What we’re about
Bay Area Bitcoiners is a casual group for bitcoin lovers, learners, and newbs. We get together regularly around the Bay-Area to meet like-minded friends and discuss all things bitcoin over a beer or two.
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Upcoming events (4+)
See all- Bitcoin Design Week: Who uses Bitcoin & WhyPresidio Bitcoin, San Francisco, CA
The foundations of money are broken—in some parts of the world more than others.
For billions of people, a new money system that is neutral, permissionless and predictable represents an order of magnitude improvement in their ability to survive let alone get ahead.
If the future of money is bitcoin, we should first start by understanding the diverse set of users it will serve and the use cases it will solve.
In this first evening session kicking off Design Week you will be introduced to the people being left behind by the existing money system, you will learn how how bitcoin is already being actively used in empowering and surprising ways around the world today, and you will have an opportunity to get hands on and see and feel the design gaps that still exist with these freedom-enabling products that operate at a frontier that may seem far from home but points the way towards the type of financial system we all want to see.
This event is part of the Bitcoin Design Week happening September 15th - 19th September at Presidio Bitcoin.
Check out the rest of the programming at https://event.bitcoin.design/
RSVP for each day that you’d like to attend, you’re free to register to one day or a few days. - Bitcoin Design Week: Designing Future Payments: Stablecoins vs BitcoinPresidio Bitcoin, San Francisco, CA
The future of money is inextricably tied to the future of payments.
So will the future of payments be bitcoin? Or will it be stablecoins?
Two divergent futures present themselves.
How do each improve upon fiat payment rails? What are their relative trust assumptions? Fee considerations? User experience implications?
In this evening session, we will hear both sides of the story from industry experts. And then we’ll break up into small groups to weigh up both visions for the path ahead to see if and how design thinking can help us identify weaknesses, make improvements and ultimately decide which version of the future we should want to help bring to life.
This event is part of the Bitcoin Design Week happening September 15th - 19th September at Presidio Bitcoin.
Check out the rest of the programming at https://event.bitcoin.design/
RSVP for each day that you’d like to attend, you’re free to register to one day or a few days. - Bitcoin Design Week: Vibe Coding with BitcoinPresidio Bitcoin, San Francisco, CA
Vibe coding has changed everything. Including Design.
Suddenly it’s now possible for anyone to build anything using nothing more than natural language.
And now that includes building with bitcoin—future money that is permissionless, borderless and programmable.
In this practical session aimed at designer-builders who want to use bitcoin to explore what is now possible, Mat Balez will cover his favorite vibe coding tools and the most accessible ways to integrate bitcoin. We’ll then have some hands-on time together and see how many prototypes we can ship together in 90 minutes.
It’ll be an evening of experimentation and shipping fun.
This event is part of the Bitcoin Design Week happening September 15th - 19th September at Presidio Bitcoin.
Check out the rest of the programming at https://event.bitcoin.design/
RSVP for each day that you’d like to attend, you’re free to register to one day or a few days.
