I used a UFO analogy in this one. I had a lot of fun telling this story.
Jimmy Kostro
chiangmai@zaps.lol
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Asia’s largest and fastest growing physical Bitcoin hub.
Why is it that once you truly understand Bitcoin, it’s not something you can unsee and no matter how hard you try, your view of the world never goes back to what it was before?
"The war still reaches me through money. Imagine waking up one day and your money is worth 50% less"
A powerful young voice from Myanmar sharing the current state of Burma.
A powerful message from @Piccolo during a modern finance seminar in collaboration with CMRU and Chiang Mai University
“Bitcoin helps those who need it most.”
Bitcoin community leaders, professors, and regional voices came together for a multi university event on modern finance across Southeast Asia bringing high signal to students from Myanmar, China, Thailand, and Bhutan.


Catered food will arrive at the Bitcoin Learning Center around 4:00 PM today. Anyone registered for BitDevs is welcome to come early, see what’s new, and explore how we can support you or just network and hang out. Presentations will begin at 6:00 PM on the third floor.



Bitcoin Learning Center - KPI's March 2026
During the month of March, the Bitcoin Learning Center operated across three critical fronts: government, academia, and technical building.
TLDR: Our team of 7 is driving continuous digital and physical Bitcoin initiatives across the region six days per week.


Over 15 nationalities and over 50 bitcoiners are joining @BOBSpace_BKK BitDevs meetup this Friday in Chiang Mai. Thailand has some of the largest bitcoin meetups in the world.
Bhutan
Thailand
Myanmar
Indonesia
USA
England
Canada
Sweden
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
China


I’ll be on stage at BTC Prague this year, joining 250+ voices helping push Bitcoin forward.
June 11–13, Prague becomes the center of gravity for everything happening in this space.
If you want signal over noise, this is one to show up for.
Tickets:
code ASIA10 for discount.


BTC Prague
BTC Prague - The biggest bitcoin event in Europe
The biggest, most influential bitcoin event in Europe ever, again!

Proof of work, early addition.


The Thailand Bitcoin Conference has just been annouced by @Piriya ⚡🟧 and the @Right Shift team.
The event will be held this November 28th & 29th in Bangkok.


If you are an expat or long term visitor living abroad. You should bring value to the country and community.
Each Wednesday we host a one hour Bitcoin news segment in Thai.


Today at the CMPAO headquarters in Chiang Mai, Bitcoin Chiang Mai met with the Provincial Administrative Organization, the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, and one of the region’s most respected universities.
A powerful step forward connecting education, infrastructure, and tourism with the growing Bitcoin community in Northern Thailand. 

Today in Northern Thailand, high school students are learning how Bitcoin mining secures the global network.


Bitcoin is for everyone - including Thai monks. Chiang Mai is home to over 300 Buddhist temples (wats). it was invetiable.


The Bitcoin Learning Center is beginning a major initiative to architect our organization around sovereign AI infrastructure.
By building a privacy first, self hosted system that automates workflows and internal operations, we believe a small team can operate with the capabilities of a much larger organization. Our long term goal is to develop a framework that other teams and bitcoin communities can learn from and eventually adopt.


The world’s first Bitcoin Ultra Marathon is taking place in Thailand this year.


For the first time in Asia, multiple universities are uniting around one shared focus: Bitcoin.
Infrastructure for modern finance and financial inclusion.
On April 4th in Chiang Mai, Thailand academics, students, founders, and builders come together to explore how open monetary networks reshape Southeast Asia’s future. This is what real collaboration looks like.

