Day 9 of Plan ₿ Week is in the blocks! The grand finale of @cypher_tank is done! The finalists took the stage to win prizes from the Honey Badgers and secure funding. Stay tuned: applications for the next Cypher Tank will open soon! We also had a Red Team session with @Rob1Ham, and @coinjoined unboxed a bunch of Seedor goodies. @sbaaaam21 as always hosted this amazing Plan ₿ TV. Explore the full programme:

Day 8 of Plan ₿ Week is in the books. The Cypher Tank finale kicked off at the finalists stepped up to pitch the Honey Badgers and fight for funding. We caught up with @mir_btc head of Cypher Tank, and with @giacomozucco one of the judges, to hear what it takes to win them over. At Plan ₿ Expo, the podcast recordings kept rolling behind the scenes, and we also met @Schnuartz from @SpecterDIY Today is the last day of Cypher Tank: who will take home the funding? 👀 Explore the full programme:

Back for second half! 🎤 WAGMI: @excellion, @frafabracci, @adamlawrencium and @Arnab_Naskarr join @knutsonjesse on tokenisation. 🎤 P2P: @AndrejMajcen on sovereignty. 📍 Hal Finney: @inahcitadel on citadels. 📍 UTXO: @bitgould on Payjoin.

Can't make it to Lugano? Plan ₿ Forum comes to you. 🧡 Tomorrow the WAGMI Stage streams live on Rumble: a full day of keynotes, panels and debates on Bitcoin, self-custody, mining, AI and freedom tech. 📅 Friday 23 October · from 09:00 CEST 📍 Live from Lugano 🇨🇭 🎙️ Don't miss: 09:15 · Lugano's Plan ₿ Update · Mayor @MicheleLugano 10:00 · The Battle for the Future · @Excellion 10:30 · From Hashcash to Bitcoin: Adam Back's Cypherpunk Journey · @adam3us with @AaronvanW 11:30 · Lugano's Plan ₿ Foundation · @jaromil 14:30 · The Next Soft Fork: BIP 110 Post Mortem · @jimmysong @Excellion @knutsvanholm @coinjoined with @BITVOLT 15:00 · Hard Money on Screen · @saifedean & @GuidoBrera with @SilviaBerzoni 15:30 · Escaping the Digital Dark Age · @mafintosh 16:00 · Funding Bitcoin, the debate · @bitschmidty vs @knutsvanholm with @stephanlivera 16:30 · Bitcoin and AI · @starkness with @arshmolu 17:00 · Self Custody Disaster · @BTCsessions 17:30 · The Real AI Threat · @jimmysong 18:00 · From Property to Protocol · @leonwankum Your MC all day: @JoeNakamoto Lugano is the place to ₿. ▶️ Watch live:

It’s almost time for Plan ₿ Forum 2026! 🇨🇭 Still haven’t planned your trip to Lugano? ✈️ @travalacom our Official Travel Partner, makes it easy to book your flights, hotel, car rental and activities all in one place. You can even pay with Bitcoin or USD₮! Book through our dedicated link and get $100 off your trip. 📍 Lugano, Switzerland 🗓️ October 23–24, 2026 Plan your trip: T&Cs apply.

Bitcoin payments belong inside the apps people already use. @MoritzKaminski is building that bridge. As Co-founder of @getAlby, Moritz works on Lightning and Nostr tools for the web. Join his talk in Lugano and learn how Bitcoin can move more naturally across the internet. 📍 Plan ₿ Forum | Oct 23–24

Bitcoin does not maintain itself. @bitschmidty helps fund, mentor and support the developers who keep Bitcoin moving forward. Co-founder and Executive Director of Brink. Bitcoin Optech contributor. Bitcoin Core supporter. Join his talk in Lugano and learn how open-source Bitcoin development is sustained. 📍 Plan ₿ Forum | Oct 23–24

One of today’s highlights at Plan ₿ Summer School. Denis “Jaromil” Roio (@jaromil) spoke with students about personal sovereignty, privacy and why these ideas matter in a world of growing surveillance. A timely conversation, and an important part of a week dedicated to Bitcoin education in practice.

This October @Bitcoinbeach joins Plan ₿ Forum 2026 in Lugano (Oct 23–24). Mike Peterson is the Director of Bitcoin Beach, a community builder and circular economy pioneer. Before Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador, Mike helped show the world what Bitcoin could look like as real money in El Zonte. Local merchants. Youth education. Daily payments. Real adoption. Bitcoin adoption, tested in a real community.

Bitcoin adoption starts with community. @romanmartinezc helped bring Bitcoin Beach to life in El Zonte, one of the world’s most important examples of a Bitcoin circular economy. A surfer, educator and community leader, Roman has shown what happens when Bitcoin meets trust, local education and real daily use. From El Zonte to Lugano, meet him at Plan ₿ Forum 2026, October 23–24.