court case.
At the same time, Guy Goma was there for a job interview.
A producer went to reception to collect Guy and they literally got the wrong Guy.
Goma was taken to make-up, miked up and put live on air. He went along with it because, as far as he knew, he was there for an interview.
Then came the question about the court ruling.
You can see the exact moment he realises something has gone very wrong.
โIโm very surprisedโฆ because I was not expecting that.โ
He then just starts answering the questions and the point he made was that people would increasingly use the internet because it made getting what they wanted easier and faster.
Twenty years later, he has been proven absolutely right!!
Twenty years later this still makes me cry with laughter!!
Built in Web3? Good. You already know how to ship.
Bring the skills. Leave the tokenomics.
The Bitfest Hackathon is open-format: build something that meaningfully uses Bitcoin and/or Nostr.
20โ21 Nov ยท Manchester
https://t.co/bkdwwnHXyd
Governments work for the people, not the other way around. (Bankers got MPs forgetting who their employers are.)
Itโs time the people ensure they recognise this, because this is the clown world those idiots, that they keep voting for on rotation, want them to live in. ๐คก๐บ๏ธ
Man, Anagram is such a pleasure to use, even light-mode is tolerable. "a nostr messaging app that actually works" (as someone said earlier today on Anagram).
Its easy to test, just go to https://t.co/QKtWK2wdBJ
Omandroid has a new name: Omarchy Mobile ๐ฑ
It was never Android. It's native Omarchy (Arch Linux ARM, Hyprland, Omarchy's own packages) on a mainline Linux kernel, right on a Pixel 7 Pro. No Android underneath.
New repos (old links redirect):
https://t.co/27nWIk5jYm
https://t.co/EfmDpCXOrx
Hardware: display at 120 Hz, GPU, touch, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth audio, battery, haptics, torch, sensors and auto-rotate, GPS, NFC (read/write tags) and fingerprint unlock (opt-in) all work. Speakers work but are still quiet. Ultrawide camera works; main and front are in progress. The modem now boots and talks to the phone; calls, SMS and data need a SIM, that's next. Sleep is in progress.
The last two days in software:
โข swipeable home screens with ~50 built-in widgets, from @simonschubert's Omalauncher
โข "Create with AI": describe a widget, Omarchy's default agent builds it
โข editable quick settings
โข one app per screen
โข mirror the phone's screen to your laptop over USB
And an installer! I'm super happy to annonce this. It can all be done with a few commands. GUI/website later. Build the root image on your laptop, then tools/install-phone asks for your user name, password and Wi-Fi, checks the phone, and writes only slot B and userdata. Stock Android stays on slot A as your way back. First boot sets everything up, and tools/phone-provision pulls the phone-specific firmware from your own Pixel factory image (no Google files redistributed). The first clean install with it is happening on my phone as I write this. Steps are in the README.
Fair warning: this is EXPERIMENTAL! Unlocking the bootloader wipes the phone, expect rough edges, Pixel 7 Pro only for now. Pixel 6 and 8a ports are starting via contributors. Addtional contributors welcome ๐ค
Our first Freedom Fest 2026 speaker announcement ๐งต
Eleven people working on privacy, digital rights and freedom technology โ from CBDC tracking to censorship-resistant news, with more incoming!
Freedom Fest ยท 21 November ยท Pendulum Hotel, Manchester
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Crypsi dont normally get involved in organising exhibitions..
But when we do ๐
Coming soon 2 @Bitfestuk , the greatest exhibition of CRYPTOART (what noobs call bitcoin art) EVER ๐๏ธ๐๏ธ
btc art from well known street artists ๐ต๐ต(never seen before)/ stalwarts/ future stars
pepe art from many of the creators/ godfathers/ masters๐ธ๐ธ
rumours of a special edition art print from an unnamed street artist exclusive 2 the event ๐ต๏ธ
rumours of further cryptoart OGs reappearing ๐ฑ (not just chiefmonkey), priceless pepe memorabilia showing up ๐ป, digital treasure hunts to win valuable nfts ๐ฏ, physical treasure hunts to win goodies ๐ฅ + more bitcoin/ pepe merch than any conference ever seen ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฝ
If all that doesnt get ur juices flowing, we got @MarsitaTheUltra + @arwyn_official + @2140wtf + @Dark_inc_Studio in da house ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
@scarcedotcity auctions 4 much of the art, just in case any1 dumb enuff not 2 come 2 Manchester, UK 19-21 November โ๏ธ
Some decent speakers (+ a big bar) 2 โ
Keep tuned 4 updates on art ๐ฆป
NB any questions related 2 event @nathansonic ๐
#memetheReVolution
#btcoffensive
The Nostrshire line-up so far ๐งต
#Nostrshire is Bitfest's own corner of the Nostr Web of Trust โ two stages of builders, evangelists and protocol people.
Bitfest ยท 19โ22 November ยท The Pendulum Hotel, Manchester
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