⚡ Introducing Plan ₿ Labs - Lightning! ⚡ We’re kicking off biweekly live sessions, hosted by @Fanis , where you’ll dive into the intricacies of the Lightning Network. 📅 First session: Tuesday, 28th at 16:00 CET 💡 Sessions Open to everyone The first session will be a rewind of 2024 in the Lightning space Covering: 🔹 Key developments in payment experience 🔹 Advances in channel management 🔹 Privacy & security improvements An insightful journey through the year’s highlights! Where? To be part of the Plan ₿ Labs Lightning community, you can join us on Keet, where the sessions will be streamed in a 🍐2🍐 manner: pear://keet/yrb3uwcx8om5ek61kar8xn8mjcfbod9m7jy9guy7futtxo8gxzn1f8m9bbakpkrdnd435prs34a4qiyekuprgu4i9m99bdju85k4r4dfs7p6dkm8 Learn, ask questions, and explore Lightning like never before! Join us tomorrow at 15:00 CET, and start your journey mastering Lightning! ⚡️

Heading to El Salvador to the Plan ₿ Forum next week? Put your Bitcoin skills to the test and take a shot at earning the ₿ Certificate! 💪 📅 January 30-31 🕚 11:00 AM 📍 UTXO Stage Don’t miss out—see you there! 👊

🎉 Excited to announce a judge for our Hackathon with Tiankii! ⚡️ Meet @Peter Todd , a renowned Bitcoin core developer and cryptography expert. We’re thrilled to have his insights! 🚀

🎉 Excited to announce another mentor for our Hackathon with Tiankii! ⚡️ Meet @Anna ⚡️ , CEO of @Hodl Hodl and a force behind Riga’s Baltic Honey Badger Conference. She’s a leader in Bitcoin privacy and financial freedom. We’re thrilled to have her on board! 🚀

🎉 Proud to announce another mentor for our Hackathon with Tiankii! ⚡️ Meet Darvin Otero, CEO of Tiankii, dedicated to onboarding Salvadorans into Bitcoin and driving innovation in payments. Students are lucky to learn from such a passionate leader! 🚀🎓

🎉 Excited to announce a judge for our Hackathon with Tiankii! ⚡️ Meet @Nicolas Burtey , Founder & CEO of Galoy and the brains behind the @Blink Wallet . Thrilled to have him onboard to help pick the winning projects! 🚀

🎉 Thrilled to announce one of our stellar mentors for the our coming Hackathon with Tiankii ⚡️Meet @Vincenzo Palazzo , a Bitcoin and Lightning Network developer and Lead Lightning Dev at Ocean. Our students are getting ready for this unique event! 🎓

🚀 Get Ready for the Ultimate Bitcoin Showdown! 🚀 Next week, we're back with The Game Show at Plan ₿ Forum El Salvador! 🇸🇻 Two teams of hardcore Bitcoiners clashing in the ultimate test of knowledge, strategy, and passion for Bitcoin! 💪 Hosted by the one and only @Joe Nakamoto ! 🎙️

🚀 Something coming up in El Salvador! ☕️ We’re talking about a full-on hackathon showdown with 20 brilliant students: 💻 10 from Plan ₿ Network 💻 10 from Tiankii 🎯 The Goal? These students will compete to create a killer Bitcoin & Lightning wallet using one of these dev kits: 🔧 Tether's WDK 🔧 @Breez ⚡️ 's SDK 🔧 @LNbits 's SDK We’re expecting some next-level ideas to come out of this. 👀 🗓️ When’s it happening? 🛠️ Hackathon: Jan 27–29th ⚡ Judging Day: Jan 30th 🏆 Awards Ceremony: Jan 31st at the Plan ₿ Forum El Salvador (P2P Stage, 5:30 PM). Mark your calendars—it’s gonna be epic! Mentors & Judges: Will be announced shortly. Stay tuned!

Plan ₿ Winter School 2025 kicks off today! Over the next 5 days, 21 students from around the globe will dive deep into the world of Bitcoin Development. The excitement started yesterday with a warm welcome party hosted by Cubo +, receiving everyone in El Salvador 🇸🇻!

Today might be the day Ross Ulbricht walks free again. Really feeling hopeful. Free Ross.

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❄️ Plan ₿ Winter School 2025 💻 🌍 This weekend, 21 students from around the world are landing in San Salvador for a Bitcoin bootcamp like no other: Plan ₿ Winter School 2025! ✈️ They've traveled far and wide (some over 90 hours!) to immerse themselves in Bitcoin development, work elbow-to-elbow with peers & mentors, to level up their skills. 🍳 From breakfast to dinner, it’s all about Bitcoin—eating, coding, debating, and, honestly, probably dreaming about it too. 💤₿₿₿💤 🎓 The schedule? Packed with workshops, panels, and hands-on projects led by top Bitcoin minds: 🔹 Kickoff: @`giacomozucco` sets the tone Monday morning. 🔹 Workshops: Dive into topics like JoinMarket vulnerabilities (@`Peter Todd`) and LND payments from scratch (PupusasG). 🔹 Projects: Collaborate on cutting-edge Bitcoin initiatives from companies like @`Galoy`, Opentimestamps, @`Breez ⚡️`. 🚀 🔹 Keynotes & Panels: Hearing from legends of the industry like @`Adam Back`, @`Alekos Filini / @afilini`, @`Jon Atack` & more, on topics like Startups, Privacy, and Lightning's future. 💡 But it’s not all work! Students will bond, explore, and build lifelong connections. And on Friday? 🎓 Graduation day! Let the learning, hacking, and pupusa-eating begin! ⚡ Stay tuned for updates..

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🎉 The ₿ Game Show is BACK at Plan B Forum in El Salvador! Combining Bitcoin education with fun. This ultimate challenge is set to entertain and educate, both contestants and audience! 🌟 Who will claim the title of the most hardcore Bitcoiner this time? 👀 Stay tuned! ⚡

One more week for Ross to potentially be declared a free man, as it was promised. Hoping for it to become a reality. 🙏 #FreeRoss

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🎂 Today we celebrate 16 years of Bitcoin! 🥳 On Jan 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Genesis Block, reshaping monetary history forever. Since then, Bitcoin has offered freedom, scarcity & sovereignty to those who opt in. Happy Birthday, Bitcoin! 🧡 Thank you, Satoshi. 🙌