From autonomous driving to speech recognition and AI safety, the company aims to drive things forward.
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From autonomous driving to speech recognition and AI safety, the company aims to drive things forward.
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When you’re designing a bounty hunter game for a five-day cyberpunk live-action-role-play out in the middle of the Mojave desert, you’ve got to bring something extra cool. But [Elli]’s Hackaday Supercon talk isn’t just about the hardware; it’s as much about the design philosophy behind the game – how you bring something immersive and exciting to hundreds of players.
The game itself is fairly simple: bounty hunters try to find the bounty, and when they do, they have a quick-draw to see who wins. Everyone is issued a color-coded Portable Data Node device, and when a hunter jacks into a bounty’s Node, a countdown begins, and the first to press the button after the display say “Go” wins.
But the simplicity of the game is by design, and [Elli] talks about the philosophy that she and her team followed to make it a success. If you’re designing a conference badge or an immersive game for a large group of people, take note.
The first principle is to focus on the people first before the tech. Here, that essentially means making the experience as simple as possible in order to leave room for the players to put their own spin on it – it’s a role-play event after all.
Next is providing opportunities over demands. In this game, for instance, if you’re playing the bounty hunter role, you have to deliver a “Declaration of Intent to Seize” when you encounter a bounty player, but what deciding on your personal catchphrase for this is left up to you.
Embedding the rules of the game in the hardware is perhaps the most involved of the principles. The Data Nodes decide the winner and the loser, report it automatically over WiFi to a central scoreboard, and has anti-button-mashing provisions. These and many more examples of embedding the rules help make the game both fair and simple – nobody has to break the flow to look things up in a rule book or remember who gives what token to whom.
Selling the story of the game with the tech is also important. For instance, there is a part of the Node that [Elli] calls “the doodad” which is just pure LED and greebles. It doesn’t do anything, but it looks cool.
Finally, [Elli] mentions that her team puts an effort into making the game as accessible for everyone as possible. The onboarding video has cyberpunk-styled closed captioning, for instance. While originally designed for folks who don’t hear well, it ended up providing an aesthetic that everyone can enjoy – an example of the curb-cut effect at work.
The end result? 374 players played 3,838 matches over five days, but that’s just the stats. As [Elli] points out, the real point of the game is as an ice-breaker, to allow people room to explore whatever character they’re playing, and to connect people in real-space. It sounds like it was a complete success on all fronts.
This is a talk on design principles, but it’s also a talk at Supercon, and [Elli] gets pulled into the hardware side of things many times throughout the talk. The Nodes have OLEDs and haptic motors for feedback, they use and ESP32 with WiFi for the score reporting, and there’s even discussion of the serial protocol that they speak to each other when they get connected up via an audio jack.
[Elli] gets some great questions about ways to expand the game, and you’re just going to have to watch the video to appreciate them all. Or join in: after all, it’s an open-source project and it’s intended to be a sandbox!
There seems to be a lot of room to play along, and [Elli]’s talk is definitely food for thought if you’re designing hardware with the end goal of creating and encouraging human interaction through building up an engaging story.
What started as a simple promo for Microsoft’s Ignite conference turned into a debate on social media.
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BTC Inc Appoints Brandon Green as Chief Executive Officer
Nashville, TN – November 17, 2025 – BTC Inc (the “Company”), the leading provider of Bitcoin-related news and events, today announced the appointment of Brandon Green as Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. In this role, Green will oversee the Company’s strategic and operational direction, including leading the continued growth of Bitcoin Magazine and the global Bitcoin Conference series.
As part of this leadership transition, David Bailey, Chairman and CEO of KindlyMD (NASDAQ:NAKA) and Co-Founder of BTC Inc, will step down as Chief Executive Officer of BTC Inc and continue to serve as the Company’s Chairman of the Board, supporting the advancement of BTC Inc’s long-term vision and strategic initiatives.
Since joining the Company in 2017, Green has been a core member of BTC Inc, holding a variety of leadership roles including Managing Director, Chief of Staff, and Head of Events. During his tenure, he has helped drive the global expansion of the Bitcoin Conference franchise beyond the United States to Amsterdam, Hong Kong, and Abu Dhabi.
“Brandon has been an integral part of BTC Inc’s story since the early days, and it’s been a privilege to watch him grow into a leader capable of driving the company in its next chapter,” said David Bailey. “He is a product-driven leader who places the highest value on the customer relationships and brand integrity we have cultivated over the years. I have complete confidence that under his leadership, BTC Inc will thrive.”
Green added, “Over the past eight years, I’ve had the privilege to work alongside an incredible team dedicated to amplifying Bitcoin’s story and building the global Bitcoin movement. Through that process, we’ve created a media and conference powerhouse. I am excited and honored to lead BTC Inc into its next chapter, as we continue to grow our movement to every household in every corner of the globe.”
BTC Inc also reported the Company’s preliminary, unaudited financial and marketing results for the nine months ended September 30, 2025, which demonstrate significant year-over-year growth and continued expansion of its global media platform. For the period, the Company reported estimated revenue of $61.9 million and EBITDA of $23 million, representing approximately 140% revenue growth compared to the same period in 2024. In addition to its financial growth, BTC Inc reported record audience engagement and marketing performance during this period:
Through a previously negotiated marketing services agreement (MSA), BTC Inc has the option to acquire UTXO Management, a thesis-driven, high conviction hedge fund focused on Bitcoin companies and the market leader in Bitcoin treasury company investment through its fund 210K Capital. This agreement underscores BTC Inc’s expanding institutional strategy. Looking ahead to 2026 and beyond, BTC Inc is positioned to accelerate the path toward hyperbitcoinization by expanding its institutional product suite, diversifying its digital media platform, and deepening its global reach.
Started in 2013, BTC Inc has grown to be the leading global platform for Bitcoin education, advocacy, and community engagement. The Bitcoin Conference, most recently held in Las Vegas, welcomed more than 30,000 attendees and 400 speakers, including the sitting Vice President of the United States. Beyond its events, BTC Inc serves as a cornerstone of Bitcoin advocacy and media through Bitcoin Magazine, the industry’s original publication, and Bitcoin for Corporations, the leading platform for companies adopting Bitcoin as a strategic asset, enhancing treasury management, financial resilience, and growth.
Over the last year, BTC Inc achieved several corporate milestones reflective of its growing global footprint and long-term strategy, including international licensing agreements, expansion of the Bitcoin Conference series into Asia, approval for Bitcoin Magazine’s White House press credentials, and hosting the Crypto Ball during the 2025 United States Presidential Inauguration week in partnership with industry and administration leaders. BTC Inc also continued its expansion of Bitcoin for Corporations as the leading platform for enterprise Bitcoin adoption.
About BTC Inc
BTC Inc is the parent company of BTC Media, LLC, publisher of Bitcoin Magazine, the original and most trusted source for Bitcoin news and education, and producer of The Bitcoin Conference, the largest and most influential Bitcoin event in the world. Headquartered in Nashville, BTC Inc builds media, data, events, and advocacy products that accelerate Bitcoin adoption around the globe.
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Tampa Bay’s Bitcoin Community Builds Circular Economy Momentum After 1 BTC Windfall
Two years after clinching 1 BTC in a national competition of Bitcoin meetups at Bitcoin 2023, the Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup—now formalized as the nonprofit Bitcoin Bay Foundation—has channeled the prize into a thriving local ecosystem. Valued at roughly $25,000 to $30,000 at the time, that bitcoin has appreciated to over $100,000 amid bitcoin’s bull run, bootstrapping workshops, conferences, and community events that onboard businesses to the Bitcoin standard. The group’s president, Thomas Schlemmer, credits the win with supercharging efforts to create a “Bitcoin circular economy” in the Tampa Bay area.
“The Tampa Bay Bitcoin Meetup is the longest active running meetup, at least in the U.S. Some are saying the world. It’s been going on for 14 years,” Schlemmer told Bitcoin Magazine, tracing the meetup’s roots to 2011. What began as monthly social meetups eventually introduced developer-focused BitDevs sessions supporting the growing international movement of high-tech Bitcoin Developer events.
Bitcoin Bay Foundation hosts a dynamic lineup of events tailored to foster education and community in the Tampa Bay Bitcoin scene, with weekly meetups serving as the backbone—often expanding to five per month depending on programming and demand.
These include core recurring formats like beginner-friendly Bitcoin 101 sessions (averaging 20 attendees), social gatherings (around 25 participants for casual networking), and advanced BitDevs developer discussions, usually small groups diving into technical topics. Hands-on workshops rotate monthly or as requested, covering practical skills such as privacy in the digital age, peer-to-peer Bitcoin purchases, de-Googled phones, Bitcoin mining, node setup, and SeedSigner hardware builds. In these workshops, participants can expect interactive, step-by-step guidance from local experts to build confidence in self-custody and privacy tools.
The recent Sound Money Soirée gala drew around 100 people for a black-tie fundraiser, hosted in a historic bank vault, complete with silent auctions of products from all kinds of Bitcoin companies like Start9 and SeedSigner, raising $50,000 in one night, which goes to fund their various educational events. “It’s just kind of an excuse for people to get dressed up… and have fun… and show the local leaders there’s over 100 people here,” Schlemmer said of the gala, which brought in Bitcoin leaders from across the country.
The gala almost did not take place: “Our bank froze our account like a week and a half before,” as banks seem to do when you need them most. “We were actually able to pay the blackjack dealer, the DJ, and the photographer in bitcoin,” Schlemmer recalled, an omen-like reminder of the power of Bitcoin.
Earlier this summer, they also co-hosted the Bitcoin Day Tampa conference with the Bitcoin Day team, which brought in 150 attendees and had a full day of panels on policy, business adoption, and custody with speakers from across the industry, and even state senator Joe Gruters. “It was a regional conference, we filled out the Tampa River Center, which was good. That was about 150 people, and that was our first conference that we’ve ever thrown. So it went well.”
The group also partners with the University of Tampa, where the Bitcoin Club “The Bitcoin club there is the second largest non-Greek club on campus,” according to Schlemmer. They’ve supplied internships, guest lectures, and materials for the school, which now hosts a Bitcoin course. “We’ve been very close with them over the years, providing internships, getting kids placed in jobs, guest lectures, getting them educational materials,” he added.
The Tampa Bay meetups serve as an example of arguably the foundational institution of the industry, the Bitcoin meetup. For aspiring meetup organizers, Schlemmer stresses consistency: “Just consistency, you know, meeting at the same place at the same time or the same frequency, lets people know what to expect.” Building a core team with complementary skills—like accountants—is key, he added; “If you’re going to go the nonprofit route, then you need to make sure you have an accountant.”
However, successfully hosting Bitcoin meetups is far more than just accounting; the gap in knowledge and interests between new attendants and old ones can be a serious challenge. Staying Bitcoin-only wards off altcoin distractions, Schlemmer noted, “we just tell them upfront, ‘hey, we are a Bitcoin-only here.’” When crypto enthusiasts probe alternatives, the group simply points out that they prefer to focus on Bitcoin and that there are other crypto meetups in the area they can visit for those interests.
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