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BTC Inc, the industry pioneer in Bitcoin news and organizer of the world's largest Bitcoin conference, today unveiled its newly expanded Open Source Hub for Bitcoin 2026, slated for April 27–29 at the Venetian Conference Center in Las Vegas. Building on a proven track record of success, this dedicated expansion underscores the event's unwavering commitment to fueling collaboration, exploration, and breakthrough innovation within Bitcoin's open-source ecosystem.
The Open Source Stage remains a cornerstone of the event, hosting in-depth discussions with Bitcoin Core developers, Lightning engineers, and privacy researchers. This year's enhancements include new interactive features and dedicated spaces for collaboration, ensuring that Bitcoin 2026 continues to be a hub for advancing decentralized technology.
"The conversations happening in Bitcoin's Open Source community impact the world in ways most of us will never see, and it's been that way for years. Bitcoin has no CEO. Satoshi's been gone for over a decade. These are the people writing the code that will underpin the global financial revolution, and when they gather it's like lightning in a bottle."
— David Bailey, CEO of BTC Inc
This newly expanded developer track underscores the pivotal role of open-source software in powering Bitcoin, enabling censorship-resistant and borderless financial tools. In addition to cutting-edge infrastructure talks on the Open Source Stage, this year's highlights include:
- Hackathon Awards — Innovative projects from Bitcoin++ hackathons will be celebrated live on stage.
- BitDevs Special Event — A deep-dive technical forum for those interested in Bitcoin research, protocol development, and security.
- 101 Content with BTC Sessions
- Dev Takeover — Open call for you to present your emerging tech. Submit here
- Project Stations — Offering developers a chance to showcase live demos of working Bitcoin tools.
- Pubpay Live — pubpay.me/live: Interact with speakers on stage by zapping them live and be part of the show.
- Chain Duel Championship — chainduel.net: An interactive gaming experience where participants compete to build the longest chain and win sats on the Lightning Network.
Bitcoin 2026 is expected to attract over 30,000 attendees and feature more than 300 exhibitors and 500 speakers.
All journalists, developers, and Bitcoin enthusiasts are invited to join the Open Source Hub and Open Source Stage for the most technical conversations in Bitcoin.
- Developers — Free access to the Hub is exclusively for developers with proven code contributions to selected Bitcoin projects.
- Press — Journalists can apply for a press pass, which includes access to open-source programming.