When you look at btcmap.org, it seems very empty for Singapore… And yet! I attended a Bitcoin run last night. 25min run around Fort Canning in the evening heat, followed by a food court meal and a good chat. Organised by @mrdgw

Meetup

Bitcoin Runners Singapore - Fort Canning Park, Thu, Jan 8, 2026, 7:00 PM | Meetup

**DISCLAIMER: NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE** Casual run of about 3.5km - 4km. Route can be lengthen if group is small. We will meet 7:00pm at BK eating hou...

@mrdgw started this meetup 6 months ago with education in mind and it takes place consistently every week. Anyone wanting to learn more about Bitcoin is welcome to join.

Christmas gifts ideas…

Heatbit Canvas – Wall-Mounted Crypto Heater

Learn about Heatbit Canvas, a wall-mounted crypto heater that mines Bitcoin while heating your space.

I don't care about liquid glass. I just want to be able to manage several desktops, with distinct windows on each one of them, so that I can structure my work. Also I want the ability to give a name to each desktop (e.g. browsing, work, ai chats, ...) Just like with Unix Solaris in the 1990's.

@Joe Nakamoto and @Francis Mars shopping at the market in Caldas da Ranha

Bitcoin Ekasi is in Mossel Bay, South Africa, just opposite a wonderful surfing beach https://maps.app.goo.gl/zrWp2PpLweAABfBc9?g_st=ipc

Visited @Tokyo Bitcoin Base for the 2nd time this year. Thanks @seiitiarata for taking me around. Now you can find a shop selling T-shirts, coffee mugs and hardware wallets.

I've just started a new Umbrel node (the actual box). The experience is incredibly slick compared to manually installing on my own hardware.

Seen in a Sushi restaurant in Singapore. Anyone gets the reference?

The “Blockchain” explained by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS Gallery)

The French parliament is seriously discussing mining off nuclear. Not only that but also grid stabilisation and heat reuse.

Programmation nationale et simplification normative dans le secteur économique de l’énergie (no 1522) Amendement n°547

Refreshing my Spanish

Quiz: why is John Wick still alive in Ballerina?

🇯🇵 When the Japanese borrows an English word, they use a specific alphabet dedicated to foreign words and keep the pronunciation as English as possible. 🇫🇷 When the French borrows a word from English, they keep the spelling unchanged but alter the pronunciation so that it sounds as French as possible.

This is French television and you would not have someone who says “we should separate money and state” speak for 30 minutes unless their daughter was almost kidnapped. You can tell the journalists/commentators are in a state of panic, just like in ‘Atlas Shrugged’ whenever one of the Washington policy makers talk to industrialist Hank Rearden.

Visited the facinating currency museum of the Bank of Japan in Tokyo. Unfortunately you’re not allowed to take pictures during the visit. But the audio guide is here: https://mguide.jp/2/kahei01?lang=en#/ Very cool-looking oval-shaped coins (oban) during the shogunate and progressive reduction of gold content from 18g in 1601 to 2g in 1869. [audio 20] Money printing during the civil war following the transition to the Meiji period, leading to inflation. [audio 44] Introduction of the yen in gold coins (the 20-yen gold coin looked awesome, straight out of John Wick). Introduction of a gold standard in 1897, abandoned in 1931. [audio 52] Examples of hyperinflations [audio 55]: “Historically, hyperinflations emerged when a central bank lent too much money to the government or governmental institutions”

Don’t go through Tokyo without paying a visit to Tokyo Bitcoin Base near Yotsuya station.

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An entire building dedicated to Bitcoin education in Japan. A fantastic place to organise meet-ups!

Dubai travel tip: If stuck in the airport between 2 planes, get out, order an uber and go chill in Creek Harbour (20min from the airport). Then have dinner/coffee/breakfast in front of a marina with the Burj Khalifa in the distance.

It’s interesting that it blends a mining chip with a simple coil. So you have the flexibility to crank-up the heat when it’s really cold. My flat is well insulated so I dont need to do this. It stays in ‘eco’ mode where it only heats from the mining chip.

1.5 years after the pre-order, the heatbit has arrived at last. Good news: it works just fine.

Morning is the best