Hello! This is your Satlantis ambassador for Chiang Mai. As an American living here since 2019, I've settled in to life in Northern Thailand for the long haul. For those of you planning to visit (or live in!) Chiang Mai, here is my "starter kit" of the best cafes, restaurants, massage spots and more I've discovered over my time spent exploring this beautiful land. I will be transferring this list over to Satlantis, but for immediate value, here’s the list on Google Maps.

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The image includes far more locations I've saved, just to give you an idea of what I've seen around the city!

GM #gm #catstr #siamstr

Today's myth about Thailand 🇹🇭 (#4) is that it's dangerous here. This is probably the most laughable myth I've heard about Thailand. I understand why it exists: I grew up in the USA 🇺🇸 and the brainwashing that "everywhere else is poor and therefore dangerous" is strong... but you are more likely to die in your local grocery store in America than literally anywhere in Thailand. Thailand is by far the safest place I've ever lived in my life. There is virtually no violent or petty crime here. Imagine if the entire world was your living room - that's what it feels like to go anywhere in this country. Don't sleep on Thailand 🇹🇭

Today's myth about Thailand 🇹🇭 (#3) is that there's no #Bitcoin  community here. After 5 years in Thailand, I'm discovering that Bitcoin runs deep here. There are Bitcoiners everywhere, they're just low key about it! The Bitcoin scene among Thais is large and growing fast. The Bitcoin Standard is now the #2 book at Naiin, a major bookstore in Thailand. There's a 4,000 person Discord server in Thai language dedicated to all things #Bitcoin , and the educational company @Right Shift has 30k YouTube followers and runs a global Bitcoin conference in Bangkok: v2 coming in September 2024. Also, check out the #siamstr community 😉 Bitcoin physical spaces and meetups like @Deactivated account by PlebPiccoloJr (you on Nostr?) and @Bitcoin Butler & Skater , Bitcoin Learning Center by @Jimmy Kostro in Chiang Mai and @Bitcoin-Powerhouse in Phuket are also growing across the country. Don't sleep on Thailand 🇹🇭

When I was at @BTC Prague I heard a lot of myths about Thailand 🇹🇭 After 5 years living here let me clear them up. Here’s myth #1: Thailand is just for backpackers. Maybe this was true 20 years ago, but it couldn’t be further from the truth today. Yes, Thailand has a low cost of living. But it also has incredibly high quality and high value services. For instance, I can get a Thai massage at a local shop for $6/hour. Or I can go to one of the many high end spas in Chiang Mai and get the service, amenities and surroundings of a 5-star hotel for $30/hour. I can eat a local meal for $2, or a Michelin-star fine dining meal for $100. Beers in a local bar for $2 a pop, glitzy rooftop cocktails for $10. These are all accessible within Thailand, matched with service that’s way above and beyond for the price you’re paying. You can definitely live a cheap life here; but you can also live one of great luxury, for good value. Don’t sleep on Thailand 🇹🇭

All was well in my life once, but it still felt like I was walking around with a rock in my shoe... If this is how your life feels - great on paper, but something missing to feed your soul - the Ride of Passage is the journey you need to take. Here's some highlights from last year's ride in Thailand. Learn more about this year's rides at the link below.

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Ride of Passage: Tours Money Can't Buy

Adventures for sovereign individuals seeking a new way to travel: raw, authentic, and on the ultimate freedom machine: a motorcycle.

This is Amsterdam #yesterday #Amsterdam

How to make your phone less addicting by putting it in black and white. Since I got asked this often at @BTC Prague , here you go!

Architecture in Prague is on another level

I just set up

X Connect

... let's see if this works on desktop first.

Centralization vs decentralization We are winning 🤠 #nostr #BTCPrague

Prague 🧡 #Prague

Had several great conversations in @BTC Prague about living in Thailand: lifestyle, family friendliness etc Likely that your perception of Thailand is very wrong 😂 My life improved massively when I moved there. If you’re curious, come find me! I’m usually at the Nostr booth.

Trying again… if you see me at @BTC Prague ask me about this and Ride of Passage!

If you’re in Prague and you see me at the conference... Ask me about this.

Where’s my durian family? #asknostr #durianstr

Over the past four years I’ve started building websites to rank in Google. The idea is to get organic traffic to your site and then generate income off that. This is my first foray into making money on my own. And I worked at it – alone – for a long while. Until I discovered the Chiang Mai SEO community – and met Matt Diggity, Kyle Roof, Karl Kangur, Charles Floate and many more who already built what I wanted to build: a real business making serious money. ‘Networking’ when I was in a 9-5 felt scummy and largely useless. I kept my head down, got my work done, and collected my salary. But when building my own thing, networking became exciting. I saw how much value could be exchanged over a simple conversation. How I could help others and be helped - in ways that would completely transform my life - over a cup of coffee. Then I started to go to conferences – first Chiang Mai SEO and then the SEO Mastery Summit in Vietnam – and met more entrepreneurs like Sacha Fournier, Jamie I.F., James Oliver, Niels Zee, Jaume Ros, Nick Rowe, Jason Mills, Gael Breton and many more. All of them incredibly ambitious. They've done the work. They've built businesses that afford them the freedom to live and work anywhere. And they are continuing to hustle. But many of us have a big problem. We are all over the place. Even though we may be one conversation away from solving the next problem, we often lack the right networks to have that conversation. Many of us wanting to push our business to the next level are in silos, stuck behind computer screens. One relationship away from a completely changed life. I want to fix that. And I want to have fun doing it. Hence, the Ride of Passage: Mastermind. What is the Ride of Passage: Mastermind? The idea behind this ride is to mix adventure and business in order to create deeper bonds between entrepreneurs and generate more creative ideas. We will do this through a five day ride in the mountains of Northern Thailand on the digital nomad’s Swiss Army knife – the 125cc automatic scooter. Each day will be structured to provide a bit of adventure and a bit of entrepreneurial problem solving: often starting the day with a thoughtful question and a quiet ride or hike through the mountains, followed by an afternoon of mastermind-style problem solving around every participant’s business. Who is the Ride of Passage: Mastermind for? This Ride of Passage is for entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses and make close connections with others on a similar path. This isn’t for the wantrapreneur, and it isn’t a party or a coworking session either. This is a time to unplug, decompress, and go high-level with your business alongside a community of similarly adventurous and ambitious entrepreneurs. If that sounds good to you, check out the Mastermind here:

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Mastermind: The adventure tour for high performers — Ride of Passage

Adventure with equally ambitious high performers through the mystical hills of Thailand as you break through plateaus and make lifelong friendships...

On my Bitcoin Tour across the USA last year, one region stuck out to me in particular. It’s a place which, honestly, I was not excited to return to. I grew up in this part of the world and I remember from a young age wanting to leave, to explore. But returning here... I began to see a new side. What this region lacks in mountains and New York minutes it more than makes up for in genuine, kind, and industrious people. It holds many untold histories and subcultures that are impossible to see from the highway. This is not “flyover country”. This is the American Heartland. Once I ran the first Ride of Passage in Thailand, I knew the American Midwest would be next. The heartland of the country holds hidden gems that fit with the vision of tours money can’t buy. It is growing into a powerhouse for technology, regenerative farming, and sovereign living – especially through the actions of Bitcoiners. The Bitcoin communities here are tight-knit and interconnected. While others larp about circular economies on Twitter, they are building them one sale at a time. What is this Ride of Passage all about? The Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour is designed to connect you to this vibrant Bitcoin community through a motorcycle adventure with Bitcoiners. Over 8 days together you’ll visit Bitcoin meetups, regenerative ranches and cultural sites throughout the Midwest. You will sample some of the cleanest beef in the nation as you ride through commodity grain fields. You will visit farmstays creating a new tourism industry around regenerative practices. You will shake the hands of Bitcoiners with grand plans to build industry and wealth in the heartland. This ride wouldn’t exist without the help of those on the ground - from @rev.hodl to Lake Satoshi, Indy Bitcoin, Columbus Bitcoin, Beef Initiative (damn I gotta find all of you on Nostr) and so many more! It also wouldn’t be happening without the legend Alan Jackson - who gives out more sats to taxi drivers and waitresses than most people will ever stack. He’s also one of the most experienced motorcyclists I know, with over 50 years of touring across 5 continents. Alan stepped up and will be leading the Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour. I can’t wait for you to get to know him. Who’s the Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour for? This Ride of Passage is for anyone seeking deeper connections to the Bitcoin community, forged through unforgettable adventures on two wheels. Limited to just 10 riders who will be personally vetted by me. Still have questions? Feel free to ask me, or anyone who was on the first Ride of Passage - Texas Slim, Satoshi Symbol, Alan, Wes, Cory, and @npub1sr7f...2ggm Will you take sovereignty into your own hands by meeting those doing it every day? 👇

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American Heartland Tour — Ride of Passage

Riding my Harley across the USA to over 30 Bitcoin meetups, I noticed a unique camaraderie among Bitcoiners. What I saw overall saddened me: decaying small towns, frustrated people, misguided anger... From the ground, I saw my former home descending in to division. Except at Bitcoin meetups. Here I found diverse individuals civilly discussed critical topics—family, health, business, philosophy—across professions and political divides (imagine that...) Lawyers speaking with construction workers, ranchers with technologists, Democrats with Republicans… Bitcoin seemed to unite people under an umbrella of hope and pragmatism, in a time where these are rare in society. I see a deeply-held belief among Bitcoiners that individual responsibility and freedom lead to the best outcomes for society. When that belief is shared, many of the topics that usually drive anger and division lose their teeth. Bitcoin meetup organizers deserve all the credit for creating spaces where this unity grows. So after my tour ended, I had to figure out how to do my part… I wanted to bring Bitcoiners together, and do it in a way that underpinned the ideas of sovereignty and freedom. For me, travel brought sovereignty. I tasted a new sense of self-determination and purpose when I moved abroad to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I tasted a new sense of freedom when I started riding motorcycles. So what better way to bond Bitcoiners than over a motorcycle trip? Thus, the Ride of Passage was born. But the Ride of Passage is far more than a motorcycle trip. What is this Ride of Passage all about? This is a tour money can’t buy. Not just because we venture to places no tourist goes, but because the entire experience is designed to bring about a change in each participant. I want you to return home with more than just photos. I want you to return home with a piece of you changed, for the better. More free, more resolute, more sovereign. The Ride of Passage is not a vacation. It is a challenge you take on knowing you will come out the other side a stronger and more open person. And, by the way, you’ll experience this transformation through riding unforgettable mountain twisties, tasting incredible local food, and learning the untold histories hiding in the hills of Northern Thailand. Treated to the best hospitality available in the world. Just ask @npub1sr7f...2ggm who embarked on his dream of traveling the world after he took a Ride of Passage. Who’s the Ride of Passage: Magical Thailand Tour for? This Ride of Passage is for anyone in search of sovereignty; mainly Bitcoiners. This is an adventure for those who value freedom, seek deeper connections, and are drawn to the unknown. Limited to just 8 riders who will be personally vetted by me. Still have questions? Feel free to ask me, or anyone who was on the first Ride of Passage, like Texas Slim. Ready to ride? 👇 Join up:

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Magical Thailand Tour — Ride of Passage

Be one of 8 Bitcoiners to explore sovereignty and freedom in the Land of Smiles.

Midjourney doing its thang