Dear members and Bitcoin enthusiasts,
Since we founded the Bitcoin Bundesverband in September 2024, we have achieved a lot together. Despite the challenges that come with volunteer work and limited financial resources, we have been able to make significant progress. Here is a look back at the last six months:
September 2024: The starting signal
- Foundation of the Bitcoin Bundesverband on September 26, 2024 in the Bundestag.
- Setting up the basic IT infrastructure and opening a bank account.
- Start with 69 founding members.
October 2024: Setting up the structures
- Establishment of the Bitcoin Payment Management System (BTCPay Server), which is now also available to our members: pay.bitcoin-bundesverband.de
- Setting up the Nextcloud for documents and downloads: cloud.bitcoin-bundesverband.de
November 2024: Orientation and creation of foundations
- Start of event planning and cooperation with other Bitcoin associations.
- Registration of the association and the board members in the German Lobby Register
- Notarial application for entry in the register of associations has been submitted
December 2024: Networking and education
- Education Committee began its work and started regular exchanges on education between citizens and politicians.
- Preparation for the 2025 federal election and
- Entry in the register of associations was rejected because there is already a federal Bitcoin association, which must first be dissolved
January 2025: Focus on the federal election
- Redesign of the website, special thanks to Jens from Coincharges
- Publication of the results of the working group on the 2025 federal election.
- List of requirements for the ministries and the Federal Chancellery
- Participation in the FDP roundtable “Bitcoin – the better money?”
- ESG and payment working groups start work
- Relocation of the Lightning Wallet to Tidebinder and integration into the payment processes.
February 2025: Events and media presence
- Evelyn Brock discussed in the Arte Salon
- Arrangements with BTC Prague for possible cooperation
- Further expansion of IT infrastructure for automation
IT infrastructure
- Bitcoin Payment Management System: BTCPay Server (open source self hosted; available for members) pay.bitcoin-bundesverband.de
- Self Custody Lightning Wallet Engine: Tidebinder.com
- Automation: n8n (open source self hosted) – Integration with BTCPay Server was built by Satoshi Engineering: n8n BTCPay node
- Membership administration and finance/accounting: Campai.com
- Documents, downloads: Next Cloud (open source self hosted) cloud.bitcoin-bundesverband.de
- Member administration and other databases: NocoDB (open source self hosted)
- Chat: Telegram (open for everyone + members only) Telegram Link
- Forum: Discourse (open source self hosted) forum.bitcoin-bundesverband.de
Members
- Ordinary members: 44 companies
- Supporting members: and 37 private individuals and non-profit organizations.
Call for cooperation
In order for the association to grow and have a successful influence on politics and legislative processes in Germany and the EU, we need everyone’s cooperation.
- Payment working group: More companies and individuals who want to use Bitcoin as a means of payment.
- General collaboration: Anyone can contribute and promote their ideas and projects. We are happy to provide resources and contacts in politics, where possible and available.
- Member acquisition: We call on all members to actively recruit new members in order to increase our relevance and our budget.
Closing words
Despite the challenges, we have made significant progress in the first six months since our foundation. We would like to thank all our members for their support and commitment and look forward to the coming months in which we will continue to grow together and achieve our goals.
For more information and to actively participate, please visit our forum and our Telegram chat.
Yours sincerely,
The Board of the Bitcoin Bundesverband
