Bitcoin Alpha / Lunar Expedition LE-FOH-2026 / REV A
For crew use only · Invitation required
Lunar Expedition mission patch

Lunar Expedition

Bitcoin Alpha · Flight Operations · 2026
Destination
$1,000,000 / BTC
October 15–17, 2026 · Hotel Casa del Mar · Santa Monica
T-minus to launch
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Lunar Expedition01 / Mission Briefing

What Bitcoin Alpha is

01 / General instructions

Bitcoin Alpha is a private, invite-only gathering of up to 200 long-term Bitcoin holders, founders, fund managers and family offices — three days at Hotel Casa del Mar, the five-star oceanfront landmark on the beach in Santa Monica. No stages, no keynotes, no press: the best people in Bitcoin, in one room, talking openly. Now in its third year.

The room

Who you'll meet

  • Long-term holders, builders and allocators — Bitcoin only
  • Session leaders including Fred Krueger, David Chaum, Michael Terpin and Matteo Pellegrini
  • Invite-only and capped, so every conversation counts
  • Off the record: no cameras, no recording, no posting
The program

What happens

  • 25+ sessions in four rooms, led by the people in them
  • A Shark Tank with eight pitches, each bringing terms you can't get elsewhere
  • Welcome night on the Shore Hotel pool deck, Thursday
  • A Saturday brunch send-off, plus side events all week
Hospitality

Taken care of

  • Five-star venue: Hotel Casa del Mar, right on the sand
  • Fully catered Friday: breakfast, beach barbecue lunch, passed hors d'oeuvres and a sunset dinner buffet
  • Coffee and drinks all day
  • Our own app, LEM: live schedule, the crew directory and who's in each room
Apply for the crew See the full schedule Open the LEM app
BA-2026 / Crew CopyRetain throughout mission
01 / Destination
$1,000,000 / BTC
02 / Departure point
Your first bitcoin
03 / Payload officer
You
Mission type
One-way
Estimated arrival
Model-dependent
NoteA price milestone cannot recover a lost key.
Destination: $1,000,000 / BTC
Fig. 1–2 / DestinationNASA · Lunar near side
Lunar Expedition04 / Flight Plan

Route & Checkpoints

Price checkpoints / USD per BTC
One-way transfer · Route not to scale
01
$1,000
Earth orbit
02
$100,000
Translunar injection
03
$500,000
Lunar approach
04
$1,000,000
Lunar landing
Illustrative route · Model dates are conditional, not a schedule
01
Mission
Arrival. Welcome night at Shore Hotel.
Oct 15
02
Surface Ops
25+ sessions. Four rooms. Fully catered, oceanfront.
Oct 16
03
Recovery
Breakfast, and the conversations that didn't finish.
Oct 17
Lunar Expedition05 / Surface Operations

How the mission runs

Crew responsibilities
01.

Four rooms, one hour each

Four rooms in parallel, 10:00 to 18:00. Walk out whenever you like.

02.

The board is open

Sessions are proposed the morning they run. Put yours up.

03.

Leaders open, then get out of the way

Ten minutes to frame it. Then it is a conversation.

04.

Shark Tank

Eight pitch slots. Each brings terms you cannot get elsewhere.

05.

Off the record

What is said in the room stays in the room.

Lunar Expedition02 / Mission Support

Mission partners

Eight tables in the main room. Two remain.

Exhibitor
$10,000

Table, three passes, printed banner, first pick of pitch slots.

Welcome night host
Claimed

Thursday night at Shore Hotel, hosted by Arch Lending.

Remaining
2 tables

hello@bitcoinalpha.org

Partner brief

Lunar Expedition06 / Crew Selection

Apply for the crew

Every application is read by a person.

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Application received

We read every one. If you're approved you'll get an access code by email, usually within a day. Keep an eye on your spam folder — it comes from bitcoinalpha.org.

Access code

Approved already? Enter your code.

Lunar ExpeditionPreflight Checklist

Before you launch

Complete each item
Secure your seat
Bitcoin Alpha is invite-only and capped at 200. Apply above, or redeem the code you were sent.
Book your quarters
Shore Hotel is sold out for Friday the 16th. The Ocean View Hotel next door has rooms for both nights at our rate, and Hotel Casa del Mar — where the event runs — has 15% off by phone with the code CATERING15 at (310) 581-5533.
Plan your arrival
Most of the crew lands Thursday. The welcome night runs from 6:00pm at Shore Hotel. Sessions begin 10:00am Friday at Casa del Mar, and breakfast is at 8:00.
Bring a session
You don't need permission or a deck. Turn up with something worth an hour and put it on the board Friday morning.
Leave the camera
No recording, no press, no posting what other people said. The room only works because everyone trusts that.
Check the manifest
The full schedule, hotel details and session grid are at bitcoinalpha.org/attendees, and live in the LEM app.