A bunch of things are happening this month in Bali

Bitcoin Indonesia

Bitcoin House Bali - Bitcoin indonesia

Join us at the Bitcoin House in Bali, Indonesia! The hub for Bitcoin adoption in Indonesia.

Hopefully I can find some time to come and say hi @Bitcoin Indonesia 🇮🇩

Don't take the Internet for granted (presentation by Ketominer) https://docs.planb.network/ketominer%20PlanB%20Welcome%20to%20the%20Internet.pdf #planbnetwork

Claude is down…

The memory model of C++ in the context of low latency and concurrency takes some brain-cell effort to grasp…

The Protocol Masterclass (from Plan B Network program) was a very useful walkthrough of the code base by Jon, a core developer. Notes

Jon Atack - Bitcoin Protocol | Dev Masterclasses 2026

Some nuggets/quotes I found interesting or funny: > Initially, the code had a huge main.cpp where most of the transaction validation logic lived (>5000 loc), which suggests Satoshi was not a professional C++ developer.
 > Bitcoin core currently has only about 40 active individuals and is struggling to find new developers. “It’s important to understand how few people work on the Bitcoin protocol” “Actively full time maybe 30-40 people in the world.” “In the past year or two there has been no new developer” “Now is a good time to work on bitcoin core.” > Coding style “The code base is being gently refactored over time. You have to curb your urge to clean-up the code, as this can introduce bugs.” > Changes that affect the consensus require the highest level of review. “It has been a while since there has been an accidental fork” > “It’s funny how much importance people give to BIP numbers and what number it is. I would prefer they attach more importance to actually finishing their draft” > “Give what you want. You want review, give review. Reviewing other people’s work is a forever green way of adding value and making friends.” “You have to not care too much about how fast your own stuff gets in”. > “There are so many more people who want to post on X, and so few who actually want to read the code”

Falling back to Lau Pasat because of the rain #bitcoinwalksg

Yet another #BitcoinWalkSG on Wed 25th February Join fellow enthusiasts for a casual after-work stroll around Gardens by the Bay. No stage, no slides, no sponsor. Just walking, talking about hard money and eating local food. All knowledge levels welcome, no registration required. - 18.30 Meet inside Dimbulah@MBFC - 19.00 Start walking along the marina all the way to Satay by the Bay food court - 20.00 chope table, order food, talk bitcoin - Walk back to MRT Gardens by the Bay and split-up. - Rainy alternative: Lau Pa Sat Route - Start along the Marina waterfront -> cross the Helix Bridge -> Water Lily Pond -> End at Satay by the Bay food court. - We’ll sit down at the food court for food and drinks. - Exit point: MRT Gardens by the Bay TE22 (brown line) What to expect - Easy, flat walk at conversational pace. - Singapore weather: could be hot and humid or a sudden downpour. - Informal discussions about adoption, mining, quantum or your favourite Lightning wallet. - Hokkien mee, popiah, rojak and satay. - Flexible: Join late, leave early, or stay for extra chats. - Free to attend; bring water, comfy shoes, and your best questions. What this is not - Not a conference - Not a pitch night - Not a crypto or web3 event @bitcoinwalk @tokyobitcoinbase @bitcoinwalkpenang

https://www.youtube.com/live/1jmATBySnFo A goldmine of info about all types of Lightning wallets, Liquid, Ark, etc… By Giacomo Most insightful session so far. #planbnetwork

Running Bitcoin Singapore >>proof of run<<

Gardens by the Bay in the evening

It’s fun to think there was a time when the price of gold was flat. In Britain, the price was set by law to £4.25per troy ounce between 1821 and 1914. 93 years. https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/research/olympic-britain/the-economy/small-change/

La meilleure explication du cas d’école du Texas. #energy

Difficulty will adjust down in 12 days and will make anyone playing with a Bitaxe or warming up with a Heatbit a little bit happier.

I asked Claude for a filtered list of positive world news and it gave up. Probably melted a few data centers with this request.

Bitcoin Walk SG on 4th February! In the spirit of Madeira’s @BitcoinWalk , join fellow enthusiasts for a casual after-work stroll around Gardens by the Bay. No stage, no slides, no sponsors. Just walking, talking about hard money and eating local food. All knowledge levels welcome. - 18.30 Meet inside Dimbulah@MBFC - 19.00 Start walking along the marina all the way to Satay by the Bay food court - 20.00 chope table, order food, talk bitcoin - Walk back to MRT Gardens by the Bay and split-up. - Rainy alternative: Lau Pa Sat When and Where - Date: Wednesday 4 February 2026 - Meeting point: 18:30 in Dimbulah MBFC - Walk starts at 19:00 for about 1 hour. Rainy backup: Head straight to Lau Pa Sat hawker centre for eats and chats. Route - Start along the Marina waterfront -> cross the Helix Bridge -> End at Satay by the Bay food court. - We’ll sit down at Satay by the Bay for food and drinks. - Exit point: MRT Gardens by the Bay TE22 (brown line) What to expect - Easy, flat walk at conversational pace. - Singapore weather: could be hot and humid or a sudden downpour. - Informal discussions about sound money, Lightning wallets and adoption. - Hokkien mee, popiah, rojak and satay. - Flexible: Join late, leave early, or stay for extra chats. - Free to attend; bring water, comfy shoes, and your best questions. What this is not - Not a conference - Not a pitch night - Not a crypto or web3 event

The Exit Manual videos are getting better and better

C++ keeps evolving. It gets interesting new features roughly every 3 years. The Bitcoin core code already uses some of the language features introduced in C++20 (2020)

This is good news

: the feature is available in Parallels Desktop Pro or Business Edition only.

KB Parallels: Using Rosetta to run x86-64 Docker Containers and Binaries in Linux virtual machines with Parallels Desktop

: the feature is available in Parallels Desktop Pro or Business Edition only.

Merchants using Wallet of Satoshi are now getting this message when trying to create an invoice. I could not pay yesterday because of it.

Singapore kopitiam toolkit