I was very excited m to see Web Summit being held in Vancouver for this first time: putting our city as the meeting place for people working on revolutionary ideas. Quantum, AI, high tech manufacturing! Crypto? Blockchain? Where. Is. Bitcoin? While states sign bills into law, and 100s of companies and new business models are created as Bitcoin becomes integrated into the financial system, there seems to be a total lack of awareness of something that we understand is as big , if not bigger than AI. It’s a bit of a reality check as to how far outside the zeitgeist bitcoin actually exists in the tech world. It makes me want to rally and throw a bitcoin party during web summit to let people know that we are here, and to maybe open some minds perhaps a moment earlier than they inevitably will be.

You can just drink better coffee…

What city needs a specialty coffee cafe acting as a community hub for Bitcoiners? I have some ideas but haven’t found the next FUNK cafe yet!

One year as a cafe with a bitcoin treasury. We have accepted ~$5000 CAD in BTC payments, mostly during meetups. We’ve distributed over ~$550 CAD in BTC tips to our barista team and spent a couple hundred with other merchants. We currently hold ~$7,300CAD equivalent of BTC on our balance sheet, a growth of around 45% during that period.

We were using slack for our team chat and it was costing us $5k/year. I spun up an Amazon lightsail instance and now we run Mattermost which is basically open source slack for $140/year. Self-hosted and OSS for the win.

Okay I think I’m gonna change my account to be less of a reply guy and more about coffee and Bitcoin.

Strategic grift reserve

GN The Bear is the best series on TV right now.

Hanging out @Bitcoin Well Edmonton today cooking up ideas.

Ladies and gentlemen, your financial system:

We don’t “already use digital money”. We use a spaghetti mess of antiquated systems duct-taped together of each other protected by monopolies and regulatory capture. Bank drafts in Canada provide zero advantage to a personal cheque and are subject to the same hold time (5 business days) Domestic wires take about 2-3 business days. There is no way for an individual to transfer large amounts of funds (~$20,000+) without two days settlement. In twenty twenty fucking five…… This is what we’re competing against 😂

I actually expected to be able to buy cheap sats in this scenario but I guess not.

I’m generally opposed to severe non-violent prison time, but it seems like consensus is that Ross’ sentence was disproportionately harsh and #FreeRoss day 1 is obviously the right thing. I’m skeptical. Similar cases (e.g., Le Roux) have received comparable sentences (life without parole). Reducing or going straight to parole might make sense, but a free pass based on time served might be an overcorrection. Bitcoiners argue he advanced BTC viability and he’s a hero for this, which I don’t disagree with, but these contributions don’t erase wrongdoing in the eyes of the law. Thoughts??

GN

Politicians don’t always do what they say. GM

Impossible to find the Chinese translation Taiwan; but so easy finding the thai translation in Bangkok

You put sugar in your coffee because it’s fiat coffee. GM