Plebfi 24-Hour Bitcoin Hackathon in Miami, July 26–27 🏝️

Plebfi is a 24-hour Bitcoin hackathon happening in Miami, July 26–27 https://pleb.fi/miami2025

21% Community Discount Code is “BitcoinCenter”. Just mention that when you apply in the google form.

This year’s theme: Metaprotocols — expect deep dives into Runes, Alkanes, Taproot Assets, and more. Open to anyone who is willing to try to build a bitcoin app, with or without AI

$6,000 in prizes across three tracks
Connect with Bitcoin devs & companies

First time hacking on Bitcoin? No problem — mentors will be there to help.

Apply to Hack here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScv3ynnuthSviLSIXAtWd3NDNPCoZYVwxAtNTi0wtjV8wBIOw/viewform

Apply to Speak:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf3M4L4KJbT8fhQQNLWyw-QKKgxyWeQq5eWqXNBfo7CfY9R2g/viewform

tweets:
https://x.com/plebfi

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there has been a renaissance in metaprotocols over the past couple of years including but not limited to ordinals, BRC20, alkanes, taproot assets, and more! join us as we dive into some ways to extend bitcoin’s functionality without a soft fork :)
come learn, hack, and join us as we never stop improvin’ bitcoin!

## when?

july 26-27 at the Port in Miami

## apply to attend (tickets)

apply to become a hackathon participant by clicking “apply now”.

1. $30 (- 21% discount for Bitcoin Center) for early bird (before July 18)
2. $60 (- 21% discount for Bitcoin Center) regular (July 18+)

apply now

## prepping for pleb.fi?

• Get up to speed on WASM to build on Alkanes.

## key dates

• sat july 26th morning-day: workshops + talks
• sat july 26th evening: hackathon kickoff
• sun july 27th morning: hackathon
• sun july 27th afternoon: hackathon judging & demos

## so…what’s the plan?

if you want to speak, submit your workshop topic proposal here. the workshops should be related to the theme and empower plebs to build cool stuff.
schedule subject to change at the whims of your organizers
july 26

| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| ---- | ----- | ------- |
| 9:00 AM | Light breakfast and coffee | Light breakfast and coffee |
| 9:30 AM | Unlocking L1 programmability for Metaprotocols with policy signers | Rijndael |
| 10:00 AM | Does Bitcoin need AML-compliant metaprotocols? | joshdoman_ |
| 10:30 AM | TBD | TBD |
| 11:00 AM | something you’ll like, probably about ordinals | raphjaph |
| 11:30 AM | Filters and metaprotocols | portlandhodl |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Lunch |
| 1:00 PM | Taproot Asset tips for hackathons | Jonathan Harvey-Buschel |
| 1:30 PM | Workshop: Rust for wasm (and alkanes btw) | judoflexchop |
| 2:00 PM | Workshop | TBD |
| 2:30 PM | Workshop: building zk circuits w/ Cairo | TBD |
| 3:00 PM | Grabbing data for observability and analytics in Bitcoin & metaprotocols | btc_luce |
| 3:30 PM | Nerdsniping you with cool metaprotocol signing stuff you can do on Passport Prime | OwenKemeys |
| 4:00 PM | Accelerating bitcoin txns: RBF vs CPFP vs P2A | setzeus |
| 4:30 PM | Future of metaprotocols panel | FarmerJoe0x, btc_luce, TaggaOyl |
| 5:15 PM | Hackathon Kickoff | Hackathon Kickoff |
| 5:30 PM | Dinner | Dinner |

july 27

| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| ---- | ----- | ------- |
| 9:00 AM | Light breakfast and coffee | Light breakfast and coffee |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Lunch |
| 4:00 PM | Presentations | Presentations |
| 5:30 PM | After party | After party |

## hackathon rules

there will be a 24 hour hackathon sprint starting after the workshops (please sleep tho) for plebs to build and showcase innovative ideas for the bitcoin ecosystem. if you don’t have any ideas yet, the workshops will most definitely give you some inspiration.
there will be prizes in different categories! (subject to change till the event starts).

| category | cash prize |
| -------- | ---------- |
| category 1 | $2000 |
| category 2 | $2000 |
| category 3 | $2000 |

## basic rules

must be new
no cheating allowed – while it’s OK if your submission is part of a larger project or ecosystem, the point is to try out new things and explore. there’s no firm rule here – we’ll know cheating when we see it, and disqualify at our discretion. when in doubt, ask an organizer if your project is in the spirit of the event.
teams
teams can have 3-4 members. form them with your friends ahead of time or with people that you meet during workshops. you can also join the tg channel after you purchase a tix.
to make the event more inclusive, you can have one ‘remote only’ teammate, just let us know in advance who they are. in the spirit of getting real remote participants, we encourage remotes to be e.g. 2 hours+ away from miami (if you see them during the event in person it’s a disqualifier).

## how to win

BUIDL A THING IN THE METAPROTOCOL UNIVERSE AND MAKE NEW FRIENDS ALONG THE WAY!
we’re going to specifically evaluate on the following categories:

1. did you learn something new that others can learn from?
2. how meta is your metaprotocol project?
3. is it cool?

therefore hackathon submissions should include:

1. overview of the project
2. demo
3. summary of new things you’ve learned during the hackathon

### with love

1. ecurrencyhodler
2. mini_ponz

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