pleb.fi miami 2025
🪐 METAPROTOCOLS 🪐
surprise! its metaprotocols!
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”. if approved, we’ll send you an email to buy tickets through luma. address of the event will be revealed once a ticket is purchased.
ticket prices will be:
- $30 for early bird (before July 18)
- $60 regular (July 18+)
with gratitude to…
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prepping for pleb.fi?
- Get up to speed on WASM to build on Alkanes.
- Drunken guide to programming in rust.
- Bitcoiner’s intro to rust
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?
Watch all the talks and hackathon presentations on our youtube playlist!
july 26
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Breakfast | Coffee, pastries, fruit, and OJ |
| 9:30 AM | Unlocking L1 programmability for Metaprotocols with policy signers. Link to slides | Rijndael |
| 10:00 AM | Does Bitcoin need AML-compliant metaprotocols? Link to slides | joshdoman_ |
| 10:30 AM | What’s a metaprotocol panel | TBD |
| 11:00 AM | Something you’ll like, probably about ordinals. Link to slides | raphjaph |
| 11:30 AM | Filters and metaprotocols. Link to slides | portlandhodl |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Empanadas! |
| 1:00 PM | Taproot Asset tips for hackathons. Link to slides | Jonathan Harvey-Buschel |
| 1:30 PM | Accelerating bitcoin txns: RBF vs CPFP vs P2. Link to slides | setzeus |
| 2:00 PM | The Key to Self-custody is Key Distribution. Link to slides | Ryan Grant |
| 2:30 PM | Workshop: Integrating with Ekubo to deliver Bitcoin asset trading on AMMs | _fmrmf_ |
| 3:00 PM | Grabbing data for observability and analytics in Bitcoin & metaprotocols. Link to slides | btc_luce |
| 3:30 PM | Nerdsniping you with cool metaprotocol signing stuff you can do on Passport Prime. Link to slides | OwenKemeys |
| 4:00 PM | Workshop: Rust for wasm (and alkanes btw). Link to slides | judoflexchop |
| 4:30 PM | Future of metaprotocols panel | Lukasz, btc_luce, judoflexchop, Michael Tidwell |
| 5:15 PM | Hackathon Kickoff | Hackathon Kickoff |
| 5:30 PM | Dinner | Mediterranean food |
july 27
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Light breakfast and coffee | Light breakfast and coffee |
| 12:00 PM | Lunch | Sandwiches |
| 5:00 PM | Hackathon presentations | Judges: mini_ponz, OwenKemeys, Rijndael |
| 6:15 PM | Winners announced | Closing ceremony |
| 7:00 PM | Afterparty | Afterparty |
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 |
|---|---|
| 1st place | $3000 |
| 2nd place | $2000 |
| 3rd place | $1000 |
| Honorary mention | $500 |
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:
- did you learn something new that others can learn from?
- how related is it to the theme of metaprotocols?
- is it cool?
therefore hackathon submissions should include:
- overview of the project
- a demo including some code
- summary of new things you’ve learned during the hackathon