Bitcoin Alpha · Mission Report 2026
Mission status · Complete
Bitcoin Alpha Lunar Expedition patch

Thank you, crew

Bitcoin Alpha 2026 · Lunar Expedition

Two days at Hotel Casa del Mar in Santa Monica: welcome drinks at the Shore, a day of sessions you chose and led, a live Shark Tank, and one more step toward the moon.

150+Bitcoiners
31Sessions
32Session leads
13Shark Tank pitches
A packed session in Mission Control The crew together The Bitcoin Alpha shark Lunch on the patio A session in the round Typing up mission paperwork on the Smith Corona Attendees at Bitcoin Alpha The main room Attendees at the Shore
A session in the Boardroom A presentation in the Boardroom

Transmissions

What the crew is saying

Posted from the ground in Santa Monica. Tag @bitcoinalphaorg and we'll add yours.

Flight log

The crew's top sessions

Ranked by how many attendees starred them in the LEM app.

  1. 01$1M Bitcoin Is Closer Than You Think@dotkrueger64 ★
  2. 02AI and Quantum Will Break Bitcoin Before We Fix It@bensig & @chaumdotcom42 ★
  3. 03Your Multisig Won't Save You From a Wrench@dotkrueger & @proofofmoney39 ★
  4. 04America and Bitcoin@MarylandHODL21 & @bensig38 ★
  5. 05AI Will Be Bitcoin's Biggest User@tomyoungjr38 ★
  6. 06The Sovereign Trinity: Abundance, Scarcity & Human Agency@MarylandHODL21 & CHODL35 ★
  7. 07Welcome to the Yengame: What Happens When Japan Collapses@peruvian_bull33 ★
  8. 08Digital Credit Is Bitcoin's Killer App@TimKotzman30 ★
  9. 09Your Heirs Will Lose Your Bitcoin@tomyoungjr & @nstanley29 ★
  10. 10From RPOW to Bitcoin: Hal Finney Was Satoshi@dotkrueger29 ★

Mission specialists

Thank you to everyone who led a session

Bitcoin Alpha is an unconference: the program is the people in the room. These are the crew members who stood up and ran one.

Mission partner

Thank you, Arch Lending

Arch Lending

Arch Lending backed Bitcoin Alpha as our 2026 mission partner and hosted Thursday's welcome drinks at the Shore, where the expedition began. Thank you to Freddy, Dhruv and the whole Arch team for making it happen.

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Ground control

The people behind the launch

Crew & volunteers

Jerry, Shant and every volunteer who packed bags, built the astronaut suit, ran check-in and got the shark home in one piece.

Shark Tank founders

Thirteen teams put real work on a live stage: Bitcoin pitches at 2, AI at 3.

Next launch

See you in Santa Monica in 2027

Same coast, same crew, one year closer to the moon. 2026 attendees hear the dates first.

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