ppl shit on the bay area (and sf) all the time but the cryptography-forward anti-authoritarian resistance (cypherpunk movement) originated in berkeley/oakland. i’m always proud of that heritage. ny/la/miami could never.

bitcoin-backed ecash is free banking by the people

ecash (both cashu and fedimint) is by far what i’m most excited about flying back from bitcoin atlantis chaumium ecash failed in the 80s bc we tried to build it on top of fiat and tradfi banks. on top of bitcoin and lightning it has the potential to absolutely crush scaling bitcoin payments and user privacy View quoted note →

no book has captured the full origins of bitcoin better than ‘the genesis book’ by aaron van wirdum

speaking at the open source stage at 3pm about institutional adoption of bitcoin if you’re around!

nostr in three words: signed notes relayed

just arrived at the bitcoin atlantis venue (was jet lagged in the morning) dm me if you want to meet up! (esp if we discussed meeting up before)

just a few hours on nostr and already hooked the feeling of *using* freedom tech is exhilarating we need to get more ppl on here