I am looking forward to Saturday. See you all at Bitkiwi in Christchurch. The event runs 1 - 5pm & the talk panel is at 1:30pm. Learn about Bitcoin, buy a beer with sats, or just have a yarn. Free and open to all.

Quick sketch from Prague day 1. This city is incredible.

Bitcoin vs. The State: four phases of war A great video by @gsovereignty

It seems we went from "new innovations in digital money are being tentatively explored by a small team..." to "TIME TO GET READY FOR THE CBDC NEW ZEALAND: ITS COMING" in a period of about 6 months. It's not looking good for privacy and human rights. Interestingly it looks like they already have an internal project titled "Digital Cash Campaign" designed to push this narrative out there: I have heard that the RBNZ's unelected oafdom are also beginning the rounds in the local media to plant the seeds for their new magic money.

I'm making an effort to use nostr more. It is a much better way to communicate.

🎧 The Economic Violence of the New Zealand State and the RBNZ with Ben Jarvie Ben Jarvie is a writer and kiwi Bitcoiner working for Amber App, a Bitcoin-only exchange. We talk about Ben’s recent travels to El Salvador and Madeira, and we reflect on the declining situation of my beloved home country, New Zealand, and in particular the economic violence that the State and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand continues to unleash upon the people through its egregious manipulation of the money. But that said, we know that Bitcoin fixes this, and we are here to build bridges and meet people where they are at!

The Economic Violence of the New Zealand State and the RBNZ with Ben Jarvie | The Transformation of Value

Ben Jarvie is a writer and kiwi Bitcoiner working for Amber App, a Bitcoin-only exchange. We talk about Ben’s recent travels to El Salvador and M...

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🎉 Queenstown as New Zealand's Gateway to the Bitcoin World? ‍Renowned for its breathtaking vistas of Lake Wakatipu and the Southern Alps, as well as its attraction as a luxury tourist destination, Queenstown could become a premier hub for Bitcoin innovation in New Zealand. Alongside exotic locales like El Zonte in El Salvador and the lakeside city of Lugano in Switzerland, Queenstown has been establishing its own local Bitcoin economy of innovators, businesses, and initiatives. From burgeoning startup ventures to Bitcoin community events and the building of Bitcoin infrastructure, Queenstown could become a hub for this new monetary technology in New Zealand. @npub1fvzm...r9hy @Maddnz @TIP_NZ @ODELL

Queenstown as New Zealand's Gateway to the Bitcoin World | Bitcoin Article from The Transformation of Value

‍Renowned for its breathtaking vistas of Lake Wakatipu and the Southern Alps, as well as its attraction as a luxury tourist destination, Queensto...

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Simplicity: Bitcoin’s Last Soft Fork? With Christian Lewe, Blockstream Research

Simplicity: Bitcoin’s Last Soft Fork? With Christian Lewe of Blockstream Research | The Transformation of Value

I talk with Christian Lewe from Blockstream Research. Christian is working on Simplicity, a more robust programming language designed as an alterna...

I talk with Christian Lewe from Blockstream Research. Christian is working on Simplicity, a more robust programming language designed as an alternative to Bitcoin Script. To own Bitcoin is to be able to spend it, and the way we currently do this is with Bitcoin Script which has challenges and limitations that means it can be very unforgiving to work with, and it limits more complex transactions and arrangements because you cannot formally verify what will actually happen. Simplicity seeks to fix this. The project that has been in the works for over ten years and has been described by Adam Back as “the last soft fork”. There is some technical nuance to this statement, but as Christian shares, enabling simplicity could bypass a lot of the contentious soft fork discussions about things like covenants as this functionality is possible with Simplicity. We talk about the proof of work and low time preference of Simplicity, as well as the plans to launch on the Liquid testnet and mainnet to validate the project through actual financial use before an eventual proposal to bring it into Bitcoin. [Episode details](https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/simplicity-bitcoins-last-soft-fork-with-christian-lewe-of-blockstream-research) [The Transformation of Value on X](https://twitter.com/TTOVpodcast)

I talk with @gsovereignty, based in Hong Kong, going deep into questions about individual sovereignty and freedom. We also discuss the relationship with the legacy nation state and how Bitcoin and Nostr may interface with collectivist societies such as China. We talk about the Hong Kong protests, the dynamics of state and media, and Bitcoin’s eventual showdown with the Cantillon Pyramid. We also talk about G’s work in Nostr, including running the @Nostrovia Podcast podcast, and building nostrocket – helping Bitcoiners organise projects in a way that is not beholden to the state. Listen now:

China, Nostr, Bitcoin, and Humanity's Potential with gSovereignty | The Transformation of Value

I talk with gSovereignty, based in Hong Kong, going deep into questions about individual sovereignty and freedom. We also discuss the relationship ...

🎧 Latest podcast is out: Understanding the Dasset Exchange Collapse from a Legal Perspective with James Swarbrick We talk about his thoughts from a legal perspective about the recent collapse of the Dasset crypto exchange, self-custody, as well as discuss an article he wrote about how the hack of another exchange, Cryptopia, helped develop law in New Zealand.

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The Transformation of Value with Cody Ellingham • Understanding the Dasset Exchange Collapse from a Legal Perspective with James Swarbrick • Listen on Fountain

James Swarbrick is the director of Swarbricks, a Bitcoin-accepting law firm in New Zealand. We talk about his thoughts from a legal perspective abo...