📅 The Meetup Breakdown 96
Bitcoin meetups for the UK and Ireland for 25th - 31st May 2026. Plus new merchants now accepting bitcoin.
“Bitcoin is hope.” —Alex Gladstein
After last weeks massive lineup, normal service now resumes
We still have a healthy 10 meetups this week, starting on Wednesday with an Antidote Open Office Day in London, rolling through the quarterly City & Financial gathering, and finishing the week with Galway, Bury St Edmunds and Northamptonshire on Sunday.
All the details bellow…
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Upcoming Bitcoin Meetups
What We’re Up To This Week 📆
Wednesday
🏢 Antidote Office Open Day: Thinking about joining London’s premier Bitcoin coworking hub? Visit Antidote HQ on Wednesday, 27th May from 10:00–16:30 in Farringdon, London for an open day where builders, investors, and Bitcoin enthusiasts can explore the workspace, meet members and accelerator founders, and work from the office for the day. Expect access to breakout areas, meeting rooms, and the roof terrace. Free to attend, with registration required to view the address.
🍺 Leamington Spa Bitcoin: Meeting this Wednesday at The Star & Garter, CV32 5LL at 19:00 for a casual chat and drinks, beginners welcome.
🍺 Brighton Bitcoin: Building a bitcoin community in the Brighton & Hove area. A regular informal meetup happens every last Wednesday of the month at Indian Summer where they accept bitcoin payments. The meetup starts at 20:00, or 19:00 if you’d like to eat first.
Thursday
🏙️ City & Financial Bitcoiners: This quarterly meetup invites Bitcoiners to bring a friend — especially someone you’ve been trying to orange pill. Expect an evening exploring what’s being built across the Bitcoin ecosystem in London, with presentations from BAO Markets on private Bitcoin-native prediction markets, Dan Gershony demoing the latest release of Angor, and a live interview with Tomek from Bitcoin District in Próspera, Honduras, discussing Bitcoin-native business jurisdictions. Open to Bitcoiners, and complete newcomers alike. The £4.99 ticket includes pizza.
🍺 Manchester Bitcoin: Welcoming all individuals and businesses with an interest in Bitcoin in Manchester. The May meetup is on the 28th. Join them at Joshua Brooks, M1 6NG, 19:00.
Friday
☕️ Newcastle Bitcoin Coffee Morning Meetup: Every Friday morning at Pumphreys Coffee Centre and Brewing Emporium (bitcoin accepted). Whether you’re a total beginner or a seasoned maxi, head along to chat, share ideas, and connect with the local Bitcoin community from 10:00 to 12:00.
Saturday
🚶♀️Bitcoin Walk - London: The London Bitcoin Walk will meet this SATurday at the Peter Pan statue in Hyde Park at 11:00. Check the Telegram group chat (avaliable at the link) for details.
🚶🏽♂️ Bitcoin Walk - Edinburgh: Join fellow bitcoiners every Saturday at 12:00 for a walk, meeting at Meadows City Tennis Club.. It’s a relaxed way to keep fit, enjoy the city, and chat about Bitcoin along the way.
Sunday
🍻 Galway Bitcoin Meetup: Join on Sunday, 31st May at 18:00 in the Eyre Square Hotel, Galway (H91 TCP0) for a beginner-friendly look into the worlds first and only decentralised money. Post Conference debrief and UTXO Management presentation. All are welcome to attend and take part in the discussion.
🍺 Northamptonshire Bitcoin Network: On 31st May from 18:00 at The Dog & Gun, Walton, for the latest Northants meetup (pub owned by Merlin from Channel 4’s First Dates). Expect Bitcoin chat, good company, and sats accepted at the bar. Sponsored by CoinCorner, with the winner of Escape2Bitcoin receiving a bitcoin bottle prize.
Supporting this week’s issue…
New Businesses Accepting Bitcoin
⛪ Christ Church: A Reformed Baptist church in Loughborough committed to worshipping the Triune God and serving the local community through faithful Bible teaching, prayer, and gospel witness. Meeting at 25A Herbert Street (LE11 1NU), the church continues a Christian presence established on the site over 100 years ago and holds to the 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith as a summary of its beliefs.
⚙️ Bit Fabs: A Birmingham-based metal fabrication company connecting Bitcoin with real-world engineering through precision manufacturing and bespoke fabrication services. Using sustainably sourced recycled metals, Bit Fabs offers laser cutting, CNC machining, welding, powder coating, bending, and consultancy for everyone from hobbyists to large-scale industry. Built around the idea of turning digital assets into tangible products, they’re pioneering a new model for British manufacturing powered by Bitcoin (warning, some shitcoins are mentioned on the website).
🕵️ The Satoshi Cipher – Week 11
Prize: 3,000 sats ⚡
Cipher: Hexadecimal (ASCII) expresses each character as a base-16 number. Group digits in pairs, convert from hex to decimal, then map to ASCII text.
History: Hexadecimal notation (base 16) became a staple of debugging and reverse engineering because it compresses binary into readable form.
Puzzle: 564552494659205452555354
Reply to win the sats.
Bonus: Same 10-minute double rule.
Last Week’s Winner: Nick Morris – solved “HARD MONEY”.
🧭 On the Radar
Big events further down the line.
🗓️ 26th June - Bitcoin Graffiti Jam - Stockwell Hall of Fame, London.
🗓️ 29th - 30th August - ₿ the Change - Glasgow, G2 1BP.
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