The Bitcoin Marathon week is officially wrapped and wow… what a ride.
From Dev/Hack Day to the 3-day main event at nostr:nprofile1qqsd0f68dvf98gvs9am9dp0lu0f4r7xzu2k89rm9tt448axf5tu6wlgphpy4c 2025, and closing it off at BTCPay Day.
I came in expecting something great, but what unfolded went far beyond.
This week reminded me what it’s really about: connecting in person, strengthening the network, and building bonds that make everything else stronger.
Spending time with Francis and the rest of @BullBitcoin
team was a highlight. These are the moments that don’t show up on camera or on stage, but they’re the real substance of conferences like this.
As nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqgxfkx0le4p7df0j8v7jwyrvux0y45kl3xapqvwagctlrdv3uyyfv5lgpykq said best: “We’re not bullish enough.”
Not about price.
About Freedom Tech.
About the growing stack of open-source tools we now have at our fingertips to help people exit the fiat matrix and reclaim financial sovereignty.
Like nostr:nprofile1qy0hwumn8ghj7en0deehgu3dw3jhxapwdah8yetwv3jhytnrdakj7qgcwaehxw309a5hxmrpdejzumn0wd68yvfwvdhk6tcqyzaz7w2gxdjcga0fz6qt3x8ehc83mpgpvmr2swwmuzzdqfn26m3q54mhg79 often reminds us: the real NGU that matters is new people joining the network.
Huge thanks to the Cooks brothers Martin & nostr:nprofile1qqsglr2necu08pzw7hdujxm8xnxmxyg5x4dkqsaqm3ey4jj2rpnqwjsy8x02g for orchestrating yet another incredible edition of BTC Prague. Proud to have contributed, even in a small way. And props to the entire BTC Prague crew for pulling it off.
On a personal note: I somehow managed to record 8 high-signal podcast episodes during the madness the special #BTCPrague2025 Edition of Your Bitcoin Story.
You’ll soon hear from:
- nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmvqy08wumn8ghj7mn0wd68yttjv4kxz7fwv3jhyettwfhhxuewd4jsqg94zfaq3nenv938fqq2gwrcsx5lnrsyh8phz9hf9hjj2pycvdwyyg68a6zg (BTClock)
- nostr:nprofile1qyv8wumn8ghj7urjv4kkjatd9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsqzq6ksswfdrw4r7mlh49qfu2k9u4zrtpextk955kquvpna3r4rq9vyhr9mpy (The Bitcoin Bushido / Satlantis)
- Paul Rosenberg (OG Cypherpunk from mid 90's)
- `Roger H` (Would Mao Hold Bitcoin)
- `miljan` (Primal)
- `Samson Mow` (@`AQUA Wallet` / nostr:nprofile1qyx8wumn8ghj7cnjvghxjmcpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqqyztkwyeydsmdkxjrvnu30wvxx097pqzag6hcsrmt2zjst48txtk5whraz8v)
- nostr:nprofile1qyt8wue69uhh2mtzwfjkctnvda3kzmp6xsurgwqpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqqyzur529hunjayz7evrzl46mxyhu422gkdw9akpzagf355te4jx29qszvkh5 (PlebChain Radio)
- nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq3wamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wv9a85ctdduhxuet59uqzpdlddzcx9hntfgfw28749pwpu8sw6rj39rx6jw43rdq4pd276vhur83xg2 (this last one is… something else 👀)
Big thanks to the nostr:nprofile1qyxhwumn8ghj7cnjvghxjme0qyt8wumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcqyzjnd2cl0u7qzva64k7lgu4343adfdm5a4pjcxvf9pqex4e83z72qngxhfg team for organizing an amazing BTCPay Day and congrats on the powerful new features announced. So glad I got to be part of it.
And a special shoutout to nostr:nprofile1qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9uq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wvf5hgcm0d9hx2u3wwdhkx6tpdshsqgx6kmrqvhzrnwd6lv9s78l45rrgyuauuhqetxjptzkk5uy9rag8kc9vcpvp and Lea for hosting the Cypherpunk Meetup, one of the best side events of the week. Real signal, real people, real values. That meetup embodied the ethos we’re all here to protect.
Final reflection:
The corporate suits have entered the chat.
They’re pushing hard to box Bitcoin into a “store of value” narrative.
But they weren’t the ones writing code in the '90s and ever since.
They weren’t the ones building tools for privacy, censorship resistance, and peer-to-peer freedom.
The cypherpunk spirit is alive and our numbers are growing.
They lost the protocol war in 2017.
They’ll lose the culture war too.
“Privacy is necessary for an open society in the electronic age. … We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless organizations to grant us privacy out of their beneficence. It is to us, the cypherpunks, to write code and deploy systems that defend privacy.” — A Cypherpunk’s Manifesto, 1993
We keep building.
We keep stacking.
We stay free.
