Chicago BitDevs is tomorrow. Socratic Seminar 83 is Thu Nov 12 at 6 PM at the Strike Office, 200 N LaSalle St. On the list: Bitcoin Core's new CVE-2025-62861 disclosure, the LNbits shutdown, BTCPay 2.4.7, the Binance incident, and a couple of OpenSSH and Linux kernel bugs. Bring your questions and your takes. Free and open to all.

This Thursday: Chicago BitDevs, Socratic Seminar 83.

Thu Nov 12, 6 PM / Strike Office, 200 N LaSalle St. We'll get into the LNbits shutdown after a wave of attacks, plus BTCPay Server's emergency security release. Technical, open, and downtown.

Meetup: meetup.com/chibitdevs/events/317110095

Then two nights of bitcoin and food at Fork and Coin.

Thu Nov 19, 6 PM / B.O.B. Social with Ryan Kuester of Mujina. Bitcoin mining, good company, open to all. / RSVP: luma.com/70uncjj0

Fri Nov 20, 7 to 10 PM / Seated Supper Club: Beatz Kissa ft. Chef Drake. Limited seats. / Tickets: square.link/u/FHBolc5o

3938 N Central Ave, Chicago. Come for one night or both.

Heads up to anyone in Chicago running LNbits: the team is asking every operator to shut their server down now while security patches roll out. This is an LNbits software issue, not a Bitcoin or Lightning protocol bug. Self-hosting means owning your updates too. We'll be digging into node and wallet security at Chicago BitDevs this Thursday, Nov 12, 6 PM at the Strike Office, 200 N LaSalle. Come through.

https://x.com/lnbits/status/2119428804951048237

Two nights of bitcoin and food at Fork and Coin.

Thu Nov 19, 6 PM
B.O.B. Social with Ryan Kuester of Mujina. Bitcoin mining, good company, open to all.
RSVP: luma.com/70uncjj0

Fri Nov 20, 7 to 10 PM
Seated Supper Club: Beatz Kissa ft. Chef Drake. Limited seats.
Tickets: square.link/u/FHBolc5o

3938 N Central Ave, Chicago. Come for one night or both.

Election season paints everything red or blue.

Food doesn’t.

3938 N Central Ave. Come hungry. Leave the jersey at home.

☕ Bitcoin and Coffee is tomorrow!

Fri Nov 6, 8:00 to 10:30 AM at Fork and Coin, 3938 N Central Ave, Chicago.

Grab a coffee, meet local bitcoiners, and bring your questions. New to bitcoin, setting up self-custody, or just want good conversation before work, all are welcome.

RSVP: https://luma.com/i4wplwhn

☕ Bitcoin and Coffee is this Friday!

Fri Nov 6, 8:00 to 10:30 AM at Fork and Coin, 3938 N Central Ave, Chicago.

Grab a coffee, meet local bitcoiners, and bring your questions. New to bitcoin, setting up self-custody, or just want good conversation before work, all are welcome.

RSVP: https://luma.com/i4wplwhn

Two nights of Bitcoin and food at Fork and Coin 🍜🧡

• B.O.B. Social with Ryan Kuester (Mujina), Thu Nov 19, 6 PM. RSVP: luma.com/70uncjj0

• Seated Supper Club, Fri Nov 20, 7 to 10 PM. Tickets: square.link/u/FHBolc5o

3938 N Central Ave, Chicago. Come see for yourself.

☕ Bitcoin and Coffee is this Friday!

Fri Nov 6, 8 to 10:30 AM at Fork and Coin, 3938 N Central Ave.

Grab a coffee, meet other Chicago Bitcoiners, and bring your questions. Whether you're brand new, just read the whitepaper, or want help with self custody, you're welcome here.

RSVP: https://luma.com/i4wplwhn

18 years ago today, Satoshi published 9 pages that started it all: bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf

Never read it? Give it a go this weekend, then bring your questions to Bitcoin and Coffee, Fri Nov 6, 8 to 10:30 AM at Fork and Coin, 3938 N Central Ave.

Happy Whitepaper Day!

Chicago Bitcoin Collective: November 2026 Events

• Fri Nov 6, 8 to 10:30 AM: Bitcoin and Coffee at Fork and Coin, 3938 N Central Ave
• Thu Nov 12, 6 to 9 PM: Chicago BitDevs at Strike, 200 N LaSalle St
• Sat Nov 14: Altgeld Bitcoin Reserve at Fork and Coin. Special announcement coming soon!
• Thu Nov 19, 6 to 9 PM: B.O.B. Social with Ryan Kuester of Mujina at Fork and Coin. RSVP: https://luma.com/70uncjj0
• Fri Nov 20, 7 to 10 PM: Seated Fork and Coin Supper Club. Tickets: https://square.link/u/FHBolc5o

Hope to see you there!

Spiral says bitcoin payments still aren't everyday money. That doesn't stop you from spending sats today. Come eat at Fork and Coin, 3938 N Central Ave, Chicago, and pay with bitcoin. We're here to push bitcoin payments forward, no matter how crazy the ideas.

Two nights to come see it for yourself:
Thu Nov 19, 6 PM: B.O.B. Social with Ryan Kuester of Mujina on open source mining firmware. RSVP: https://luma.com/70uncjj0
Fri Nov 20, 7 to 10 PM: Seated Fork and Coin Supper Club. Tickets: https://square.link/u/FHBolc5o