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
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Lunar Expedition01 / Mission Briefing

Crew Assignment Record

01 / General instructions

Bitcoin Alpha is an invite-only unconference. No stages, no keynotes, no panels, no press. The agenda is set by the people in the room, and you can propose a session the morning it runs.

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. The mission is to understand what you own, keep it under your control, and leave it usable for whoever comes next.
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
Thursday. The crew arrives, the welcome night runs at Shore Hotel, and nobody presents anything.
Oct 15
02
Surface Ops
Friday. Thirty-two sessions across four rooms, one hour each, proposed and led by the room.
Oct 16
03
Recovery
Saturday morning. Breakfast, the conversations that didn't finish, and the walk back down.
Oct 17
Lunar Expedition05 / Surface Operations

How the mission runs

Crew responsibilities
01.

Four rooms, one hour each

Great White, Bull, Boardroom and Orca run in parallel from 10:00 to 18:00. Walk out whenever you want — that's the rule, not a rudeness.

02.

The board is open

Sessions are proposed on the morning of. If you have something worth an hour of two hundred people's attention, put it up.

03.

Leaders open, then get out of the way

Five or ten minutes to frame it, then it's a conversation. Nobody reads slides at anyone.

04.

Shark Tank

Eight pitch slots in the Boardroom on Friday. Each one brings something exclusive to the room — terms you can't get anywhere else.

05.

Off the record

No cameras, no press, no recordings. What's said in the room is said to the room.

Lunar Expedition02 / Mission Support

Mission partners

Eight exhibitor tables in the main room. Companies who bring something the crew can use — not a booth, a conversation.

Exhibitor
$10,000

Table in the main room, three passes, printed banner, guide listing, first pick of Shark Tank slots.

Welcome night host
Claimed

Thursday night at Shore Hotel, hosted by Arch Lending.

Remaining
5 tables

Write to hello@bitcoinalpha.org, or read the full brief.

Partner brief

Lunar Expedition06 / Crew Selection

Apply for the crew

Every seat is reviewed by a person. Tell us what you're working on and who you'd want in the room with you. We read every one.

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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

Already approved, or arriving through a partner? Enter your code and we'll take you straight to checkout at your rate.

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. Founder rate is $1,200 through October 9.
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
Attendees get the full schedule, hotel details and the session grid at bitcoinalpha.org/attendees.