Reducing Friction and Increasing Velocity builds Culture | Ep. 028

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Welcome to Local Bitcoiners, a podcast about Bitcoin meetups.
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In this episode, Reid and Rev recap the BitDev series, talk value for value, and how to increase
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interactions at your meetup.
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Welcome, Local Bitcoiners.
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Rev Hodel, back with Reid.
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And it's just the two of us on this recording, on this episode.
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and we're going to kind of be moving into a little bit.
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We're going to try and get into a rhythm here
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where we record three episodes of a theme
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and then follow that up with a recording without a guest
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with just the two of us to kind of go over that
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and just share some of our thoughts on meetups,
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meetup culture and what we've got cooking.
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And so we just wrapped up a three-episode series
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talking to various BitDevs organizers.
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We talked with Shinobi out of Chicago.
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We talked with Justin out of Minneapolis.
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And we talked with Satzi and Armin out of Boston.
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So those three BitDevs episodes were the last three episodes before this one.
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And as usual, of course, it wouldn't be a local Bitcoiners episode without a meetup adventure story.
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And so my latest meetup adventure was at my meetup, the South Bend, Indiana meetup.
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and that's at Lang Lab on the first Thursday of every month, 6.30 p.m.
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And this one, it was a little weird because we show up,
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me and another guy kind of arrived at the same time,
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and we're trying to get in and the doors are locked,
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and we're like, what the heck's going on?
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No one was really around.
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And there's a sign on the door.
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We finally see the sign.
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It says, we're closed for some event that's going on.
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They're just randomly closed.
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And so we kind of went to the patio as we normally do.
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And because the patios, you can access the patio from the parking lot.
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So we just sat in the patio of the place and hung out there kind of decide, trying to decide,
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all right, do we do we go to the gas station and just get a 12 pack of beer and just drink
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the beer on the patio?
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And if anyone else shows up, we can give them a beer.
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Or do we try and go to some look?
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We looked on BTC map to see if there was a restaurant or something we could go to and
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kind of tell everyone to just, hey, this place is closed, go over here instead.
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And by the time we got to thinking about it, we were like, man, if we do anything different
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at this point, it's too late to let anyone know that anything's going to be different.
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So we just hung out on the patio without any beers or anything.
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We just, it's fine because, you know, it's at a Bitcoin meetup.
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You got plenty to talk about.
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And sure, having a beer would be nice, but we certainly didn't miss it.
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And so then some more people came.
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And what did we really talk about most of the time?
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I mean, it's kind of this rotating wheel of all of the crazy AI vulnerabilities that are being brought up.
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How to better secure your stack.
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What are the techniques and approaches to that?
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and a lot of, you know, the big one was like,
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all right, where, how come there is no liquidity
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for no KYC Bitcoin?
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Where do you get the liquidity for this stuff?
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If you look at BISC or RoboSats or, you know,
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any of these places, if you need to buy, like,
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more than $10,000 worth of Bitcoin,
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like, you know, you sell a rental property or something,
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you got, you know, tens of thousands of dollars
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and you want to whip that right into no KYC Bitcoin,
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there is not a good place to do that very easily.
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The amount of slippage you'd get if you did that on BISC,
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I don't even know if the, first of all, if there's tens of,
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honestly, guys, I don't look at this stuff
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because I'm just doing my peer-to-peer no KYC stuff.
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I don't even look at these online exchanges.
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But what the guy was telling me was like,
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yeah, man, if I wanted to buy on BISC,
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I would very quickly eat up all of the low premium offers
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and quickly be in a 20% premiums and stuff.
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And so the slippage on the price there for no KYC is insane.
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So this suggested to me that the meetups are a good resource for at least finding some of that liquidity.
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And if you're good at it, you might be able to piece together just through your own connections enough liquidity to make something like that happen.
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But that can't happen if you aren't poking around and kind of setting the stage with a few deals here and there and, you know, just building your trust and working with people.
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So anyways, typically as I do, I brought my eggs and I had a Bitcoin miner.
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I sold the miner.
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I sold some eggs.
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I bought some jalapenos.
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I bought some vanilla extract.
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So even at the South Bend meetup, we're wheeling and dealing and we're making our trades for Bitcoin.
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And it was a great meetup, really, even though the place was closed.
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It shows you could just meet up anywhere.
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You meet up at a bench, just a pre-designated bench somewhere.
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And that's the location for the meetup.
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Reid, how about you?
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Yeah, it doesn't take much. I mean, getting a meetup location can be a real pain. But at the end of the day, as long as you guys have a quiet place where you can actually talk and have conversations, that's all you need.
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and actually one other thing that you
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since you were talking about
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like high liquidity for example
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for like some peer-to-peer trades
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you do need to be careful
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if you start getting into those higher dollar amounts
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because you're really raising the stakes on
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like you better have a lot of trust
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in this relationship
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if you're going to go try to meet somebody in person
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and try to do a huge cash trade
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Those are some of the worst stories that have happened in the $5 wrench attack scenarios.
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Somebody shows up with a ton of cash, and even if they don't have the Bitcoin or whatever, they just want the cash.
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It doesn't take much.
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So if you're looking for higher volumes peer-to-peer in person, you still have to be as careful as you can be in those scenarios.
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my let's see so I don't have a past meetup story I told my meetup story for last time last time we
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went on the hike so I've got my normally scheduled meetup this coming weekend and I almost didn't
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even realize it until I went to send out a reminder note to the group this is going to be our four
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year anniversary of our meetup so a full there you go so a full having cycle for our meetup so
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So we started September 2022, and now it's September 2026.
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So this will be our four-year, which is pretty awesome.
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We're going to roll with the roundtable format again,
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hoping to get some additional people.
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The last couple we've had, I think we've seen this before in the summertime.
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Our attendance seems to go down in the summertime.
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So we'll see if our attendance comes back up again.
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And the topic I wanted to bring up, I try to float at least one topic
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leading into the roundtable, so that way when we get there,
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we have something to talk about.
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And I'm still, all my topics are very selfish.
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They're like, I want to talk about the meetup format still
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because I just feel like,
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I guess we're going to talk about it later this episode,
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but what I want to find out is I need some participation from the group
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to find out what are things that we could be doing at the meetup
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that will make it valuable for them.
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like this roundtable thing is cool,
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but is this the highest value thing that we could be doing?
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Like, is there anything else that we could do?
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And I wanted to talk about how even just like
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from the last three episodes,
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hearing about all these bit devs,
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like their Socratic seminar formats
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are a little bit different than the type that I was running.
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And in a lot of ways, they're a lot more simple,
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but they require a little bit of participation
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on the attendee side.
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You know, they send out links to articles and stuff
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ahead of time.
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And it's, look, it's not homework.
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You don't have to read the articles, but it's like if you read the article, you're going to be able to participate in the discussion a lot more.
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And so it's like kind of encouraged that you do a little bit of reading or at least skim the things.
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And so that was going to be what I was thinking.
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I might try to propose something like that for our October meetup.
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But, you know, it's a group.
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I want to find out what the rest of the group thinks.
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So that's kind of my plan for this weekend.
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Very cool, man.
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Yeah, it's like you could do a little hybrid of the Socratic seminar
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and the roundtable format.
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And just like if people are jamming out, I mean, this happens at the Chicago BitDevs
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a lot where we get stuck on one section of that, one item on that list
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for sometimes the majority of the time.
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you know um and and when you do you know when when the bit devs do send out their their list
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for the the thing i tend to just look at what interests me the most and i look into that and
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then i come prepared to just like ask my questions or give my thoughts on that particular thing and
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if it's and i'll tell you what if it is getting stalled on one thing that i'm not particularly
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interested i'm like hey can we just when are we going to get to the other thing that i
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that I want to talk about.
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Let's move along, guys.
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Anyway, so we want to do a little recap
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of the last three BitDevs episodes, huh?
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Yeah, sure.
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I mean, I think if we're going to be trying to settle
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into this new routine here,
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I think this would be a good,
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kind of a healthy thing to do for us
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to spend a little bit of time
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and reflect back on the episodes.
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We always get that chance at the end of the episode
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to like, oh, what's your final thoughts?
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Or do you have any closing or recap statements
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or anything like that?
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And maybe this will be a chance for us to do that
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and spend a little bit more time with it.
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Especially now that we've had a little bit of time
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to see how things have settled.
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We also have heard back from the community
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and what they think of these episodes.
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So a little bit more to think about.
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So let's see.
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So the first one was episode 25,
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BitDevs are Bitcoin meetups with Shinobi.
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and so here this was coming right off on the heels of all the cold card stuff
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and so we ended up talking a lot I think about cold storage solutions
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and a lot of the different trade-offs there we talked about UTXO management
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just a lot of different kind of cold storage practices what would you think of that episode
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you know I think one of the things hearing that again now is we kind of went around in circles
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of whether you keep this key material,
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how you back it up.
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Do you make physical backups that are easily destroyable
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or do you make physical backups that are indestructible?
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Do you distribute them?
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Do you keep them in one place?
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It basically sounded like all of a sudden
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that no matter what you choose,
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it might be good for you
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and completely the wrong choice for somebody else.
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And so there's no real prescription
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that you can give to anybody
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for how to accomplish this.
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It's more about just knowing what some techniques are,
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kind of assessing broadly,
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like what are all the various options
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and things you could do,
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and then deciding for yourself how you want to proceed.
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Yeah, cold storage is personal.
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It's super personal.
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It's, you know, not everybody lives in a place
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that they can bury their seed phrase in their backyard.
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Like what if you don't have a backyard?
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Or what if it's not your backyard?
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What if you're renting and it's somebody else's backyard?
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You know, do you really want to be putting your stuff in a place that you might lose access to at some point?
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And if you want to go put it on some other place that's like hidden in the woods, like, oh man, like you better be ready to be able to go find that thing if you need to.
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And so it's super personal.
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And multi-sig makes that more challenging in a lot of ways because I think of it like you've just got a lot more secrets.
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right you've got to hide these things you know they have to be in secure locations and um
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but on the other hand you know they provide a lot more security in other ways
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and so it's just very personal like you just need to figure out what's best for you
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so after that we went to um that would be episode 26 this was the fediment socratic seminar with
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Justin from Minneapolis. This was pretty cool. I did a lot of learning in that episode. We started
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going deep on, I was kind of like, hey, let me take this, this is my opportunity to ask a whole
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bunch of nerdy questions about Fetiment. And so we learned about the role of the guardians,
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the role of the gateways, the lightning gateways, how that stuff works together.
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I was very fascinated in that episode
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about the Lightning side
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I never really understood
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it was almost just like
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they were just selling eCash tokens
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for Lightning on the side
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they just get the tokens
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and they sell them for Lightning
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they just provide their own swap service basically
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that was really fascinating
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I don't know
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what did you think about episode 26?
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well I mean
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what really stood out to me
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was that
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So there's more to, I was most interested in like the ability for these fediments to do things beyond just, you know, providing a community with a private and essentially free way to transact amongst themselves.
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and you can start to build these setups,
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especially once Frost gets involved
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for signing documents,
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signing notes on Noster
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and sort of maybe doing contracts
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and stuff like that.
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But that's, you know,
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when it comes to this permaculture thing,
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you know, there's the slow and small solutions
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and then these phases of succession.
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And so it's like, oh, wow, wow,
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you can do all this cool stuff with Fetty Mint,
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But if you started to try and build a government with your Fetty Mint at your local, you know, regional meetup group, you know, with a bunch of groups of meetups, if you don't really have a need for it and you try and force it, all of a sudden you're just going to have, there's going to be too much friction there.
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You're not going to end up really utilizing that tool.
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but yeah the Fetty Mint stuff seems like
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it's
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it's what yeah it's just one of those use
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like it's it's this is what I'm getting at is
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there's always I'm always looking for more ways to add
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utility to the Bitcoin that I have I have Bitcoin on chain right
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and so like Bitcoin on chain can sure I can
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send UTXOs around but like if I can lock those UTXOs
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up in a lightning channel. And now I have this extra utility by being able to spend with lightning.
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If I can lock those UTXOs in a Fetiment, now I have this extra utility with eCash. And I don't
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have to expose my entire stack. This doesn't have to be all of what I do, but it's a way for me to
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take the Bitcoin that I have and utilize it in ways which is advantageous to me. And so Fetiment
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is just another way to gain more utility for your Bitcoin if that kind of technique or tool is useful.
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Yeah, you know, there was one other thing that I remembered as you were talking about that episode that really struck me that I had never really thought of before about Fetty Mint is we talked in that episode, too, about how, you know, it's a big commitment.
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Like if you're going to be a key holder in one of these mints, like, look, you can do it if you're just doing it for testing or for fun times to see how things go.
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And it's just a handful of people and you know everybody. Fine. No problem.
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But if you start running a bigger service and people start depositing Bitcoin and you're handing out eCash, there's a big expectation there that you're going to do your best to stay online until you've returned all that Bitcoin.
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They've returned the eCash and you've returned the Bitcoin.
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And that is a big responsibility.
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And it can be a long-lasting thing.
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and so I think Justin was kind of encouraging
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you know if you want to do this
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try to
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commit to it and make it
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a long term thing and we talked about
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you know there are some other things that you can do
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to help try to mitigate that
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you know but in general
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the practice is try to keep it
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running for as long as possible
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yeah final thing to say on that
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once the velocity is like
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high enough amongst these
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meetups if you're doing circular
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economy stuff at your meetup
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and everyone's making 15 lightning transactions every meetup or whatever.
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Now it's like, okay, we've got enough volume here,
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enough velocity of the sats moving back and forth
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where maybe it does make sense to save on the fees,
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increase our privacy, keep all these transactions
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just within this meetup here.
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And then you can withdraw your Bitcoin from the mint at the end.
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right you don't have to stay exposed the entire time so what was the the third episode was um
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boston satsi and armin yep so satsi and armin came on um that was cool experience for me because
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it was kind of the first time we had bitcoin meet like sort of my local people um on the pod
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you know meetups that i've i guess i have been to some of these other meetups before i've been to
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let's see, the Charlotte meetup I've been to before.
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And, oh, of course, we did the grassroots episode.
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So it wouldn't be like the first time that I've had someone on where I've been to their meetup before.
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But this was a little different because it's one that I've gone to more than once.
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And I know these people from, I have a couple of different touch points of these people.
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So that was cool for me.
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And this one, too, was I came into it hoping to do some learning.
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Like we were like trying to, I was still trying to learn more about how PageOin works and like what are the trade-offs and I guess like practically, like how do you actually use this thing?
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And we had the perfect people on to do that.
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And so Armin and Sassy gave us just a great breakdown of what it is, how it works, what's its role, what's its function.
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and an honest kind of assessment about where it is at technology-wise
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and are those trade-offs worth it
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or are there things that it could be doing better?
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So I thought that was another cool episode,
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allowing us to get pretty technical here
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with some of the BitDes meetup organizers.
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Yeah, and I think the biggest takeaway
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from that pay-join discussion on that episode
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was that PayJoin might not be the privacy enhancing tool
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that it's made out to be
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because of the issues with wallet fingerprinting
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as the primary one.
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And I wish we would have had some time to dig into,
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well, if it's not the best privacy enhancing technique
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or whatever, if it's not a good tool for privacy,
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surely it's good for other things.
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And we didn't really get into that.
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But I imagine if you look into PayJoin,
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more deeply, you'll find out that there are some advantages
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with just being efficient on chain.
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If we're really trying to minimize our footprint on chain,
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PayJoin is a way to collaboratively transact.
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So you're combining many transactions into one, essentially.
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And you know what else I just remembered, too,
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we hit on that episode was Satsy is part of something
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called the Bitcoin Dev Project.
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And we talked about that for a good chunk of that episode too.
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That was very interesting for me to hear about too.
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I appreciated the fact that they were talking about devs who came in with all kinds of varying
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levels of experience, including people who are mostly just vibe coders.
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And so from my perspective because I put myself sort of in that category again I made the point on the episode that I don really like to mess around too much with the money side of the equation I will play
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around with Nostra stuff, writing scripts and doing other things, but it makes me nervous to give
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access to an AI or to a script or whatever that has access to keys that can actually send out
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stats. So I haven't really screwed around with that too much yet, but it was interesting to hear
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their perspective on that as well. So yeah, this has been the first time that we really did a
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grouping of three episodes that weren't in a particular local region, but more around a meetup
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format in general, which was a little new for us. And so I think moving forward, we're going to be
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kind of moving back into sort of trying to find some guests that are within a few hours
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of each other and focusing on regions again.
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Yeah, there's a lot of benefits to doing the regions, like the physical regions, right?
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Like meetups that are in close proximity to each other, because even we saw this where
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we were almost not introducing the meetups to each other, but we're sort of opening up
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lines of communication and floating ideas about, you know, hey, you know, we've seen
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these other regions interact in these ways.
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Maybe that's something you could consider.
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And I think we've already seen sort of some of the fruits of that, like down in the Carolinas
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region, right?
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They were starting to get together right around the time that we reached out to them, which
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was cool.
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And so there's definitely advantages to doing that. But yeah, I think there can be other lessons to be learned, too, by doing the three bit devs in a row. We get to hear about how these other types of meetups do business and give them opportunities to learn from each other, too.
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Yeah, I think we really took the opportunity to take that direction because it was like after Lake Satoshi, we did our Lake Satoshi recap and it just seemed like the vulnerabilities were being discovered technically in all of this Bitcoin related stuff.
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So it's like, all right, let's talk to some people who are focused more on the technical side of things, see if we can dig into what's really going on here.
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And I think that those three episodes really do exemplify the value of the bit devs where if you're looking for some of those technical answers, the bit devs is the place where you're probably not going to get any bullshit.
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where it's kind of hard when you're trying to dig through online
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what's real, what the true story is, how it all worked and shook out,
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and what the technical, how did this actually happen?
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When you go to the bit devs, you're probably going to get
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a pretty astute evaluation of what's going on.
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And you get to meet people, and you get to be in person,
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and it's a meetup, and it's great.
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so but tonight on this episode oh go ahead read did you want to you're yeah no i was gonna do
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just what you're doing see if we can transition because we we did have a few topics that we wanted
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to hit tonight and so um we've had a lot of value for value on the brain here um and so uh i think
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that maybe that's a good topic for us to start with uh you and i like we put together a little
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bit of a list here for tonight but um i don't know do you want to get us started with just open up
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this conversation about some of the value for value stuff we've been thinking
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about and how it ties into some of the different forms of capital and,
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and how you can try to take advantage of that.
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Yeah.
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I mean,
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Spencer over there at bull after bull,
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um,
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and,
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and Lorian,
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um,
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they often talk about this evaluation.
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Like,
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so with value for value,
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it's not necessarily just,
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um,
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sats.
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I'm trying to,
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uh,
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do the ask so that you send a boost to my podcast and I get sats.
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On Noster, for example, too, it's not just I'm going to post a meme
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and I'm looking for a huge amount of zaps because I posted this very amazing meme.
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It's about evaluating what your community has and reducing the friction
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and allowing that community to, for that value to flow,
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for what we talk about as the value chain.
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When you take one action, it triggers these reactions of value flowing
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in more than one form of capital.
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And so how do you go about evaluating your community,
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evaluating your meetup, so that way you can find where the value is
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that's not being tapped, where you have excess value,
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and utilizing that to grow, to do better,
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to build more capital,
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to make your meetup a better community asset.
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Evaluation, how do you evaluate?
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So in preparation for this episode,
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so Rev and I were talking last night
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and we had a really interesting conversation.
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It was really starting to open up
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some different ways of thinking,
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like ways I hadn't really thought about before
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when it comes to the value for value stuff.
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And like, I think we can kind of maybe,
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we do have some ways to transition this
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about how this relates to Bitcoin meetups.
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But I think a lot of the value for value stuff
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that we see out in the wild happens online.
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A lot of it with the podcasting
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and then a lot of it on Noster.
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Yeah, I'm sure there are other areas where it happens too,
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but I think those are the big areas right now
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that are seeing probably the most, I guess, velocity is sort of what you're calling it, right?
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And one of the questions I had for you last night was like, well, how do you define velocity?
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Like, is this about like, how many sats are being sent? And it's like, I think I kept getting stuck
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in the same mindset that I think a lot of people get stuck in, which is like, value for value is
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about sending money. Like, this is like a financial transaction. And I think when we started, as that
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conversation last night progressed, I think you started like illuminating to me that this is not
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like really even about the financial things. And I, you know, one of these, as you started
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saying that, and I'll give it back to you in one second, but I started realizing too, that it's just
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like, as I've started to receive more value, like now that I'm a podcaster, right. And we're getting
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all these boosts in and stuff like that. And my lightning node is like going off all the time. And
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it's like very exciting. Well, I'm finding myself, I'm sending out way more than I ever did before.
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Right. And so it's like, I'm getting in more, but I'm also pushing out a lot more too.
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And it's like, this is how like this flywheel kind of starts. And so, yeah, I mean, I think
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you did a great job explaining that. I'll kind of turn it back to you. Well, so velocity in my mind,
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when I say velocity, what I really mean is like the, the frequency and, um,
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number of different, like the number of different participants you want to, you want to maximize
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the number of participants and their frequency of interaction. And, um, once again, if you going
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back to like the Austrian economics thing, anytime somebody makes a trade or does an action, it's
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because they're feeling like they're going to get something out of that.
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On the receiving side, if you're going to offer that trade,
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you're going to get something out of it.
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If the trade happens, that means in a free market that both people won,
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and so there's more capital there than when it started.
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It seems like to me that in Noster, in podcasting, at meetups,
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these are free markets.
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They're not limited necessarily by any coercive mechanisms that would hinder the free aspect of it.
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And so in that instance, like more velocity in my mind would lead to more capital creation.
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Now, once again, like you talk about like when you receive financial capital, when you have all of a sudden you have a flow of financial capital coming in.
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Now you've got excess financial capital.
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So you're more comfortable or you have sats flow, right? You have this flow of capital. And so that means that it's easy to take to divert some of that flow out to liquidate that for other forms of capital.
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and so I guess we kind of we talked about this we kept doing all these like how can we even
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quantify this right and and so it's it's Noster of course is a great way to to start to quantify
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this podcasts are a great great way to quantify quantify this because there is data recorded there
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that we can analyze when you when you try and look at your meetup and you want to see you know
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how many times you bought something from somebody or how many times someone's chipped in or well
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00:30:15,475 --> 00:30:18,215
to evaluate the interactions at the meetup,
459
00:30:18,655 --> 00:30:19,935
it's not like that data is recorded.
460
00:30:20,315 --> 00:30:22,275
So we can't necessarily use our,
461
00:30:22,535 --> 00:30:25,055
it's all an anecdotal experience at that point,
462
00:30:25,175 --> 00:30:28,855
if we were to assess this through the meetup specifically.
463
00:30:29,455 --> 00:30:32,535
But when it comes to Noster, like we just,
464
00:30:32,835 --> 00:30:34,835
back, I remembered, we kind of were like,
465
00:30:34,895 --> 00:30:36,795
oh, don't you remember when like the,
466
00:30:37,195 --> 00:30:40,035
what was it, Noster.band was around.
467
00:30:40,035 --> 00:30:44,075
And you could see how many zaps someone had received
468
00:30:44,075 --> 00:30:45,875
versus how many zaps they'd sent.
469
00:30:46,615 --> 00:30:50,395
Well, we were like, well, is there a way we can look at this today?
470
00:30:50,815 --> 00:30:56,695
And well, it turns out that Reid has this app that he's been kind of
471
00:30:56,695 --> 00:30:59,515
plinking away at in the background called My Noster,
472
00:31:00,295 --> 00:31:02,395
which will show you some of these stats.
473
00:31:02,395 --> 00:31:08,535
Now, the caveat is we're not totally sure how completely 100% accurate
474
00:31:08,535 --> 00:31:16,395
these stats are but it gave us a picture you know um of of like when the sats are flowing in
475
00:31:16,395 --> 00:31:23,835
do more sats leave and so you could look at someone like matt odell and i forget matt odell
476
00:31:23,835 --> 00:31:31,195
it basically ended up being like any pick anybody matt odell gg reed myself um corn delorean whoever
477
00:31:31,195 --> 00:31:35,255
these these people who are talking about value for value they're zapping all the time
478
00:31:35,255 --> 00:31:40,175
you'd think that oh they're just they're getting tons of sats they must be making a killing on
479
00:31:40,175 --> 00:31:44,555
Noster in financial capital through all the sats that they're receiving through the content that
480
00:31:44,555 --> 00:31:49,495
they're producing well it turns out that actually typically uh you end up sending out
481
00:31:49,495 --> 00:31:57,535
to the tune of maybe double what you receive um in sats and so that's interesting why what what
482
00:31:57,535 --> 00:32:02,655
why would you why would anybody be doing that um someone who's producing this great content they're
483
00:32:02,655 --> 00:32:06,215
they've got great reputation, huge followings, whatever,
484
00:32:06,855 --> 00:32:10,115
but somehow they're sending out more than they're receiving.
485
00:32:11,035 --> 00:32:14,815
Well, that suggests that that flow that they're receiving
486
00:32:14,815 --> 00:32:19,095
is about transforming it into a more valuable form of capital to them
487
00:32:19,095 --> 00:32:22,075
that they might be lacking in, which might be social capital,
488
00:32:22,195 --> 00:32:24,695
might be cultural capital, so on and so forth.
489
00:32:24,835 --> 00:32:26,175
Did you want to add anything to that, Reid?
490
00:32:27,315 --> 00:32:28,875
Yeah, a couple things.
491
00:32:28,875 --> 00:32:30,975
I guess
492
00:32:30,975 --> 00:32:33,035
the nerdier thing
493
00:32:33,035 --> 00:32:35,375
and we didn't really have time to talk about this before the show
494
00:32:35,375 --> 00:32:36,715
I did look up
495
00:32:36,715 --> 00:32:37,715
I was trying to look up
496
00:32:37,715 --> 00:32:39,335
because we talked about my Noster
497
00:32:39,335 --> 00:32:41,015
which is cool
498
00:32:41,015 --> 00:32:42,975
that was kind of like my first
499
00:32:42,975 --> 00:32:46,435
I'll call it like big Noster project
500
00:32:46,435 --> 00:32:48,475
that I started with the AIs
501
00:32:48,475 --> 00:32:49,435
and
502
00:32:49,435 --> 00:32:52,835
I couldn't
503
00:32:52,835 --> 00:32:54,795
I felt like I couldn't get the shape of it right
504
00:32:54,795 --> 00:32:56,875
and so I ended up kind of
505
00:32:56,875 --> 00:32:58,375
and we started getting way more traction
506
00:32:58,375 --> 00:33:01,915
on local Bitcoiners, and we were doing lots of cool innovation stuff.
507
00:33:02,175 --> 00:33:06,315
And so that sort of caught my attention, and I sort of gave up completely,
508
00:33:06,575 --> 00:33:09,235
but haven't really been working on that other project as much.
509
00:33:09,575 --> 00:33:12,715
So rather than use that kind of off the shelf,
510
00:33:12,795 --> 00:33:14,315
which I haven't looked at in quite a while,
511
00:33:14,735 --> 00:33:18,855
that was pulling all of its stats off the Primal Indexer.
512
00:33:19,655 --> 00:33:21,915
Like the Primal Indexer gives you stats.
513
00:33:22,035 --> 00:33:23,415
Like they collect stats also.
514
00:33:24,855 --> 00:33:27,355
But I looked also, I wanted another source.
515
00:33:27,355 --> 00:33:32,335
So I looked at Noster Archives, which is a UTXO, the webmaster project.
516
00:33:33,015 --> 00:33:46,515
Their numbers were pretty significantly different, which makes me think, you know, a lot of this stuff is, it depends on what relays you hit and how much data you go back and capture and what you include and what you don't include.
517
00:33:46,735 --> 00:33:50,155
Like UTXO, for example, I think he's been doing a lot with like spam.
518
00:33:51,355 --> 00:33:54,095
And so like maybe some of these things are getting filtered out.
519
00:33:54,095 --> 00:33:59,695
I'm not exactly sure, but it does tell a little bit of a different story on Nostra Archives.
520
00:34:00,195 --> 00:34:01,875
But I think the sentiment is the same.
521
00:34:02,095 --> 00:34:05,075
Either way, all the accounts I looked up on both places,
522
00:34:05,755 --> 00:34:09,615
if you're pulling in a lot of stats, you're pushing out a ton of stats,
523
00:34:10,355 --> 00:34:16,855
regardless of if it's more or way more than what you received.
524
00:34:17,435 --> 00:34:20,855
For the most part, if you've been receiving a lot of stats on Nostra,
525
00:34:20,855 --> 00:34:24,115
you've been sending out a ton of sats on Noster also.
526
00:34:25,295 --> 00:34:30,935
And so I do, I think it's, I think as we started talking about it
527
00:34:30,935 --> 00:34:33,935
and as I started thinking about it, I think it really is,
528
00:34:34,035 --> 00:34:35,155
it's the social capital.
529
00:34:35,835 --> 00:34:40,215
It's like, you got, like, the community has been so generous to me
530
00:34:40,215 --> 00:34:42,215
to like send me all these sats.
531
00:34:42,875 --> 00:34:46,475
Like, well, if I'm going to be a good steward of this community,
532
00:34:47,235 --> 00:34:50,495
I need to also be, you guys sent me all these sats?
533
00:34:50,495 --> 00:34:53,415
Well, I need to find ways to send out all these sats too.
534
00:34:54,455 --> 00:34:58,595
And look, we don't like keep, I don't think anybody really, I mean, maybe some people keep track.
535
00:34:58,675 --> 00:35:02,595
Like if you have just like a single wallet for all your Nostra stuff and like that's it,
536
00:35:02,655 --> 00:35:06,575
you can kind of just, you can see the net net like in versus out.
537
00:35:07,415 --> 00:35:10,635
But I think a lot of people like myself, you know, we don't keep track.
538
00:35:10,755 --> 00:35:13,575
This isn't, we're not keeping score here for the most part.
539
00:35:13,935 --> 00:35:20,195
It's just like a feeling like, hey, everyone's been, you know, I talked about it a minute ago.
540
00:35:20,495 --> 00:35:22,855
everyone's been boosting my podcasts.
541
00:35:23,295 --> 00:35:24,155
Like this is so amazing.
542
00:35:24,355 --> 00:35:25,955
Like everyone's being like so generous.
543
00:35:26,315 --> 00:35:28,095
It makes me want to be generous.
544
00:35:28,675 --> 00:35:31,555
And so now I will go out and boost all these podcasts
545
00:35:31,555 --> 00:35:34,755
and all my zap amounts have gotten much bigger
546
00:35:34,755 --> 00:35:38,475
just because, I don't know, I see the stats flowing
547
00:35:38,475 --> 00:35:40,695
and I want to make sure that I'm like
548
00:35:40,695 --> 00:35:44,355
being a good member of the community.
549
00:35:44,915 --> 00:35:46,815
And so what does that even mean,
550
00:35:46,875 --> 00:35:47,855
a good member of the community?
551
00:35:47,855 --> 00:35:57,935
It means I want to build up my social capital within like this Nostra ecosystem or within the podcast space or even like an individual podcast.
552
00:35:58,115 --> 00:36:04,815
Well, now I can start interacting with the show and start to participate in the value for value system.
553
00:36:05,375 --> 00:36:06,715
And it's just a really good feeling.
554
00:36:07,255 --> 00:36:17,355
And so it's like as you start producing good content that people reward you for, it really makes you want to send a lot of that value back out, which is very interesting.
555
00:36:17,355 --> 00:36:19,115
and a little bit backwards, I think,
556
00:36:19,175 --> 00:36:20,635
than how most people think about,
557
00:36:21,375 --> 00:36:22,775
oh, the value for value,
558
00:36:22,915 --> 00:36:24,715
this is going to replace advertising
559
00:36:24,715 --> 00:36:26,995
and you're going to be able to make your career at this.
560
00:36:27,255 --> 00:36:29,935
So far, it doesn't really seem like it's played out that way.
561
00:36:31,175 --> 00:36:34,495
And so, you know, receiving sats and sending sats out,
562
00:36:34,555 --> 00:36:36,675
you got sats flow and you're moving the sats around.
563
00:36:37,515 --> 00:36:39,715
That's one way to increase velocity, right?
564
00:36:40,355 --> 00:36:43,115
So if you recognize that velocity is important,
565
00:36:43,615 --> 00:36:45,215
you don't just receive the sats
566
00:36:45,215 --> 00:36:50,215
and then remove that economic activity from the system.
567
00:36:50,835 --> 00:36:53,815
You keep that economic activity flowing,
568
00:36:53,935 --> 00:36:57,635
and sometimes you even add more to it from outside the system
569
00:36:57,635 --> 00:37:01,675
because, once again, if you're interested in building culture,
570
00:37:02,375 --> 00:37:05,655
which is the collective intellectual and experiential capital of the group,
571
00:37:06,295 --> 00:37:08,715
moving the sats around is a way for you to showcase,
572
00:37:08,715 --> 00:37:14,575
to exemplify the people that have good ideas
573
00:37:14,575 --> 00:37:16,475
and good experience, right?
574
00:37:16,595 --> 00:37:18,455
And to support them and say,
575
00:37:18,755 --> 00:37:22,275
hey, I think that your ideas that you're sharing is good.
576
00:37:22,415 --> 00:37:24,115
Your experience that you're sharing is good.
577
00:37:24,755 --> 00:37:26,455
I'm going to send you some sats
578
00:37:26,455 --> 00:37:30,175
because I'm not able to provide that information
579
00:37:30,175 --> 00:37:31,715
or experience the same way you are.
580
00:37:32,595 --> 00:37:34,455
And that's because I've been getting sats
581
00:37:34,455 --> 00:37:36,995
from the way I've been providing my information and experience.
582
00:37:36,995 --> 00:37:46,755
And so now everybody is seeing the collective of both of those, all of that information and experience. And now everybody's on the same page and that's where culture starts to form.
583
00:37:46,755 --> 00:37:55,195
and so um now if you don't have sats right and this is once again getting back to like evaluating
584
00:37:55,195 --> 00:38:02,515
your meetup because i'm sure you know as a meetup organizer you spend financial capital on your
585
00:38:02,515 --> 00:38:07,635
meetup and you don't necessarily you probably put more financial capital out when you're running the
586
00:38:07,635 --> 00:38:12,435
meetup than you receive and why do you do this once again it's because of these other forms that
587
00:38:12,435 --> 00:38:18,335
you're after. Maybe you're after better information, better access to the experiential capital of the
588
00:38:18,335 --> 00:38:24,235
group. Maybe you're after better social capital. You want to have the optionality of having
589
00:38:24,235 --> 00:38:28,875
relationships with people in your local area so that way when you need help, you've got someone
590
00:38:28,875 --> 00:38:35,115
to call to, right? And you don't just have to hire some no-name contractor to come and give you a
591
00:38:35,115 --> 00:38:42,235
hand right and so on on the internet side of things on podcasting or or interactions with
592
00:38:42,235 --> 00:38:47,235
no stir value for value if you don't have the sats to be zapping all the time well you can just
593
00:38:47,235 --> 00:38:54,495
interact comment shit like reno uh boost the podcast right with the you know just 100 sats
594
00:38:54,495 --> 00:38:58,375
just get the get that podcast out there saying like hey this was good information you should
595
00:38:58,375 --> 00:39:07,895
check it out to increase the velocity. Yeah. It makes me think, um, of course my mind goes to
596
00:39:07,895 --> 00:39:11,895
what I've been working on. And so one of the projects, and I've mentioned it on this podcast
597
00:39:11,895 --> 00:39:18,015
before, but a project that I've been working on is this only boost that's that social. And, um,
598
00:39:18,255 --> 00:39:25,155
I had it, I guess it started from this podcast from local Bitcoiners, but we've been saying for
599
00:39:25,155 --> 00:39:31,655
a long time, you know, how do you measure the most valuable episode of all time? Well, we like to use
600
00:39:31,655 --> 00:39:37,495
sats because sats are the signal. That's what we're going to use. But the reality is there's more signal
601
00:39:37,495 --> 00:39:46,055
to be had than just measuring everything by sats alone. And so I started my first cut at OnlyBoosts.
602
00:39:46,395 --> 00:39:52,575
I was ranking everything just in terms of sat totals. But then I started to realize that maybe
603
00:39:52,575 --> 00:39:58,535
there was a better way to do this. And so I kind of came out with, you can call it an algorithm if
604
00:39:58,535 --> 00:40:03,475
you want. It's like the most simple thing ever. But basically I was measuring three categories.
605
00:40:04,875 --> 00:40:11,435
Sats, the total number of sats was one category. The total number of boosts,
606
00:40:11,435 --> 00:40:17,155
like individual comments that were sent in, like individual boosts. And then the total number of
607
00:40:17,155 --> 00:40:22,615
individual people or, you know, end pubs, right? How many different end pubs are sending you
608
00:40:22,615 --> 00:40:29,095
sats? And so with those three different categories, what I did is I just ranked them all. Each,
609
00:40:29,175 --> 00:40:35,815
each category gets its own rank. So it's not like, uh, if you have, you know, 10 times the number of
610
00:40:35,815 --> 00:40:40,815
sats as the second place episode, well, that's just, you're just number one. You're not 10 times
611
00:40:40,815 --> 00:40:47,335
higher in stats. You're just, you're number one in that category. And so when you rank them all
612
00:40:47,335 --> 00:40:53,175
by category like that, and then all I did was I just added up the ranks and said lowest number is
613
00:40:53,175 --> 00:40:58,335
first place, right? So if you're in first place across all three, then you have a score of three
614
00:40:58,335 --> 00:41:05,255
and that's the lowest score you can have. And it's made for some really interesting insights
615
00:41:05,255 --> 00:41:10,675
because now you can see that the episodes with the top amount of stats are not always at the top.
616
00:41:10,815 --> 00:41:15,015
you can see that there's a lot of episodes out there that get a ton of boosts.
617
00:41:15,295 --> 00:41:16,575
And that's a real signal.
618
00:41:17,755 --> 00:41:22,355
It's real, like when you're trying to assess the value of an episode,
619
00:41:23,195 --> 00:41:24,955
sure, you can just measure it in sats.
620
00:41:25,475 --> 00:41:28,995
But there could be like a more robust way for you to be thinking about
621
00:41:28,995 --> 00:41:30,435
how to measure the value.
622
00:41:31,755 --> 00:41:34,015
And so that's something that we implemented over there.
623
00:41:34,015 --> 00:41:42,710
And maybe there some insights that can be had thinking about just other ways of like how do you measure value
624
00:41:45,130 --> 00:41:48,330
When so when you when you take this and you apply it to a meetup, right?
625
00:41:49,670 --> 00:41:53,790
So with with localbitcoiners.com, that was our way.
626
00:41:53,950 --> 00:41:59,090
We recognized right away that a lot of people wanted to be interacting with the show, boosting the show.
627
00:41:59,830 --> 00:42:02,750
But they didn't like there was friction, right?
628
00:42:02,750 --> 00:42:10,390
they didn't like the options that they had for doing so. And so we focused a lot on localbitcoiners.com
629
00:42:10,390 --> 00:42:16,110
to reduce that friction to make it easy for people to increase the velocity of their interactions.
630
00:42:17,050 --> 00:42:23,450
And I think that shows in, if you look at the stats that we have on OnlyBoost, for example,
631
00:42:23,810 --> 00:42:29,630
you can see that that website makes a huge difference in increasing the velocity of the
632
00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:35,670
interactions and then that therefore increases the it's because when you when you rank all these
633
00:42:35,670 --> 00:42:42,750
things together like the the episode that has the the highest number of sats all all of all time or
634
00:42:42,750 --> 00:42:49,510
whatever it could just be one guy one person that has huge bags that just really wants to
635
00:42:49,510 --> 00:42:54,610
send they just love that show and they're sending a lot um and does that mean that that that a
636
00:42:54,610 --> 00:42:59,070
particular show has a huge culture built up around it when it's just one person participating
637
00:42:59,070 --> 00:43:05,290
uh not maybe not not necessarily but it's much easier to tell if you see that there's a huge
638
00:43:05,290 --> 00:43:09,510
not only are there there are many people interacting but they're also putting in lots of sats
639
00:43:09,510 --> 00:43:14,710
and they're they're commenting often and um now you can start to see that there is a culture here
640
00:43:14,710 --> 00:43:20,070
because there's this constant interaction uh the velocity of the the interactions is high
641
00:43:20,070 --> 00:43:25,070
and therefore the information is exchanging the the intellectual and experiential capital is flowing
642
00:43:25,070 --> 00:43:26,490
and there's culture there.
643
00:43:28,090 --> 00:43:29,670
And so when it comes to your meetup,
644
00:43:29,790 --> 00:43:33,410
you can be a person that just attends the meetup
645
00:43:33,410 --> 00:43:35,430
and you just attend the meetup
646
00:43:35,430 --> 00:43:37,550
and maybe you want to do something,
647
00:43:37,690 --> 00:43:40,070
but there's friction for whatever it might be.
648
00:43:40,150 --> 00:43:42,250
You might be looking to do cash trades,
649
00:43:42,250 --> 00:43:46,930
but you don't know how to break the ice and say,
650
00:43:47,070 --> 00:43:48,950
hey, I've got Bitcoin that I want to sell
651
00:43:48,950 --> 00:43:50,650
or hey, I'm looking to buy some Bitcoin
652
00:43:50,650 --> 00:43:51,610
if anyone's got some.
653
00:43:51,610 --> 00:43:55,310
because there's never, it's challenging to break,
654
00:43:55,490 --> 00:43:57,370
there's that initial ice breaking moment.
655
00:43:57,930 --> 00:43:59,850
And so if you can reduce the friction to break that ice,
656
00:43:59,990 --> 00:44:03,630
now you can open up that avenue for this velocity
657
00:44:03,630 --> 00:44:04,830
to increase in that direction.
658
00:44:05,010 --> 00:44:07,230
If you want to start a circular economy, right,
659
00:44:07,890 --> 00:44:10,370
it's kind of awkward to be the first person
660
00:44:10,370 --> 00:44:11,550
to show up with something.
661
00:44:11,990 --> 00:44:14,050
And it's like, I 3D printed key chains, guys.
662
00:44:14,110 --> 00:44:15,790
Does anyone want to buy my key chains
663
00:44:15,790 --> 00:44:17,810
to jumpstart the circular economy?
664
00:44:17,890 --> 00:44:19,610
And you feel strange about that.
665
00:44:19,610 --> 00:44:30,490
And so there's friction there. How can you reduce the friction to increase the velocity so that way the culture gets built and now you start to get these exchanges happening?
666
00:44:30,490 --> 00:44:45,730
Yeah, and to tie some of the value for value, and I think this is kind of where you're going with this, which is I think maybe the next piece of this puzzle that we want to try to fit together here.
667
00:44:47,470 --> 00:44:53,070
We've made the point many times that a lot of the value for value stuff that we're talking about can be applied to meetups.
668
00:44:53,070 --> 00:44:56,110
and so I think whenever we talk value for value
669
00:44:56,110 --> 00:44:58,050
we want to also draw some parallels
670
00:44:58,050 --> 00:44:59,610
to your local Bitcoin meetup
671
00:44:59,610 --> 00:45:01,750
because at the end of the day
672
00:45:01,750 --> 00:45:02,470
a lot of these
673
00:45:02,470 --> 00:45:05,130
maybe not the exact same strategies
674
00:45:05,130 --> 00:45:08,350
however community building in general
675
00:45:08,350 --> 00:45:11,030
is a huge part of your Bitcoin meetup
676
00:45:11,030 --> 00:45:12,970
and community building
677
00:45:12,970 --> 00:45:15,130
is a huge part of value for value too
678
00:45:15,130 --> 00:45:18,350
so one thing
679
00:45:18,350 --> 00:45:20,570
we were talking before about
680
00:45:20,570 --> 00:45:22,950
assessing what is the value of
681
00:45:23,070 --> 00:45:29,230
a podcast? And is it just the sats? Is there other metrics that we can use to evaluate this?
682
00:45:30,290 --> 00:45:36,970
Now, maybe that's like a very numbers-heavy game that you can play and try to collect data for
683
00:45:36,970 --> 00:45:41,930
and come up with a quantitative measurement. Meetups are going to be a lot softer,
684
00:45:42,730 --> 00:45:49,330
but you can still think about there are ways for you to assess the value of your meetup or of your
685
00:45:49,330 --> 00:45:54,090
community. It doesn't have this, all of this stuff doesn't apply only to meetups or only to podcasts.
686
00:45:54,450 --> 00:46:01,070
It's really any community that you're trying to build. You know, how do you, you know, what,
687
00:46:01,070 --> 00:46:07,350
what, what, what is the value of, of this community asset that you're building? And,
688
00:46:07,470 --> 00:46:11,630
you know, over this, over the course of this podcast, I guess we're up to what come, this is
689
00:46:11,630 --> 00:46:17,050
episode 28. You know, we've talked to so many different meetup organizers and there's so many
690
00:46:17,050 --> 00:46:23,190
different ways that you can add value. And so you just need to think about what those are,
691
00:46:23,350 --> 00:46:27,870
whether it's, you know, whether you're providing education, or I think you ran through some of
692
00:46:27,870 --> 00:46:34,110
these, but it's like building local relationships, like in these trusted systems, peer-to-peer
693
00:46:34,110 --> 00:46:41,510
marketplaces, peer-to-peer trades, sharing skills with each other, right? We've talked before about
694
00:46:41,510 --> 00:46:45,250
the Bitcoin Community College type ideas
695
00:46:45,250 --> 00:46:46,590
where people are getting together
696
00:46:46,590 --> 00:46:48,430
and actually sharing skills with each other.
697
00:46:49,170 --> 00:46:49,770
Like these, you know,
698
00:46:49,830 --> 00:46:50,990
these are things that are hard
699
00:46:50,990 --> 00:46:52,730
to put a quantitative number on,
700
00:46:53,030 --> 00:46:54,190
but these are all things
701
00:46:54,190 --> 00:46:57,150
that are building the value of your meetup.
702
00:46:59,050 --> 00:47:03,690
And so it's to get it all started, right?
703
00:47:04,030 --> 00:47:05,430
The reason why it's not happening
704
00:47:05,430 --> 00:47:09,210
is one, because there's no attention
705
00:47:09,210 --> 00:47:10,830
being brought to the potential of it
706
00:47:10,830 --> 00:47:17,290
in the first place. But maybe you are saying like, Hey guys, you know, you can, you could do, I, I,
707
00:47:17,490 --> 00:47:23,550
I can, you can do cash trades here. You could, you could do a presentation, um, at the meetup,
708
00:47:23,670 --> 00:47:30,770
but for some reason, nobody ever takes you up on it. And so there's friction there. And so
709
00:47:30,770 --> 00:47:38,670
to reduce the friction, it's, it's not like, uh, it's not like a technical problem to solve
710
00:47:38,670 --> 00:47:45,930
a lot of times. It's a successional problem to solve where you have to kind of set the stage,
711
00:47:46,630 --> 00:47:54,050
get everybody into a certain place, and then succeed into the next phase of growth.
712
00:47:55,230 --> 00:48:00,990
You can't skip to the end necessarily where it's like, oh, no one's doing peer-to-peer trades at
713
00:48:00,990 --> 00:48:05,870
my meetup, so I'm going to make on the website a place where people can do peer-to-peer trades
714
00:48:05,870 --> 00:48:10,850
because now it's like, well, what the hell do I do?
715
00:48:10,990 --> 00:48:13,330
Like, I don't even really know what's going on here.
716
00:48:13,390 --> 00:48:14,630
I'm still not going to use this.
717
00:48:15,110 --> 00:48:18,630
It's like, sure, there's a technical solution to that to reduce friction.
718
00:48:18,990 --> 00:48:22,650
But if you don't ease people into using that solution,
719
00:48:23,210 --> 00:48:24,970
then it's still not going to be effective.
720
00:48:25,170 --> 00:48:26,470
There's still friction there.
721
00:48:27,750 --> 00:48:30,310
Yeah, a good example of this is my meetup.
722
00:48:33,270 --> 00:48:34,470
And let's see.
723
00:48:34,470 --> 00:48:40,750
So let's see, timeline, this was, I think, maybe like the April or May timeframe from earlier this year.
724
00:48:41,170 --> 00:48:54,430
You know, we had just come off a run of, after we had talked to like Augie, talking about, and some of the other Michigan meetups where there were like these thriving, oh, we talked to the Charlotte.
725
00:48:55,050 --> 00:49:00,250
They have a thriving, you know, peer-to-peer, you know, community, like marketplace community.
726
00:49:00,250 --> 00:49:05,110
and so I was like all right you know this is we don't really do this too much at Western Mass
727
00:49:05,110 --> 00:49:09,270
Bitcoin like let's make this a thing and started to roll it out and I was like the first thing I'm
728
00:49:09,270 --> 00:49:13,990
going to do is like just like you said I'm going to implement like a software solution on our
729
00:49:13,990 --> 00:49:18,790
website and that way oh man this is going to we're going to be able to open up all kinds of stuff
730
00:49:18,790 --> 00:49:24,910
it's going to be great and the reality is like boots on the ground like the practical situation is
731
00:49:24,910 --> 00:49:28,090
we didn't have a culture that was ready for that tool.
732
00:49:29,210 --> 00:49:32,290
There wasn't a demand for, no one was saying,
733
00:49:32,550 --> 00:49:35,930
we have so much volume that we need a website to help us stay organized.
734
00:49:36,710 --> 00:49:40,310
It was like, we have no volume and we need to get things started.
735
00:49:41,370 --> 00:49:46,170
And having people post stuff on a website is great
736
00:49:46,170 --> 00:49:50,890
if you already have huge volumes and everybody knows that they want stuff
737
00:49:50,890 --> 00:49:54,750
and they're having trouble keeping track because there's so much activity going on.
738
00:49:54,910 --> 00:49:57,690
but we were just not in that place at all.
739
00:49:58,470 --> 00:50:01,070
And so I think maybe the lesson for myself,
740
00:50:01,310 --> 00:50:04,230
for my meetup is jumping all the way
741
00:50:04,230 --> 00:50:07,370
to like this big grand like scheme
742
00:50:07,370 --> 00:50:10,310
to help ourselves like stay organized.
743
00:50:10,490 --> 00:50:11,950
That was probably way too much.
744
00:50:12,550 --> 00:50:13,970
And in fact, like you were saying,
745
00:50:14,150 --> 00:50:15,510
it actually increased the friction
746
00:50:15,510 --> 00:50:18,550
and maybe drove down some of the potential volume.
747
00:50:19,830 --> 00:50:21,290
And so fortunately,
748
00:50:21,590 --> 00:50:23,270
I talked about this a couple of meetups ago,
749
00:50:23,370 --> 00:50:24,790
but we do have the group chat now.
750
00:50:24,910 --> 00:50:30,970
and so uh we're gonna try to build up you know right now the group in the group chat is pretty
751
00:50:30,970 --> 00:50:36,750
small because like i said i was talking about on the other episode we really just invited it was
752
00:50:36,750 --> 00:50:42,270
kind of like the core group got an automatic sort of invite and then beyond the core group it's like
753
00:50:42,270 --> 00:50:47,570
well you're gonna have to come to the meetup because we're gonna try to keep this like these
754
00:50:47,570 --> 00:50:52,030
this is for like the active participants you know if you haven't been to the meetup in a year and a
755
00:50:52,030 --> 00:50:53,510
half like you're not in the group chat.
756
00:50:54,250 --> 00:50:56,870
Why don't you come back to a meetup and then you can jump in the group chat.
757
00:50:56,950 --> 00:50:57,430
That'd be great.
758
00:50:57,510 --> 00:50:58,410
We'd love to have you back.
759
00:50:59,510 --> 00:51:03,050
And so like I said, the next time somebody shows up, you're like, by the way, we started
760
00:51:03,050 --> 00:51:04,550
this group chat and I can jump in.
761
00:51:05,670 --> 00:51:05,990
Yeah.
762
00:51:06,070 --> 00:51:09,550
So I'm going to try to do that every time somebody else shows up who's not in the group
763
00:51:09,550 --> 00:51:11,310
chat, try to make sure that they get in there.
764
00:51:12,250 --> 00:51:17,370
And hopefully that will be a way for us to maybe bootstrap some more of this commerce
765
00:51:17,370 --> 00:51:21,230
that I think most that's kind of how most meetups start.
766
00:51:21,230 --> 00:51:23,010
that commerce situation.
767
00:51:23,430 --> 00:51:25,570
And so instead of, like you said,
768
00:51:25,970 --> 00:51:27,050
instead of just like skipping
769
00:51:27,050 --> 00:51:28,510
that whole part of the process,
770
00:51:29,110 --> 00:51:30,630
maybe we should slow it down
771
00:51:30,630 --> 00:51:32,870
and like, let's just start with the group chat.
772
00:51:33,110 --> 00:51:34,410
Hey, if you've got something you want to bring,
773
00:51:34,470 --> 00:51:35,110
just throw in the group chat.
774
00:51:35,150 --> 00:51:36,330
Hey, I'm bringing this this weekend.
775
00:51:37,150 --> 00:51:39,650
You know, if anybody wants some, let me know.
776
00:51:41,950 --> 00:51:43,430
Yeah, and I think, you know,
777
00:51:43,490 --> 00:51:44,550
as meetup organizers,
778
00:51:45,210 --> 00:51:46,050
you can, once again,
779
00:51:46,250 --> 00:51:49,050
about evaluating the community,
780
00:51:49,050 --> 00:51:51,590
evaluating what capital is available there.
781
00:51:52,190 --> 00:51:55,230
If you want to try and create incentives for people to,
782
00:51:56,290 --> 00:52:00,210
or create a culture around community-driven education,
783
00:52:00,770 --> 00:52:03,750
you might need to just tap somebody and say,
784
00:52:03,890 --> 00:52:07,010
hey, I know you are an expert in this subject.
785
00:52:08,130 --> 00:52:11,010
Could you, you know, just make a simple presentation?
786
00:52:11,190 --> 00:52:12,330
You don't even have to prepare anything.
787
00:52:12,670 --> 00:52:15,130
Just get up there and talk for 10 minutes
788
00:52:15,130 --> 00:52:17,110
about this thing that you know about
789
00:52:17,110 --> 00:52:18,550
and get the discussion started.
790
00:52:19,050 --> 00:52:24,130
And that way it creates this kind of like low stakes situation for somebody else to say,
791
00:52:24,570 --> 00:52:28,790
oh, actually next like you, and then in the group chat after that meetup, you can say,
792
00:52:28,870 --> 00:52:32,210
hey, if anybody else has anything like this, step right up.
793
00:52:32,210 --> 00:52:35,410
You know, we were looking for next month if anyone wants to do the same thing.
794
00:52:35,890 --> 00:52:41,110
And then surely I'm hopefully somebody steps up because it's like low friction, right?
795
00:52:41,170 --> 00:52:45,790
Oh, I just need to go stand up in front of everybody and kind of do a little, you know,
796
00:52:45,790 --> 00:52:51,310
five minute spiel on whatever it is that I know about and get a discussion started and answer
797
00:52:51,310 --> 00:52:56,390
some questions and kind of lead that way. And so as the, as the meetup organizer, you are kind of,
798
00:52:56,390 --> 00:53:03,210
uh, the leader in that where, you know, you can start to break the ice on reducing the friction.
799
00:53:03,210 --> 00:53:08,790
And once that ice is broken, then you see how, um, everybody starts to, to interact with that.
800
00:53:08,790 --> 00:53:11,770
and maybe it leads to,
801
00:53:12,430 --> 00:53:16,270
so in the example of circular economy stuff
802
00:53:16,270 --> 00:53:17,510
or peer-to-peer cash trades,
803
00:53:18,310 --> 00:53:19,990
you just say at the meetup,
804
00:53:20,150 --> 00:53:20,790
like, hey, does anyone,
805
00:53:21,030 --> 00:53:23,290
like you start off trying to do a trade yourself,
806
00:53:23,590 --> 00:53:25,130
anyone interested in doing a trade with me?
807
00:53:25,590 --> 00:53:26,610
And then in the group chat,
808
00:53:26,750 --> 00:53:27,990
maybe other people start to,
809
00:53:28,490 --> 00:53:29,630
then in the group chat next month,
810
00:53:29,690 --> 00:53:31,990
you're like, I'm trying to line up a trade for this month,
811
00:53:32,050 --> 00:53:32,590
anyone interested?
812
00:53:32,950 --> 00:53:34,350
And maybe somebody else will pipe in,
813
00:53:34,430 --> 00:53:36,050
oh, I'm interested in doing a trade too.
814
00:53:36,450 --> 00:53:37,410
And then before you know it,
815
00:53:37,430 --> 00:53:38,570
you've got so many trades
816
00:53:38,570 --> 00:53:40,750
going on in the group chat, like Reid's saying,
817
00:53:40,890 --> 00:53:41,790
that it gets confusing.
818
00:53:42,230 --> 00:53:44,110
And that's where you have to find the technical solution
819
00:53:44,110 --> 00:53:46,130
to organize and reduce.
820
00:53:46,350 --> 00:53:49,590
Now there's friction in the group chat for doing trades, right?
821
00:53:50,010 --> 00:53:51,930
So now we need to reduce friction again.
822
00:53:52,070 --> 00:53:53,870
And this is the path of succession, right?
823
00:53:53,870 --> 00:53:55,270
You start off with nothing.
824
00:53:55,570 --> 00:53:57,150
You start with something simple.
825
00:53:57,770 --> 00:53:59,710
That simple thing grows into the point
826
00:53:59,710 --> 00:54:01,050
where there's now friction again.
827
00:54:01,770 --> 00:54:03,790
And you find a way to reduce the friction
828
00:54:03,790 --> 00:54:05,750
as the system grows and matures
829
00:54:05,750 --> 00:54:08,890
into the next phase of succession,
830
00:54:09,410 --> 00:54:12,790
leading into wherever it's going to just be comfortable
831
00:54:12,790 --> 00:54:14,530
and working good, humming along.
832
00:54:16,890 --> 00:54:18,470
Yeah, I'm hoping that we can get there.
833
00:54:20,090 --> 00:54:23,750
I'm hoping that we can take some lessons
834
00:54:23,750 --> 00:54:28,550
out of a lot of the things we've talked about in this podcast.
835
00:54:28,550 --> 00:54:35,870
and I think building up slow is completely fine,
836
00:54:36,190 --> 00:54:38,370
especially if that's what your community needs.
837
00:54:38,950 --> 00:54:40,970
And so I think that's what we're just going to keep.
838
00:54:42,530 --> 00:54:44,550
I'll just kind of keep coming to the meetups
839
00:54:44,550 --> 00:54:45,570
and reminding people.
840
00:54:46,110 --> 00:54:48,150
And if when I personally have stuff
841
00:54:48,150 --> 00:54:49,550
that I want to bring to sell,
842
00:54:49,730 --> 00:54:52,030
just like letting people know that it's going to be there
843
00:54:52,030 --> 00:54:55,770
and trying to facilitate things that way.
844
00:54:55,770 --> 00:55:00,170
we also talked about something that's coming to mind for me now because
845
00:55:00,170 --> 00:55:07,690
I have a little bit of extra cash on hand that I sure would love to flip into some no kosc sats
846
00:55:07,690 --> 00:55:15,010
at the at the next meetup and so maybe this will be a good opportunity for me also to to try to find
847
00:55:15,010 --> 00:55:21,770
the like we can play a little game at the meetup almost like almost like an auction and see if we
848
00:55:21,770 --> 00:55:28,170
can find what is the market price of Bitcoin, no KYC sats at my meetup, you know, start the bidding
849
00:55:28,170 --> 00:55:35,070
at a 0% premium and then just go up from there. Be like, okay, no takers at 0% premium. Okay.
850
00:55:35,390 --> 00:55:41,790
How about a 5% premium? Still no takers. Okay. How about a 10% premium? Like, what's it going to
851
00:55:41,790 --> 00:55:47,930
take? I got a hundred bucks here. Let's see what it's going to take for you guys to, to, you know,
852
00:55:47,930 --> 00:55:53,770
to make this happen. So I don't know, maybe that'll get people excited. Maybe it'll just open up the,
853
00:55:53,870 --> 00:55:58,370
um, some people's ideas about how we can, how we can move forward. I don't know.
854
00:55:59,130 --> 00:56:02,210
Yeah. And I like the way you've presented that in the past of saying like, okay,
855
00:56:02,210 --> 00:56:08,770
the price today is 80 K or whatever. Um, does anyone want to buy my a hundred bucks at 80 K?
856
00:56:08,770 --> 00:56:15,670
No. Does anyone want to buy it? 90 K? No. A hundred K? No. A hundred 50 K? Hell yeah.
857
00:56:15,670 --> 00:56:16,630
I'll take that.
858
00:56:16,810 --> 00:56:16,890
Right.
859
00:56:17,530 --> 00:56:20,630
Eventually you're going to get to a point where somebody is going to be willing to do it.
860
00:56:21,150 --> 00:56:22,190
It's like half price.
861
00:56:22,330 --> 00:56:26,170
I'll take your hundred bucks cash and I'll give you half the Bitcoin worth.
862
00:56:26,410 --> 00:56:27,170
You know, yeah, sure.
863
00:56:28,050 --> 00:56:28,190
All right.
864
00:56:28,190 --> 00:56:42,190
And so you find, yeah, that's just one of those ice breaking types of techniques where, you know, you could call it a subsidy in some ways.
865
00:56:42,570 --> 00:56:44,490
But like, I don't know.
866
00:56:44,490 --> 00:56:46,110
Maybe that's the wrong word for it.
867
00:56:46,110 --> 00:56:48,950
I think it's a better—you've phrased this before.
868
00:56:49,370 --> 00:56:51,030
It's—what do you call it?
869
00:56:51,070 --> 00:56:59,330
It's like the local price of Bitcoin is different than the average price across all these global exchanges.
870
00:56:59,650 --> 00:57:02,810
You're going to have to find the value of Bitcoin in your local area.
871
00:57:03,950 --> 00:57:13,990
Because it's a very specific—it's not just logging into an exchange and connecting your bank account and doing this full KYC transaction.
872
00:57:14,490 --> 00:57:17,210
like this is a whole different type of experience.
873
00:57:17,890 --> 00:57:20,210
And so the whole different type of experience,
874
00:57:20,490 --> 00:57:22,830
well, you know, maybe people value that
875
00:57:22,830 --> 00:57:23,890
either more or less,
876
00:57:23,970 --> 00:57:25,670
depending on what side of the trade that they're on.
877
00:57:26,270 --> 00:57:28,110
And so it's hard to put a number on that.
878
00:57:28,910 --> 00:57:30,690
And so let's, that's what I'm saying.
879
00:57:30,790 --> 00:57:32,390
Like if we can introduce a game
880
00:57:32,390 --> 00:57:34,370
to help try to figure out what that number is,
881
00:57:34,550 --> 00:57:36,970
I don't know, it'd be kind of a cool learning exercise
882
00:57:36,970 --> 00:57:37,630
for the group.
883
00:57:38,770 --> 00:57:40,750
Yeah, and these icebreaker type techniques,
884
00:57:40,750 --> 00:57:44,030
like maybe there's one person
885
00:57:44,030 --> 00:57:47,250
who really wants education at the meetup.
886
00:57:47,290 --> 00:57:47,910
And they keep saying,
887
00:57:48,010 --> 00:57:49,590
hey, it would be really cool to have presentations.
888
00:57:50,250 --> 00:57:53,270
And so you try and create the lowest friction way,
889
00:57:53,570 --> 00:57:56,490
the easiest first step to create education.
890
00:57:56,990 --> 00:57:59,450
And it happens and then it just kind of peters out.
891
00:57:59,770 --> 00:58:04,030
So maybe that evaluation of the community is like,
892
00:58:04,030 --> 00:58:08,610
okay, that's not what ultimately the community wants.
893
00:58:08,690 --> 00:58:10,750
It's just that one person and we tried it.
894
00:58:11,310 --> 00:58:13,350
And so you start kind of feeling around
895
00:58:13,350 --> 00:58:16,610
for where things really start to click and hum
896
00:58:16,610 --> 00:58:19,330
with what your meetup has going on.
897
00:58:20,690 --> 00:58:24,170
Some meetups have high circular economy stuff.
898
00:58:24,450 --> 00:58:26,310
Some have high education stuff.
899
00:58:26,910 --> 00:58:29,010
I'll tell you, you know, the South Bend meetup
900
00:58:29,010 --> 00:58:33,770
is not necessarily an educationally focused meetup
901
00:58:33,770 --> 00:58:37,170
where if you're a Bitcoin curious person,
902
00:58:37,910 --> 00:58:39,990
sure, you're going to get some information there,
903
00:58:40,090 --> 00:58:42,130
but you're not going to like learn about
904
00:58:42,130 --> 00:58:47,010
any particular wallet or service or technique or anything like that at the meetup you're going to
905
00:58:47,010 --> 00:58:52,810
get sort of an aggregate of of what people are discussing but what that meetup is really about
906
00:58:52,810 --> 00:58:57,630
is is about building relationships and and working our our deals with each other and it's a place
907
00:58:57,630 --> 00:59:05,190
where we can kind of exchange in that way and um you know you go to somewhere else like the grand
908
00:59:05,190 --> 00:59:10,590
rapids meetup there at the factory and that's a heavily educationally focused meetup where they
909
00:59:10,590 --> 00:59:12,770
You get people coming in from meetup.com.
910
00:59:12,870 --> 00:59:16,270
They heard Bitcoin two times, and this is the third time they've heard it.
911
00:59:16,370 --> 00:59:19,990
Now they get to learn about whatever presentation is going on,
912
00:59:20,030 --> 00:59:23,530
and that gets them on a path to diving deeper down the rabbit hole.
913
00:59:24,970 --> 00:59:31,210
So, yeah, all the meetups, taking the time to assess, evaluate, you know,
914
00:59:31,270 --> 00:59:34,130
where the strengths of your meetup are, what it's useful for,
915
00:59:34,130 --> 00:59:37,570
what the community is getting out of it is important,
916
00:59:37,650 --> 00:59:39,450
and not always trying to quantify it.
917
00:59:39,450 --> 00:59:45,450
and once again, tying this back into like a lot of times in the value for value, uh, ecosystem
918
00:59:45,450 --> 00:59:50,130
online, right. Where we were working with these communities in very similar ways, it becomes a lot
919
00:59:50,130 --> 00:59:55,130
about the financial capital. And like, if I'm not, if I'm not pulling financial capital here,
920
00:59:55,170 --> 01:00:01,110
if I'm not getting sats flow, then maybe I'm not having a successful thing going on, but it's not,
921
01:00:01,110 --> 01:00:06,070
that's not, that's a poor evaluation, right? You focus, maybe you're focusing too much on.
922
01:00:06,070 --> 01:00:09,010
Yeah, it's an incomplete evaluation, right?
923
01:00:11,350 --> 01:00:16,690
Yeah, there's a lot of different, you know, and we hear about this all the time, right?
924
01:00:16,690 --> 01:00:27,630
And I think that, you know, you talking about the nine forms of capital has been, I think, eye-opening for a lot of Bitcoiners.
925
01:00:28,390 --> 01:00:35,970
It's not a Bitcoin-only lesson, obviously, but it's something that I think Bitcoiners are primed to pick up on.
926
01:00:36,070 --> 01:00:42,650
because we are thinking so much about capital, you know, and we already are primed for thinking
927
01:00:42,650 --> 01:00:48,330
about capital that's different than just like a fiat monetary value on a piece of paper. We're
928
01:00:48,330 --> 01:00:52,570
already thinking about it differently. Like we use different units for things. We think about
929
01:00:52,570 --> 01:00:57,830
things in sats, not dollars. You know, we don't want, we understand that some forms of capital
930
01:00:57,830 --> 01:01:02,990
are complete garbage, right? Like stacking shit coins and stuff like that. Like this is not the
931
01:01:02,990 --> 01:01:08,470
same type of capital. And so I think that Bitcoiners are primed for this idea of these
932
01:01:08,470 --> 01:01:14,630
nine forms of capital that you can build up. And they're broad enough categories that you can kind
933
01:01:14,630 --> 01:01:21,290
of see how Bitcoin plays into this. How money, like we've always talked about, this is one of
934
01:01:21,290 --> 01:01:28,530
the core principles of Austrian economics, I think, is it makes everything flow. Because
935
01:01:28,530 --> 01:01:33,210
it's the thing that you only use to facilitate trades, right?
936
01:01:33,250 --> 01:01:34,530
It's not a consumable good.
937
01:01:35,090 --> 01:01:37,150
It's not, you can't build your house out of money.
938
01:01:37,730 --> 01:01:40,770
Like you store money up so you can go buy the house.
939
01:01:42,790 --> 01:01:45,970
And so, yeah, thinking about capital in all those different ways
940
01:01:45,970 --> 01:01:49,930
and then applying that to your meetup,
941
01:01:50,710 --> 01:01:53,290
you know, hopefully this will be a way that you can start thinking about,
942
01:01:53,450 --> 01:01:55,550
hey, this meetup is actually really valuable.
943
01:01:55,550 --> 01:02:01,630
maybe I'm not getting all the sats that I'm not getting sats back in comparison to how many I put
944
01:02:01,630 --> 01:02:08,270
in. But I'm still getting a lot of other things out the other side. And so I guess that's maybe
945
01:02:08,270 --> 01:02:14,110
the kind of lesson that we're that we're trying or maybe not a lesson, like just a thought exercise
946
01:02:14,110 --> 01:02:22,190
that we're sort of going through in this episode. Yeah, it's like, so money. Sure, it's it's a it's
947
01:02:22,190 --> 01:02:24,430
a way to assess financial capital.
948
01:02:24,430 --> 01:02:34,805
Like if your meetup is earning sats and you selling tickets for events and you creating incentives for the people to participate and you earning some Bitcoin
949
01:02:34,985 --> 01:02:37,765
Sure, that's financial capital that you're getting.
950
01:02:38,285 --> 01:02:41,945
But money is also the defining border of that culture, right?
951
01:02:42,025 --> 01:02:44,045
Where if you're going to the Bitcoin meetup
952
01:02:44,045 --> 01:02:45,565
and you're trying to buy stuff with dollars,
953
01:02:45,745 --> 01:02:47,225
I think a lot of times people will say,
954
01:02:47,345 --> 01:02:49,225
I'd much prefer the Bitcoin, thank you very much.
955
01:02:51,405 --> 01:02:52,945
And so it's not necessarily about,
956
01:02:52,945 --> 01:02:56,705
The Bitcoin aspect of it isn't about stacking the sats.
957
01:02:56,825 --> 01:03:01,705
It's about using that as a definition for the border of the people you're interacting with.
958
01:03:02,125 --> 01:03:11,065
Your location is another one, and the method of communication, the language and how you do it is another one.
959
01:03:15,065 --> 01:03:19,665
When you're thinking about things in terms of money, it gets kind of confusing because it's like,
960
01:03:19,665 --> 01:03:22,525
why is this money so important, but I'm not getting any of it?
961
01:03:22,945 --> 01:03:28,165
It's like, well, the money is important because it's defining the border of the culture that you're participating in.
962
01:03:28,425 --> 01:03:35,245
But you can also be earning lots of different forms of capital within that border of utilizing that money.
963
01:03:36,005 --> 01:03:42,905
All right. Well, I think those are really the big topics that we wanted to hit on.
964
01:03:44,005 --> 01:03:51,025
Did you have other things on your list that you thought were worthwhile to try to squeeze in here before we transition to the value for value section of the show?
965
01:03:51,025 --> 01:04:14,445
I mean, the biggest thing I want to reiterate is this successional approach where if you're thinking about getting started with a meetup and you're like, man, I would really love a place where I could get Bitcoin education and I could have a circular economy and I could do peer-to-peer trades and I could do all this stuff that I hear about these other meetups in the country are doing.
966
01:04:14,445 --> 01:04:22,385
well small and slow solutions and look at things as as there there are like prerequisites that need
967
01:04:22,385 --> 01:04:27,885
to be met to unlock these things to start to happen and so the first thing is just getting
968
01:04:27,885 --> 01:04:33,225
people together in the first place and seeing what's there right the mixture of those people
969
01:04:33,225 --> 01:04:39,285
that polyculture of those first core group people of your meetup will will then dictate and inform
970
01:04:39,285 --> 01:04:44,965
you about the next phase that gets unlocked, whether that be education, whether that be
971
01:04:44,965 --> 01:04:48,965
the peer-to-peer stuff. You won't know until you get those people together and see
972
01:04:48,965 --> 01:04:54,205
what they're trying to do and how they're trying to interact. This is a complex system you're
973
01:04:54,205 --> 01:05:01,805
working with here. You can't just use a formula to create some desired output. You have to just
974
01:05:01,805 --> 01:05:07,005
evaluate it and then go from that evaluation and take the next step forward. And then from that
975
01:05:07,005 --> 01:05:12,045
step, you reevaluate and you just keep reevaluating and moving on through this process of succession.
976
01:05:14,025 --> 01:05:19,845
It makes me think too of something that we used to say. It felt like we used to say it almost
977
01:05:19,845 --> 01:05:26,165
every episode. And I think that it was something we learned from Spencer on episode nine, or I
978
01:05:26,165 --> 01:05:31,745
learned from Spencer on episode nine, which is it's as Bitcoin meetup organizers, it's important
979
01:05:31,745 --> 01:05:34,505
to embrace consistency, of course.
980
01:05:34,905 --> 01:05:35,805
I think we've heard that.
981
01:05:36,445 --> 01:05:38,645
That's one of the first things I ever heard
982
01:05:38,645 --> 01:05:40,685
about being a Bitcoin meetup organizer
983
01:05:40,685 --> 01:05:42,005
is just be consistent.
984
01:05:42,305 --> 01:05:45,125
Just keep showing up same day every month.
985
01:05:45,885 --> 01:05:46,685
Do your thing.
986
01:05:48,005 --> 01:05:50,545
But he also introduced this concept of
987
01:05:50,545 --> 01:05:52,365
it's important to have variety as well.
988
01:05:53,545 --> 01:05:57,185
And so if you introduce variety
989
01:05:57,185 --> 01:05:58,605
just for variety's sake
990
01:05:58,605 --> 01:06:00,745
and you're mixing it up
991
01:06:00,745 --> 01:06:05,065
when you don't really need to or you're throwing in stuff that isn't super valuable.
992
01:06:05,485 --> 01:06:06,725
That's not super helpful.
993
01:06:07,165 --> 01:06:11,885
So just like you were saying, I think it's really important that you come together and
994
01:06:11,885 --> 01:06:13,565
you talk about some of this stuff.
995
01:06:13,965 --> 01:06:16,845
If you're the guy at the meetup, maybe you're the only guy, but whatever.
996
01:06:17,325 --> 01:06:21,825
If you're the guy at the meetup that really wants to switch to a Socratic seminar format
997
01:06:21,825 --> 01:06:25,225
and start introducing all this education, voice your opinion.
998
01:06:25,885 --> 01:06:26,565
Bring it up.
999
01:06:26,645 --> 01:06:28,885
Maybe other people in the group are like, you know, that's true.
1000
01:06:28,885 --> 01:06:29,925
That would be really great.
1001
01:06:29,925 --> 01:06:50,045
Like maybe we should try that. And then when you're looking for, oh, hey, guys, we want to mix it up for next month. We've been kind of doing the same thing for the last, you know, eight or nine months. Well, maybe this is the opportunity. Let's go try out this other format. We've got a few people here who are interested. Let's give it a try and see what people think.
1002
01:06:50,045 --> 01:06:53,065
and then now you found a way to introduce variety
1003
01:06:53,065 --> 01:06:54,805
by listening to your community
1004
01:06:54,805 --> 01:06:57,285
and trying to find out what's valuable to them
1005
01:06:57,285 --> 01:06:58,965
and providing that back.
1006
01:06:59,685 --> 01:07:02,745
And so that way, just like you opened this whole thing up
1007
01:07:02,745 --> 01:07:06,145
talking about how when two sides of a trade happen,
1008
01:07:06,405 --> 01:07:07,805
the whole thing gets more valuable
1009
01:07:07,805 --> 01:07:10,205
because people value both sides of the thing
1010
01:07:10,205 --> 01:07:11,005
a little bit differently
1011
01:07:11,005 --> 01:07:13,085
and now the trade happens and boom,
1012
01:07:13,565 --> 01:07:16,105
now both sides get the thing that they value more
1013
01:07:16,105 --> 01:07:17,725
than the thing that they parted with.
1014
01:07:17,725 --> 01:07:20,605
and so it's the same thing with meetups
1015
01:07:20,605 --> 01:07:24,005
where when you start introducing new components
1016
01:07:24,005 --> 01:07:26,645
that people in the meetup value
1017
01:07:26,645 --> 01:07:29,765
it's going to increase the overall value of the meetup
1018
01:07:29,765 --> 01:07:33,005
so yeah I don't know
1019
01:07:33,005 --> 01:07:35,585
I mean maybe this episode was a little bit
1020
01:07:35,585 --> 01:07:38,105
a little bit out there
1021
01:07:38,105 --> 01:07:40,925
but at the same time I don't know Rev and I
1022
01:07:40,925 --> 01:07:44,605
we're finding ourselves more and more mixed up in all these value for value
1023
01:07:44,605 --> 01:07:46,865
discussions and all the Bitcoin meetup discussions
1024
01:07:46,865 --> 01:07:48,865
and we've learned so much from this podcast
1025
01:07:48,865 --> 01:07:50,385
and from all of our guests
1026
01:07:50,385 --> 01:07:52,905
and from all the people who have been participating
1027
01:07:52,905 --> 01:07:54,645
in our community and boosts in the show.
1028
01:07:54,965 --> 01:07:58,745
And I don't know, it really gets our gears turning.
1029
01:08:00,025 --> 01:08:02,085
So yeah, we like to have an outlet
1030
01:08:02,085 --> 01:08:03,945
to talk about a lot of this stuff.
1031
01:08:04,025 --> 01:08:07,825
So hopefully you guys got some value out of this podcast
1032
01:08:07,825 --> 01:08:10,285
and maybe you can take some of that
1033
01:08:10,285 --> 01:08:11,365
and apply it to your meetup
1034
01:08:11,365 --> 01:08:13,005
and increase the value of your meetup.
1035
01:08:14,705 --> 01:08:15,565
What do you think, Rev?
1036
01:08:15,565 --> 01:08:19,805
have you got anything else before we switch over to the real section,
1037
01:08:19,925 --> 01:08:21,645
the value for value section of our episode,
1038
01:08:21,805 --> 01:08:23,325
if we haven't talked about it enough already?
1039
01:08:23,925 --> 01:08:26,365
Yeah, I guess another thing to reiterate on just a little bit
1040
01:08:26,365 --> 01:08:29,825
is the velocity aspect of it, right?
1041
01:08:31,345 --> 01:08:34,205
The areas in which you're, when you're evaluating it,
1042
01:08:34,205 --> 01:08:38,725
like if you're seeing high velocity in any particular aspect of your meetup,
1043
01:08:39,305 --> 01:08:42,285
that's feedback, right?
1044
01:08:42,685 --> 01:08:44,005
That's something that's working.
1045
01:08:44,005 --> 01:08:56,045
Now, can you add some variety to increase velocity in some other area by adding variety that should be a variety in a low friction way, right?
1046
01:08:58,465 --> 01:09:06,845
To add, if you end up at the meetup with velocity in all these different directions, once again, now you're really building culture.
1047
01:09:06,845 --> 01:09:11,925
and this is we're at the we're at the frontier here this is all pioneer stuff where every meetup
1048
01:09:11,925 --> 01:09:18,545
is its own subculture of bitcoin culture that's yours to develop and and make best for whatever
1049
01:09:18,545 --> 01:09:26,285
context that you're in and so trying to explore and and leverage this um i think will yield
1050
01:09:26,285 --> 01:09:32,545
just an awesome space for the people that are involved right the polyculture all of the the
1051
01:09:32,545 --> 01:09:36,485
core group that you have involved in your meetup they're going to get so much more out of it your
1052
01:09:36,485 --> 01:09:41,865
your Bitcoin meetup will become this community asset that makes it the place
1053
01:09:41,865 --> 01:09:43,765
that everyone comes to month after month,
1054
01:09:44,225 --> 01:09:45,445
week after week,
1055
01:09:45,525 --> 01:09:46,705
whatever frequency you have.
1056
01:09:47,985 --> 01:09:48,885
Let's go.
1057
01:09:49,525 --> 01:09:50,125
All right.
1058
01:09:52,025 --> 01:09:55,805
We ready to transition to our value for value section?
1059
01:09:56,225 --> 01:09:56,465
Let's,
1060
01:09:56,525 --> 01:09:57,245
let's do some,
1061
01:09:57,425 --> 01:09:59,125
let's start with some leaderboards.
1062
01:09:59,245 --> 01:09:59,345
Yeah.
1063
01:09:59,385 --> 01:09:59,685
Let's see,
1064
01:09:59,765 --> 01:10:02,245
let's see who's any shakeups that we'll find out,
1065
01:10:02,285 --> 01:10:02,745
I guess.
1066
01:10:03,745 --> 01:10:04,305
Yeah.
1067
01:10:04,445 --> 01:10:04,705
Well,
1068
01:10:04,985 --> 01:10:05,165
they're,
1069
01:10:05,165 --> 01:10:06,425
they're not really,
1070
01:10:06,485 --> 01:10:10,185
but I have a couple things that I want to throw out there
1071
01:10:10,185 --> 01:10:12,905
you know I've been using this leaderboard section
1072
01:10:12,905 --> 01:10:15,785
sure we have three leaderboards technically right
1073
01:10:15,785 --> 01:10:17,105
we've got the top episodes
1074
01:10:17,105 --> 01:10:18,845
we've got the core group
1075
01:10:18,845 --> 01:10:21,125
and then we've got the biggest boost
1076
01:10:21,125 --> 01:10:22,865
great those are our leaderboards
1077
01:10:22,865 --> 01:10:24,585
but we always take more time in this
1078
01:10:24,585 --> 01:10:27,005
we talk about lots of other stats and stuff on the website
1079
01:10:27,005 --> 01:10:29,725
so I've got a couple things lined up in addition
1080
01:10:29,725 --> 01:10:32,985
you know that I think will add a little bit of flavor
1081
01:10:32,985 --> 01:10:34,805
so let's hit the top episodes here
1082
01:10:34,805 --> 01:10:43,665
so first leaderboard this is our top episodes of all time and like we've talked about you know if
1083
01:10:43,665 --> 01:10:49,545
you're looking for what are our what what are the meetups that our community has found the most
1084
01:10:49,545 --> 01:10:55,145
valuable well one way to measure that is in sats and that's the way this leaderboard is constructed
1085
01:10:55,145 --> 01:11:02,005
and so this episode this list I think is the same as last week so we've got first on the list of
1086
01:11:02,005 --> 01:11:10,145
course episode 15 with btc wrestle privacy is sovereignty columbia south carolina and all of
1087
01:11:10,145 --> 01:11:19,325
these sats go to the samurai developers and so this episode total is up to 2 million 382 590 sats
1088
01:11:19,325 --> 01:11:28,365
which i believe is the same as last week and second place is episode two uh this would be
1089
01:11:28,365 --> 01:11:31,705
Meetups are the Ultimate Web of Trust, Jersey City, New Jersey.
1090
01:11:32,045 --> 01:11:34,005
That was with GC and James.
1091
01:11:34,665 --> 01:11:37,445
That's up to 157,030 sats.
1092
01:11:38,165 --> 01:11:40,565
Third place is episode 20.
1093
01:11:40,845 --> 01:11:45,605
That was the Chicago Bitcoin Collective episode with John, Foyce, and Brady.
1094
01:11:46,685 --> 01:11:49,785
That one's at 151,843 sats.
1095
01:11:50,465 --> 01:11:53,365
Then we've got episode 14 with SourceNode.
1096
01:11:54,005 --> 01:11:57,485
And the title of that episode was Permaculture for Bitcoin Culture
1097
01:11:57,485 --> 01:11:59,805
with SourceNode from Greenville, South Carolina.
1098
01:12:00,805 --> 01:12:04,405
And finally, rounding out our top five is Episode 9
1099
01:12:04,405 --> 01:12:09,905
with Sir Spencer Wolf of Kansas City at 101,684 stats.
1100
01:12:10,565 --> 01:12:11,945
And the title of that one is
1101
01:12:11,945 --> 01:12:15,105
Growing Slow, Build Strong Communities, KC Big Biners.
1102
01:12:16,165 --> 01:12:19,765
So before we move on, I just wanted to throw out there,
1103
01:12:19,985 --> 01:12:22,045
and this is not exactly a one-for-one,
1104
01:12:22,625 --> 01:12:24,945
but just to show you, I talked for a minute
1105
01:12:24,945 --> 01:12:28,665
about how in OnlyBoosts, we measure it with,
1106
01:12:28,785 --> 01:12:30,025
it's not just the sats.
1107
01:12:30,425 --> 01:12:31,745
We look at a bigger picture,
1108
01:12:31,925 --> 01:12:32,945
like how many boosts
1109
01:12:32,945 --> 01:12:35,225
and how many people are sending in boosts.
1110
01:12:36,305 --> 01:12:38,205
So according to OnlyBoosts,
1111
01:12:38,205 --> 01:12:40,625
which by the way, does not have all of our data.
1112
01:12:41,645 --> 01:12:43,845
All the data on localbitcoiners.com
1113
01:12:43,845 --> 01:12:44,825
is much more complete
1114
01:12:44,825 --> 01:12:46,405
because that was being built.
1115
01:12:46,805 --> 01:12:48,145
First of all, it's been being built
1116
01:12:48,145 --> 01:12:49,125
since the show started
1117
01:12:49,125 --> 01:12:51,165
and it's being built on sats
1118
01:12:51,165 --> 01:12:53,485
that actually come in to my node.
1119
01:12:53,485 --> 01:13:00,465
right so this is sats actually received only boosts is only a subsection of that it's only
1120
01:13:00,465 --> 01:13:06,205
boosts that have actually gone out to nostr and are following this nip 73 spec so a lot of our
1121
01:13:06,205 --> 01:13:11,665
early boosts like even going back to like april and may and maybe even the beginning of june
1122
01:13:11,665 --> 01:13:16,625
we were sending them out as notes but they were not following the nip 73 spec yet
1123
01:13:16,625 --> 01:13:30,385
But interestingly, if you look at our top episodes over there, measured again in those three categories, Sats, Boosts, and Boosters, it tells a little bit of a different story.
1124
01:13:31,965 --> 01:13:36,305
So three of our top five in Sats are on the list.
1125
01:13:36,305 --> 01:13:45,165
So number one is episode 20 with Chicago Bitcoin Collective, because that one had just a ton of people came out.
1126
01:13:45,165 --> 01:13:46,945
It has 27 boosts.
1127
01:13:47,425 --> 01:13:48,105
Let's see.
1128
01:13:48,405 --> 01:13:49,365
I can click on it here.
1129
01:13:51,705 --> 01:13:55,405
27 boosts and 18 boosters on episode 20.
1130
01:13:55,725 --> 01:13:57,745
So that was a huge episode for us.
1131
01:13:58,205 --> 01:13:59,925
Of course, it did bring a lot of sats.
1132
01:14:00,045 --> 01:14:01,885
It's number three on our sat total list.
1133
01:14:03,105 --> 01:14:08,165
And then second place is episode two, which is funny because it's second place also on our list.
1134
01:14:08,925 --> 01:14:14,325
And then we've got episode nine with Spencer is third place.
1135
01:14:14,325 --> 01:14:15,925
And then we've got episode one.
1136
01:14:16,305 --> 01:14:20,725
And then we've got episode 26, which is the Fetty Mint Socratic Seminar with Justin.
1137
01:14:21,665 --> 01:14:28,485
So it's a little bit of a different flavor when you start to look at it through a lens of not just Sats, but like all the interactions.
1138
01:14:30,385 --> 01:14:34,645
Well, and I think this is like another example of these phases of succession, right?
1139
01:14:34,745 --> 01:14:36,585
These leaderboards are revealing for that.
1140
01:14:36,725 --> 01:14:41,045
Because when we first got started, our community wasn't as big.
1141
01:14:41,045 --> 01:14:49,045
So the number of boosters and all that stuff, that would have been sort of almost like noise.
1142
01:14:50,465 --> 01:14:56,245
And the sats were really the key driving factor when you're just getting started, right?
1143
01:14:56,705 --> 01:15:00,745
What is the most sats that an episode can bring in?
1144
01:15:01,745 --> 01:15:07,845
But now that we have this really vibrant community of so many people interacting with the show,
1145
01:15:07,845 --> 01:15:16,985
the the signal gets different when um you quantify all of that data through these other uh metrics
1146
01:15:16,985 --> 01:15:23,065
right and so it's it's maybe maybe it's time to change up the the algo for what the top episodes
1147
01:15:23,065 --> 01:15:28,985
are on this leaderboard like we've we've succeeded like the the first iteration of the top episodes
1148
01:15:28,985 --> 01:15:34,745
leaderboard has come to fruition that's come to maturity and now the next phase of what the leader
1149
01:15:34,745 --> 01:15:37,905
the top episode leaderboard looks like now that the show has grown to where
1150
01:15:37,905 --> 01:15:40,025
it's at after what episode is this again?
1151
01:15:40,125 --> 01:15:41,125
28 or 29,
1152
01:15:41,385 --> 01:15:41,825
28,
1153
01:15:42,005 --> 01:15:42,305
uh,
1154
01:15:42,325 --> 01:15:42,825
28.
1155
01:15:43,085 --> 01:15:43,565
So yeah,
1156
01:15:43,565 --> 01:15:44,945
after 28 episodes,
1157
01:15:44,945 --> 01:15:45,845
now it's a different,
1158
01:15:46,185 --> 01:15:47,505
we're in a different realm here.
1159
01:15:48,265 --> 01:15:48,625
Um,
1160
01:15:48,845 --> 01:15:49,105
it's,
1161
01:15:49,105 --> 01:15:50,165
it's just another example,
1162
01:15:50,165 --> 01:15:50,385
right.
1163
01:15:50,405 --> 01:15:50,605
Of,
1164
01:15:50,685 --> 01:15:54,245
of these phases of succession that you can reevaluate.
1165
01:15:54,305 --> 01:15:56,645
You take the time to reevaluate what's going on.
1166
01:15:56,645 --> 01:15:57,965
You introduce variety.
1167
01:15:58,505 --> 01:15:58,825
Um,
1168
01:15:58,925 --> 01:16:00,005
and then you see,
1169
01:16:00,205 --> 01:16:00,425
uh,
1170
01:16:00,985 --> 01:16:02,925
the capital that you have in a different lens.
1171
01:16:04,745 --> 01:16:11,565
totally agree yeah we'll have to we'll talk about it yeah maybe um maybe next episode we'll come
1172
01:16:11,565 --> 01:16:17,785
back with a new structured a new structure for the uh the top episodes of all time maybe we won't
1173
01:16:17,785 --> 01:16:23,985
just use sets anymore yeah and if anybody's got ideas about that too you know you can you can
1174
01:16:23,985 --> 01:16:30,385
chime in community uh participants you know let us know what you think would be a good signal for
1175
01:16:30,385 --> 01:16:33,485
the best episodes to put on the leaderboard.
1176
01:16:35,425 --> 01:16:36,185
All right.
1177
01:16:36,585 --> 01:16:37,705
Next leaderboard.
1178
01:16:38,285 --> 01:16:39,785
Top listeners leaderboard.
1179
01:16:39,945 --> 01:16:40,565
Core group.
1180
01:16:41,205 --> 01:16:41,785
Let's go.
1181
01:16:41,885 --> 01:16:42,965
So we expanded this one.
1182
01:16:43,105 --> 01:16:45,165
We have been playing with our leaderboards here a little bit.
1183
01:16:45,405 --> 01:16:48,145
So now we include, we're back to listing top five.
1184
01:16:49,705 --> 01:16:51,665
So we've got a tie for first place
1185
01:16:51,665 --> 01:16:53,405
between Permanerd and Nosergang,
1186
01:16:53,705 --> 01:16:56,365
both perfect 27 out of 27 episodes.
1187
01:16:57,005 --> 01:16:59,225
Thank you, Permanerd and Nosergang.
1188
01:16:59,225 --> 01:17:00,105
Let's go.
1189
01:17:00,385 --> 01:17:04,065
Also on the 40 HPW charts, I've been noticing.
1190
01:17:05,145 --> 01:17:08,945
So you guys are not just prolific supporters of LocalBitcoiners,
1191
01:17:09,065 --> 01:17:12,165
but also prolific supporters of a lot of other podcasts too.
1192
01:17:12,365 --> 01:17:14,885
So we see you and we appreciate you.
1193
01:17:15,125 --> 01:17:18,145
And thank you again for listening to LocalBitcoiners
1194
01:17:18,145 --> 01:17:20,165
and supporting us for all these episodes.
1195
01:17:21,885 --> 01:17:27,925
Second place, admin Pac-Man of 2.1 million sat boost fame,
1196
01:17:27,925 --> 01:17:30,745
going straight to the samurai developers there.
1197
01:17:31,365 --> 01:17:35,965
But not only that, Admin Pac-Man also went and boosted all of our episodes.
1198
01:17:36,745 --> 01:17:40,785
So had a huge week and just got in all those different boosts.
1199
01:17:40,885 --> 01:17:44,065
So he's all the way up to 26 episodes, and he's in second place.
1200
01:17:45,125 --> 01:17:47,625
And I know we're going to talk about Admin Pac-Man again
1201
01:17:47,625 --> 01:17:50,345
when the biggest boosts come up.
1202
01:17:51,125 --> 01:17:55,945
But I mentioned when this big boost came in,
1203
01:17:56,085 --> 01:17:56,905
I kind of mentioned Dorit.
1204
01:17:56,905 --> 01:17:59,285
I was like, I kind of think I maybe know who this person is.
1205
01:18:00,205 --> 01:18:05,705
And I did some poking around, and it turns out that I do not know who this person is.
1206
01:18:06,145 --> 01:18:12,485
So, Admin Pac-Man, you are a mystery to us as far as where you've come from.
1207
01:18:13,245 --> 01:18:16,525
But we'll talk about you again here coming up.
1208
01:18:16,785 --> 01:18:21,045
But I just wanted to point that out that I thought I knew who Admin Pac-Man was,
1209
01:18:21,085 --> 01:18:21,845
and I was mistaken.
1210
01:18:21,965 --> 01:18:23,965
I do not know who you are, Admin Pac-Man.
1211
01:18:23,965 --> 01:18:27,085
And so that makes that boost even more appreciated
1212
01:18:27,085 --> 01:18:31,265
because I thought it was someone who surely could fire off a boost like that,
1213
01:18:31,305 --> 01:18:32,165
and it wasn't the case.
1214
01:18:32,325 --> 01:18:34,485
So thank you for that big boost.
1215
01:18:35,845 --> 01:18:37,725
Yeah, and just for all the participation.
1216
01:18:38,185 --> 01:18:40,225
You know, I think we made a comment in the early days.
1217
01:18:40,345 --> 01:18:43,085
A lot of the boosts were just like firing them out there
1218
01:18:43,085 --> 01:18:44,985
just to get them off with no message.
1219
01:18:45,565 --> 01:18:46,945
But I think that's changed.
1220
01:18:47,465 --> 01:18:49,545
And Admin Pacman is still a listener of the show
1221
01:18:49,545 --> 01:18:50,865
and has been participating more.
1222
01:18:50,865 --> 01:18:52,305
So I don't know.
1223
01:18:52,365 --> 01:18:53,905
We'd love to have you as part of the community.
1224
01:18:53,965 --> 01:18:55,845
and welcome you with open arms.
1225
01:18:56,005 --> 01:19:00,645
And it certainly helps when you throw down a 2.1 million sat boost,
1226
01:19:01,745 --> 01:19:03,065
you know, go into a good cause.
1227
01:19:03,265 --> 01:19:05,965
But, man, you know, we really appreciate that.
1228
01:19:06,085 --> 01:19:08,865
And having you as part of this community is absolutely huge.
1229
01:19:09,825 --> 01:19:10,505
Part of the core group.
1230
01:19:12,765 --> 01:19:15,285
All right, third place on top listeners,
1231
01:19:15,565 --> 01:19:16,985
this is still part of the core group.
1232
01:19:17,285 --> 01:19:20,085
We've got Witsixer, 22 episodes.
1233
01:19:20,605 --> 01:19:21,685
Let's go Witsixer.
1234
01:19:21,685 --> 01:19:24,925
I think he's still been going back and listening to some of our older episodes.
1235
01:19:25,085 --> 01:19:25,665
So thank you.
1236
01:19:26,685 --> 01:19:28,485
Actually, we'd love to hear from you too.
1237
01:19:28,585 --> 01:19:32,525
I know you've been sending us boosts and have insightful comments on all the old episodes.
1238
01:19:32,985 --> 01:19:38,525
But interesting to hear because I haven't gone back and listened to a lot of our older episodes.
1239
01:19:39,665 --> 01:19:41,485
Maybe that would be kind of a fun thing to do.
1240
01:19:41,645 --> 01:19:44,625
But I'm wondering how good they actually – we like to say that they're evergreen.
1241
01:19:45,125 --> 01:19:46,625
But I'd like to hear it from you guys.
1242
01:19:46,625 --> 01:19:51,205
If you guys are still feeling like they're very relevant, I'd be interested to know.
1243
01:19:51,685 --> 01:19:59,425
uh and then we've got sixer comes out as like the um some of the highest quality boosts i i as a as a
1244
01:19:59,425 --> 01:20:05,585
fellow podcast booster i i consider myself a podcast booster myself you know and i'm a bit of
1245
01:20:05,585 --> 01:20:13,105
yeah there you go yeah right that meme i fucked that up but uh you know the the quality of the
1246
01:20:13,105 --> 01:20:19,305
the boost that would with sixer is putting out is great um i think that with sixer gets the idea
1247
01:20:19,305 --> 01:20:21,005
that when you boost a show,
1248
01:20:21,465 --> 01:20:22,605
this is going out to Noster
1249
01:20:22,605 --> 01:20:24,105
and this information is available
1250
01:20:24,105 --> 01:20:25,825
to that social graph to read.
1251
01:20:26,185 --> 01:20:28,045
Not only is it with Sixers social graph,
1252
01:20:28,145 --> 01:20:31,265
but it's also the local Bitcoiners social graph
1253
01:20:31,265 --> 01:20:32,045
that it goes to.
1254
01:20:32,605 --> 01:20:33,225
And so these people,
1255
01:20:33,425 --> 01:20:36,005
they get access to that intellectual capital
1256
01:20:36,005 --> 01:20:38,325
or that information that's in that boost.
1257
01:20:38,845 --> 01:20:41,045
And so being thoughtful about the message
1258
01:20:41,045 --> 01:20:43,005
that you're putting out there in the boost,
1259
01:20:43,385 --> 01:20:44,625
it's adding value.
1260
01:20:45,185 --> 01:20:47,245
It's helping to build that cultural capital.
1261
01:20:48,085 --> 01:20:52,325
So I do want to shout WoodSixer out for that high-quality boost.
1262
01:20:52,405 --> 01:20:53,505
I try to do the same thing.
1263
01:20:54,945 --> 01:20:57,865
Yeah, it's funny, and maybe I can pause here just for a second.
1264
01:20:57,865 --> 01:21:06,425
So last week, I decided that in honor of rolling out this 40 HPW challenge on OnlyBoosts,
1265
01:21:06,625 --> 01:21:08,345
that I was going to see if I could do it.
1266
01:21:08,725 --> 01:21:12,125
I wanted to do the thing and see if I could actually hit 40 hours.
1267
01:21:13,345 --> 01:21:17,225
And, oh man, I will say it was way harder than I thought.
1268
01:21:17,245 --> 01:21:22,325
it was going to be. And like, I have made claims before, like in the past that I'm like, oh, you
1269
01:21:22,325 --> 01:21:27,505
know, I don't listen to 40 hours anymore, but I definitely used to. Oh man, I used to listen to
1270
01:21:27,505 --> 01:21:32,685
so many. Dude, I don't think I did. Now that I've actually done it, I'm like, oh shit. I probably
1271
01:21:32,685 --> 01:21:38,145
like way overestimated how much I was listening. Cause that was, I was like going way out of my
1272
01:21:38,145 --> 01:21:43,225
way to make sure I was like, oh, I can squeeze in one more podcast tonight. Okay. Oh, let's queue
1273
01:21:43,225 --> 01:21:46,725
Let's queue up the next one so I can boost it and get my 40 hours this week.
1274
01:21:48,165 --> 01:21:52,805
So I'm actually, I've been enjoying a little bit of, even though I have still been listening,
1275
01:21:53,325 --> 01:21:55,805
and my boosting has increased, right?
1276
01:21:55,805 --> 01:22:02,925
So now I have gotten into more of a flow of sending out the boosts, which I think is good.
1277
01:22:03,185 --> 01:22:07,385
And one of the things, the whole reason why I brought this up, to bring it back to WidSixer's comments,
1278
01:22:07,385 --> 01:22:12,365
is I have been, especially when I'm boosting an episode
1279
01:22:12,365 --> 01:22:13,965
where I know they're either going to like
1280
01:22:13,965 --> 01:22:16,025
not read my boost at all
1281
01:22:16,025 --> 01:22:18,305
or they're going to read it really quick
1282
01:22:18,305 --> 01:22:20,825
and not make any kind of fuss over it.
1283
01:22:21,265 --> 01:22:24,605
I use that as an opportunity to make it more like,
1284
01:22:24,845 --> 01:22:27,565
hey, I recommend this podcast.
1285
01:22:27,685 --> 01:22:30,005
If you're looking for a podcast that talks like this,
1286
01:22:30,085 --> 01:22:31,145
this would be a great one.
1287
01:22:31,985 --> 01:22:34,745
And so I'm again, now I'm talking to a different group.
1288
01:22:35,105 --> 01:22:36,245
Like sometimes I'll boost,
1289
01:22:36,245 --> 01:22:38,245
like if I'm boosting bowl after bowl
1290
01:22:38,245 --> 01:22:39,925
you know I'm going to talk
1291
01:22:39,925 --> 01:22:41,485
I'm talking to Spencer and Lorian
1292
01:22:41,485 --> 01:22:43,065
like that's who I'm talking to
1293
01:22:43,065 --> 01:22:44,885
the boost is going to be addressed to them
1294
01:22:44,885 --> 01:22:47,285
because I know they're going to read it on the episode
1295
01:22:47,285 --> 01:22:48,645
and they're going to interact with it
1296
01:22:48,645 --> 01:22:52,345
but if I'm boosting like Jack Maller's podcast
1297
01:22:52,345 --> 01:22:54,565
like you know he doesn't read the boosts
1298
01:22:54,565 --> 01:22:56,225
and so why would I address it to him
1299
01:22:56,225 --> 01:22:58,145
I address it to my community
1300
01:22:58,145 --> 01:23:01,865
and so there's value to be had both ways
1301
01:23:01,865 --> 01:23:03,985
very good point
1302
01:23:03,985 --> 01:23:05,845
sorry I guess that was kind of a long aside
1303
01:23:05,845 --> 01:23:07,185
I'm sorry about that.
1304
01:23:07,185 --> 01:23:08,665
No, it's very important to point that out
1305
01:23:08,665 --> 01:23:10,465
because if you're considerate of this,
1306
01:23:10,465 --> 01:23:13,045
you can really maximize the value.
1307
01:23:13,045 --> 01:23:16,565
When you're sending out sats on the boost
1308
01:23:16,565 --> 01:23:18,405
to support the show that you're listening to,
1309
01:23:18,405 --> 01:23:19,945
but you can get that
1310
01:23:19,992 --> 01:23:24,092
value reflected back, and this is what I talk about with the value chain, by being thoughtful
1311
01:23:24,092 --> 01:23:27,572
about who you're speaking to with that boost and where to maximize it.
1312
01:23:27,692 --> 01:23:32,992
If you know they're going to read it off, you draft it in a way which it's going to get
1313
01:23:32,992 --> 01:23:33,372
read off.
1314
01:23:33,572 --> 01:23:36,752
And if you know they're not going to read it off, you draft it in a way which somebody
1315
01:23:36,752 --> 01:23:40,372
else in your social graph is going to read it and find value there.
1316
01:23:42,072 --> 01:23:42,212
Right.
1317
01:23:42,592 --> 01:23:42,772
Yeah.
1318
01:23:44,372 --> 01:23:46,412
All right, let's finish off the core group here.
1319
01:23:46,412 --> 01:23:49,612
So in fourth place, we've got Matthew D.
1320
01:23:50,092 --> 01:23:54,492
Still hanging out real high up here in the leaderboards at 21 episodes.
1321
01:23:54,832 --> 01:23:55,772
Thank you, Matthew D.
1322
01:23:56,612 --> 01:24:01,432
And finally, in fifth place is Bullish Clips with 16 episodes.
1323
01:24:02,392 --> 01:24:04,472
And I'll just shout out real quick Bullish
1324
01:24:04,472 --> 01:24:08,312
because he actually has sent us boosts to way more than 16 episodes.
1325
01:24:09,512 --> 01:24:14,552
However, I think he was testing a new boost client that he was playing with.
1326
01:24:14,552 --> 01:24:20,092
and the boost didn't come with the right tags on it
1327
01:24:20,092 --> 01:24:23,212
for it to be picked up by a lot of our bots and stuff like that.
1328
01:24:23,212 --> 01:24:26,892
So Bullish Clips being a little bit underrepresented here.
1329
01:24:27,312 --> 01:24:28,772
So don't worry, Bullish.
1330
01:24:29,052 --> 01:24:32,732
We still, of course, value all of your content and your participation.
1331
01:24:33,192 --> 01:24:35,232
We try to shout you out as much as we can
1332
01:24:35,232 --> 01:24:39,512
and hopefully we'll make it to another Bullish market here sometime soon.
1333
01:24:39,512 --> 01:24:42,812
all right
1334
01:24:42,812 --> 01:24:45,072
let's go to our final leaderboard
1335
01:24:45,072 --> 01:24:46,132
which is
1336
01:24:46,132 --> 01:24:48,612
been kind of
1337
01:24:48,612 --> 01:24:50,552
rebranded here a little bit
1338
01:24:50,552 --> 01:24:52,172
you know we talked about this last time
1339
01:24:52,172 --> 01:24:54,152
but it's really more focused on
1340
01:24:54,152 --> 01:24:56,632
the single biggest boost sent to the show
1341
01:24:56,632 --> 01:24:58,692
over the last 33 days
1342
01:24:58,692 --> 01:25:01,232
because why would you pick a month
1343
01:25:01,232 --> 01:25:03,152
really when you could pick 33 days
1344
01:25:03,152 --> 01:25:04,292
33 is the magic number
1345
01:25:04,292 --> 01:25:05,192
let's go
1346
01:25:05,192 --> 01:25:09,232
so in addition I do like to just
1347
01:25:09,512 --> 01:25:30,692
So just to make sure that we keep awareness of it, I think it deserves a special shout out is the biggest boost of all time, at least the top one. And so I'm going to read that one out in addition. So let's start with the biggest boost we've ever received, which is, of course, 2.1 million sats from Admin Pacman. His message is for the devs, code his speech.
1348
01:25:30,692 --> 01:25:37,412
at admin pacman pax arcade.org or bit time bitcoin time starts now
1349
01:25:37,412 --> 01:25:43,152
and this was of course on episode 15 privacy is sovereignty with btc wrestle
1350
01:25:43,152 --> 01:25:51,692
and one thing i'll just add real quick is uh so i actually went back um actually just today
1351
01:25:51,692 --> 01:25:58,432
and i went back and on on ungovernables the ungovernables podcast earlier this year
1352
01:25:58,432 --> 01:26:06,112
they had read out the six letters from Keone Rodriguez that he wrote while he was in prison.
1353
01:26:06,512 --> 01:26:11,592
And he had sent those out, I suppose, to the community. I think they were published on The Rage,
1354
01:26:11,952 --> 01:26:17,332
and then they were read off on that podcast in audio form. And so I had already listened to them,
1355
01:26:17,332 --> 01:26:26,252
but I went back and re-listened to them. And man, this is something that I feel like it's very
1356
01:26:26,252 --> 01:26:31,512
easily forgotten. And I'm really hoping that we can do what we can. You know, it's great that we
1357
01:26:31,512 --> 01:26:36,912
had this episode 15. I will say we haven't actually gotten a lot of boosts on episode 15,
1358
01:26:37,372 --> 01:26:44,552
you know, in the last like month or so. And so I don't know, I guess I've just been thinking more
1359
01:26:44,552 --> 01:26:50,452
about the samurai developers and seeing if there's something that we can do for them that would be
1360
01:26:50,452 --> 01:26:58,072
more. So yeah, if you haven't boosted episode 15, or if you haven't boosted it in a while,
1361
01:26:58,552 --> 01:27:02,852
it might be nice. Just throw a little bit of a boost. We'll send some stats their way.
1362
01:27:03,572 --> 01:27:08,172
And it keeps this episode alive and relevant, and it keeps us talking about it on the show.
1363
01:27:08,892 --> 01:27:14,492
You know, what that kind of suggests to me too is that maybe we need to reduce the friction
1364
01:27:14,492 --> 01:27:17,092
to boosting episode 15 on the website
1365
01:27:17,092 --> 01:27:21,132
and kind of give it its own special button or something, right?
1366
01:27:21,272 --> 01:27:21,412
Yeah.
1367
01:27:21,612 --> 01:27:24,032
So where if you want to, you know,
1368
01:27:24,192 --> 01:27:26,372
if you're just listening to this podcast for the first time
1369
01:27:26,372 --> 01:27:29,772
and you want to boost the show for the first time, guess what?
1370
01:27:30,072 --> 01:27:32,972
You could start with episode 15, boost episode 15.
1371
01:27:32,972 --> 01:27:34,212
That goes straight to Samurai.
1372
01:27:34,872 --> 01:27:38,732
And then we'll still, that still gets read off today.
1373
01:27:39,272 --> 01:27:41,692
Whenever you boost it, we will read it.
1374
01:27:41,692 --> 01:27:46,772
and you can take advantage of supporting that.
1375
01:27:48,212 --> 01:27:51,752
The other thing I wanted to bring up about the admin Pac-Man boost
1376
01:27:51,752 --> 01:27:53,312
is this PAX Arcade.
1377
01:27:53,772 --> 01:27:57,972
I recently went and actually checked out PAXArcade.org
1378
01:27:57,972 --> 01:28:01,592
and I was like, whoa, this seems kind of interesting.
1379
01:28:01,592 --> 01:28:07,432
I couldn't quite put my finger on exactly what was going on there.
1380
01:28:07,432 --> 01:28:14,452
there's a lot of overlapping themes and stuff that that are that are happening but the one thing that
1381
01:28:14,452 --> 01:28:20,032
i noticed is that you know if you end up uh doing this educational component that he has on there
1382
01:28:20,032 --> 01:28:27,952
you get your certification on chain as a rune uh as like a data on chain thing and i thought that
1383
01:28:27,952 --> 01:28:32,912
was kind of interesting so admin pacman you know send us a boost you know if you're listening and
1384
01:28:32,912 --> 01:28:34,792
and kind of explain what's going on there.
1385
01:28:34,872 --> 01:28:35,132
Cause I,
1386
01:28:35,672 --> 01:28:36,992
what's going on at PAX arcade is,
1387
01:28:37,112 --> 01:28:38,332
is a little nebulous.
1388
01:28:38,592 --> 01:28:38,892
Um,
1389
01:28:38,892 --> 01:28:39,352
but I,
1390
01:28:39,372 --> 01:28:41,492
I find it to be intriguing.
1391
01:28:41,772 --> 01:28:42,472
I'm very,
1392
01:28:42,652 --> 01:28:42,932
very,
1393
01:28:43,052 --> 01:28:46,352
always very interested in these useful ways to use,
1394
01:28:46,352 --> 01:28:46,692
uh,
1395
01:28:46,692 --> 01:28:47,532
Bitcoin on,
1396
01:28:47,532 --> 01:28:48,032
uh,
1397
01:28:48,032 --> 01:28:48,352
well,
1398
01:28:48,432 --> 01:28:49,132
data on chain,
1399
01:28:49,432 --> 01:28:49,932
uh,
1400
01:28:49,952 --> 01:28:51,792
as we saw with the most recent,
1401
01:28:52,132 --> 01:28:52,512
um,
1402
01:28:52,912 --> 01:28:54,332
thing with the,
1403
01:28:54,372 --> 01:28:54,732
uh,
1404
01:28:54,752 --> 01:28:55,152
with the,
1405
01:28:55,152 --> 01:28:56,852
the block stream liquid,
1406
01:28:56,952 --> 01:28:57,732
uh,
1407
01:28:58,152 --> 01:29:00,492
vulnerability and how all of the,
1408
01:29:00,592 --> 01:29:02,712
all of the communications happen on chain via the
1409
01:29:02,712 --> 01:29:07,192
returns and encrypted PGP messages or GBPGP.
1410
01:29:07,252 --> 01:29:07,412
Yeah.
1411
01:29:07,792 --> 01:29:08,212
Yeah.
1412
01:29:08,372 --> 01:29:10,932
It was that I find that shit very fascinating.
1413
01:29:12,072 --> 01:29:13,032
So anyways,
1414
01:29:13,312 --> 01:29:14,392
I thought I'd bring that up too.
1415
01:29:16,712 --> 01:29:17,452
All right.
1416
01:29:17,532 --> 01:29:22,192
So now what I'm going to do is I'm going to read off the top five boosts that
1417
01:29:22,192 --> 01:29:24,332
we've gotten over the last 33 days.
1418
01:29:24,552 --> 01:29:29,572
So the first one we got 10 days ago and it's 50,000 sats via fountain from
1419
01:29:29,572 --> 01:29:31,492
wartime messages.
1420
01:29:31,492 --> 01:29:37,052
There's a regional Bitcoin meetup on November 6th through 8th at the Drury Inn in Grand Rapids.
1421
01:29:39,032 --> 01:29:41,272
101-914-29.
1422
01:29:41,812 --> 01:29:43,612
This is the code for discounted rooms.
1423
01:29:43,772 --> 01:29:45,652
The code doesn't work on the app, but it works online.
1424
01:29:46,212 --> 01:29:47,932
The Drury Inn serves breakfast and dinner.
1425
01:29:48,092 --> 01:29:50,392
They also give you three free alcohol drinks with dinner.
1426
01:29:50,512 --> 01:29:52,692
So Friday, we'll have dinner and drinks.
1427
01:29:53,212 --> 01:29:55,012
Saturday, breakfast with dinner and drinks.
1428
01:29:55,312 --> 01:29:56,332
And Sunday, breakfast.
1429
01:29:57,112 --> 01:30:00,072
We'll figure out lunch on Saturday, depending on how many people show up.
1430
01:30:00,072 --> 01:30:05,592
The event is family friendly, so bring your family and let's get a ton of Bitcoiners to hang out and network.
1431
01:30:05,792 --> 01:30:06,192
Be there.
1432
01:30:07,252 --> 01:30:16,632
And that boost came in on the Fetty Mint Socratic Seminar with Justin from Minneapolis, Minnesota, episode 26.
1433
01:30:18,612 --> 01:30:19,632
So thank you, wartime.
1434
01:30:20,132 --> 01:30:24,372
And we're going to be talking more about that because I think that's one of our featured meetups as well.
1435
01:30:25,252 --> 01:30:25,532
Okay.
1436
01:30:25,692 --> 01:30:29,712
Yeah, I was going to jump in there, but if it comes up again, I'll say my thing on it later.
1437
01:30:30,072 --> 01:30:30,952
It's coming up again.
1438
01:30:32,092 --> 01:30:35,552
Second biggest boost of all, excuse me, not of all time anymore.
1439
01:30:35,552 --> 01:30:42,032
The second biggest boost of the last 33 days is from 15 days ago.
1440
01:30:42,172 --> 01:30:45,612
And it was 48,000 sats of your fountain from Uncle Jim.
1441
01:30:46,552 --> 01:30:50,492
And the message is just in quotes, you know what I mean?
1442
01:30:51,132 --> 01:30:52,952
And then signed Shinobi.
1443
01:30:53,592 --> 01:30:57,872
And so I think that was in reference to Shinobi perhaps saying,
1444
01:30:57,872 --> 01:31:00,172
you know what I mean, several times during the episode,
1445
01:31:00,332 --> 01:31:01,532
maybe more than several times.
1446
01:31:01,652 --> 01:31:03,832
I actually haven't gone back to listen or count or anything,
1447
01:31:04,032 --> 01:31:08,512
but that was coming in on episode 25 with Shinobi.
1448
01:31:10,392 --> 01:31:13,172
Next up on the list was also from 10 days ago
1449
01:31:13,172 --> 01:31:14,432
and also from wartime.
1450
01:31:14,852 --> 01:31:17,972
And this is 16,000 sats via localbitcoiners.com,
1451
01:31:18,432 --> 01:31:20,312
and it's the meetup itself.
1452
01:31:20,572 --> 01:31:23,912
And so this is the featured meetup that we just talked about.
1453
01:31:23,912 --> 01:31:27,672
So this would be November 6th through November 8th.
1454
01:31:27,872 --> 01:31:30,172
at the Drury Inn meetup weekend.
1455
01:31:30,792 --> 01:31:32,052
And so we'll talk about that more
1456
01:31:32,052 --> 01:31:33,292
when we hit the featured meetups.
1457
01:31:35,452 --> 01:31:39,812
Next on the list is 6,969 sats.
1458
01:31:40,252 --> 01:31:41,252
69, 69.
1459
01:31:42,132 --> 01:31:44,572
Let's go from Sir Spencer, Wolf of Kansas City.
1460
01:31:45,172 --> 01:31:47,212
I do not have the ISO or the soundboard,
1461
01:31:47,372 --> 01:31:47,892
but I did my best.
1462
01:31:48,312 --> 01:31:49,632
69, 69, dude.
1463
01:31:52,732 --> 01:31:53,712
Maybe we'll get there.
1464
01:31:53,792 --> 01:31:55,752
Maybe someday we'll be professional podcasters
1465
01:31:55,752 --> 01:31:57,352
like Spencer and have the soundboard.
1466
01:31:57,352 --> 01:32:00,152
We can just do the ISOs ourselves, right?
1467
01:32:00,272 --> 01:32:00,712
Ourselves.
1468
01:32:00,932 --> 01:32:01,672
Yeah, there we go.
1469
01:32:02,032 --> 01:32:03,012
We can just shout them out.
1470
01:32:04,872 --> 01:32:09,652
And that boost came in 26 days ago, and it said,
1471
01:32:09,932 --> 01:32:12,272
Great to meet you, IRL, at Lake Satoshi, Rev.
1472
01:32:12,472 --> 01:32:15,052
Read, we will surely meet up before too long.
1473
01:32:15,512 --> 01:32:18,692
If you can't make it to Nakamoto Town, we'll be in mass for Thanksgiving.
1474
01:32:19,532 --> 01:32:23,792
Speaking of, Nakamoto Town is right around the corner, October 2 through 4.
1475
01:32:23,792 --> 01:32:27,612
Come camp and sing and swim and fish and eat good food at Augie's Farm.
1476
01:32:27,692 --> 01:32:28,432
It's going to be awesome.
1477
01:32:29,292 --> 01:32:32,192
Details here with a link to it on Plectos.
1478
01:32:32,452 --> 01:32:34,412
And this is also one of our featured meetups.
1479
01:32:34,512 --> 01:32:36,852
So we'll be talking about that one again too in a couple minutes.
1480
01:32:38,312 --> 01:32:42,532
And finally, to wrap up the leaderboards,
1481
01:32:42,912 --> 01:32:47,572
we've got a boost that came in from Plebie Anon 19 days ago,
1482
01:32:47,772 --> 01:32:50,112
5,555 sats via fountain.
1483
01:32:50,112 --> 01:32:53,832
and the messages, great rip, gents.
1484
01:32:54,092 --> 01:32:55,612
Appreciate the Chicago exposure.
1485
01:32:55,952 --> 01:33:00,992
I also love the wallet discussion with Shinobi.
1486
01:33:01,832 --> 01:33:04,032
I think that end pub is supposed to be Shinobi.
1487
01:33:04,852 --> 01:33:06,672
And that boost came in on BitDevs,
1488
01:33:06,672 --> 01:33:09,532
our Bitcoin meetups with Shinobi, episode 25.
1489
01:33:11,412 --> 01:33:14,732
All right, and that rounds out our leaderboards.
1490
01:33:15,652 --> 01:33:17,012
But there are some other stats.
1491
01:33:17,252 --> 01:33:19,352
Here, why don't you go ahead before we get to the other stats.
1492
01:33:19,352 --> 01:33:21,112
The bar is like a little lower now.
1493
01:33:21,692 --> 01:33:30,112
If you want to get on this, you know, if you want, if you got a message or an event or something, a product, something you want to promote and you want to put a fat boost out.
1494
01:33:31,012 --> 01:33:36,292
Now, you know, for 33 days, you can, you can probably have that sit there on the leaderboards.
1495
01:33:36,412 --> 01:33:36,592
It does.
1496
01:33:36,792 --> 01:33:38,312
What was it like the lowest?
1497
01:33:38,672 --> 01:33:40,752
It's like 10,000 or something.
1498
01:33:40,872 --> 01:33:40,972
Yeah.
1499
01:33:41,092 --> 01:33:42,392
Five to 5,500.
1500
01:33:42,952 --> 01:33:43,072
Yeah.
1501
01:33:43,372 --> 01:33:43,592
Yeah.
1502
01:33:44,112 --> 01:33:46,832
You know, you got to, you got to overdo it a little bit.
1503
01:33:46,892 --> 01:33:47,972
Maybe you get boxed out.
1504
01:33:48,012 --> 01:33:48,192
Sure.
1505
01:33:48,192 --> 01:33:49,572
but anyways
1506
01:33:49,572 --> 01:33:51,712
it's no longer like
1507
01:33:51,712 --> 01:33:53,772
several hundred thousand sats
1508
01:33:53,772 --> 01:33:54,612
or anything like that
1509
01:33:54,612 --> 01:33:56,052
to get on this leaderboard
1510
01:33:56,052 --> 01:33:59,812
we've taken that phase of succession
1511
01:33:59,812 --> 01:34:02,352
and we've adjusted
1512
01:34:02,352 --> 01:34:03,332
with that feedback
1513
01:34:03,332 --> 01:34:05,892
and made it a little bit more accessible
1514
01:34:05,892 --> 01:34:06,532
for everybody
1515
01:34:06,532 --> 01:34:08,412
so take advantage of it
1516
01:34:08,412 --> 01:34:12,712
we also like to shout out the streamers
1517
01:34:12,712 --> 01:34:14,332
and now I have a way
1518
01:34:14,332 --> 01:34:15,792
on the website
1519
01:34:15,792 --> 01:34:17,252
being able to easily see
1520
01:34:17,252 --> 01:34:19,112
who streamed us in the last seven days.
1521
01:34:20,012 --> 01:34:23,612
So in the last week, we have had Sats streamed to us
1522
01:34:23,612 --> 01:34:33,152
from Stacy, Chad F., Pleb to Polymath, Logs, and Behyber.
1523
01:34:35,372 --> 01:34:37,232
Those are all coming in from Fountain,
1524
01:34:37,572 --> 01:34:40,232
except Chad F. also streamed us from Castomatic.
1525
01:34:42,132 --> 01:34:43,892
And then our top zappers,
1526
01:34:44,152 --> 01:34:46,572
we haven't really had too many zaps in the last seven days.
1527
01:34:46,572 --> 01:34:48,812
our top zapper is Nostergang
1528
01:34:48,812 --> 01:34:50,112
with 42 sats
1529
01:34:50,112 --> 01:34:51,632
thank you Nostergang
1530
01:34:51,632 --> 01:34:54,732
Noster's dead, no one's zapping
1531
01:34:54,732 --> 01:34:56,912
oh no, it's like dude
1532
01:34:56,912 --> 01:34:59,052
the capital that's moving
1533
01:34:59,052 --> 01:35:01,052
around in Noster is maybe not financial
1534
01:35:01,052 --> 01:35:01,992
capital you guys
1535
01:35:01,992 --> 01:35:04,792
if you
1536
01:35:04,792 --> 01:35:06,972
don't recognize the value of what Noster
1537
01:35:06,972 --> 01:35:07,832
has to offer
1538
01:35:07,832 --> 01:35:10,572
and you think that it's just about getting
1539
01:35:10,572 --> 01:35:12,992
fat zaps, you're missing it
1540
01:35:12,992 --> 01:35:14,512
dude, because what Noster is
1541
01:35:14,512 --> 01:35:16,352
it's a free place for us to
1542
01:35:16,352 --> 01:35:18,952
uninhibitedly develop this cultural capital.
1543
01:35:19,652 --> 01:35:20,872
And sure, zaps are a part of it,
1544
01:35:20,992 --> 01:35:23,652
but by no means the most important part.
1545
01:35:23,972 --> 01:35:27,012
That being said, if you want to join the community
1546
01:35:27,012 --> 01:35:31,092
and you don't want to boost the show or whatever,
1547
01:35:31,292 --> 01:35:33,572
you can zap any of our notes or anything,
1548
01:35:33,572 --> 01:35:35,672
any of the local Bitcoiners content.
1549
01:35:36,312 --> 01:35:38,952
I think 100 sats will get you in there
1550
01:35:38,952 --> 01:35:40,712
and your endpub will now be recognized
1551
01:35:40,712 --> 01:35:41,612
as part of the community.
1552
01:35:42,092 --> 01:35:44,912
If you have long-form notes,
1553
01:35:44,912 --> 01:35:54,632
If you have meetups, events on Noster, if you have marketplace items on Noster, 100 sats, zap on anything, we'll get you in there.
1554
01:35:54,832 --> 01:36:00,772
And then your stuff will be populated on the local Bitcoiners website for our community to see and utilize.
1555
01:36:04,732 --> 01:36:05,712
All right.
1556
01:36:06,172 --> 01:36:11,312
So that takes us to our featured content.
1557
01:36:11,312 --> 01:36:16,512
And this is where we spin the wheel to find out who's going to win the 21,000 stats.
1558
01:36:17,072 --> 01:36:18,732
So we talked a little bit pre-show.
1559
01:36:18,852 --> 01:36:22,172
Actually, we floated this idea last time, and we talked a little bit pre-show.
1560
01:36:22,352 --> 01:36:25,752
And I think what we've decided to do is throw in everybody.
1561
01:36:26,392 --> 01:36:32,612
So anyone who's featured any content on any of our feeds, right?
1562
01:36:32,692 --> 01:36:36,412
So we have, actually, maybe this is a good time to mention.
1563
01:36:36,872 --> 01:36:39,372
So we have adjusted our homepage.
1564
01:36:39,372 --> 01:36:46,172
Again, speaking of succession and trying to learn from accept and apply feedback.
1565
01:36:46,912 --> 01:36:49,992
Self-regulate, accept and apply feedback. That's right.
1566
01:36:51,272 --> 01:36:52,272
And so that's what we're doing.
1567
01:36:52,492 --> 01:36:58,232
So we were kind of feeling like our homepage, our old homepage, we were kind of maybe trying too hard.
1568
01:36:58,932 --> 01:37:01,712
And it was a little bit chaotic.
1569
01:37:02,332 --> 01:37:05,772
And so we have a new homepage now on LocalBitcoiners.com.
1570
01:37:06,172 --> 01:37:07,892
Check it out if you haven't already.
1571
01:37:07,892 --> 01:37:10,252
structured a little bit differently.
1572
01:37:11,092 --> 01:37:12,252
And so we wanted to just,
1573
01:37:12,372 --> 01:37:15,212
let's focus on the things that we talk about the most on the show
1574
01:37:15,212 --> 01:37:17,352
and that people use on the website the most.
1575
01:37:19,372 --> 01:37:22,712
And so we've got the latest episode up at the top
1576
01:37:22,712 --> 01:37:25,352
and then quick links to all of our episodes,
1577
01:37:25,552 --> 01:37:27,312
all of our boosts and all of our stats.
1578
01:37:28,532 --> 01:37:29,952
Then we list the community,
1579
01:37:30,632 --> 01:37:32,252
like who are the members of our community.
1580
01:37:33,212 --> 01:37:35,812
And then we just go right into the community feeds
1581
01:37:35,812 --> 01:37:36,892
right there on the homepage.
1582
01:37:36,892 --> 01:38:05,492
And so we have four community feeds. And so we've got events, marketplace items, podcast boosts, and articles. And across all four of those community feeds, anyone can feature any of that content. And so that's where we'll spend this part of the show talking about our featured content. And at least for the time being, we are going to spin a wheel and find out if you featured some content on our website, you could win 21,000 sats.
1583
01:38:06,892 --> 01:38:08,392
So let's see.
1584
01:38:08,512 --> 01:38:10,352
So let's look at our featured events.
1585
01:38:10,752 --> 01:38:12,152
So first of all, with Sixer,
1586
01:38:12,232 --> 01:38:15,192
I have to ask you what this meetup is called
1587
01:38:15,192 --> 01:38:17,072
One Second on the Clock,
1588
01:38:17,472 --> 01:38:20,072
which is scheduled from September 10th
1589
01:38:20,832 --> 01:38:22,972
through Friday, December 31st,
1590
01:38:23,172 --> 01:38:25,612
and its location is everywhere all the time.
1591
01:38:26,852 --> 01:38:36,248
I not sure I completely understand it but you posted it and you took the time to feature it So there you go So you in the mix here
1592
01:38:36,928 --> 01:38:44,828
But I'll be honest, I'm mostly thinking you're in the mix here because you also featured the Cleveland Bitcoin meetup,
1593
01:38:45,468 --> 01:38:50,808
which is Friday, September 11th, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Saucy Brew Works, Cleveland, Ohio.
1594
01:38:50,808 --> 01:38:59,008
So if you feature 10 different events, you only get into this prize pool entry once.
1595
01:38:59,628 --> 01:39:02,728
We made that decision last time, so we're going to stick to it.
1596
01:39:03,448 --> 01:39:04,628
But thank you, Witsixer.
1597
01:39:04,888 --> 01:39:06,088
And I sure would like to hear.
1598
01:39:06,188 --> 01:39:11,628
Maybe you've got an explanation for us in the boost about what this one-second-on-the-clock meetup is.
1599
01:39:12,448 --> 01:39:14,008
That's a little riddle, maybe.
1600
01:39:14,888 --> 01:39:15,628
It could be.
1601
01:39:15,628 --> 01:39:19,868
If anyone has an answer to Witsixer's riddle,
1602
01:39:20,528 --> 01:39:23,588
you might boost and see if you can beat him to the chase there
1603
01:39:23,588 --> 01:39:25,168
and let us know what's going on.
1604
01:39:26,328 --> 01:39:27,188
Yeah, let us know.
1605
01:39:27,288 --> 01:39:29,848
We have not figured it out, or at least I haven't figured it out.
1606
01:39:31,308 --> 01:39:36,768
We also have Battersea Bitcoiners has featured, let's see,
1607
01:39:37,068 --> 01:39:39,008
two of their meetups are on here.
1608
01:39:39,008 --> 01:39:43,988
And so the first one is Thursday, September 10th, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
1609
01:39:43,988 --> 01:39:46,848
in Little Bianca, and that's in London, UK.
1610
01:39:48,088 --> 01:39:51,128
And Battersea Bitcoiners, again, with their October meetup.
1611
01:39:51,648 --> 01:39:56,248
And so this would be October 15th, 6.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.
1612
01:39:56,328 --> 01:39:58,868
Again, Little Bianca, London, UK.
1613
01:39:59,728 --> 01:40:01,128
Thank you, Battersea Bitcoiners.
1614
01:40:01,188 --> 01:40:02,808
You're also in the prize pool.
1615
01:40:03,848 --> 01:40:06,388
Then we've got Chicago Bitcoin Collective,
1616
01:40:06,928 --> 01:40:08,908
Value for Value Chicago 2026.
1617
01:40:09,808 --> 01:40:12,488
This is Monday, September 14th,
1618
01:40:12,488 --> 01:40:13,868
so this is this coming Monday.
1619
01:40:13,988 --> 01:40:17,568
is starting 2 p.m. Central Time,
1620
01:40:17,828 --> 01:40:20,668
and it goes through Tuesday, September 15th
1621
01:40:20,668 --> 01:40:22,128
at 5 p.m. Central Time.
1622
01:40:22,228 --> 01:40:24,888
So a two-day event, and that's at Fork & Coin
1623
01:40:24,888 --> 01:40:27,928
at the Chicago Bitcoin Collective in Chicago, Illinois.
1624
01:40:28,628 --> 01:40:31,108
And so we're both pretty excited about this event.
1625
01:40:31,528 --> 01:40:34,008
I think we've mentioned Rev and I will both be there for that.
1626
01:40:34,408 --> 01:40:36,708
And so really looking forward to interacting
1627
01:40:36,708 --> 01:40:38,868
and meeting everybody in person.
1628
01:40:39,648 --> 01:40:41,168
You know, it's kind of Rev's local scene,
1629
01:40:41,308 --> 01:40:43,108
so I think he's going to know a lot of the people there,
1630
01:40:43,108 --> 01:40:46,728
but I'll be coming out and hopefully get to meet a lot of people
1631
01:40:46,728 --> 01:40:49,008
that have participated in our show.
1632
01:40:49,088 --> 01:40:50,388
I'll get to meet them in real life.
1633
01:40:50,628 --> 01:40:51,908
So I'm really looking forward to it.
1634
01:40:52,608 --> 01:40:56,128
Yeah, you know, and if you're like looking to FOMO into this thing,
1635
01:40:56,228 --> 01:40:57,808
they still have some tickets available.
1636
01:40:59,148 --> 01:41:03,068
I don't think there's many, but there still are tickets available.
1637
01:41:03,248 --> 01:41:06,408
It's a small event, so there's not room for everybody here.
1638
01:41:07,128 --> 01:41:09,828
But, yeah, it's going to be very high signal.
1639
01:41:09,828 --> 01:41:14,588
just go look at the list of the people that are involved
1640
01:41:14,588 --> 01:41:18,448
there's this concert with
1641
01:41:18,448 --> 01:41:19,788
Scardust
1642
01:41:19,788 --> 01:41:21,788
going to be super cool
1643
01:41:21,788 --> 01:41:23,668
just a true exemplification
1644
01:41:23,668 --> 01:41:26,928
of all of the stuff that's going on with Value for Value
1645
01:41:26,928 --> 01:41:28,428
the Conduit Market
1646
01:41:28,428 --> 01:41:32,908
we were just on the Open Markets podcast with Eric FJ
1647
01:41:32,908 --> 01:41:34,448
and Sync over there
1648
01:41:34,448 --> 01:41:37,648
and so Conduit is going to have this
1649
01:41:37,648 --> 01:41:43,848
marketplace in tandem with this Bitcoin bodega that they have going on there.
1650
01:41:43,948 --> 01:41:49,128
So there's going to be this really cool marketplace where you can either buy the stuff in advance
1651
01:41:49,128 --> 01:41:53,948
and go pick it up or wheel and deal in person right there.
1652
01:41:54,788 --> 01:42:00,008
A lot of exemplification of just the tools and techniques that we have at our fingertips today
1653
01:42:00,008 --> 01:42:02,748
and we're showcasing it all right here in Chicago.
1654
01:42:04,348 --> 01:42:05,628
Cool event to check out.
1655
01:42:05,628 --> 01:42:08,468
There's still a few tickets left if you want to FOMO into it.
1656
01:42:10,408 --> 01:42:12,708
And I should know this.
1657
01:42:14,468 --> 01:42:18,628
Yeah, their website is ChicagoBitcoinCollective.com.
1658
01:42:18,628 --> 01:42:22,388
You can find out if you're looking for a place to buy tickets,
1659
01:42:22,568 --> 01:42:25,508
that's where you would go, ChicagoBitcoinCollective.com.
1660
01:42:26,528 --> 01:42:30,808
All right, next on the list, we've got the Grand Rapids Social Meetup.
1661
01:42:31,088 --> 01:42:34,748
This is Monday, September 14th, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
1662
01:42:35,628 --> 01:42:43,348
And that is at 2356 Porter Street in Wyoming, Michigan.
1663
01:42:44,628 --> 01:42:47,148
And so this is the Grand Rapids social meetup.
1664
01:42:47,148 --> 01:42:56,368
But we also have, and that was, oh, I'm sorry, that was featured by a local Bitcoiner, which is our way of saying anonymous.
1665
01:42:56,368 --> 01:43:06,628
but then wartime also featured the grand rapids michigan drury in meetup weekend and this would
1666
01:43:06,628 --> 01:43:14,168
be friday november 6th at 4 p.m eastern through sunday november 8th at 11 a.m eastern and that's
1667
01:43:14,168 --> 01:43:19,368
in grand rapids michigan and so i think this was the one you said you wanted to hit on when we came
1668
01:43:19,368 --> 01:43:24,728
back to it so what do you got for the jury in meetup weekend yeah that's that's your white paper
1669
01:43:24,728 --> 01:43:30,868
day meetup, you know, uh, anybody who's within, you know, a few hours driving, come, come book a
1670
01:43:30,868 --> 01:43:36,268
hotel room, stay a couple of nights, hang out with us. I'll be there. Um, a lot of, obviously the,
1671
01:43:36,268 --> 01:43:41,268
the Grand Rapids crew and a lot of the Michigan crew is going to be there. And, um, you know,
1672
01:43:41,268 --> 01:43:48,108
it's, it's just another example of a different meetup format. Uh, Buffalo has some experience
1673
01:43:48,108 --> 01:43:53,868
doing these, these, these hotel meetups, uh, not through Bitcoin, but through other, uh, mechanisms,
1674
01:43:53,868 --> 01:43:56,568
other cultures that he's participated in.
1675
01:43:56,908 --> 01:43:58,308
He's got some experience around it,
1676
01:43:58,348 --> 01:44:00,708
and he knows how to throw down a good meetup at a hotel.
1677
01:44:02,168 --> 01:44:05,288
And so, man, three drink tickets with dinner,
1678
01:44:05,868 --> 01:44:08,268
three free drinks with dinner sounds like it's going to be a party.
1679
01:44:08,468 --> 01:44:08,948
You know what I mean?
1680
01:44:09,048 --> 01:44:10,068
We're going to get loose.
1681
01:44:10,648 --> 01:44:11,668
So let's go.
1682
01:44:12,048 --> 01:44:13,128
Because he was saying, too,
1683
01:44:13,228 --> 01:44:16,028
you can pass your drink tickets off to somebody else.
1684
01:44:16,188 --> 01:44:17,528
You go there, you don't drink.
1685
01:44:18,048 --> 01:44:23,588
You can sell those tickets to somebody else for some sats.
1686
01:44:23,868 --> 01:44:27,848
let everybody else have a grand old time on the cheap.
1687
01:44:28,208 --> 01:44:30,628
So it's going to be a good time to come hang out with us.
1688
01:44:33,208 --> 01:44:35,648
All right, and the last one we have on the list here
1689
01:44:35,648 --> 01:44:37,948
was posted by Augie,
1690
01:44:38,408 --> 01:44:40,988
and it's Nakamoto First Annual Retreat.
1691
01:44:41,828 --> 01:44:44,748
And Spencer did a great job discussing this
1692
01:44:44,748 --> 01:44:47,028
in his boost that he promoted it on,
1693
01:44:47,148 --> 01:44:50,868
but it is on Friday, October 2nd through Sunday, October 4th,
1694
01:44:51,388 --> 01:44:53,528
and that is Central Daylight Time
1695
01:44:53,528 --> 01:44:54,828
in Ray County, Missouri.
1696
01:44:56,108 --> 01:44:58,508
And so, yeah, it sounds like Nakamoto Town also,
1697
01:44:58,748 --> 01:45:02,468
it sounds like they're kind of channeling their inner Lake Satoshi vibes
1698
01:45:02,468 --> 01:45:06,648
and bringing that over to Kansas City or Kansas City area.
1699
01:45:07,268 --> 01:45:08,608
So that's another good one.
1700
01:45:08,828 --> 01:45:09,928
And so that rounds out.
1701
01:45:09,928 --> 01:45:10,628
Oh, go ahead.
1702
01:45:10,948 --> 01:45:14,648
I mean, we've been going on this section forever,
1703
01:45:14,908 --> 01:45:17,208
but there's just such high signal here.
1704
01:45:17,668 --> 01:45:21,928
You know, the community is really bringing some high signal content
1705
01:45:21,928 --> 01:45:24,828
content to our show, right?
1706
01:45:25,108 --> 01:45:28,228
And look, we've been talking about this,
1707
01:45:28,508 --> 01:45:30,808
the Michigan community for years
1708
01:45:30,808 --> 01:45:32,568
about this trade route idea.
1709
01:45:33,608 --> 01:45:36,728
And so several of the Michigan Bitcoiners
1710
01:45:36,728 --> 01:45:38,688
are going to be heading down to Nakamoto Town
1711
01:45:38,688 --> 01:45:40,808
to hang out with Augie and the KC crew.
1712
01:45:41,468 --> 01:45:43,048
And guess what's going to happen on the way?
1713
01:45:43,548 --> 01:45:45,928
We're going to try and hit up some meetups
1714
01:45:45,928 --> 01:45:48,388
on the way down and on the way back
1715
01:45:48,388 --> 01:45:51,808
and take stuff from Michigan to Kansas City
1716
01:45:51,808 --> 01:45:56,688
and then back on up through the Midwest and distribute it along the way.
1717
01:45:57,348 --> 01:46:05,868
And so this is just like the first exemplification of connecting the meetups together through trade
1718
01:46:05,868 --> 01:46:11,688
in addition to this experiential and intellectual capital exchange, right?
1719
01:46:11,688 --> 01:46:17,308
We're building culture, but now we're also providing opportunities along the way to gain access,
1720
01:46:17,308 --> 01:46:21,488
to gain market access to the products that are being produced in Michigan
1721
01:46:21,488 --> 01:46:24,668
and the products that are being produced in Kansas City.
1722
01:46:26,188 --> 01:46:30,388
And so it's just another cool opportunity where we can,
1723
01:46:31,728 --> 01:46:33,548
once we connect all these meetups together
1724
01:46:33,548 --> 01:46:35,248
and we start flowing between them,
1725
01:46:35,688 --> 01:46:37,628
now we can start to create true,
1726
01:46:38,648 --> 01:46:42,528
not joke circular economies, real circular economies
1727
01:46:42,528 --> 01:46:44,148
where the goods are moving.
1728
01:46:45,768 --> 01:46:46,568
Hell yeah.
1729
01:46:47,248 --> 01:46:49,268
Yeah, just one more thing to add to the list
1730
01:46:49,268 --> 01:46:51,148
of all the cool shit that we've got going on
1731
01:46:51,148 --> 01:46:56,488
just from our featured community meetups.
1732
01:46:58,048 --> 01:46:59,508
So I'm going to hit the other,
1733
01:46:59,608 --> 01:47:01,168
I mentioned at the beginning here
1734
01:47:01,168 --> 01:47:04,968
that we're going to include in our spin the wheel game
1735
01:47:04,968 --> 01:47:07,288
to find out who wins the 21K sats.
1736
01:47:07,688 --> 01:47:09,468
We're going to include all the featured content.
1737
01:47:09,708 --> 01:47:11,488
Now, I'll be fair here.
1738
01:47:11,828 --> 01:47:13,428
Most of this other featured content
1739
01:47:13,428 --> 01:47:14,888
was featured by me or Rev
1740
01:47:14,888 --> 01:47:18,088
to sort of have an example
1741
01:47:18,088 --> 01:47:20,368
of what this stuff looks like when you feature it.
1742
01:47:21,148 --> 01:47:22,408
But it's featured nonetheless.
1743
01:47:22,988 --> 01:47:24,168
And so we're going to read through them.
1744
01:47:24,688 --> 01:47:27,468
So in our marketplace, we have featured items.
1745
01:47:28,288 --> 01:47:30,788
We have raw milk from Augie.
1746
01:47:31,608 --> 01:47:38,208
We also have, let's see, Cretan wildflower honey, 10-ounce jar.
1747
01:47:39,048 --> 01:47:41,408
And this was sourced directly from Crete.
1748
01:47:42,028 --> 01:47:46,168
And this is posted by Stacy and featured by me.
1749
01:47:47,228 --> 01:47:49,528
And so that's one of our featured items for sale.
1750
01:47:49,528 --> 01:47:51,788
so Stacy will be thrown into the mix.
1751
01:47:53,208 --> 01:47:55,668
We do have the local Bitcoiners.
1752
01:47:55,868 --> 01:47:56,868
What's left of our merch,
1753
01:47:56,968 --> 01:47:58,468
we're really just down to our magnets,
1754
01:47:58,728 --> 01:48:00,308
but those are also featured on there.
1755
01:48:02,068 --> 01:48:04,148
Then we've got featured podcasts.
1756
01:48:04,868 --> 01:48:07,388
And so again, if you'd like to feature a podcast
1757
01:48:07,388 --> 01:48:10,208
that someone in our community has boosted before,
1758
01:48:10,328 --> 01:48:11,388
you can go ahead and do that.
1759
01:48:11,488 --> 01:48:12,368
Like maybe you're saying,
1760
01:48:12,588 --> 01:48:14,548
not only did I boost this episode,
1761
01:48:14,668 --> 01:48:16,808
but I also would really like Read and Rev
1762
01:48:16,808 --> 01:48:19,128
to talk about it for a couple of minutes on the podcast.
1763
01:48:19,128 --> 01:48:20,888
So we have two podcasts here.
1764
01:48:21,748 --> 01:48:25,088
The first one is the No Solutions podcast,
1765
01:48:25,528 --> 01:48:28,928
and it was episode 36, A Taste for Freedom with Zaza,
1766
01:48:29,468 --> 01:48:31,348
and that was featured by Rev.
1767
01:48:31,588 --> 01:48:33,088
Did you want to talk about that for a second?
1768
01:48:33,848 --> 01:48:36,328
That episode, was there a reason why you picked that one in particular?
1769
01:48:37,448 --> 01:48:43,628
Yeah, so Zaza is working on the Archipelago node software.
1770
01:48:43,628 --> 01:48:48,148
I think he's really working a lot with the user interface
1771
01:48:48,148 --> 01:48:50,148
and the graphic design of it all.
1772
01:48:51,708 --> 01:48:54,968
But really beyond that, I mean, that is super cool in itself.
1773
01:48:55,148 --> 01:48:58,628
Like the archipelago stuff is something that I'm really looking forward to
1774
01:48:58,628 --> 01:49:01,208
dipping my toes in and playing around with.
1775
01:49:01,768 --> 01:49:02,828
Haven't quite got there.
1776
01:49:02,948 --> 01:49:06,368
Probably a wintertime activity with the way my lifestyle goes.
1777
01:49:07,028 --> 01:49:11,048
But in addition to that, what Gigi and Zaza got talking about
1778
01:49:11,048 --> 01:49:16,408
on that episode was this spiritual component to Bitcoin
1779
01:49:16,408 --> 01:49:20,168
that's sort of hard to describe.
1780
01:49:22,168 --> 01:49:25,368
Somehow Bitcoin does something to you.
1781
01:49:25,968 --> 01:49:32,868
And John Vallis had focused on this angle a lot
1782
01:49:32,868 --> 01:49:35,408
when he was doing podcasting a few years ago.
1783
01:49:36,148 --> 01:49:39,508
And it just reminded me a lot of those kinds of themes.
1784
01:49:40,228 --> 01:49:41,588
And so I just thought it was a great,
1785
01:49:41,688 --> 01:49:43,288
just a great podcast to listen to.
1786
01:49:43,368 --> 01:49:44,728
If you're interested in to like,
1787
01:49:45,108 --> 01:49:46,948
what is Bitcoin beyond just this?
1788
01:49:47,168 --> 01:49:48,468
It's not a tool, okay?
1789
01:49:48,788 --> 01:49:50,048
Bitcoin is not just a tool.
1790
01:49:50,208 --> 01:49:51,448
There's something else going on here.
1791
01:49:51,828 --> 01:49:52,748
Listen to that podcast.
1792
01:49:52,868 --> 01:49:54,088
Maybe you'll start to get an idea
1793
01:49:54,088 --> 01:49:56,268
of what else is going on with Bitcoin.
1794
01:49:57,548 --> 01:49:58,568
Yeah, and if you don't,
1795
01:49:58,748 --> 01:50:02,628
if No Solutions podcast isn't on your normal rotation,
1796
01:50:02,828 --> 01:50:03,528
highly recommend.
1797
01:50:04,308 --> 01:50:05,528
Plus it's a good opportunity
1798
01:50:05,528 --> 01:50:07,268
to get to hear from Gigi on the regular.
1799
01:50:09,508 --> 01:50:12,368
The other podcast that's on here was featured by me.
1800
01:50:12,828 --> 01:50:15,708
And this was kind of the example that I wanted to just throw up there.
1801
01:50:15,908 --> 01:50:17,688
But it's the Open Markets podcast.
1802
01:50:18,148 --> 01:50:20,908
And that is episode 14, Local Bitcoiners First.
1803
01:50:21,488 --> 01:50:26,868
And so this is the episode where Rev and myself got invited to come on the Open Markets podcast.
1804
01:50:27,788 --> 01:50:30,028
And we talked about a whole bunch of good stuff.
1805
01:50:31,468 --> 01:50:36,728
Both on the open market side, but also drawing a lot of parallels back to our local communities
1806
01:50:36,728 --> 01:50:42,548
and how we've been using Noster and a lot of the community building tools that we talk about all the time,
1807
01:50:42,588 --> 01:50:44,308
that we talked about a lot on this episode.
1808
01:50:44,788 --> 01:50:49,128
We brought up a lot of those same concepts on the Open Markets podcast.
1809
01:50:49,608 --> 01:50:52,648
And so if you have not a ton of members of our community,
1810
01:50:52,788 --> 01:50:57,068
it looks like eight members of our community have submitted boost to that episode.
1811
01:50:57,348 --> 01:51:00,428
So I know a lot of you have already listened to this.
1812
01:51:00,428 --> 01:51:06,868
However, if you have not, I definitely recommend you go check out episode 14 of the Open Markets Podcast.
1813
01:51:09,748 --> 01:51:15,948
All right, and then finally, to wrap us up here, we've got two articles that have been featured, both by Rev.
1814
01:51:16,328 --> 01:51:21,048
The first one was authored by Augie, and it's just titled Meshtadel.
1815
01:51:21,928 --> 01:51:23,688
I have not read this article.
1816
01:51:25,268 --> 01:51:27,848
Do you want to talk about it for a minute?
1817
01:51:27,988 --> 01:51:28,808
Do you remember what's in here?
1818
01:51:28,808 --> 01:51:34,868
so agi is basically doing kind of what you were talking about where uh you could take these uh
1819
01:51:34,868 --> 01:51:39,588
notes from the inside the the message the letters from the inside with uh kione from
1820
01:51:39,588 --> 01:51:46,528
uh samurai and repurposing them into a nostril long form note and so he took soul exporters
1821
01:51:46,528 --> 01:51:53,508
original article uh of the mestradale and put it on nostril for everyone to read and so this
1822
01:51:53,508 --> 01:51:56,788
If you're interested in the Mestredel concept, this is it.
1823
01:51:57,008 --> 01:52:00,588
This is the impetus of it all.
1824
01:52:01,008 --> 01:52:02,088
This is what started it all.
1825
01:52:03,108 --> 01:52:04,408
So go check that article out.
1826
01:52:04,508 --> 01:52:08,008
It explains what the idea behind the Mestredel is from the person,
1827
01:52:08,148 --> 01:52:09,948
from Soul Exporter himself.
1828
01:52:11,368 --> 01:52:16,528
It's just Augie repurposing it into a Noster long-form note format.
1829
01:52:18,228 --> 01:52:19,068
All right.
1830
01:52:19,068 --> 01:52:24,348
And then the last one here is another article that you have had the opportunity to talk about before.
1831
01:52:24,568 --> 01:52:27,408
And it's titled The Year the Shofar Waits.
1832
01:52:27,668 --> 01:52:31,368
And that was published by Shadrach back on August 4th.
1833
01:52:32,108 --> 01:52:35,668
And we've talked about that one before, but that was also featured by you.
1834
01:52:36,108 --> 01:52:41,988
And so Shadrach, because you featured these, like all the stuff that Rev and I feature,
1835
01:52:41,988 --> 01:52:49,068
Although we have sent ourselves sats before on this episode, of course that happens.
1836
01:52:49,528 --> 01:52:52,988
We're not entering ourselves in to win our own 21k sats.
1837
01:52:53,148 --> 01:52:54,608
That kind of defeats the purpose here.
1838
01:52:55,648 --> 01:53:05,848
So what we do is if something's featured by us, we just enter the person in whose article or whose event or whatever it is that we're featuring.
1839
01:53:06,708 --> 01:53:07,388
So there you go.
1840
01:53:07,488 --> 01:53:09,748
So Shadrach and Augie are in.
1841
01:53:09,748 --> 01:53:14,968
all right so this is just like an opportunity if you guys are making good content out there and we
1842
01:53:14,968 --> 01:53:20,308
recognize it we might feature it and you could you could end up getting in this wheel um to win 21k
1843
01:53:20,308 --> 01:53:24,748
it's just it's just a way for us to showcase and break the ice like we were talking about on this
1844
01:53:24,748 --> 01:53:31,528
episode for reducing friction for people to to continue to propagate this intellectual and
1845
01:53:31,528 --> 01:53:36,848
experiential capital with each other all these community feeds are ways of of of sharing that
1846
01:53:36,848 --> 01:53:51,604
whether it podcasts long form articles marketplace items you have it whatever you have you know put it up there on Noster and we can feature it
1847
01:53:51,604 --> 01:53:52,624
or you could feature it.
1848
01:53:52,864 --> 01:53:54,204
You could feature somebody else's article.
1849
01:53:54,824 --> 01:53:56,524
You could feature somebody else's content,
1850
01:53:57,264 --> 01:53:58,864
but that's the idea.
1851
01:53:58,864 --> 01:54:02,164
We want to showcase the best stuff that the local Bitcoiners community
1852
01:54:02,164 --> 01:54:02,884
has to offer.
1853
01:54:03,824 --> 01:54:05,064
You're going to spin that sucker.
1854
01:54:05,824 --> 01:54:08,844
So this is by far our biggest wheel here.
1855
01:54:09,004 --> 01:54:12,064
So we've got, let's see, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10.
1856
01:54:12,124 --> 01:54:15,184
We have 11 names on here, 11 potential winners.
1857
01:54:15,884 --> 01:54:18,084
So let's see who wins.
1858
01:54:24,904 --> 01:54:28,684
Oh, there we go.
1859
01:54:28,784 --> 01:54:29,444
We have a winner.
1860
01:54:29,444 --> 01:54:31,844
So the winner is the Grand Rapids.
1861
01:54:32,044 --> 01:54:32,484
Grand Rapids.
1862
01:54:32,484 --> 01:54:34,984
This was for the social meetup.
1863
01:54:35,064 --> 01:54:37,584
and if I go to that one,
1864
01:54:37,644 --> 01:54:39,404
I just want to make sure I have the right one here.
1865
01:54:40,064 --> 01:54:42,324
Yeah, so this was featured anonymously,
1866
01:54:42,684 --> 01:54:44,764
so featured by a local Bitcoiner,
1867
01:54:45,544 --> 01:54:47,344
and so therefore the sats will go
1868
01:54:47,344 --> 01:54:49,964
to the Grand Rapids Bitcoin meetup endpub.
1869
01:54:50,444 --> 01:54:53,924
That's who's got the win for this episode.
1870
01:54:54,844 --> 01:54:57,924
So thank you, Anonymous, whoever you are,
1871
01:54:57,924 --> 01:54:59,944
who featured the Grand Rapids Bitcoin meetup.
1872
01:55:00,244 --> 01:55:04,424
You just got that meetup's endpub, 21k sats.
1873
01:55:05,064 --> 01:55:06,244
beautiful
1874
01:55:06,244 --> 01:55:07,604
what a cool
1875
01:55:07,604 --> 01:55:08,244
that's
1876
01:55:08,244 --> 01:55:08,544
that
1877
01:55:08,544 --> 01:55:10,424
making that
1878
01:55:10,424 --> 01:55:11,124
all of that
1879
01:55:11,124 --> 01:55:12,124
that featured content
1880
01:55:12,124 --> 01:55:13,004
available in the wheel
1881
01:55:13,004 --> 01:55:14,084
really I think
1882
01:55:14,084 --> 01:55:15,484
adds a
1883
01:55:15,484 --> 01:55:16,764
it's a whole new level
1884
01:55:16,764 --> 01:55:17,404
of discussion
1885
01:55:17,404 --> 01:55:18,044
you know
1886
01:55:18,044 --> 01:55:19,764
where we really get to dive into
1887
01:55:19,764 --> 01:55:21,564
a lot of different stuff
1888
01:55:21,564 --> 01:55:23,544
so take advantage
1889
01:55:23,544 --> 01:55:24,464
of that feature guys
1890
01:55:24,464 --> 01:55:24,804
you know
1891
01:55:24,804 --> 01:55:26,064
if you're playing around
1892
01:55:26,064 --> 01:55:26,664
on our website
1893
01:55:26,664 --> 01:55:27,384
and you see something
1894
01:55:27,384 --> 01:55:28,304
that catches your eye
1895
01:55:28,304 --> 01:55:29,304
feature it
1896
01:55:29,304 --> 01:55:29,624
I mean
1897
01:55:29,624 --> 01:55:30,224
you can
1898
01:55:30,224 --> 01:55:31,824
100 sats is the minimum
1899
01:55:31,824 --> 01:55:32,404
you know
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01:55:32,404 --> 01:55:33,324
to feature something
1901
01:55:33,324 --> 01:55:34,084
you don't have to put
1902
01:55:34,084 --> 01:55:39,864
a lot of financial capital on the line to just throw your hat in the wheel here and showcase
1903
01:55:39,864 --> 01:55:46,364
something that you want us to give our thoughts on. And that showcases what the community has going on.
1904
01:55:48,144 --> 01:55:53,664
But I think that's the last thing we have before we start reading the boosts. Are we ready to read
1905
01:55:53,664 --> 01:55:59,644
the boosts? Transition to the boosts. Let's do it. Let's hit it. So we got 3333 via Fountain from
1906
01:55:59,644 --> 01:56:02,904
Shadrack, Pure Signal, hashtag 40HPW.
1907
01:56:03,404 --> 01:56:08,124
And that's on Parallel Systems for Silent Bitcoiners with Bittish, Cleveland, Ohio, episode 16.
1908
01:56:08,704 --> 01:56:13,024
So Shadrack is working his way through the backlog, listening to stuff.
1909
01:56:13,024 --> 01:56:20,244
And that episode is particularly relevant to what I was talking about with this trade route idea going down to Nakamoto.
1910
01:56:20,764 --> 01:56:28,744
Cleveland is going to be one of the stops on the way back to Michigan where some of this natural capital is going to be distributed.
1911
01:56:29,644 --> 01:56:34,884
And the Cleveland Bitcoiners are going to get to enjoy the fruits of what's being produced down there in Kansas City.
1912
01:56:35,404 --> 01:56:39,044
Next up, we got 420 sats via LocalBitcoiners.com for myself.
1913
01:56:39,464 --> 01:56:41,404
And this is featuring that Meshadel article.
1914
01:56:41,404 --> 01:56:46,504
So if you're interested in learning more about the Meshadel, go on our website.
1915
01:56:46,744 --> 01:56:50,404
Look at the community feeds for the long-form notes.
1916
01:56:50,504 --> 01:56:53,604
You can find the Meshadel article there by Augie and read that.
1917
01:56:54,124 --> 01:56:58,404
Next, we got 277 sats via LocalBitcoiners.com.
1918
01:56:58,404 --> 01:57:02,164
420 sats intended one leg failed for myself,
1919
01:57:02,304 --> 01:57:02,864
Reb Hodel.
1920
01:57:03,524 --> 01:57:09,504
And that was me featuring the episode with Zaza and Gigi.
1921
01:57:09,684 --> 01:57:12,044
So once again, check that out.
1922
01:57:12,124 --> 01:57:13,044
It's super cool.
1923
01:57:13,444 --> 01:57:15,084
And once again, I'm just trying to,
1924
01:57:15,084 --> 01:57:18,544
like, it's, I log in to the website
1925
01:57:18,544 --> 01:57:20,064
that's just the same as everyone else.
1926
01:57:20,164 --> 01:57:21,964
I got to click the buttons and do all the stuff.
1927
01:57:22,464 --> 01:57:25,244
And so it's, I find that it's a pretty,
1928
01:57:25,244 --> 01:57:32,924
man it's gotten really easy guys like if you have amber on your phone you can you click the button
1929
01:57:32,924 --> 01:57:38,004
you're logged in right away you can connect your wallet with one copy and paste and then it's there
1930
01:57:38,004 --> 01:57:44,244
ready to go and you can go and blast these sats out do these features and uh really utilize what
1931
01:57:44,244 --> 01:57:50,164
we've got there on the website um and and share this stuff out there i think i mentioned a couple
1932
01:57:50,164 --> 01:57:54,964
i think i mentioned a couple weeks ago too but also on the website we have ways that you can
1933
01:57:54,964 --> 01:58:01,504
And if you just want to boost and you don't want anything to do with Noster, you can just come to the website, connect a wallet and boost.
1934
01:58:01,744 --> 01:58:05,684
You don't have to if you don't want to do the Noster stuff, it's not required anymore.
1935
01:58:05,824 --> 01:58:07,664
It was in the beginning, but it's no longer.
1936
01:58:07,864 --> 01:58:15,984
So if you want to come and just boost an episode and just type your name in instead of having it tied to your end pub, that's still possible on the website.
1937
01:58:16,124 --> 01:58:17,324
You can you can do that, too.
1938
01:58:20,144 --> 01:58:23,964
Yeah, man, it's reducing the friction, right?
1939
01:58:23,964 --> 01:58:25,564
We're always trying to reduce the friction.
1940
01:58:26,364 --> 01:58:30,784
If you've got a meetup, reduce the friction at your meetup for that velocity to increase,
1941
01:58:30,864 --> 01:58:31,984
and you're going to build capital.
1942
01:58:32,524 --> 01:58:34,884
Next, we've got 100 sats via Fountain from Reed.
1943
01:58:35,464 --> 01:58:40,144
And Reed says, yes, I do listen back to all the local Bitcoiners episodes.
1944
01:58:40,744 --> 01:58:42,204
Lightning emoji, lightning emoji.
1945
01:58:42,644 --> 01:58:46,184
And that was on Quiet on Quantum, Loud on Privacy with Satsy and Armand,
1946
01:58:46,264 --> 01:58:48,184
Boston, Massachusetts, episode 27.
1947
01:58:48,184 --> 01:58:52,524
And so there's Reed trying to get his credit for the hashtag 40HBW,
1948
01:58:52,524 --> 01:58:57,124
the Noster Gang has a 40 HPW challenge, you know.
1949
01:58:57,604 --> 01:59:01,584
And I'll say too, because we've had people who have pointed this out before, you know,
1950
01:59:01,644 --> 01:59:06,084
but it's like when I was, if I'm going to do this 40 HPW thing, I'm going to listen.
1951
01:59:06,624 --> 01:59:09,344
Every podcast I boost, I'm going to listen to the whole thing.
1952
01:59:10,204 --> 01:59:12,824
And so that's what, you know, last week I spent all this time.
1953
01:59:13,044 --> 01:59:17,504
And yeah, look, I listened back to all of our episodes before we publish them.
1954
01:59:17,504 --> 01:59:25,684
And so I actually, I think even in this particular case, I think this was an example where I didn't have time to listen back before we published.
1955
01:59:25,924 --> 01:59:28,144
And so I think I actually listened after we published.
1956
01:59:28,664 --> 01:59:31,164
But I do listen, I listen back to all of our episodes.
1957
01:59:31,304 --> 01:59:32,764
So I'm like, well, this totally counts.
1958
01:59:33,024 --> 01:59:34,764
I'm sending in, I sent in the minimum.
1959
01:59:35,384 --> 01:59:39,044
I sent in 100 sat boost just to make sure I got my credit for it.
1960
01:59:39,164 --> 01:59:39,844
But yeah, there you go.
1961
01:59:39,864 --> 01:59:42,424
Well, yeah, it's kind of silly to send sats to yourself.
1962
01:59:43,024 --> 01:59:43,544
I know.
1963
01:59:43,544 --> 01:59:46,204
You're sending sats to Stacey and Armin.
1964
01:59:47,204 --> 01:59:48,044
This is true.
1965
01:59:48,044 --> 01:59:48,544
You could use them a little bit.
1966
01:59:49,124 --> 01:59:49,344
Yep.
1967
01:59:50,544 --> 01:59:56,344
Anyways, that 40 HPW challenge, it's a great way to, once again,
1968
01:59:56,884 --> 01:59:57,924
it's creating an incentive.
1969
01:59:58,104 --> 01:59:58,704
It's a fun way.
1970
01:59:58,844 --> 02:00:00,924
It's a game to play to increase the velocity, right?
1971
02:00:01,284 --> 02:00:04,684
Now, if you're listening to a show, all you got to do is 100 sat boost.
1972
02:00:05,064 --> 02:00:09,864
I think that's kind of like the industry standard minimum on podcasting 2.0
1973
02:00:09,864 --> 02:00:10,424
for a boost.
1974
02:00:11,144 --> 02:00:12,584
I don't know who sets that standard.
1975
02:00:13,164 --> 02:00:15,524
It's to make sure all the legs go through, right?
1976
02:00:15,584 --> 02:00:18,984
Because if you have a 1% split to podcast index or something like that,
1977
02:00:19,044 --> 02:00:21,324
you want to make sure you can't boost less than one sat.
1978
02:00:22,344 --> 02:00:23,564
Yes, sure, sure.
1979
02:00:23,884 --> 02:00:26,844
So 100 sat minimum, and then you get the credit,
1980
02:00:26,984 --> 02:00:28,044
and then you get on the leaderboard,
1981
02:00:28,124 --> 02:00:29,804
and you get to play the game with the rest of us.
1982
02:00:30,424 --> 02:00:33,604
Next, we've got 101 sats via Fountain from Nostrigang.
1983
02:00:33,704 --> 02:00:34,884
Go Red Sox.
1984
02:00:35,384 --> 02:00:36,924
And that was on Quiet on Quantum,
1985
02:00:36,924 --> 02:00:41,344
Loud on Privacy with Satsy and Arm in Boston, Massachusetts, episode 27.
1986
02:00:41,344 --> 02:00:43,964
and Red Sox is a Boston team, eh?
1987
02:00:45,124 --> 02:00:46,624
Yeah, yeah, Boston baseball.
1988
02:00:46,744 --> 02:00:47,224
Let's go.
1989
02:00:47,964 --> 02:00:48,464
All right.
1990
02:00:48,704 --> 02:00:50,744
I guess Nostra Gang is a Red Sox fan.
1991
02:00:51,584 --> 02:00:55,664
Next, we got 100 sats via Boost Me Bitch from Chad F and 33 others.
1992
02:00:56,124 --> 02:00:59,304
Quiet on Quantum, loud on privacy with Satsy and Armand,
1993
02:00:59,684 --> 02:01:03,424
Massachusetts episode 27.
1994
02:01:03,424 --> 02:01:09,104
And so Chad F, I think, is just claiming his proof of 40 HPW there as well
1995
02:01:09,104 --> 02:01:09,884
with no message.
1996
02:01:09,884 --> 02:01:14,924
Next, we got 210 sats via LocalBitcoiners.com from Alice A.
1997
02:01:15,444 --> 02:01:24,024
And she's got a tent emoji camping October 2nd through October 4th in Winters, California.
1998
02:01:24,604 --> 02:01:28,704
And there's a link here for a Club Orange event.
1999
02:01:30,184 --> 02:01:35,264
So it sounds like there's this thing I think that they do over there called BitCamp.
2000
02:01:36,224 --> 02:01:36,964
Oh, nice.
2001
02:01:36,964 --> 02:01:44,064
Um, these folks are, are kind of going out, making camping adventures and, uh, hanging
2002
02:01:44,064 --> 02:01:45,224
out as Bitcoiners.
2003
02:01:45,324 --> 02:01:50,884
And so it sounds like in Winters, California, October 2nd through October 4th, you can,
2004
02:01:50,884 --> 02:01:52,404
uh, join in on that.
2005
02:01:52,404 --> 02:01:58,704
Uh, if you find this boost, uh, from, from Alice A, you'll find the link there, the information
2006
02:01:58,704 --> 02:01:59,784
on Club Orange.
2007
02:02:00,644 --> 02:02:02,704
So thanks Alice A for that boost.
2008
02:02:03,344 --> 02:02:04,144
Yeah, it is.
2009
02:02:04,224 --> 02:02:05,424
I clicked on the link here.
2010
02:02:05,424 --> 02:02:08,364
It is BitCamp, Northern California camping, BitCamp.
2011
02:02:09,344 --> 02:02:12,724
It says they've got Saturday afternoon,
2012
02:02:12,824 --> 02:02:15,744
there's an optional outing to a tasting room,
2013
02:02:16,504 --> 02:02:18,224
pay for wine and snacks with Bitcoin,
2014
02:02:18,784 --> 02:02:20,364
or relax at camp.
2015
02:02:20,484 --> 02:02:21,964
They've got campfires are allowed
2016
02:02:21,964 --> 02:02:24,464
and Friday evening meal provided.
2017
02:02:25,884 --> 02:02:26,504
So there you go.
2018
02:02:27,264 --> 02:02:28,164
No, it's going to be sweet.
2019
02:02:28,164 --> 02:02:30,104
Definitely go check out BitCamp.
2020
02:02:30,304 --> 02:02:30,784
Let's go.
2021
02:02:30,904 --> 02:02:32,804
If you're in Winters, California area,
2022
02:02:33,044 --> 02:02:34,844
within a decent distance of there,
2023
02:02:34,844 --> 02:02:36,104
Maybe you should check that out.
2024
02:02:36,704 --> 02:02:38,524
And, you know, to tease this a little bit,
2025
02:02:39,104 --> 02:02:43,124
I am in communications with the organizers of BitCamp,
2026
02:02:43,584 --> 02:02:46,124
the organizers of the Sacramento meetup,
2027
02:02:46,524 --> 02:02:51,824
and I think we're trying to work out a way to see what's going on over there
2028
02:02:51,824 --> 02:02:52,464
on the West Coast.
2029
02:02:52,584 --> 02:02:53,984
We've been teasing this for a while.
2030
02:02:54,544 --> 02:02:59,524
We kind of pivoted doing this BitDev's little foray for a moment,
2031
02:02:59,824 --> 02:03:01,864
but we really want to head over to the West Coast.
2032
02:03:01,864 --> 02:03:04,364
We've been focusing so much on the East Coast and the Midwest
2033
02:03:04,364 --> 02:03:08,184
We haven't talked to the West Coast Bitcoiners so much.
2034
02:03:09,364 --> 02:03:10,444
And so keep your eye out.
2035
02:03:10,784 --> 02:03:18,784
Hopefully we can get some scheduling going where we're talking to the West Coast Bitcoiners and see what they've got going on over there.
2036
02:03:19,304 --> 02:03:23,384
Next, we got 5,000 sats via LocalBitcoiners.com from WitSixer.
2037
02:03:24,264 --> 02:03:29,964
The last few episodes really helped me with my understanding of a few of the more technical aspects of Bitcoin.
2038
02:03:30,344 --> 02:03:33,084
Thanks for helping me see a little clearer on all of that.
2039
02:03:33,084 --> 02:03:39,224
Quiet on Quantum, Loud on Privacy with Satzi Armin, Boston, Massachusetts, episode 27.
2040
02:03:40,604 --> 02:03:41,284
Well, there you go.
2041
02:03:41,564 --> 02:03:47,304
Wittsixer coming in and saying, hey, these more technical episodes have been useful and valuable.
2042
02:03:47,904 --> 02:03:52,684
And so if you haven't listened to them, maybe you should go check it out, see what you can learn from it all.
2043
02:03:53,584 --> 02:03:57,784
Once again, Wittsixer with the high value boosts.
2044
02:03:57,784 --> 02:04:02,264
Next, we got 111 sats via fountain.
2045
02:04:02,944 --> 02:04:07,624
Row of sticks, satchel of Richards from Stacy.
2046
02:04:09,124 --> 02:04:10,324
I love this episode.
2047
02:04:10,744 --> 02:04:13,524
I love how our worlds connect in this space.
2048
02:04:13,644 --> 02:04:21,004
I've gotten to know Rev through my local meetup and James as well through our work together at Conduit.
2049
02:04:21,004 --> 02:04:26,064
I love hearing about the Jersey City meetup, and that was on Meetups are the ultimate web of trust.
2050
02:04:26,064 --> 02:04:28,964
Jersey City, New Jersey, episode two.
2051
02:04:29,484 --> 02:04:32,224
And so Stacey went back and listened to episode two with James,
2052
02:04:32,284 --> 02:04:36,764
and it turns out that James and Stacey are now working together at Conduit.
2053
02:04:36,844 --> 02:04:39,044
And I didn't know James was involved in Conduit,
2054
02:04:39,144 --> 02:04:41,644
so that's kind of a cool new development.
2055
02:04:42,684 --> 02:04:46,364
James, if you're listening, let us know how that's going over there with Conduit.
2056
02:04:46,444 --> 02:04:47,944
It seems like it's pretty cool.
2057
02:04:49,144 --> 02:04:51,304
They're pushing updates, it seems like, daily.
2058
02:04:51,304 --> 02:04:59,564
next we got 100 sats via fountain from pyrohawk i was thinking at some point you'd want to reset
2059
02:04:59,564 --> 02:05:08,904
the top boost so the top and 33 days seems like a good solution might also consider different
2060
02:05:08,904 --> 02:05:17,224
time frames for the size of the boost like over 1 million doesn't expire for over 100 000 is good
2061
02:05:17,224 --> 02:05:19,484
for like half a year, etc.
2062
02:05:19,904 --> 02:05:20,924
Just an idea.
2063
02:05:21,484 --> 02:05:22,684
Always enjoy the interviews
2064
02:05:22,684 --> 02:05:24,084
and things you come up with.
2065
02:05:24,724 --> 02:05:26,044
Hashtag 40 HPW.
2066
02:05:26,204 --> 02:05:27,264
So yeah, maybe there can be
2067
02:05:27,264 --> 02:05:29,424
some like decay on the boost.
2068
02:05:29,604 --> 02:05:31,084
Like if you boost really big,
2069
02:05:31,144 --> 02:05:32,404
you'll be up there for a while.
2070
02:05:32,804 --> 02:05:34,124
And if you boost small,
2071
02:05:34,224 --> 02:05:35,004
it's more ephemeral.
2072
02:05:35,564 --> 02:05:37,084
That's interesting, PyroHawk,
2073
02:05:37,144 --> 02:05:37,804
where we can have like
2074
02:05:37,804 --> 02:05:39,024
some kind of sliding scale
2075
02:05:39,024 --> 02:05:40,644
for the message.
2076
02:05:40,804 --> 02:05:42,984
If you want to promote something
2077
02:05:42,984 --> 02:05:44,104
for a long period of time,
2078
02:05:44,204 --> 02:05:44,964
you can boost big.
2079
02:05:46,344 --> 02:05:46,904
Like it.
2080
02:05:46,904 --> 02:05:48,204
Great feedback. Great feedback.
2081
02:05:49,244 --> 02:05:53,084
And sorry, I actually, if it's okay, I want to go back a boost.
2082
02:05:53,224 --> 02:05:54,524
You want to go back? Okay, okay, okay.
2083
02:05:54,744 --> 02:05:58,644
Sorry, because I was trying to look something up on my phone and we moved on too quick.
2084
02:05:58,644 --> 02:06:03,884
But yeah, I was also surprised to find out that James was working at Conduit Market now.
2085
02:06:04,244 --> 02:06:09,224
And so I think he's helping them prepare actually for the V4V Summit that's coming up.
2086
02:06:10,684 --> 02:06:12,844
So yeah, so, you know, I don't know. It's really cool.
2087
02:06:12,964 --> 02:06:16,484
I mean, if you think, you know, James, GC and James, they were our first guests.
2088
02:06:16,904 --> 02:06:21,424
right they were the first guests on this podcast they were episode two you know we did the solar
2089
02:06:21,424 --> 02:06:27,464
rip episode one which is kind of like the pilot and then bang episode two gc and james and it's
2090
02:06:27,464 --> 02:06:32,264
still one of our most popular episodes by all metrics it's like number two in both categories
2091
02:06:32,264 --> 02:06:36,364
like no matter how you measure it it's it's all the way up at the top of one of our best episodes
2092
02:06:36,364 --> 02:06:39,464
yeah one of the greatest episodes of all time there was magic there
2093
02:06:39,464 --> 02:06:43,284
it was probably that giant bag of weed i showed him at the beginning
2094
02:06:43,284 --> 02:06:45,244
of the show.
2095
02:06:47,044 --> 02:06:48,324
But yeah, thanks, Stacy.
2096
02:06:48,704 --> 02:06:50,844
Sounds like Stacy's going back and listening too.
2097
02:06:50,984 --> 02:06:52,724
So thank you for that boost.
2098
02:06:53,864 --> 02:06:55,304
And thank you, PyroHawk, also.
2099
02:06:55,384 --> 02:06:56,284
That is a great idea.
2100
02:06:57,384 --> 02:06:59,804
Maybe we'll let this settle for a little while
2101
02:06:59,804 --> 02:07:01,384
since we are mixing up the leaderboards,
2102
02:07:01,544 --> 02:07:03,804
but that's another good model for us to think about
2103
02:07:03,804 --> 02:07:05,164
next time we decide to mix it up.
2104
02:07:05,624 --> 02:07:08,224
Any stuff that you guys got to throw into the hat,
2105
02:07:08,384 --> 02:07:10,064
we love playing with these ideas
2106
02:07:10,064 --> 02:07:12,344
to create different rules for different games.
2107
02:07:12,344 --> 02:07:15,504
you can slice this shit a lot of different ways
2108
02:07:15,504 --> 02:07:17,224
and you never know
2109
02:07:17,224 --> 02:07:19,204
what's going to be the most fun way to do it
2110
02:07:19,204 --> 02:07:21,004
so keep the ideas flowing
2111
02:07:21,004 --> 02:07:22,204
really appreciate it guys
2112
02:07:22,204 --> 02:07:24,864
next we got 222 sets
2113
02:07:24,864 --> 02:07:26,244
via Boost Me Buddy
2114
02:07:26,244 --> 02:07:28,384
from Chad F and 33 others
2115
02:07:28,384 --> 02:07:31,064
2x podcasting listening is unacceptable
2116
02:07:31,064 --> 02:07:32,464
unacceptable
2117
02:07:32,464 --> 02:07:34,504
and that's on
2118
02:07:34,504 --> 02:07:36,384
Quiet on Quantum
2119
02:07:36,384 --> 02:07:38,204
Loud on Privacy with Satsy and Armin
2120
02:07:38,204 --> 02:07:39,944
Boston Massachusetts episode 20
2121
02:07:39,944 --> 02:07:41,884
well Chad F I'm sorry
2122
02:07:41,884 --> 02:07:43,804
but I have to tell you, dude.
2123
02:07:44,444 --> 02:07:45,424
I'm a 2Xer, dude.
2124
02:07:45,784 --> 02:07:47,884
I sometimes do 2.25X.
2125
02:07:49,384 --> 02:07:51,804
Sometimes there's some really slow talkers,
2126
02:07:51,864 --> 02:07:53,444
and I can even juice it a little bit more.
2127
02:07:54,244 --> 02:07:55,884
But I'm no permanent at 5X.
2128
02:07:57,064 --> 02:07:58,284
Yeah, the 5X thing is crazy.
2129
02:07:58,284 --> 02:08:00,684
That becomes a completely different language.
2130
02:08:01,164 --> 02:08:04,964
Permanerd must be like a savant in music or something.
2131
02:08:05,204 --> 02:08:09,824
His brain can just process those waves just so much faster than mine.
2132
02:08:09,964 --> 02:08:11,064
I don't know how he can do it.
2133
02:08:11,064 --> 02:08:16,024
For context, Permitnerd had a boost on Chad and Reid's podcast
2134
02:08:16,024 --> 02:08:20,084
about asking for a player that offered 5X.
2135
02:08:20,264 --> 02:08:21,764
5X, which is insane.
2136
02:08:22,804 --> 02:08:24,124
Good luck, Permitnerd.
2137
02:08:24,224 --> 02:08:24,884
I hope you can...
2138
02:08:24,884 --> 02:08:28,924
Chad F is a 1X maxi.
2139
02:08:29,584 --> 02:08:31,264
So everything's on 1X.
2140
02:08:31,744 --> 02:08:33,684
Chad F really putting in the work.
2141
02:08:33,684 --> 02:08:40,164
If he's going to hit 40 HPW, he's really hitting 40 hours of time.
2142
02:08:40,164 --> 02:08:41,624
40 hours of time.
2143
02:08:42,024 --> 02:08:44,724
Like I said, I barely could make it at 2x.
2144
02:08:45,224 --> 02:08:46,744
I was barely making it
2145
02:08:46,744 --> 02:08:59,860
above the 40 HPW Chad really crushing it at the 1x speed Let go The true master you know of course Next we got 5 sats via BoostMeBitch
2146
02:09:01,380 --> 02:09:02,1000
BoostMeBitch.com user.
2147
02:09:05,080 --> 02:09:07,780
So maybe that's just anonymous.
2148
02:09:09,760 --> 02:09:15,800
But that was on BitDevs, our Bitcoin meetups with Shinobi, Chicago, Illinois, episode 25.
2149
02:09:15,800 --> 02:09:18,140
thank you Boost Me Bitch user
2150
02:09:18,140 --> 02:09:20,040
you should use Boost Me Bitch to boost
2151
02:09:20,040 --> 02:09:21,460
podcasts because
2152
02:09:21,460 --> 02:09:23,800
that is
2153
02:09:23,800 --> 02:09:26,260
a great way and a low friction
2154
02:09:26,260 --> 02:09:28,220
way to do it we've got a comment
2155
02:09:28,220 --> 02:09:28,920
on here
2156
02:09:28,920 --> 02:09:32,380
I don't know where this came from I was trying to figure out
2157
02:09:32,380 --> 02:09:33,220
how it got in here
2158
02:09:33,220 --> 02:09:35,400
so it's a comment on a boost
2159
02:09:35,400 --> 02:09:38,080
but they say what is the
2160
02:09:38,080 --> 02:09:39,680
advantage of joining this group
2161
02:09:39,680 --> 02:09:42,240
well Dream System 99 if you're
2162
02:09:42,240 --> 02:09:44,240
listening the advantage
2163
02:09:44,240 --> 02:09:47,040
is that you get to be in the community
2164
02:09:47,040 --> 02:09:49,080
and you get to see all of the cool
2165
02:09:49,080 --> 02:09:52,160
web of trust filters that we've got going on
2166
02:09:52,160 --> 02:09:58,180
through boosting as the border of being part of the community.
2167
02:09:59,240 --> 02:10:01,1000
So there's real skin in the game here.
2168
02:10:02,080 --> 02:10:04,500
Everybody that's playing the game that's in our community
2169
02:10:04,500 --> 02:10:07,040
has participated with the show.
2170
02:10:07,560 --> 02:10:09,200
And so they're probably a real person
2171
02:10:09,200 --> 02:10:12,1000
and they've probably got something real to offer you.
2172
02:10:14,240 --> 02:10:15,960
so it's a way of filtering
2173
02:10:15,960 --> 02:10:17,380
it's a great way of filtering
2174
02:10:17,380 --> 02:10:20,160
get that noise out of there
2175
02:10:20,160 --> 02:10:21,680
see where the real signal is
2176
02:10:21,680 --> 02:10:23,060
these are the local Bitcoiners
2177
02:10:23,060 --> 02:10:24,660
yeah there you go
2178
02:10:24,660 --> 02:10:26,480
and so this one showed up
2179
02:10:26,480 --> 02:10:28,100
because it is a comment
2180
02:10:28,100 --> 02:10:29,720
on the
2181
02:10:29,720 --> 02:10:31,700
boost megathread
2182
02:10:31,700 --> 02:10:34,760
which was started five months ago
2183
02:10:34,760 --> 02:10:35,580
and we haven't
2184
02:10:35,580 --> 02:10:36,660
I haven't really thought about
2185
02:10:36,660 --> 02:10:37,280
the megathread
2186
02:10:37,280 --> 02:10:38,960
now that we just view it
2187
02:10:38,960 --> 02:10:40,080
on the website
2188
02:10:40,080 --> 02:10:41,220
I don't really think about
2189
02:10:41,220 --> 02:10:42,520
necessarily where they're coming from
2190
02:10:42,520 --> 02:10:43,480
but yeah these are all
2191
02:10:44,240 --> 02:10:45,560
comments to that thread.
2192
02:10:45,660 --> 02:10:46,480
So that's why it's here.
2193
02:10:48,160 --> 02:10:49,140
Breaking the game.
2194
02:10:49,280 --> 02:10:51,080
Finding a way to get into the boost read-off
2195
02:10:51,080 --> 02:10:53,160
without boosting the show.
2196
02:10:53,740 --> 02:10:55,200
Good job, DreamSystem99.
2197
02:10:55,600 --> 02:10:56,580
Worthy of a zap.
2198
02:10:57,520 --> 02:11:00,980
Next, we got 420 sats via localbitcoiners.com
2199
02:11:00,980 --> 02:11:01,940
from Witsixer.
2200
02:11:02,140 --> 02:11:04,180
And this is where Witsixer is posting
2201
02:11:04,180 --> 02:11:07,200
this one-second-on-the-clock event.
2202
02:11:08,720 --> 02:11:09,420
September 10th.
2203
02:11:09,420 --> 02:11:10,080
Everywhere all the time.
2204
02:11:10,520 --> 02:11:12,660
Everywhere all the time through December 31st.
2205
02:11:12,660 --> 02:11:14,840
Let us know what's going on with that, Witsixer.
2206
02:11:16,400 --> 02:11:17,040
Curious.
2207
02:11:17,120 --> 02:11:17,780
Very curious.
2208
02:11:19,420 --> 02:11:24,540
Next, we got 420 sats via localbitcoiners.com from Admin Pacman.
2209
02:11:24,680 --> 02:11:27,400
Love hearing from the devs.
2210
02:11:27,460 --> 02:11:28,300
Great episode.
2211
02:11:28,840 --> 02:11:34,020
Quiet on quantum, loud on privacy with Satsy and Arm in Boston, Massachusetts, episode 27.
2212
02:11:35,120 --> 02:11:38,100
Well, we're glad that you enjoy it, Admin Pacman.
2213
02:11:38,100 --> 02:11:45,200
thanks for uh being part of the core group and and boosting boosting boosting that's what we like
2214
02:11:45,200 --> 02:11:51,660
to see high velocity doesn't doesn't need to be a lot of sats just needs to be uh frequent and a
2215
02:11:51,660 --> 02:11:54,980
lot of a lot of folks doing it and we're going to build capital that way we're going to build
2216
02:11:54,980 --> 02:12:01,180
culture that way next we got 420 sats via localbitcorners.com from stacy i'd like to learn
2217
02:12:01,180 --> 02:12:07,820
more about only boosts and how it works well reed do you have a 30 second elevator pitch for stacy
2218
02:12:07,820 --> 02:12:09,340
on OnlyBoosts and how it works?
2219
02:12:10,560 --> 02:12:11,340
Yeah, let's go.
2220
02:12:11,600 --> 02:12:13,920
So OnlyBoosts is named
2221
02:12:13,920 --> 02:12:16,100
because OnlyBoosts is a Nostra client
2222
02:12:16,100 --> 02:12:18,560
that only shows boosts.
2223
02:12:19,240 --> 02:12:20,800
Like these are all Nostra notes.
2224
02:12:21,600 --> 02:12:24,560
It exclusively shows Kind1 Nostra notes,
2225
02:12:24,820 --> 02:12:27,220
but only Kind1 Nostra notes
2226
02:12:27,220 --> 02:12:30,260
that are associated with Bitcoin boosts.
2227
02:12:30,540 --> 02:12:32,360
And so the way that we identify those
2228
02:12:32,360 --> 02:12:36,900
is they're boosts that have the NIP73 tags on them.
2229
02:12:36,900 --> 02:12:39,380
and this is for tags for external content,
2230
02:12:39,620 --> 02:12:42,320
but of course we are only interested on only boosts
2231
02:12:42,320 --> 02:12:44,480
and external content tied to podcasts.
2232
02:12:45,780 --> 02:12:46,900
And so that's what it is.
2233
02:12:47,180 --> 02:12:52,420
And when I first made it, I was thinking of it,
2234
02:12:52,660 --> 02:12:56,180
this is a great way to showcase this giant data set
2235
02:12:56,180 --> 02:12:58,900
that we have of all of these boosts
2236
02:12:58,900 --> 02:13:00,280
and all of this boost information.
2237
02:13:01,320 --> 02:13:03,300
And so what I've been doing is playing around
2238
02:13:03,300 --> 02:13:06,020
with different feeds and different ways
2239
02:13:06,020 --> 02:13:08,760
of showing all of this data and aggregating it
2240
02:13:08,760 --> 02:13:10,320
in different and interesting ways.
2241
02:13:11,140 --> 02:13:13,380
And really what I would say I'm trying to do with it
2242
02:13:13,380 --> 02:13:16,720
at the end of the day is I'm trying to give people
2243
02:13:16,720 --> 02:13:18,320
a reason why.
2244
02:13:18,920 --> 02:13:22,320
When I boost an episode, why would I share it on Noster?
2245
02:13:22,640 --> 02:13:24,360
What does that actually do for me?
2246
02:13:24,460 --> 02:13:25,340
What does that accomplish?
2247
02:13:26,020 --> 02:13:28,380
Why is that beneficial to anyone for me
2248
02:13:28,380 --> 02:13:29,740
to share my boost on Noster?
2249
02:13:30,540 --> 02:13:33,540
And I'm hoping that only boosts is part of the answer
2250
02:13:33,540 --> 02:13:39,460
to that question. Because if now, if you're in the data set, everyone gets to benefit from your
2251
02:13:39,460 --> 02:13:44,980
boost because you're communicating out information to the world. You think this episode was a great
2252
02:13:44,980 --> 02:13:50,020
episode. And we have ways of measuring how great you think it is. Maybe you boosted that episode
2253
02:13:50,020 --> 02:13:57,800
10 times, or maybe you boosted it 100,000 sats. Either way, we're going to be able to evaluate
2254
02:13:57,800 --> 02:14:03,520
and measure and compare how much you value this episode versus someone else. And we can put that
2255
02:14:03,520 --> 02:14:08,860
all together and make all these cool feeds of, hey, what are the top podcasts of the week?
2256
02:14:09,340 --> 02:14:15,380
Or now we've got this 40 HPW challenge, like which end pubs are boosting the most podcasts,
2257
02:14:15,580 --> 02:14:21,300
you know, over time, we can track it by end pub now. So that's really what it only boosts is.
2258
02:14:21,300 --> 02:14:28,260
And it's still, you know, we're, it's still being built out. And so I'm just kind of playing with
2259
02:14:28,260 --> 02:14:34,780
the data sets and trying to find cool and new ways of thinking about podcasts and podcast boosts and
2260
02:14:34,780 --> 02:14:41,220
really kind of using it as a discoverability layer for finding new podcasts and figuring out
2261
02:14:41,220 --> 02:14:48,920
what your what your friends on NOS are boosting. You know, I didn't realize how much of a prolific
2262
02:14:48,920 --> 02:14:55,240
booster I was until only boosts arrived. There you go. And then I was like, man, I OK, I guess I
2263
02:14:55,240 --> 02:15:00,540
better lean into this a little harder i i guess i'm a prolific booster so it gets you to be able
2264
02:15:00,540 --> 02:15:05,860
to see quantify you know your interactions if you're wondering you know how much my how much
2265
02:15:05,860 --> 02:15:11,800
velocity am i individually creating now only boosts as a way at least through the lens of
2266
02:15:11,800 --> 02:15:17,460
podcast boosting that you can see um how much you're how much you know velocity you're really
2267
02:15:17,460 --> 02:15:23,600
contributing to the culture it's been fun we've gotten some good good feedback on it so far so
2268
02:15:23,600 --> 02:15:25,760
Hopefully you check it out and you like it, Stacy.
2269
02:15:26,080 --> 02:15:26,820
Thanks for the interest.
2270
02:15:28,680 --> 02:15:31,180
There's new stuff that seems to be added almost daily
2271
02:15:31,180 --> 02:15:32,920
to Only Boost. It changes a lot.
2272
02:15:33,480 --> 02:15:33,980
This is true.
2273
02:15:35,640 --> 02:15:41,440
It's nebulous growth just appearing into existence phase.
2274
02:15:42,140 --> 02:15:42,420
Definitely.
2275
02:15:42,740 --> 02:15:44,540
Any feedback, I'm sure, is welcome.
2276
02:15:44,940 --> 02:15:45,980
Go play around with it.
2277
02:15:46,420 --> 02:15:47,480
If there's something that you want.
2278
02:15:47,800 --> 02:15:49,320
Yeah, it might get named after you.
2279
02:15:49,800 --> 02:15:51,220
We could have a Stacy feature.
2280
02:15:51,220 --> 02:15:54,300
You know, we've got a Nostra Gang 40 HPW Challenge.
2281
02:15:55,060 --> 02:15:57,920
If you give me a feature and I incorporate it, I don't know.
2282
02:15:58,040 --> 02:16:00,220
No promises, but it could be named after you.
2283
02:16:00,960 --> 02:16:01,500
There you go.
2284
02:16:02,080 --> 02:16:07,180
Next, we've got another 1,111 sats via fountain.
2285
02:16:07,620 --> 02:16:09,980
Row of sticks, Satchel of Richards from Stacey.
2286
02:16:10,820 --> 02:16:12,280
I made the meetup story.
2287
02:16:12,540 --> 02:16:12,820
Woo-hoo!
2288
02:16:13,780 --> 02:16:16,060
It was so great catching up with you.
2289
02:16:17,200 --> 02:16:19,820
Smiley face, a hand-waving emoji,
2290
02:16:19,820 --> 02:16:21,500
purple heart emoji
2291
02:16:21,500 --> 02:16:23,1000
Satsy love that you go by that
2292
02:16:23,1000 --> 02:16:25,720
I had never met another Stacey
2293
02:16:25,720 --> 02:16:27,760
slash Stacey etc
2294
02:16:27,760 --> 02:16:29,860
until I got into
2295
02:16:29,860 --> 02:16:30,300
Bitcoin
2296
02:16:30,300 --> 02:16:33,420
laughing crying face emoji
2297
02:16:33,420 --> 02:16:35,400
purple heart emoji
2298
02:16:35,400 --> 02:16:36,420
stars emoji
2299
02:16:36,420 --> 02:16:39,940
and that was on quiet on quantum loud on privacy
2300
02:16:39,940 --> 02:16:41,020
with Satsy and Armin
2301
02:16:41,020 --> 02:16:43,380
Boston Massachusetts episode 20
2302
02:16:43,380 --> 02:16:45,180
so Stacey
2303
02:16:45,180 --> 02:16:47,980
was in the last episode
2304
02:16:47,980 --> 02:16:51,460
I did talk about how I went to the Elmhurst meetup
2305
02:16:51,460 --> 02:16:53,460
and Stacey and I spent a lot of time
2306
02:16:53,460 --> 02:16:56,680
sharing notes on a lot of stuff
2307
02:16:56,680 --> 02:16:58,680
related to podcasting
2308
02:16:58,680 --> 02:17:00,440
and this open market stuff
2309
02:17:00,440 --> 02:17:02,260
with Conduit Market that she's working on
2310
02:17:02,260 --> 02:17:05,040
and we really hung out for a long time there
2311
02:17:05,040 --> 02:17:05,720
and it was a good time.
2312
02:17:06,140 --> 02:17:08,660
So yeah, if you come to the meetup
2313
02:17:08,660 --> 02:17:12,040
and hang out with me,
2314
02:17:12,160 --> 02:17:14,600
you might even end up in the meetup story,
2315
02:17:14,740 --> 02:17:15,660
in my adventure story.
2316
02:17:16,760 --> 02:17:17,200
Awesome.
2317
02:17:17,980 --> 02:17:20,1000
Next we got 5,000 sats via fountain.
2318
02:17:21,580 --> 02:17:22,600
No comment with boost.
2319
02:17:22,960 --> 02:17:25,840
And that was on Quiet on Quantum, Loud on Privacy,
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02:17:26,300 --> 02:17:29,280
Satsy and Arm in Boston, Massachusetts, episode 27.
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02:17:29,860 --> 02:17:33,660
Well, thank you, Anonymous Booster, whoever you are.
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02:17:34,520 --> 02:17:34,940
Thank you.
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02:17:34,960 --> 02:17:38,300
5,000 sats is not chump change by any means.
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02:17:38,760 --> 02:17:39,700
Very nice boost.
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02:17:40,860 --> 02:17:44,660
Next we got 210 sats via fountain from Permnerd.
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02:17:45,280 --> 02:17:46,460
And Permnerd says boost.
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02:17:47,980 --> 02:17:53,040
Quiet on Quantum, Loud on Privacy with Satsy and Armin, Boston, Massachusetts, episode 27.
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02:17:55,740 --> 02:17:59,560
Next, we got 210 Sats via Fountain from Permanerd.
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02:18:00,360 --> 02:18:07,140
Great roundtable discussion, folks, and that was on Michigan Meetup Roundtable with Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Michigan, episode 23.
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02:18:07,680 --> 02:18:15,920
And I will say that that roundtable episode is, if you hear me talk about what the cool stuff that's happening in Michigan, Michigan Meetup culture,
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02:18:15,920 --> 02:18:19,100
all the stuff we had Matthew D. talking about Ann Arbor
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02:18:19,100 --> 02:18:20,920
and we touched on it a little bit there.
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02:18:21,360 --> 02:18:23,520
But this roundtable, Matthew D. came back
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02:18:23,520 --> 02:18:27,300
and it is really an exemplification
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02:18:27,300 --> 02:18:29,560
of what is going on in Michigan.
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02:18:30,020 --> 02:18:32,620
If you want to find out, kind of dig into what the magic
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02:18:32,620 --> 02:18:35,420
that Michigan has going on with its meetup culture,
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02:18:35,500 --> 02:18:37,040
that is the episode to listen to.
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02:18:38,500 --> 02:18:41,840
Next, we got 420 stats via localbitcoiners.com
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02:18:41,840 --> 02:18:43,200
from a local bitcoiner.
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02:18:43,200 --> 02:18:46,980
and that's boosting the Grand Rapids social meetup
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02:18:46,980 --> 02:18:49,200
and that's Monday, September 14th,
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02:18:50,080 --> 02:18:53,120
6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Two Guys Brewing
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02:18:53,120 --> 02:18:55,1000
over there in Wyoming, Michigan
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02:18:55,1000 --> 02:18:57,640
and I will be in attendance
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02:18:57,640 --> 02:18:59,280
so if you want to come hang out with me
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02:18:59,280 --> 02:19:02,260
and the other Grand Rapids Bitcoiners out there
2348
02:19:02,260 --> 02:19:03,760
for the social meetup, have a couple beers,
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02:19:03,880 --> 02:19:06,840
maybe a burger, maybe buy some eggs for me,
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02:19:06,900 --> 02:19:07,880
that would be cool, you know,
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02:19:08,300 --> 02:19:10,460
maybe some maple syrup, I'll have that stuff
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02:19:10,460 --> 02:19:12,560
and who knows what else might show up
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02:19:12,560 --> 02:19:14,080
come join us
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02:19:14,080 --> 02:19:16,280
that's this coming Monday
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02:19:16,280 --> 02:19:18,420
and actually wait
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02:19:18,420 --> 02:19:20,560
wait a second can I go to that I think I'm supposed
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02:19:20,560 --> 02:19:21,340
to be in Chicago
2358
02:19:21,340 --> 02:19:24,480
I think that's the same time
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02:19:24,480 --> 02:19:26,560
as the value for value
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02:19:26,560 --> 02:19:28,580
thing so maybe
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02:19:28,580 --> 02:19:29,840
I won't be at that shoot
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02:19:29,840 --> 02:19:32,520
well sorry to
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02:19:32,520 --> 02:19:34,600
pull your chain there everybody
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02:19:34,600 --> 02:19:36,800
too many things going on
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02:19:36,800 --> 02:19:37,580
too many meetups
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02:19:37,580 --> 02:19:39,120
definitely too many things
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02:19:39,120 --> 02:19:42,060
one final boost
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02:19:42,060 --> 02:19:44,520
and that's 1,234
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02:19:44,520 --> 02:19:46,300
1,234
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02:19:46,300 --> 02:19:47,960
sats via fountain from Permnerd
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02:19:47,960 --> 02:19:50,480
the last boost
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02:19:50,480 --> 02:19:52,160
was a placeholder another great episode
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02:19:52,160 --> 02:19:53,440
folks so
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02:19:53,440 --> 02:19:54,280
so many
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02:19:54,280 --> 02:19:56,320
interesting
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02:19:56,320 --> 02:19:59,500
so many interesting people and topics
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02:19:59,500 --> 02:20:02,200
great to have the guests stick around
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02:20:02,200 --> 02:20:03,660
for the second half of the show
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02:20:03,660 --> 02:20:05,920
hashtag yada and that's on
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02:20:05,920 --> 02:20:08,180
Quiet on Quantum Loud on Privacy with Satsy
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02:20:08,180 --> 02:20:10,120
Armin and Boston
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02:20:10,120 --> 02:20:11,940
Massachusetts episode 27 and
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02:20:11,940 --> 02:20:18,780
really that the the banter in the the boost section with sati and armin was great they uh
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02:20:18,780 --> 02:20:23,700
they really did contribute a lot to the conversation on that that one the guest just
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02:20:23,700 --> 02:20:28,900
definitely did not leave the episode uh for the for the value for value section on that one it was
2386
02:20:28,900 --> 02:20:35,020
great well wow thank you everybody we're talk about velocity you know every every show that we
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02:20:35,020 --> 02:20:39,680
do we seem to get a a heap ton of boost from you guys and that's what we're saying you know
2388
02:20:39,680 --> 02:20:44,280
when you boost this stuff, you attach your end pub to it, you get your social capital,
2389
02:20:44,840 --> 02:20:49,740
you push sats in all these different directions. As we mentioned, there's splits going everywhere.
2390
02:20:49,740 --> 02:20:55,680
When you boost the show, when you feature content on the website, the sats don't just go to us,
2391
02:20:55,960 --> 02:20:59,380
they go out to the content creators, the participants, the guests on the show,
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02:20:59,660 --> 02:21:04,060
everybody's getting a cut. And this is how we're increasing the velocity and the sats are moving
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02:21:04,060 --> 02:21:07,820
around. And maybe it's not so much about the financial capital in the first place.
2394
02:21:08,260 --> 02:21:12,580
Maybe it's about the cultural capital, the social capital, the intellectual capital,
2395
02:21:12,680 --> 02:21:16,800
the experiential capital, trying to build this culture, get everyone on the same page,
2396
02:21:17,720 --> 02:21:24,480
and be on the frontier building a new thing, building the parallel system that we want.
2397
02:21:25,540 --> 02:21:32,300
Yeah, and talking about all these different forms of value that you can give the show.
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02:21:32,480 --> 02:21:36,180
So one of the things that we love to hear, and you heard it from us a couple times tonight,
2399
02:21:36,180 --> 02:21:38,520
but is feedback, right?
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02:21:38,600 --> 02:21:40,740
If you guys, what do you think about the website?
2401
02:21:40,1000 --> 02:21:42,660
Like I said, we rolled out the new homepage.
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02:21:42,820 --> 02:21:43,620
Let us know what you think.
2403
02:21:44,300 --> 02:21:46,300
If you're having any points where you feel like,
2404
02:21:46,400 --> 02:21:47,680
hey, there's too much friction here
2405
02:21:47,680 --> 02:21:48,780
or is there anything you could do
2406
02:21:48,780 --> 02:21:51,320
to make this better or smoother, let us know.
2407
02:21:51,660 --> 02:21:52,700
You know, reach out to us.
2408
02:21:53,820 --> 02:21:57,020
If you like, you know, we mentioned this new sort of cadence
2409
02:21:57,020 --> 02:21:59,360
that we're getting into, if you think that's a good idea.
2410
02:21:59,1000 --> 02:22:02,060
Or if you think, you know, hey, you know,
2411
02:22:02,100 --> 02:22:04,200
maybe you guys should think about doing more
2412
02:22:04,200 --> 02:22:05,920
than three guests together.
2413
02:22:06,180 --> 02:22:08,440
because we have done more than three in the past,
2414
02:22:09,240 --> 02:22:09,920
let us know.
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02:22:10,100 --> 02:22:11,700
So we want your feedback.
2416
02:22:12,220 --> 02:22:14,440
We're trying all the time to listen to you guys.
2417
02:22:15,220 --> 02:22:17,080
I would say our primary goal here
2418
02:22:17,080 --> 02:22:19,180
is really to try to make this podcast
2419
02:22:19,180 --> 02:22:20,480
as valuable as possible.
2420
02:22:21,360 --> 02:22:23,260
And so the best way for us to do that
2421
02:22:23,260 --> 02:22:24,560
is to hear directly from you.
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02:22:24,840 --> 02:22:27,200
And so we really appreciate all the stats and everything.
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02:22:28,100 --> 02:22:30,960
But as you can tell, we love all the feedback,
2424
02:22:31,400 --> 02:22:34,040
all the commentary, and all the cool stuff
2425
02:22:34,040 --> 02:22:36,620
that you guys are featuring on our website.
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02:22:37,320 --> 02:22:38,820
So yeah, really appreciate it
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02:22:38,820 --> 02:22:42,180
and really look forward to hearing more from you guys
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02:22:42,180 --> 02:22:44,760
about what we're doing here
2429
02:22:44,760 --> 02:22:47,380
and if there's anything that we can do to change,
2430
02:22:47,900 --> 02:22:49,700
we're obviously open to doing that.
2431
02:22:50,100 --> 02:22:50,800
So let's go.
2432
02:22:51,840 --> 02:22:53,220
And to tease it a little bit,
2433
02:22:53,400 --> 02:22:54,900
I think we've been teasing it for a while.
2434
02:22:54,1000 --> 02:22:57,120
We've got a new format, a new show format
2435
02:22:57,120 --> 02:23:00,640
that we're going to do kind of a proof of concept on.
2436
02:23:01,440 --> 02:23:03,340
And so if you guys got ideas for games
2437
02:23:03,340 --> 02:23:04,620
that we can play on the website.
2438
02:23:04,800 --> 02:23:06,360
Maybe it'll be a little bit more clear
2439
02:23:06,360 --> 02:23:08,920
once we release this new format of a show
2440
02:23:08,920 --> 02:23:09,660
that we're going to do.
2441
02:23:10,220 --> 02:23:12,660
But new leaderboard formats, new games,
2442
02:23:12,800 --> 02:23:15,240
new ways to create incentives
2443
02:23:15,240 --> 02:23:16,500
for people to participate,
2444
02:23:16,760 --> 02:23:18,760
increase that velocity, reduce the friction,
2445
02:23:19,420 --> 02:23:22,480
add variety, all the stuff that we talk about.
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02:23:23,320 --> 02:23:23,960
Let us know.
2447
02:23:24,120 --> 02:23:27,500
We want some ideas because get ready to play, guys.
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02:23:27,540 --> 02:23:29,980
We're going to be playing and having good fun
2449
02:23:29,980 --> 02:23:32,340
with this next format that we're going to do.
2450
02:23:32,340 --> 02:23:32,780
Yeah.
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02:23:33,340 --> 02:23:33,960
Let's go.
2452
02:23:35,160 --> 02:23:36,200
All right, you ready, Rev?
2453
02:23:37,340 --> 02:23:38,220
Let's roll the outro.
2454
02:23:40,240 --> 02:23:41,060
Episode complete.
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02:23:41,500 --> 02:23:44,300
If you run a Bitcoin meetup and want to talk about it here, reach out.
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02:23:44,860 --> 02:23:49,620
Check the show notes for contact info, link to meetup organizer resources on GitHub, and more.
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02:23:50,280 --> 02:23:52,780
Send us a boost of any size and advertise your next meetup.
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02:23:53,140 --> 02:23:54,580
We'll read it out in the next episode.
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02:23:55,020 --> 02:23:58,180
And remember, attend your local meetup or start your own.
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02:23:58,900 --> 02:24:01,560
Local Bitcoiners are always just one meetup away.
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02:24:03,340 --> 02:24:03,840
Bye.