Bitcoin++ is the fourth annual developer-focused conference dedicated to Bitcoin, taking place from May 7-9, 2025, at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas. This year's conference will dive deep into the workings of Bitcoin's mempool and mining pools, providing participants with insights into transaction propagation, mempool policies, and the role of censorship resistance within the Bitcoin network.
The event will feature talks from leading experts, including Antoine Poinsot (Chaincode Labs), Asher Pembroke (Rigly), Bob McElrath (Braidpool), and many others. Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in workshops and panel discussions, covering technical topics such as mempool management, mining strategies, and transaction policies, helping developers to better understand and contribute to Bitcoin’s ecosystem.
Held at the Palmer Events Center in Austin, Texas, Bitcoin++ offers a fantastic opportunity for developers and enthusiasts to engage with industry leaders, share knowledge, and explore new developments within Bitcoin's architecture. The conference will provide attendees with the chance to network, collaborate, and further their understanding of Bitcoin’s fundamental technologies.
09:00 - Check-in & Breakfast
10:00 - 10:15 – Conference Kickoff
10:30 - 11:00
- glozow – A Word On Mempools (Auditorium)
- Kulpreet Singh – Rebooting P2Pool For Bitcoin (Workshop)
- plebhash – Stratum V2 Hands-On Workshop (Plenarium, till 12:00)
11:00 - 11:30
- Gregory Sanders – Getting Your Transaction Mined (Auditorium)
- boerst – Stratum V1 Templates Analysis (Plenarium)
11:30 - 12:15
- Pieter Wuille – Cluster Mempool (Auditorium)
- Sagun Garg – DAMP Protocol & OpenAutoPay SDK (Workshop)
12:00 - 13:00 – Lunch
13:00 - 13:30
- Peter Todd – Replace-By-Fee-Rate & Coinjoins (Auditorium)
- Ekrem BAL – BitVM Bridges & Non-standard Transactions (Workshop)
- Austin Kelsay – Frostr & FROST for Individuals (Plenarium)
13:30 - 14:30
- Jason Hughes – DATUM Deep Dive (Auditorium)
- Jameson Lopp – The User is the Enemy (Workshop)
- sha2fiddy – On-Chain Data Modeling (Auditorium, 13:30–14:00)
- Kent Halliburton – Mining as a Service (Auditorium, 14:00–14:30)
14:30 - 15:00 – Afternoon Break
15:00 - 15:30
- Antoine Poinsot – Consensus Cleanup (Auditorium)
- gitgab19 – Stratum V2 Incentives (Workshop)
- Luke Dashjr – Policy in Practice (Plenarium)
15:30 - 16:15
- Hunter Beast – BIP360: Quantum Resistance (Auditorium)
- Dustin Dettmer – Splicing: An Update (Workshop)
- Super Testnet – Launch Your Own Testnet (Plenarium)
16:15 - 16:45
- niftynei – Mempools are Obsolete (Auditorium)
- Rusty Russell – Transaction Sponsorship (Auditorium)
09:00 - Check-in & Breakfast
10:30 - 11:15
- Luke Dashjr – Policies, A History (Auditorium)
- Skot – Build Your Own Damn Bitaxe (Workshop)
- Jake Hamilton – GroundWire: Urbit ID on Bitcoin + Nostr (Plenarium)
11:15 - 12:00
- Rob Warren – Business v. Protocol (Auditorium)
- Jay Beddict – FPPS and Other Bad Words (Workshop)
- Asher Pembroke – Hashrate Accounting: Mining for the Masses (Plenarium)
12:00 - 13:00 – Lunch
13:00 - 13:45
- PortlandHODL – Slipstream: Making the Impossible Possible (Auditorium)
- vnprc – Proxy Pools & Mining Decentralization (Workshop)
- Chris Guida – Every Merchant A Noderunner (Plenarium)
13:45 - 14:30
- Bob McElrath – Braidpool & Decentralized Mining (Auditorium)
- AVERAGE_GARY – eHash: Blinded DH Key Exchange (Workshop)
- Parker Worthington – Explore Camera: 3D Block Explorer (Plenarium)
14:30 - 15:00 – Afternoon Break
15:00 - 15:45 –- Matt Corallo – MEVPool: The Best We Can Do Sucks (Plenarium)
15:45 - 16:30 – niftynei – Mempools Panel (Plenarium)
16:30 - 17:00 – Alex Lewin – Hackathon Kickoff (Plenarium)
09:00 - Check-in & Breakfast
09:00 - 12:00 – Hacking Time
12:00 - 13:00 – Lunch
13:00 - 19:00 – Hacking Time
19:00 - 19:30 – Hackathon Awards & Closing