I managed to buy gelato with Bitcoin twice today, in two countries! Both were great and payments went smooth, but the gelato from Sablé in Bologna (left) absolutely blew me away, made by Alessandro, an award-winning gourmand and Bitcoiner.

Via train #692 heading to Churchill from Winnipeg. The 1710km long ride is scheduled to take 45h, but today the train terminates at Thompson, due to heavy snow and a derailment of a freight train ahead.

Is “knowing what you want” the last marketable software skill in the age of LLMs, or will they get good at that too eventually?

Cities are cool

Embrace the cringe. Email the businesses you frequent about Lightning payments.

I do fear that we are endlessly building out the Bitcoin ecosystem without a clear direction or idea for what problems we are solving. Many of us are highly motivated and continue to build, educate and evangelize, but few of us really use Bitcoin, or are driven by a desire to use it. We are building for ‘others,’ be it the developing world, the marginalized or agents. But do we understand what they need or want?

I really like Bitcoin’s culture of frugality, but it makes it very hard to establish a Bitcoin economy.

How are v4v podcasts doing? What’s your go-to Nostr podcast app? Or should podcasts not be on Nostr?

The second and maybe even more comfortable lounge on the Canadian, located in the Skyline car. This car also features a dome, underneath which there is a small bar where you can buy snacks and drinks. On the other side is a small dining area with TV. The tables are also often used to play board games, in winter they screen (train themed) movies and documentaries. Depending on how busy the train gets, there may be two of these Skyline cars, and there may even be a chef selling freshly prepared hot meals to economy class passengers, who don’t have access to the restaurant car.

The best train food in the world. #trainstr

Bitcoiners will go to extreme lengths to avoid accepting/making Bitcoin payments. This is the latest hilarious example: View quoted note →

If you’re flying in or out of a U.S. airport this month, don’t forget to tip your air traffic controller!

Making Arkade payments at DCTRL. Natively and through a Lightning swap. Pretty smooth!

Afternoon walk to the market, buying fish and meat. What a life

This post was made from a Tollgate Wi-Fi hotspot, paid with ecash from the Coinos mint. The cypherpunk future is now.

Found a good use for this Visa card during my travels!

The Bepsi machine at DCTRL, Vancouver now has a shiny screen! Watch @nprofile1qqs9qnhcnvlkpuyup8pqa4gvm7h62dp006ay5444zg5ve6u3ug8655sva0pe2 as he demos this beautiful UI!

5238 sats for this hamburger, good deal or not?

In Vancouver they don’t even let you drink from the urinals anymore. Because of woke.

I went to sixteen different Bitcoin merchants in four weeks. These are my experiences and recommendations in Vancouver: https://stacker.news/items/1078037