Zack Bomsta
Founder Pivitol Pleb manufacturer of Loki, Nyord boards.
Modular upgrades to make home mining practical for pleb miners.
@zbomstaz
⁃ Background as an entrepreneur
⁃ Shark Tank
⁃ Fast prototyping and iterating with electrical products
⁃ The Bitcion Rabbit Hole
⁃ The four phases of Bitcoin adoption
⁃ The zeal of Bitcoiners
⁃ The mission of hash rate hyper decentralization
⁃ 1 million home miners, targeting precoiners
⁃ The risks of mining centralization
⁃ Incentives driving adoption of home mining.
⁃ The difficulties of home mining, pleb mining.
⁃ Government overreach
⁃ Solving the home mining difficulties with Loki, Fjord boards
⁃ 110v vs 220v power.
⁃ ASIC development. S9 vs S19 vs S21.
⁃ An ASIC in every device.
⁃ Cyber hornets “purity” vs compromising for mass adoption
⁃ Mining pools
⁃ Game theory is not an abstract thing that will fix our problems; we are the game theory.
Japan Segment
1: Apple Vision Pro 40% Japanese?
2: Media begins propaganda groundwork to bring in regulation to "encourage" savers to buy domestic stocks
Builders segment
Cashu: Enuts
Main topic: Thomas szasz article: the therapeutic state, the rise of pharmacracy https://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_05_4_szasz.pdf
Following up on our previous convo with Redza
https://www.redzaarbee.com/
Japan Segment
1: Japan GDP slips to 4th behind Germany
2: PR can be revoked for people not paying taxes/social welfare
3: Mercari adds Bitcoin payment option
Builders segment
Unleashed.chat
Unleashed Chat is an AI chatbot service designed with real privacy in mind. It stands out with its live Nostr data querying and advanced context embedding capabilities. This includes learning large data files, text and PDF formats. It allows for Bitcoin payments via the Lightning Network, for privacy and speed. The platform employs the latest Open Source models, prioritizing uncensored options. Currently offering Mistral 7B, WizardLM 33B and Synthia 70B with more sizes such as 180B coming.
V.01
Main topic: Media Business Models
Gabe, bitcoinadvisors.org
Founder of Bitcoin Advisors.
⁃ Background/ bitcoin journey
⁃ Why Bitcoin Only?
⁃ Bitcoiners and trust
⁃ Bitcoin and the hero’s journey
⁃ Government attacks on privacy
⁃ The privacy rabbit hole
⁃ Slilent Link, GrapheneOS
⁃ Running a full node, Start9
⁃ Canada, Canadian Truckers
⁃ Perilous situation with global finance
⁃ El Salvador
⁃ Orange Pilling
⁃ 3 Reasons locals don’t want to use Bitcoin
⁃ Bitcoin Advisors
⁃ What is it?
⁃ Ambitions for 2024
⁃ All in
⁃ Gabe’s connection to Japan
⁃ Final thoughts.
a presentation on 11/30/2023 from the Cash App team.
Intro
Japan segment:
Japan to introduce digital nomad visa
Sega goes woke with latest instalment of the "Yakuza/Ryuu ga gotoku" series.
Builder Segment
@advbitcoin
Main topic: Fiat Religion part 2
@RedzaArbee
Can you please introduce yourself?
You are based in Malaysia. Can you tell us about the Malaysian Bitcoin community?
You refer to yourself as a digital transformation professional. What is that?
Your bio lists work with various international organizations. How would you describe your work in the traditional finance and tech sectors? How is it different from the bitcoin system?
What do bitcoiners misunderstand about the current global system?
What do bitcoiners misunderstand about what will emerge from inclusion of bitcoin into the current system?
You recently wrote a book. Can you tell us why you wrote the book and what the book is about?
Now that your book is completed, what will be your next project?
What opportunities and challenges do you see coming for bitcoin over the short, medium, long term?
Do you think Malaysia will be a hospitable host for bitcoiners in the future?
Final thinks you want to advertise/mention?
Japan segment:
Builder Segment
@satoshimoneybtc Satoshi.money
The Bitcoin app, for everyone. Buy, pay, earn, learn, spend and borrow — all in one super app.
Buy, pay, earn, refer, learn, cash, activity, contacts, spend, borrow
Satoshi is currently in beta for both iOS and Android. If you'd like to be an early tester of Satoshi you can join the waitlist
Main topic: Fiat Christianity – Corruption of the Christian West and hope for a revival through a Bitcoiner remnant?
our first crossover show with Brad from Beyond the Price. We talk japan scandals, 3000¥ Ramen and predications for 2024in bitcoin and Japan
Who are you?
What do you do?
How long have you been doing music?
Why remix music into bitcoins tracks?
What is your favorite track?
What track has been your most popular?
You just released a remix of the Tokyo Citadel track by man like kweks and it has gotten a great response. Why did you decide to remix that track? Could you tell ahead of time that it would be popular?
Do you see what you do intersecting with inscriptions/ordinals?
What are your thoughts on the value for value system in Bitcoin?
What are your plan going forward?
@reelrichard
linktr.ee/reelrichard
Intro
Japan segment:
JCB turns ETF seller in 2023
People overseas pinging you out of the blue after an earthquake / overseas media reporting every shake as if it was the entire country crumbling into the sea
Builder Segment (Andy)
Seed Hammer
Our ultimate goal is to empower everyone to self-custody their Bitcoin in an easy, convenient and secure manner.
To be more specific we want to empower individuals at every stage of their Bitcoin custody journey, starting from receiving their first Bitcoin and extending all the way to spending it from a self-sovereign cold storage solution.
This journey involves several key steps, including generating a secure seed, funding a wallet, creating backups, facilitating recovery, and enabling seamless spending.
The part of the journey we are working on now is the backup and recovery.
We want to enable everyone to produce self-sovereign steel backups of Bitcoin wallets.
The process must be user friendly, intuitive and simple. Recovery should be as easy as scanning a QR - and for multisig: possible with the minimum amount of shares. The solution must be air gapped and trustless, based on open source software and robust enough to be used by anyone from sovereign individuals to nation states.
They sell a Seed Hammer steel etching machine, controller and steel plates
Seedhammer.com @SeedHammer
Main topic: Nozomi Hayase: Networked Messiah
https://nozomihayase.substack.com/p/bitcoin-the-networked-messiah
Can you please introduce yourself?
Your site BrettMorrison.com covers bitcoin but also many different areas. What are the various projects you are working on?
Can you introduce truevote?
What lead you to start the true voting project?
Why build this on bitcoin?
Your white paper begins with the statement “True democracy starts with voting.” What do you mean by true democracy?
TrueVote solves two fundamental problems: 1. Voting on a mobile device. 2. Verifying your ballot's accuracy and its inclusion in an aggregate count.
What are some of the biggest opportunities you see for the true vote system?
What are the biggest challenges/risks for the true vote system?
Can you walk us through the 4 milestones from the white paper?
Final thoughts and what can we be looking for?
Best places to connect with you and the truevote team?
Nostr:npub1u8um5vstlax9p60644zygvhc7w5mkzfyhwyvj453l3j7l9mrf5rspnc3c3
X: @morrisonbrett
truevote.org
Can you introduce yourself and Bringin?
You want to bring bitcoin to the masses, what does that mean?
Who is Bringin built for? Why this group?
What is your opinion on hodl vs growing a circular economy?
Why is spend and replace important?
What particular pain point can Bringin best solve?
What limitations and challenges do you have or foresee for Bringin in Europe?
What is currently happening with Bringin?
What are the next steps and future plans for Bringin?
Best way for people to connect with you and learn about your services?
@bringinxyz
Intro
Japan segment:
Daihatsu Scandal
Builder Segment (Andy)
Peerswap
P2P Btc lighting network balancing pool
PeerSwap enables Lightning Network nodes to balance their channels by facilitating atomic swaps with direct peers. PeerSwap enhances decentralization of the Lightning Network by enabling all nodes to be their own swap provider. No centralized coordinator, no 3rd party rent collector, and lowest cost channel balancing means small nodes can better compete with large nodes.
PeerSwap currently has a working implementation for both CLN and LND nodes.
At the moment PeerSwap is suitable for power node operators with Linux command line skills. Implementations of control panel GUI interfaces are currently underway which will make PeerSwap easier to use for ordinary end users.
Opposite approach to most existing balancing methods.
If you balance channels only with direct peers it is very reliable.
Rather than opening more and bigger channels, you can cheaply refill channels you already have to the desired balance.
Fixes balance without harming other nodes.
Opening new channels is recommended not for the purpose of balancing, but if you want a more direct connection with a frequent source/destination node.
Multiple optional swap types.
Currently BTC & L-BTC onchain swaps.
Additional wallet options can be implemented.
@PeerswapLN https://www.peerswap.dev
Main topic: Nozomi Hayase: Networked Messiah
https://nozomihayase.substack.com/p/bitcoin-the-networked-messiah
Dan Gould
npub1yevrvtp3xl42sq06usztudhleq8pdfsugw5frgaqg6lvfdewfx9q6zqrkl
Bitdevs organizer, Lead maintainer of Payjoin Dev Kit
> Bitcoin privacy
⁃ Payjoin
⁃ Tumblebit
⁃ Snowden revelations.
⁃ HRF and Opensats support
⁃ Payjoin Dev Kit and privacy built into all wallets
⁃ Anonymity sets
⁃ Importance of incentives
⁃ Economic incentives and the relationship between privacy and efficient blockchain usageBitcoin privacy and soft fork proposals
⁃ OP_CTV, OP_CAT, cross input signature aggregation.
⁃ Phoenix, splicing, and privacy
⁃ Nostr as a communications protocol for coinjoin coordination.
⁃ Weakness of web socket model for privacy
⁃ Oblivious HTTP
⁃ Samourai Soroban
⁃ Monero
⁃ Samourai vs Wasabi
⁃ Social media and bad incentives
> Taiwan
⁃ Chinese model of social media, censorship in the mainland, censorship in Taiwan
⁃ Circular economy in Taiwan.
⁃ Bitcoin meetup scene in Taiwan.
⁃ Taiwan government attitude to Bitcoin
⁃ Vitalik in Taiwan.
⁃ PR, residency and golden visa
⁃ Taiwa demographic challenges.
⁃ Geopolitical situation in Taiwan
⁃ Banking in Taiwan
⁃ Taiwan as a citadel.
This is our first Honey Badger Hiroba. The Honey Badger Hiroba is a monthly meetup that is looking to make definitive and progressive steps toward the construction of a bitcoin circular economy and bitcoin citadel in Tokyo.
Bitcoin impacts and is impacted by more than just economics, fiat and NGU technology. The honey Badger Hiroba is our attempt like many others in the global bitcoin society to bring about the small communities in which bitcoin can thrive and we can grow into the future.
This presentation was on the topic of aesthetics
Questions
Can you introduce yourself?
How long have you been involved in bitcoin?
Can you describe the bitcoin scene in Thailand?
How was the bitcoin Thailand conference?
Can you introduce rightshift.to?
What has been your most popular content? Why?
Why is bitcoin content important for Thailand?
What problems does bitcoin answer in Thailand?
What challenges and opportunities do you see for bitcoin in Thailand?
Final thoughts and plugs?
Nostr: npub1prya33fnqerq0fljwjtp77ehtu7jlsjt5ydhwveuwmqdsdm6k8esk42xcv
https://rightshift.to/
Rev Hold
Pioneer in Homesteading
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⁃ Starting off small and something snowballing into an obsession.
⁃ You Tube as a source of info and education.
⁃ Water Vortex
⁃ Premaculture.
⁃ Historical precedents. Native Americans?
⁃ UK/US empire as exploiters/extractors
⁃ Worries about getting old and still maintaining things?
⁃ Airbnb. No worries about 5 dollar wrench?
⁃ Bitcoin meetups and the Importance of Circular economy
⁃ Selling at Bitcoin meet ups
⁃ Mining with S9s. Using wasted heat.
⁃ A project to use S19 hashboards with 110v power.
⁃ Feedback on Citadel Tokyo Podcast
V4BTC (Vendetta for Bitcoin)
npub1zeuyhtvpk7uzzhhye6s2muz8jw46n2pkvzre933szr4ua473snyqesxvfp
https://twitter.com/v4btc
https://thebitcoinway.com/
Intro to the bitcoinway
The importance of running a node.
Hyper inflation in Lebanon.
People holding up banks to get their own money back.
Bitcoin adoption in Labanon.
Early signs of hyperinflation in Labanon--high interest dollar accounts.
Are MMFs a similar trap?
Russia, the Canadian truckers, and moves away from the US dollar hegemony.
Carlos Ghosn.
Dollarization of the world through Tether.
The GAE Mafia. The petrodollar. Lyn Alden.
Property and other physical assets are a shitcoin
General tips for cyber security.
Intro
Japan segment:
Japan segment:
Bank transfer outage
Builder Segment (Andy)
Bringin is a financial technology company which does not hold a banking license nor custody of Bitcoin. Custody, swapping services and vIBANs are provided by licensed entities to who we co-operate with.
We Are Bitcoin Enthusiasts. Who Want to Fuel Bitcoin Adoption.
For the mass adoption of Bitcoin, the ability for users to spend their Bitcoin quickly, fast and safely is necessary. We aim to build all tools necessary to make Bitcoin convenient for everyone.
A lightning that allows you to spend Bitcoin instantly and safely, from any wallet. Pay pills, book flights
Virtual Debit Cards with Bitcoin over Lightning
Create a one-time usable virtual debit card by paying a lightning invoice from your wallet and making online purchases with it.
Make instant SEPA transfers from any Bitcoin wallet
Go from Bitcoin to Euros seamlessly and instantly
The safest fastest and only bitcoin off-ramp in Europe. They are still in beta but you can get early access on their site
Bringin.xyz @bringinxyz
Main Topic: Bitcoin scene in Japan
A recap on the Nostrasia 2023 Tokyo conference and a discussion on the Nostr protocol.
Can you give and intro and background to yourself? How did you end up in Tokyo?
You work on bitcoin projects, would you call yourself a maxi or more broadly crypto? BTC
maxi journey: mining, Expo, NFT parties, maxi
You have a back group with with altcoins, correct? What are your thoughts on altcoins, defi, nft’s etc?
altcoins utility
NFT utility? Good for artists or scam?
To focus on your current focus a lot revolves around AI and BTC
Can you give a quick AI primer?
How does Bitcoin intersect with Ai?
lightning payments, L402
You are currently based in Japan. How is living and building tech in Japan?
What are some of the opportunities and challenges of building in Japan?
Can you tell us what personal projects you have currently?
btcvibes.app, shoki.app
What does the future look like for you?
Final plugs and where can people reach you?
Intro
Japan segment:
Japan segment:
Japan segment: (only 2) 1: Tokyo city paying 50 dollars/month to every child 2: extreme labor shortages predicted, further loosing of work visa requirements
Builder Segment
Satoshi’s Place
@SatoshisPlaceUK
Main Topic: Is Tokyo a Suitable Citadel Part 2
Interiew with Captain of Nostrdevs. npub1cpstx8lzhwctunfe80rugz5qsj9ztw8surec9j6mf8phha68dj6qhm8j5e
Topics covered:
- Bitcoin early or late?
- Difficulty of holding bitcoin over time, especially for those early.
- The blocksize wars
- HODLing through a chain split
- Bitcoin and the reformation
- Where did the church go wrong?
- Running vs Walking
- Transhumanism
- Nostr devs
- Pleblab
- Ditching Apple and moving to Nostr
- Digital self soverignty
- Privacy as a LARP vs empowerment.
- Pop_OS! System76, specialized hardware vs generic
- Drivechains
- Eric vouskil Cryptoeconomics.
- Austin
- living in a pod vs eating bugs
- etc
Japan segment:
1: Japan empties water used to cool Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean
2: promotion of immigration and "diversity" through sports
3: High gas prices in Japan and plans for government subsidies to "fight inflation"
Builder Segment (Andy)
Satoshi Systems
https://satosys.tech/ @SatosysTech
Main Topic: Can a Bitcoin Citadel be built in Japan?
https://linktr.ee/bitcoinbaytpa
X: @bitcoinbaytpa
Nostr: npub1tampasjf5z0rllvrh8nlqckrjtzzj9590uljzeuu6ymsr8hq9pjsrw0ynt
X: @manlikekweks
Nostr: npub1fnn2h0tgm2mwnl0kar5ez25wztum2w0q0rrrf326n0ljn999znwsqf4xnx
Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/manlikekweks
Can you please introduce yourself and your work?
What does Man Like Kweks mean?
Your profile says you are a Christian, bitcoiner, artist and Tanzanian. Can you elaborate those and why you highlight those aspects?
Why do you have a focus on bitcoin?
You seem to post a lot about helping children get involved in bitcoin? Why do you have that focus?
How long have you been in the music industry?
How has your experience been publishing on wavlake?
What are some directions you hope to see the bitcoin project take in the future?
On our podcast we focus on looking on how to develop and build a strong local bitcoin community. Do you think that similar communities will spring up in Tanzania? What challenges and opportunities are unique to building a bitcoin economy/community where you are?
Final thoughts? Plugs?
Interview with Super Testnet, Nostr, Bitcoin, Lightning Developer, Chairman of Foss at Pleblab.
Pleblab courses
https://www.pleblab.com/course
Github https://github.com/supertestnet
npub1yxp7j36cfqws7yj0hkfu2mx25308u4zua6ud22zglxp98ayhh96s8c399s
Twitter @super_testnet
Show contents:
- early Bitcoin
- KYC
- Real world adoption
- Living on a Bitcoin standard
- Working as a developer
- Pleblab and Nostr and LN courses
- The early days of Nostr
- The potential of Nostr
- Nostr vs Twitter
- Magic Webstore, Marketplaces on Nostr
- Open protocols and infrastructure inversion
- Pleb lab and the Bitcion scene in Austin Texas
- Nostrasia
Color Revolutions Part 3
Intro
Japan segment:
Japan segment: 1: University drug related arrests 2: Central bank and price increase updates 3: 12k "Technical Interns" whereabouts unknown.
Builder Segment
Lava.xyz @lava_xyz
Main Topic: Color Revolutions Part 3
Can you introduce yourself and your business?
How long have you been working with bitcoin?
Why work to "help bitcoin companies thrive?"
What weaknesses do you see in bitcoin companies?
How can you help bitcoin companies strengthen those weaknesses?
What strengths do you see in most bitcoin companies?
How can you emphasize those strengths?
What are your plans over the next 6 months, 2 years, 5 years?
Do you think there will be bitcoin citadels in the future?
Final words, things you want to promote, where can people contact you?
Twitter: @btcviv
Alex Mcshane:
Director of Programming at Bitcoin Magazine.
General Partner at Lightning Ventures.
Organizer of the upcoming Nostr Unconference in Hong Kong and Tokyo Nostrasia.
Sign up link to Nostrasia: https://nostr.world
McShane's npub:
npub16vrkgd28wq6n0h77lqgu8h4fdu0eapxgyj0zqq6ngfvjf2vs3nuq5mp2va
Japan segment:
Japan segment: KDDI shitcoining
BoJ meets to talk rates
cantillionares get pay raises
Builder Segment (Andy)
Bitcoinbay
Nostr: npub1tampasjf5z0rllvrh8nlqckrjtzzj9590uljzeuu6ymsr8hq9pjsrw0ynt
Twitter: @bitcoinbaytpa
Main Topic: Mike Color revolutions
Marshall Long:
Twitter: @OGBTC
……………….
Find us on Twitter/nostr @tokyocitadel
Online tokyocitadel.com
Support us on fountain app with a 1,000 sat boost
Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the tokyo citadel.
Interview with Mark Harvey
His Website: https://markharveyresearch.com
Twitter: @thepowerfulHRV
Discussed
His articles on Bitcoin and macro econ in US and Japan
Can you introduce yourself?
Can you give some background on Bitcoin use and adoption in Indonesia?
Why is bitcoin adoption important for Indonesia?
Where (retail,mining, etc) do you see the ist Bitcoin activity in Indonesia? Why?
Can you talk a little about Governor Ridwan Kamil?
When and where is the upcoming Indonesia bitcoin conference?
What will be the focus of the conference?
What speakers will be presenting at the conference?
What presentations are you most looking forward to?
Final comments?
@dearezkitha
@keylab
@bitconf_id
http://indonesiabitcoinconference.com/
https://www.theorangepillapp.com/en
Twitter: @orangepillapp
Nostr: npub1ve8qwrlztemdmnh62jffcr0y9m9dpqgqjdg8ufx7gc3qw5wdk74qyv9ka6
Japan segment:
1: the "semiconductor shortage" hits KYC free Suica
2: Tokyo as financial capital of Asia?
3: Gold ATH in JPY
Builder Segment:
Swanbitcoin.com
@swan @coryklippsten
Main Topic: Color Revolutions
YouTube: https://youtube.com/@brainharrington
Twitter @BrianHarrington
- How long have you had the righteous beard?
- You've been in Bitcoin since 2015 and homesteading since 2022. Can you give some highlights of yourself and what you do?
- Your YouTube channel focuses on bitcoin mining, solar, homesteading and Tesla. Why those focuses? Are these independent or overlapping?
- Why did you start homesteading and how long have you been doing it?
- Where do you fall on the bitcoiner spectrum?
- Having followed your work it seems that you often push back on certain narratives which float around the world of bitcoin. What are your main areas of concern?
- How do you hope to see bitcoin develop going forward?
- What projects are you working on that you would like to highlight?
- What is your opinion of the bitcoin citadel concept?
- Final thoughts?
Intro
Welcome to the Tokyo Citadel Builders podcast. This show is hosted by 3 Christian bitcoin maximalists in Tokyo. The ever pessimistic, Doomer Dash. The overly contemplative, meta Mike. And me, Andy. We agree on very little except that bitcoin is money and a tool we can use to help build a better future. We discuss current topics in Japan and Bitcoin and how our lives are impacted by the growing bitcoinization of the world . We interview builders on bitcoin to highlight and learn about how bitcoin can help us push back against government encroachment, enable us to retain financial sovereignty and empower us to secure ourselves against corporate and government surveillance. Sat by sat we are building a bitcoin economy in Tokyo and connecting ourselves to citadels throughout the world.
Value for value plug
1,000 sats
Japan segment: Dash
NATO office in tokyo
My number card update
Travel rule and stable coin update
Builder Segment (Andy)
Portico exchange: https://porticoexchange.gitbook.io
Twitter @PorticoExchange
Outro:
Find us on Twitter/nostr @tokyocitadel
Online tokyocitadel.com
Support us on fountain app with a 1,000 sat boost
Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the tokyo citadel.
1-Can you tell us a little about yourself and what you do?
2-Can you tell us about gorilla sats?
3-Can you tell us about bitcoin use/adoption in Uganda?
4-What role do you hope bitcoin will play in Uganda over the next 5-10 years?
5-Is this the first Bitcoin market place in Uganda?
6-Why choose to build this marketplace now?
7-Bitcoin marketplaces have often struggled to get traction how will gorilla sats learn from the challenges others have faced?
8-What are you planning for yourself and gorilla sats over the next 6-24 months?
9- What can people do to support you, follow you, etc?
Twitter:
@GorillSats
@BrindonMwiine
Twitter: @SimpleXChat
simplex.chat
- Intro: Welcome to the Citadel Builders podcast. This show revolves around discussions with pleb builders actively looking to create and develop circular economies, advance the use of Bitcoin for long term savings and day-to-day transactions. We aim to raise awareness of the dangers of ever-encroaching government and corporate surveillance, showing people how to take practical steps to increase their privacy and sovereignty. In so doing we aim to add our voices to those fighting to reduce the corruption made possible by fiat money and its destructive consequences. Block by block we build and participate in a circular bitcoin economy of free and sovereign individuals.
Japan segment: G7
Builder Segment: Zerosync
Main Topic: Commentary on Jameson Lopp: a history of bitcoin maximalism
Fortytwopupusas info:
- https://roadrunner.lat/
- Twitter @FPupusas
……
Tokyo Citadel contact info:
- Twitter/Nostr @tokyocitadel
- www.tokyocitadel.com
Interview with Kal.
An advocate for Bitcoinburr which is an initiative to empower Ethiopians through Bitcoin.
Prolific writer, writing for Bitcoin magazine and several out media outlets.
@KalKassa
Can you introduce yourself?
How long have you been in japan?
Why did you come to japan?
Can you explain the focus of your online presence?
What is your interest in bitcoin?
Do you see the overlap between bitcoin and gaming?
Do you think bitcoin can enhance what you do as a twitch streamer/YouTuber etc?
Do you think ordinals on bitcoin will be a lasting part of the bitcoin story?
What do you hope develops with bitcoin and gaming?
Final thoughts/promotions?
Kageryu info:
- https://linktr.ee/kageryu
- Twitter @kageryu
……
Tokyo Citadel contact info:
- Twitter/Nostr @tokyocitadel
- www.tokyocitadel.com
Builder segment:
Satsback.com
What is satsback
Satsback is an evolution of cashback and loyalty rewards. It is the reward you earn by using Satsback.com when you shop online at any of the connected stores. The satsback reward is a % of what you spend that you get back in bitcoin. They have a good list of stores similar to Bitrefill or the bitcoin co. Nothing japan focused yet but some offerings are international so you can use them from anywhere.
How does Satsback.com work?
They work with online stores that pay a commission whenever you shop with them. They convert that to bitcoin and share most of it with you. They make a small profit every time you buy something, they can keep our platform free to use while respecting your privacy.
How to shop with satsback?
Once you have signed up, go to the Stores section and find the online store where you would like to shop. Then, visit the store using the green 'Shop now' button and shop as you usually do. Complete your purchase, and they automatically add satsback to your account. You may also download our browser extension that will alert you to activate satsback rewards when visiting participating online stores. As long as you don't return or cancel your order, you will be able to withdraw the sats to your mobile wallet. It's the easiest and safest way to start saving in bitcoin.
@satsback or satsback.com
Main topic: escaping the fiat mines part 2
If Bitcoin is going to eat the world, would it not mean every single business will be a bitcoin business some day? If so, is every single industry and incumbent business up for grabs? Will we see a bitcoin first online retailer flip Amazon? Or will Amazon embrace Bitcoin in time? Or is Bitcoin inherently decentralized so we will see a bifurcation of the permissioned, KYC CBDC markets and the open, decentralized, free Bitcoin markets?
What are the options to get into Bitcoin as a career? Or… stay in your fiat job, rise to the top, and use your influence to bring your fiat company to Bitcoin?
Risks of being all-in on Bitcoin. Risks of not being all in? Risks of being half in.
From a selfish point of view, is it better to earn maximum amount of fiat and convert that the KYC free sats DCA and just HODL? Or do we have a moral obligation to do more?
Is the power of Bitcoin that is compels us to action? How much free will do we even have to make this decision? Is the meme of Bitcoin working within us to make our ever increasing commitment to Bitcoin’s success irresistible?
Could “workig in bitcoin” just be as simple as being a hairdresser who accepts bitcoin? An account who understands bitcoin taxes? A bookstore which stocks Bitcoin books? Is an ever growing population of bitcoiners with ever growing purchasing power going to incentivise more businesses to start adopting a bitcoin strategy? Or will those not “all in” inevitably miss the revolution and start shitcoining?
How much is shitcoining or being half in an issue? Standard notes, Casa examples. Even Proton not supporting LN.
Does Bitcoin have more real building than other projects?
Outro:
Find us on Twitter/nostr @tokyocitadel
Online tokyocitadel.com
Support us on fountain app with a 1,000 sat boost
Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the tokyo citadel.
Intro
Welcome to the Citadel Builders podcast. This show revolves around discussions with pleb builders actively looking to create and develop circular economies, advance the use of Bitcoin for long term savings and day-to-day transactions. We aim to raise awareness of the dangers of ever-encroaching government and corporate surveillance, showing people how to take practical steps to increase their privacy and sovereignty. In so doing we aim to add our voices to those fighting to reduce the corruption made possible by fiat money and its destructive consequences. Block by block we build and participate in a circular bitcoin economy of free and sovereign individuals.
This show is hosted by we 3 gentlemen. The ever pessimistic, Doomer Dash. The overly contemplative, meta Mike. And me, the always affable and amicable Andy.
Value for value plug
1,000 sats
Japan segment: Dash
Mercari launches Bitcoin buy/sell
Softbank and Rakuten sell the family silver
Buffet’s Japan visit.
Builder segment:
Kollider
Kollider.xyz
Twitter @kollider_trade
Main topic: escaping the fiat mines
Intro to the topic
If Bitcoin is going to eat the world, would it not mean every single business will be a bitcoin business some day? If so, is every single industry and incumbent business up for grabs? Will we see a bitcoin first online retailer flip Amazon? Or will Amazon embrace Bitcoin in time? Or is Bitcoin inherently decentralized so we will see a bifurcation of the permissioned, KYC CBDC markets and the open, decentralized, free Bitcoin markets?
What are the options to get into Bitcoin as a career?
Entrepreneurship
Programming/ Development
Education
Building on top of bitcoin
Making a bitcoin first disrupter in a non bitcoin field.
Or… stay in your fiat job, rise to the top, and use your influence to bring your fiat company to Bitcoin?
Does the Bitcoin price play a factor. Can reaching a certain price point turn into fuck you money.
Risks of being all-in on Bitcoin. Risks of not being all in?
From a selfish point of view, is it better to earn maximum amount of fiat and convert that the KYC free sats DCA and just HODL?
Do you make yourself a bigger target from potential government crackdown by being a professional bitcoiner?
Choosing to build a career as a nym.
Is the power of Bitcoin that is compels us to action? How much free will do we even have to make this decision? Is the meme of Bitcoin working within us to make our ever increasing commitment to Bitcoin’s success irresistible?
For those on the sidelines, do you risk being left behind as industries and social structures are subverted, disrupted and upended by Bitcoin?
If this is going to be as big as we think it is, could it be the opportunity of a millenia to build the next titans of industry on this new open monetary standard?
Does Bitcoin have more real building than other projects?
vs Ethereum. Is there anything that is not a scam being built?
Bitcoin examples of people escaping the fiat mines.
Podcasters
Devs
Venture funds. Ten31
Media. Bitcoin magazine.
Working for a Bitcoin company vs making your own company.
How much should we care about 401ks and other legacy financial system schemes?
How much should we care about banking? Should we even accept payments from the legacy financial system.
Bitcoin first/ only examples: Samourai.
Going all in / full time vs building a business part time.
Is it possible to be a part time professional Bitcoiner?
Other advantages of opting out of the matrix
Privacy
Tax efficiency
Work life balance
Convincing non Bitcoin family members
Hiring staff. Bitcoiners only?
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In this episode Andy interviews Tomas an RSK ambassador
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Intro
Welcome to the Citadel Builders podcast. This show revolves around discussions with pleb builders actively looking to create and develop circular economies, advance the use of Bitcoin for long term savings and day-to-day transactions. We aim to raise awareness of the dangers of ever-encroaching government and corporate surveillance, showing people how to take practical steps to increase their privacy and sovereignty. In so doing we aim to add our voices to those fighting to reduce the corruption made possible by fiat money and its destructive consequences. Block by block we build and participate in a circular bitcoin economy of free and sovereign individuals.
This show is hosted by we 3 gentlemen. The ever pessimistic, Doomer Dash. The overly contemplative, meta Mike. And me, the always affable and amicable Andy.
Value for value plug
1,000 sats
Japan segment: Dash
Record budget due to increased social security and defense spending 2: JPY stable coin and CBDC update 3: Update on masks
Builder segment:
Tunnel Sats
Tunnel Sats provides scripts for lightning nodes enabling hybrid mode (Clearnet & Tor) and offers paid VPN servers on various continents for fixed terms. Our secured and LN-only configured VPNs support port-forwarding to connect with other lightning nodes.
The lightning network functions in rapid growing speed as infrastructure for payments across the globe between merchants, creators, consumers, institutions and investors alike. Hence the key pillars of sustained growth are their nodes, by providing reliable, liquid, discoverable, trustless and fast connection points between those parties. For fast communication establishing clearnet connections between nodes is inevitable.
The effort of creating a valuable “clearnet over VPN” node is quite high and intense because it touches several disciplines not every node runner is comfortable with. Required knowledge of the command line, firewall handling, network details, trust in and choosing of a suitable VPN provider that offers all the features we need and cares about privacy and security and, of course, the configuration of the lightning node itself makes it easy to just “leave it as is”. Therefore we came to the conclusion that this process has to be simplified a lot.
Why should youuse this service?
Providing Lightning ⚡ Services is about privacy, reliability, connectivity, speed and liquidity. Relying your node connectivity to a single service Tor is a risk regarding connectivity and network stability, as anyone running a lightning node can testify. With Hybrid1 connectivity, you offer your payment and routing services to be faster, more reliable, and yet, there is a privacy concern when you do it with your home-IP: you both expose your rough location of your node, potentially your home and your node’s system to attacks from the internet. With our solution Tunnel Sats, you get the best of both worlds. Your node and home IP stays hidden, behind Tor and our VPS public IP address, which will be your node’s face to the public internet, is shared with other peers. You may see higher reliability causing not only higher uptime, fewer offline peer nodes but also greater routing numbers. This isn’t a promise, but an eventually expected outcome.
You also provide better user experience for customers actually using lightning as a payment system, which you could argue is the largest benefit.
Find them on Twitter @tunnelsats or their main site tunnelsats.com
Main topic: reading and commenting on Yarvin Bitvana or the bitcaust
Outro:
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In this episode Andy interviews Adam and Cole from Coinos.io
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You can find our guests at on Twitter @coinoswallet and their main site coinos.io Find a full list of their info at Linktr.ee/coinos.io
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In this episode Dash interviews Gabriel Custodiet, founder of Watchman Privacy.
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You can find our guest at on Twitter @WatchmanPrivacy and the site https://watchmanprivacy.com/
Pick up Gabriel’s book The Watchman Guide to privacy on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PX7KFS2/
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Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the Tokyo citadel.
Intro
This show is hosted by we 3 gentlemen. The ever pessimistic, Doomer Dash. The overly contemplative, meta Mike. And me, the always affable and amicable Andy.
Value for value plug
1,000 sats
Japan segment: Dash
1: Japanese can no longer afford to go overseas?
> Outbound travel numbers stuck at 30% of pre covid as passport holders drop to 17% of population.
2: Foreigners living in Japan reaches record 3million.
> Half from China, Vietnam, Korea. 2.5% of population foreign born. Compares ot 17% UK, 14% US.
3: Fintech services offering banking for foreigners in Japan
4: Government/ corporate push to normalize wage payments to fintech apps such as PayPay.
Builder segment: Geyser fund
Mission statement
Play a part in world-changing ideas by contributing to them and launching them on Geyser!
What is Geyser
# Transform your Bitcoin ideas into real-life projects, Through the support of your community.
Geyser is a lightning-native crowdfunding platform that makes it easy for online creators to launch their projects, engage their global community and monetize.
Why use Geyser?
1. **Borderless**: anyone anywhere can crowdfund their projects.
2. **Easy to use**: making it easy for anyone to setup without ever having owned a wallet.
3. **Engaging**: post entries that let’s you update and engage your contributors.
4. **Censorship-resistant:** owners of the campaign are given the means to own their funds.
5. **Interoperable**: fund from any wallets to news to podcast apps.
Who has custody of the funds?**
Geyser is non-custodial crowdfunding platform. We help creators to connect their nodes and take no ownership of the funds:
Creators who connect with their `node` have full control of their funds.
Creators who connect with their `lightning address` may be running a node or may be using their custodial lightning wallets. In this latter case Geyser solely provides the infrastructure for routing payments and the lightning wallet is the custodian.
geyser.fund
@geyserfund
Main topic: reading and commenting on Yarvin Bitvana or the bitcaust
Pick up at “the road to bitvana”
Outro:
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Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the tokyo citadel.
RS Christopher info:
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- Nostr @isbitcointrue
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- Intro
- Japan segment:
Demographics. New births drop below 800k.
Rising costs–consumer goods and power. Young Japanese leaving Japan?
Prediction on masks following 3/13 - Builder segment: Nunchuck
Nunchuck.io
Twitter @nunchuck_io - Main topic: Mike Citadel Politics part 4
El Salvdaor & Bukele
Bitcoin City
BRICS and bitcoin as an international currency
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Intro:
Questions:
Outro:
Links for the show notes:
https://github.com/diba-io/carbonado
https://www.linkedin.com/in/huntertrujillo
https://twitter.com/cryptoquick?s=20
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Intro:
Japan segment: Dash
-JCB now using mynumber for their cbdc experiment
Builder segment: Andy Robosats
-RoboSats is an easy way to privately exchange Bitcoin for national currencies. It simplifies the peer-to-peer experience and utilizes the lightning network to hold invoices while minimizing custody and trust requirements.
Twitter, telegram, GitHub
Main topic: Mike Citadel Politics part 3:
-Left Wing politics and the Bitcoin Citadel
Outro:
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Intro:
Questions:
1) Tell me a little about yourself
2) How did you get into bitcoin
3) Why do you think bitcoin is important for you personally and for your country, Namibia
4) What is the most exciting thing going on in bitcoin currently?
5) What are the biggest challenges facing bitcoin?
5) What are you working on in bitcoin that you would like to highlight ?
- Okin trading enterprises
- Easy sats
- #EasySats is a department of OKIN.Ent that deals with the mission of bringing ₿itcoin to the Masses by making it more accessible to the everyday labourer & vendor by providing them with Azteco ₿itcoin Voucher Codes which are redeemable for ₿itcoin at low amounts.
- Tpok bitcoin education
- A curated collection of links & resources to help you get started on, or to further elevate, your ₿itcoin Journey.
- Bitcoin mining Namibia
- We import Brand New & 2nd Hand ₿itcoin Miners directly from our suppliers in China for clients in Namibia as well as other African Countries.
- With BTC Mining Namibia, we strive to have a ₿itcoin Miner in every Household, School, Farm, Municipality, Corporate & Non-Profit Entity throughout Namibia.
7) Do you like the idea of bitcoin citadels?
8) Will bitcoin citadels emerge in Namibia?
9) What should bitcoiners know about the emerging bitcoin economy in your area?
10) Final thoughts
Outro:
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Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the Tokyo citadel.
-Japanese govt loosens visa restrictions and PR criteria to attract highly skilled professionals as young Japanese increasingly move overseas to find better pay.
-In an example of government newspeak being used for the good Japan renames and reclassifies covid.
-Record trade deficit recorded in January as the JPY slides to 134 to the USD.
-Wavlake: A bitcoin value for value Spotify for new and independent artists
-Right Wing politics and the Bitcoin Citadel
-Find us on Twitter/nostr @tokyocitadel
-Online tokyocitadel.com
-Support us on fountain app with a 1,000 sat boost
-Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the tokyo citadel.
Tell me a little about yourself
How did you get into bitcoin
Why do you think bitcoin is important?
What are your thoughts on bitcoin use and adoption in Japan?
What is most exciting in bitcoin currently?
What are you working on in bitcoin?
How should we be developing the bitcoin economy in japan? Around the world?
Final thoughts
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You can find our guest at @jairunet on Twitter and his full list at linktr.ee/jairunet
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Political dialectics:
For each: what do we support, if any, and does being a bitcoiner demand a particular opinion on the matter?
-libertarian/ancap vs. statist
-monarchy vs. democracy
-localism vs. globalism
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Interview: Bitcoin Island Philippines
Contact Bitcoin Island on Twitter: @BitcoinIslandPH
Attend the Bitcoin Island Retreat March 27th-29th https://pouch.ph/retreat2023
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Inflation, Deflation, Population
Diamond Hands is the largest Bitcoin and Lightning community in Japan. Diamond Hands is a shared brand in the Lightning ecosystem to unite users, developers and enterprises.
What is privacy?
Privacy in Japan
What is privacy on bitcoin?
Is privacy just for hackers or can normal people make meaningful improvements to privacy?
What role will bitcoin have in preserving privacy going forward?
Bitcoin is a public ledger. So should privacy be an expectation in the bitcoin citadel?
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Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the tokyo citadel.
- Intro: Welcome to the first recording of the Citadel Builders podcast. This show will revolve around Discussions with pleb builders actively looking to build a bitcoin circular economy and bitcoin citadel. Advance the use of Bitcoin/LN for day-to-day transactions and for long term savings, reducing the corruption made possible by fiat money and its destructive consequences. And hopefully we can tie this all in to raise awareness of the dangers of ever-encroaching government and corporate surveillance and talk about practical steps people can take to increase their privacy and sovereignty, which must ultimately culminate in building and participating in a circular economy of free and sovereign individuals.
- Builders segment: Btcmap.org
- Japan segment: Kraken exchange leaving Japan
- Main topic: What is a bitcoin citadel?
- What is a bitcoin citadel?
- Does the idea make sense?
- Is the citadel concept based or cringe?
- Can a citadel be built in general?
- What would a bitcoin citadel potentially look like?
- What citadels currently exist?
- Could a citadel be built in tokyo?