@jack mallers what’s the reason for Strike being in over 100 countries but not Canada? Is it a regulatory hurdle? Wouldn’t be surprised 😒

We’ve held such awesome meetups at the coffee bar with amazing guests over the year, and I’m going to start recording and posting all of them going forward, for the content! Last night Seb Bunney chatted about Bitcoin & Authenticity, and how we can use Bitcoin as a spiritual tool to get us back to the things that matter in our lives. Enjoy! @npub1th5g...mnel

Me to nocoiner friends

It was pretty cool to see Mayor Ken Sim show up at the party and buy a bunch of pizzas for everyone. It’s one thing to come to meetups while on the campaign trail, but another to just show up to hang out and eat pizzas with plebs!

Great @npub1th5g...mnel Pizza party today at the cafe, looking forward to the meetup next Wednesday with Seb Bunney!

It’s more than just coffee, it’s a vibe. 🤙

Being moderately technical and usually up to date, when gen-Z friends struggle with technology, nothing brings me more joy than calling them boomers. I’m probably just grappling with getting old myself 💀

@npub1th5g...mnel meetup recording from a couple weeks ago! @Peruvian Bull Shares his thoughts on Macro, and the endgame for the dollar. I intend to record and share all of our meetups with presentations or interviews moving forward! I hope you enjoy!

I was very excited m to see Web Summit being held in Vancouver for this first time: putting our city as the meeting place for people working on revolutionary ideas. Quantum, AI, high tech manufacturing! Crypto? Blockchain? Where. Is. Bitcoin? While states sign bills into law, and 100s of companies and new business models are created as Bitcoin becomes integrated into the financial system, there seems to be a total lack of awareness of something that we understand is as big , if not bigger than AI. It’s a bit of a reality check as to how far outside the zeitgeist bitcoin actually exists in the tech world. It makes me want to rally and throw a bitcoin party during web summit to let people know that we are here, and to maybe open some minds perhaps a moment earlier than they inevitably will be.

You can just drink better coffee…

What city needs a specialty coffee cafe acting as a community hub for Bitcoiners? I have some ideas but haven’t found the next FUNK cafe yet!

One year as a cafe with a bitcoin treasury. We have accepted ~$5000 CAD in BTC payments, mostly during meetups. We’ve distributed over ~$550 CAD in BTC tips to our barista team and spent a couple hundred with other merchants. We currently hold ~$7,300CAD equivalent of BTC on our balance sheet, a growth of around 45% during that period.

We were using slack for our team chat and it was costing us $5k/year. I spun up an Amazon lightsail instance and now we run Mattermost which is basically open source slack for $140/year. Self-hosted and OSS for the win.

Okay I think I’m gonna change my account to be less of a reply guy and more about coffee and Bitcoin.

Strategic grift reserve

GN The Bear is the best series on TV right now.

Hanging out @Bitcoin Well Edmonton today cooking up ideas.