• This weekly meetup breakdown is free to read, but not free to produce.
• It’s a simple value for value model
  • New Businesses Accepting Bitcoin
  • 🕵️ The Satoshi Cipher – Week 5
  • 🧭 On the Radar
  • 📅 Featured Events

“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” — Jiddu Krishnamurti

There’s a new UK meetup on the block!

Purbeck Bitcoin will be gathering for the first time this coming week. Show them support by heading along.

All the details bellow…

§This weekly meetup breakdown is free to read, but not free to produce.

Each week I track down and verify Bitcoin meetups across the UK and Ireland so the community has a clear view of what’s happening.

If this newsletter saves you time, helps you discover new meetups, or supports your local scene, please zap some sats.

§It’s a simple value for value model

This week’s sponsor is…

The Bitcoin Shop UK

§New Businesses Accepting Bitcoin

• 🍺 O’Connors Irish Bar: A lively Irish bar and restaurant in West Bridgford, serving a wide selection of drinks — whiskey, craft beers, cocktails, and fine wines — alongside a hearty food menu. Regular live music keeps the atmosphere buzzing. 📍 33 Central Avenue, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 5GQ.

§🕵️ The Satoshi Cipher – Week 5

Prize: 1,500 sats ⚡

Cipher: Binary (8-bit ASCII) represents each character as eight bits (0s and 1s). Group each chunk of eight, convert to decimal, then map to ASCII letters.

History: Adopted in 1963, ASCII binary encoding standardized how computers represent text, enabling cross‑platform communication.

Puzzle: 01001101 01001001 01001110 01000101 01000100 00100000 01000101 01001110 01000101 01010010 01000111 01011001

Reply to claim the sats.

Bonus: Answer within 10 minutes to double it.

Last Week’s Winner: Nick Morris – solved “KEEP YOUR KEYS SAFE”.

§🧭 On the Radar

Big events further down the line.

🗓️ 30th April - Fountain Special Event - An Introduction to the New Music Economy, Anditode, London

🗓️ 22nd May - BSE: Bitcoin Pizza Day, Bury st Edmunds.

§📅 Featured Events

§🤝 Bitcoin Ireland Conference 2026 – Dublin, May 22–24

Join Ireland’s premier Bitcoin event at The Green Isle Hotel for three days of keynotes, panels, workshops, and exhibitions covering adoption, regulation, mining, ETFs, and more. Network with world-class speakers, authors, and fellow enthusiasts, with family-friendly activities throughout. Early Bird tickets are 50% off, and Whale Pass holders gain access to an exclusive networking trip on May 25. Use code BEUK for an extra 10% off! Don’t miss this chance to dive deep into the future of Bitcoin in Ireland and beyond.

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Get Involved

• Volunteer: Passionate about merchant adoption? Reach out to Bridge2Bitcoin on Twitter or website.

• Start a Meetup: Want to launch a Bitcoin meetup? We’ll support you. Contact us on Twitter or just reply to this email.

• Contribute to BTCMaps: Help maintain this key Bitcoin resource–no coding skills needed. Update a UK area.

• Telegram: Join our Channel for UK meetup updates

• Feedback: Reply to this email with ideas and suggestions.

Get out and support the meetups where you can, visit Bitcoin Events UK for more info on each meetup and to find your closest on the interactive map.

Stay tuned for more updates next week!

Simon.

§Founding Members Shout-out:

• Roger9000 - Check-out his amazing music and Bitcoin work.

• Psyfer - Pleb. Artist. Educator. Munk. cyphermunkhouse.com

• Richard - Co-founder of the Running Bitcoin Challenge.

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