BITCOIN: From Pizza to Protocol 🍕
​🍕 Bitcoin Pizza Day marks the moment Bitcoin moved from theory to reality - from code to culture.
​Every year, CryptoMondays London goes big on Bitcoin.
​This is that night.
​From the first 10,000 BTC pizza to a global monetary network, Bitcoin has evolved far beyond what anyone imagined. And today, it’s no longer just an asset or ideology.
​It’s infrastructure.
It’s energy.
It’s culture.
It’s IRL.
​This special edition brings together some of the UK’s most active builders, operators, and thinkers to explore what Bitcoin actually looks like in the real world - and where it’s going next.
​⚡ What We’ll Cover
​A high-signal evening exploring:
​Bitcoin’s evolution from experiment to global system
​The intersection of Bitcoin with AI, energy, and infrastructure
​Real-world adoption across payments, culture, and communities
​The state of Bitcoin in the UK — and what comes next
​🎤 Format & Agenda
​We’re expanding the format for this one — more depth, more signal, more orange:
​6:00pm — Doors open 🍻
6:45pm — Content begins
​Keynote: Bitcoin, AI & Prediction Markets on Nostr
​Pablo Denver (BAO.Markets): Pablo is the Founder at BAO.MARKETS - a prediction marketplace using bitcoin and NOSTR protocol.
​Fireside: Bitcoin Adoption & Growth in the UK
​w/ Peter McCormack (Cheat Code): host of The Peter McCormack Show, entrepreneur, and Chairman of @realbedford FC this May. Peter is one of the most recognised voices in the space globally, known for his long-form conversations on politics, economics, technology, freedom, and the future of society.
He will be joining us for a fireside chat on:
Bitcoin Adoption & Growth in the UK.​Moderated by AJ, BD & Marketing at Nostrdev (Bitcoin District): Bitcoin and Nostr are a hard fork in the brain. Once you understand their power you can't go back. AJ can't go back to just living within the fiat system and since 2024 has been exploring ways to build a parallel life: working with Freedom Tech Company, giving talks about Nostr, writing for Proof of Work Magazine, as well as poetry too.
​Fireside: Energy, Mining & the Future of Infrastructure
​w/ Jason Deane (Renewablox): Co-CEO RenewaBlox. Bitcoin class of 2016, miner since 2017, full time in the industry since 2018. Author of several books, regular on media and speaker circuit, ex-racing driver, serial entrepreneur & involved with multiple mining projects across the globe. Now entirely focussed on bringing Bitcoin mining to the UK as a way to solve some of our significant (and growing) energy problems.
​Duncan Coombe (Solo Mining Co.): Duncan Coombe is the founder and industrial designer behind The Solo Mining Co, where he designs under the pseudonym I Am GPIO. Involved with Bitcoin mining since 2011, Duncan has contributed design work to a number of major Bitcoin hardware projects, with his influence visible across many mining units in the space. He is passionate about making home mining beautiful, quiet, and accessible — creating hardware that can seamlessly blend into the home as useful, design-led Bitcoin infrastructure.
​Moderated by Adam Braggs, (Engagement Director for Bitcoin Corporate Day by BTC Prague): Adam has been working in the Square Mile since the early 90's helping asset managers and brokers with their data and marketing needs. When he's not orange pilling anyone that will listen, Adam spends his spare time either frightening himself on the race track or making Skull of Satoshi table lamps.
​Panel: Bitcoin IRL — Adoption, Culture & Community - Presented by Bitfest
​w/ Nathan Day (BTC Maps): Nathan is working on freedom tech in Bitcoin and Nostr.
​Jordan Walker (The Bitcoin Collective): Jordan Walker is the founder of The Bitcoin Collective, a UK-focused Bitcoin education and media brand, and co-founder of the Bitcoin Business Network (BBN), the UK's leading membership organisation for businesses and professionals exploring Bitcoin.
​Aaron Dorn (New Music Nudge Unit): Aaron of Essex IS the New Music Nudge Unit, He’s known for nudging artists toward the valueverse (the new music economy powered by bitcoin) for the last 3 years. Artists under his wing such as Longy, 54 plates & Fable have notched up multiple number 1's in the global RSS music charts. He is also known for producing & hosting the first ever live music gig powered by bitcoin in the UK and for onboarding Right Said Fred into the v4v ecosystem. This year he is taking all of these acts on tour spreading the virtues of this new music ecosystem around the globe.
​Ben Cousens (Antidote): Strategist and Venture Capitalist. 15+ years advising founders, investing in startups and scaling early-stage businesses.
​Moderated by Susie V Ward (Bitcoin Policy UK): Journalist covering the intersection of bitcoin, energy systems, and public policy. Her work focuses on challenging misconceptions and exploring the real-world implications of bitcoin, from energy use to financial sovereignty. Alongside her writing, she is involved in policy discussions in the UK, working to improve understanding of bitcoin among policymakers and institutions.
​8:15pm — Content wraps → networking continues
9:30pm — Close
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​Expect: The usual CML energy + a lot of orange pilling
​Food, drinks, sharp convos & Proof-of-Community™
​📅 Monday 18 May
đź“Ť Location revealed upon registration
⏰ 6:00–9:30pm
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