One week to go (currently still running behind budget π )
Bitcoin Saigon
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Spreading the orange gospel & assembling the local community since 2014 in Saigon / Vietnam
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Santa taking a last rest before the big event next week π
10 more days to go until the Satoshi Christmas Flea Market Saigon - the crew busy at the event planning.
...walk around the premises to assure everything will be in its place and our vendors & visitors have a good experience π
...and we are currently still behind our budget goals, so if you have some Sats to spare - Saigon Bitcoin community highly appreciates π
...walk around the premises to assure everything will be in its place and our vendors & visitors have a good experience π
...and we are currently still behind our budget goals, so if you have some Sats to spare - Saigon Bitcoin community highly appreciates π
See you on the 14th π€
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Vietnamese craftmansship transforming Sats into a wooden Pull-up bar for the upcoming Satoshi Flea Market.
Stay solid & show us what you got on the 14th πͺ
The Bitcoin Saigon Flea Market is coming once more to town this Christmas - and we are looking for your support.
The event is going into it's 4th iteration & has established itself as public come-together for the wider community in Vietnam.
We purposefully look to connect the "hard core" of the Bitcoin community with people *around* the Bitcoin community who might have not yet "taken the orange pill", but otherwise show aligned ethics & long-term thinking.
Building relationships that compound and viewing the world on a long time horizon.
Doing the right moves and bringing sacrifices today for a better tomorrow.
How can you support your Bitcoin frens in Saigon in this undertaking?
1) Spread the word :-)
If you know people for which this event might be an interesting fit - send'em along
2) Visit!
...if you are in town by chance, come'on by and have a chat with the local Bitcoiner crew assembled!
3) Become a vendor!
...in case you're around town and have sth to offer which might be of good use to some of the community members, get a booth and show what you got :-)
"Remote booths" are also possible - albeit we highly prefer of course if we have the faces behind the works on site as well to have a good chat about what inspires & drives you.
4.) Last but not least:
Donate!
The event is fully run by a volunteer crew of our community, however, there are *still* some modest costs attached to organize the whole event as a pleasant experience for everyone.
Venue rent, various logistical items, tents and a some logistical support for the event setup are affordable in Vietnam - but not free.
...and the kids attractions which we'll have on site also don't pay for themselves :-)
We are currently working on a basis of an estimated budget of 1,000,000 Sats - if you had a good year and have some Sats to spare for your Saigon frens, we would be highly appreciative!
Some impressions from the Christmas Flea Market 2024:
https://odysee.com/@BitcoinSaigon:a/bitcoin-saigon-flea-market-christmas-2024:b?src=embed
Full announcement:
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/support-satoshi-flea-market-saigon-christmas-2025/
The event is going into it's 4th iteration & has established itself as public come-together for the wider community in Vietnam.
We purposefully look to connect the "hard core" of the Bitcoin community with people *around* the Bitcoin community who might have not yet "taken the orange pill", but otherwise show aligned ethics & long-term thinking.
Building relationships that compound and viewing the world on a long time horizon.
Doing the right moves and bringing sacrifices today for a better tomorrow.
How can you support your Bitcoin frens in Saigon in this undertaking?
1) Spread the word :-)
If you know people for which this event might be an interesting fit - send'em along
2) Visit!
...if you are in town by chance, come'on by and have a chat with the local Bitcoiner crew assembled!
3) Become a vendor!
...in case you're around town and have sth to offer which might be of good use to some of the community members, get a booth and show what you got :-)
"Remote booths" are also possible - albeit we highly prefer of course if we have the faces behind the works on site as well to have a good chat about what inspires & drives you.
4.) Last but not least:
Donate!
The event is fully run by a volunteer crew of our community, however, there are *still* some modest costs attached to organize the whole event as a pleasant experience for everyone.
Venue rent, various logistical items, tents and a some logistical support for the event setup are affordable in Vietnam - but not free.
...and the kids attractions which we'll have on site also don't pay for themselves :-)
We are currently working on a basis of an estimated budget of 1,000,000 Sats - if you had a good year and have some Sats to spare for your Saigon frens, we would be highly appreciative!
Some impressions from the Christmas Flea Market 2024:
https://odysee.com/@BitcoinSaigon:a/bitcoin-saigon-flea-market-christmas-2024:b?src=embed
Full announcement:
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/support-satoshi-flea-market-saigon-christmas-2025/
The last international Bitcoin conference of the year is happening in November in #Tokyo, Japan
You can get your tickets here: --> https://btc-jpn.com/en#tickets
...or if you want to read up more first, we've also done a short write-up on our website :-)
"Bitcoin and #Japan - while it has not always been an easy story over the past one and a half decades, a newly reinvigorated community in Japan remains one where many highly capable and motivated Bitcoiners see in Bitcoin both a tool and an opportunity to help turn around the fate of the nation and its economy for the better - if the right moves are made deliberately."
--> https://bitcoinsaigon.org/BTC-Japan-2025/
Time for another update:
Currently 91.77 BTC ( +54.7% ) capacity provided by the by the (public) #Vietnam-related Lightning β‘οΈRouting Nodes.
This equals about ~2.28% ( +1.08%) of the total Network capacity.
(...build your local pleb network & skip the global hubs: https://bitcoinsaigon.org/bitcoin-saigon-lightning-community-on-amboss/ )
(...build your local pleb network & skip the global hubs: https://bitcoinsaigon.org/bitcoin-saigon-lightning-community-on-amboss/ )
Our full recap of the Satoshi Summer Flea Market 2025 has been published:
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/Satoshi-Flea-Market-recap-2025/
We would like to thank once more all our donors & supporters who helped us to make the third Satoshi Flea Market Saigon possible π
We hope to be back for more around Christmas :)
We would like to thank once more all our donors & supporters who helped us to make the third Satoshi Flea Market Saigon possible π
We hope to be back for more around Christmas :) As we're recovering from all the hectic event orga in recent weeks, we would also would like to a give a shout out once again to all our donors who helped to make this event possible.
As we intentionally keep the booth vendor fees at a very low cost to keep the event accessible and community-based to allow also small home-based craft- & artisanal food makers to display their wares...
...we are dependent on the goodwill of the wider community to support these events to keep them sustainable as a regular gathering space for the local Bitcoin community...
...and "promising pre-coiners" who do good work for the wider community, but might not (yet) have fully taken the orange pill
To state it differently:
This whole event was made possible by anon plebs from around the world who over the previous weeks used the power of the Bitcoin & Lightning network to support the orange cause in π»π³- entirely permissionless.
"wHaT cAn bItCoIn bE uSeD fOr?!?" finds an answer right here.
A real world event with real world impact made possible and powered by Bitcoin - donated by dozens of anon donors globally, from a few Sats to more sizeable amounts.
We also would like to thank the β‘οΈinfrastructure & service providers nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhkummnw3ezuer9d3hhgett9e6xktcpremhxue69uhkgetk9ehx7um5wfcxcctevaex7atwvshxxmmd9uqzpdkumh0cve6jslg6f6rzpkf24yzuykxc2zlcejfr6wwlrm07uhh878n2y8 & nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0s0pfy4z who made it really simple to spread the awareness of the event & accept donations - the tooling build by these teams played a decent role to make the event the success it was.
A special shout out also to our sponsor nostr:nprofile1qqsdnv3n6auyalrx7vlafe55wta7w9h2ku75jpg9lerejvnqel9nlas3akkey who jumped in to help fill some of the remaining budget gap - another team that is building Lightning infrastructure at the cutting edge over here in Asia
We hope to see you around for more at the Christmas Flea Market 2025 - follow along for how you can support or ideally join in in person!π
As we intentionally keep the booth vendor fees at a very low cost to keep the event accessible and community-based to allow also small home-based craft- & artisanal food makers to display their wares...
...we are dependent on the goodwill of the wider community to support these events to keep them sustainable as a regular gathering space for the local Bitcoin community...
...and "promising pre-coiners" who do good work for the wider community, but might not (yet) have fully taken the orange pill
To state it differently:
This whole event was made possible by anon plebs from around the world who over the previous weeks used the power of the Bitcoin & Lightning network to support the orange cause in π»π³- entirely permissionless.
"wHaT cAn bItCoIn bE uSeD fOr?!?" finds an answer right here.
A real world event with real world impact made possible and powered by Bitcoin - donated by dozens of anon donors globally, from a few Sats to more sizeable amounts.
We also would like to thank the β‘οΈinfrastructure & service providers nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhkummnw3ezuer9d3hhgett9e6xktcpremhxue69uhkgetk9ehx7um5wfcxcctevaex7atwvshxxmmd9uqzpdkumh0cve6jslg6f6rzpkf24yzuykxc2zlcejfr6wwlrm07uhh878n2y8 & nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qqsyv47lazt9h6ycp2fsw270khje5egjgsrdkrupjg27u796g7f5k0s0pfy4z who made it really simple to spread the awareness of the event & accept donations - the tooling build by these teams played a decent role to make the event the success it was.
A special shout out also to our sponsor nostr:nprofile1qqsdnv3n6auyalrx7vlafe55wta7w9h2ku75jpg9lerejvnqel9nlas3akkey who jumped in to help fill some of the remaining budget gap - another team that is building Lightning infrastructure at the cutting edge over here in Asia
We hope to see you around for more at the Christmas Flea Market 2025 - follow along for how you can support or ideally join in in person!π
Thank you for coming out everyone yesterday & all the support we got over the weeks leading up to the event!
Third iteration in total, first time at a new venue - and we aim to get better each time around π
Our crew will recover & reassemble in the days ahead and share some more pictures soon - if you got any, feel free to share (but please respect the privacy of people who have not opted-in to be photographed :) )
Our crew will recover & reassemble in the days ahead and share some more pictures soon - if you got any, feel free to share (but please respect the privacy of people who have not opted-in to be photographed :) )Tomorrow afternoon - the third Satoshi Flea Market Saigon is happening π₯³
Join us!
...this Sunday at the upcoming Satoshi Flea Market #Saigon - some goodies from resident craft maker Auntie Bechi will be on display at one of the booths π
Made from Vietnamese organic cotton! :-)
----> https://bitcoinsaigon.org/Satoshi-Flea-Market-Saigon-Summer-2025/
----> https://bitcoinsaigon.org/Satoshi-Flea-Market-Saigon-Summer-2025/
~66% of the budget covered by now π«‘
One more week to go - we thank all of our supporters so far who help to make this event a regular one for the frens & the frens of the frens of the orange coin in Saigon!
We are looking forward to see everyone next week at Funk Factory!
Now also listed via nostr:nprofile1qyv8wue69uhnzwpc9ccnzdewxg6zuv3nx5argwp58qqnyamnwvaz7tmvde3xjarn9eekzar0wd5xjumfvahxzmpwvdhk6tmwdaehgunjv4kxz7f02y69ynn2v4ehxqpqawnu9vg352863e7tqlc6urlw7jgdf8vf00tmr76uuhflp4nnn68s35x23h
9 more days to go! π
As of last night, 65,9% of our target budget reached βοΈ
The official announcement for the Flea Market is also live on our website by now:
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/Satoshi-Flea-Market-Saigon-Summer-2025/
Join us on the 20th of July at Funk Factory Saigon!
Family-friendly and kids are welcome - Bitcoiners building for the future :-)
We are also still looking for further "bitcoin-aligned" vendors who are keen to participate - if you have sb in your circles who might be a good fit, be it a small business or just on passionate hobbyist level, get in touch!
The booth fees are deliberately kept very low to make participation easy and affordable for everyone :-)
The official announcement for the Flea Market is also live on our website by now:
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/Satoshi-Flea-Market-Saigon-Summer-2025/
Join us on the 20th of July at Funk Factory Saigon!
Family-friendly and kids are welcome - Bitcoiners building for the future :-)
We are also still looking for further "bitcoin-aligned" vendors who are keen to participate - if you have sb in your circles who might be a good fit, be it a small business or just on passionate hobbyist level, get in touch!
The booth fees are deliberately kept very low to make participation easy and affordable for everyone :-)This week we updated our merchant list on our page.
Now with a direct integration to nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7enfd36x2u3wdehhxarj9emkjmn99uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qqsra2ey033mkdwl5w8q0jss9ak69zafh82xsuvhwsaauw3trkq2amgvvanjv
- and a (severely) reduced list of "qualified merchants".
As everyone who's tried "orange-pilling merchants" knows - turnover is brutal.
Shops close, owners stop bothering... - our static merchant page essentially constantly outdated = just not a reliable guide anymore!
As the overhead of maintaining a static and reasonably accurate merchant list became too high, we rather support from here on out the efforts of BTCMap - and so you should you!
BTCMap is a free and open source project (FOSS) and fully relies on donations and sponsorship to continue.
If you like what they're doing - consider throwing them a few Sats.
https://btcmap.org/support-us
We will still keep a "qualified merchant" list around for merchants which have lasted for more than two years at a minimum (which is right now rather thin!).
But better a clean short list, than a long wrong list with many outdated listings!
Thanks once more for the advice and assistance to Leo Weese
and the #BTCMap team who has been dedicating the past couple of years to bring this project to the clean & professional level it is now! π
As everyone who's tried "orange-pilling merchants" knows - turnover is brutal.
Shops close, owners stop bothering... - our static merchant page essentially constantly outdated = just not a reliable guide anymore!
As the overhead of maintaining a static and reasonably accurate merchant list became too high, we rather support from here on out the efforts of BTCMap - and so you should you!
BTCMap is a free and open source project (FOSS) and fully relies on donations and sponsorship to continue.
If you like what they're doing - consider throwing them a few Sats.
https://btcmap.org/support-us
We will still keep a "qualified merchant" list around for merchants which have lasted for more than two years at a minimum (which is right now rather thin!).
But better a clean short list, than a long wrong list with many outdated listings!
Thanks once more for the advice and assistance to Leo Weese
and the #BTCMap team who has been dedicating the past couple of years to bring this project to the clean & professional level it is now! πThe last big community gathering of the year in South East Asia - the Bali crew around nostr:nprofile1qywhwue69uhh2mtzwfjkctngv9hx2mpwdahxc6twv5argwp58qqs7amnwvaz7tm9daekccfwvdhk6qpqfpqlfgejlvnv5swanf0398y6k9vvheqs9g4zmjlthrga7ytn53dqncjl3m is stepping up once more this September!
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/Indonesia-Conference-5.9.2025/
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Over 43% of our fundraising target for the upcoming Summer Flea Market has been reached by now.
Find out more about what's planned and behind the initiative:
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/support-upcoming-satoshi-flea-market-saigon-summer-2025/
The Summer Flea Market of the Bitcoin Community in Saigon is about to take place next month.
https://bitcoinsaigon.org/support-upcoming-satoshi-flea-market-saigon-summer-2025/
Our fundraising target to cover the costs:
1,000,000 Sats
You can contribute either directly via our Website and/or via nostr:nprofile1qqstdhxam7rxw5586xjwscsdj24fqhp93kzsh7xvjg7nnhc7mlh9aeczqf2t4
--->https://geyser.fund/project/satoshifleamarketsaigonsummer2025/prelaunch
If you happen to be a vendor aligned with the ethos and would like to take part as a merchant - inbox us and we'll look to make the necessary arrangements.
Our donation address as QR code:
You can contribute either directly via our Website and/or via nostr:nprofile1qqstdhxam7rxw5586xjwscsdj24fqhp93kzsh7xvjg7nnhc7mlh9aeczqf2t4
--->https://geyser.fund/project/satoshifleamarketsaigonsummer2025/prelaunch
If you happen to be a vendor aligned with the ethos and would like to take part as a merchant - inbox us and we'll look to make the necessary arrangements.
Our donation address as QR code: