As Nietzsche once said, โAll truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.โ ๐ถโโ๏ธโจ
At the beginning of the year, I took a walk that changed everything. I met Jacob Piotrowskiโbetter known as Endo Riversโthe founder of
@BitcoinWalk. That encounter set off a chain reaction that's been reshaping my entire life.
Iโd been following blockchain technology for years but kept my distance from the crypto crazeโit always seemed like trading baseball cards. I knew Bitcoin was different, but I hadnโt fully grasped why.
When Endo invited me to join a BitcoinWalk in Edinburgh, I saw it as the perfect chance to dig deeper. The idea is straightforward yet profound: gather people, get moving, have real conversations. ๐๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐ถโโ๏ธ๐
On that walk, I met Gary Devenay, an incredible sounding board who helped me piece together what Iโd been learning. Thanks to his encouragement, I picked up ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐บ๐๐๐๐
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, and soon enough, I was attending weekly walks and devouring books like ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐ by
@allen, and discovering new layers of understanding.
A few months later, Iโm doing my part to bring people together through
@Bitcoin Works running weekly meetups ahead of opening a dedicated workspace in the New Year.
With a pre-commitment from Allen's VC firm, Axiom, to be our first business tenant and an investment application underway with
@npub1ft69...tx3v (whose annual forum I'll be attending this week), weโre focused on hitting our pre-launch occupancy targets to make it happen ๐ขโ
But itโs not just about businessโitโs about building a community where ideas and people unite to create something greater than the sum of its parts. Every conversation and every step brings us closer to realising that vision: for #bitcoin to become the "๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ถ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต-๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ข๐ด๐ฉ," as aptly put by TVP.
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Iโm Robbie, founder of
@Bitcoin Works, an Edinburgh-based private office, coworking, and event space built for Bitcoin businesses and enthusiasts.
If you believe that being surrounded by other Bitcoin-native businesses and like-minded peers can drive your success, drop me a message.
