If a merchant or business accepts bitcoin it’s in your economic interest to pay in sats. For one, the price of bitcoin has far less potential if it ends up like gold- captured and centralized. Not to mention you have far less freedom if there’s a bank or regulator between your money and the goods and services you want to acquire. Bitcoin was a medium of exchange before it was a store of value. What bitcoin is gets decided at the individual level.

Using @Satlantis: Social Events to find a place to eat seed oil free in Prague. “Hidden gem” filter came in clutch! Restaurant: Kantyna

The hardest days for bitcoiners are still ahead. We have not won. That being said I am incredibly optimistic about the future. Even if the evidence supports being black pilled, I refuse to accept it. Spending time around bitcoiners in real life, the optimism is contagious. It seems to be the opposite online.

Trustless by design event in Prague. Love to see some familiar faces!

Back in my favorite city

Bitcoin’s returns are not just monetary. It opens your mind. It gives you time to reflect and ask the deeper questions about life. It connects you with optimistic humans. It leads you to new rabbit holes. It frees you from the silent theft of inflation. It lets you live the life you were meant to live. At the end of the day bitcoin is just a tool, it’s what you do with it that matters. We are all satoshi ⚡️

BTC Balkans 2025- @Nackoo2000 had a vision for a bitcoin only event that unites the Balkans countries and rejects fiat. 7 Balkan countries attended, @npub1musq...v5kr and @Blockstream sponsored and the presentations/panels were fantastic. If you want to build on bitcoin, smaller regional conferences are the way to make lasting connections.

Exploring Sofia before BTC Balkans. Bulgaria continues to grow on me!

What did we lose when the money was co-opted? Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬

Building on bitcoin delivers better returns than just hodling bitcoin.

A warm Banitsa welcome to Bulgaria! Of course I got on the wrong train but made it to my destination successfully and was surprised with my favorite Bulgarian dish! BTC Balkans conference this weekend 🚀

Well that’s a first… talking bitcoin with the immigration officers coming into Germany 🇩🇪 They were saying how smart it is to own bitcoin. There is a shift happening.

Headed back to Bulgaria! Last time I flew to Bulgaria I had blank hard drives and a lot of uncertainty about how the filming would go. This time I have 5TB and 25 days of footage and I’m absolutely stoked to experience the BTC Balkans conference. Also very excited about the banitza.

Camp Nakamoto was the best bitcoin event I’ve been to. Outside, on an island, great people… we need more events like this.

Great moments at Camp Nakamoto ✌️

It seems a to me that there is a real divergence happening in bitcoin right now between those who just want NGU and those who are here for the revolution. The hardest days are ahead. We have not “won” until we don’t use fiat at all.

Camp Nakamoto spread. No seed oils here!

Every time I go to a bitcoin event I meet more and more bitcoiners who need to do a podcast. There are so many great ideas and perspectives that don’t propagate through the Bitcoin community because these folks don’t do podcasts. My encouragement whenever I meet someone like this is not to “start”a podcast but DO a podcast. It could be just do a single podcast whenever it’s time to share an idea or have a conversation about something. We are pioneers not plebs #40hpw

Is Bitcoin just "digital gold" or can it actually become money? ☕💡 I was recently in Bulgaria spending bitcoin at restaurants and of course, coffee shops like Black Honey in the beautiful mountain town of Bankso. Nothing fancy — just a small transaction, over in seconds. But it got me thinking… We often talk about Bitcoin as “digital gold,” a store of value, or a hedge against inflation. We hold it, chart it and debate price targets. But how often do we actually use it? If you haven't actually USED bitcoin as money how can you formulate a view of where this technology is going in the future? By spending bitcoin you experience value moving between people without intermediaries, instantly, with finality. The irony is that the people who believe in Bitcoin most are often the least likely to spend it. We call it “sound money,” but if no one transacts with it, is it really money at all? Holding bitcoin is playing defense. Spending it is playing offense. It’s how networks grow. Every small transaction is a statement: “This isn’t just a speculative asset. It’s a usable, borderless currency.” Money is what people use, not just what they own. Let's get the sats flowing ⚡

Nice digs at Camp Nakamoto 🌅 I may be transitioning from a conference maxi to a “retreat” maxi… Nature and bitcoin go well together👌