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Why don’t we see bitcoin only towns?
184 sats \ 9 comments \ @seashell 11h AskSN
I’m just curious, why don’t we see more bitcoin only towns? off grid communities, local sats economies, mesh networks, real life experiments in living differently?
Most of us still live in fiat systems, use KYC apps, and hope change happens from within but if bitcoin is about opting out, shouldn’t more of us be building new ways to live?
Has anyone actually started something like this? and if a place like that existed would you move?
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 10h
There's not enough of us by a long shot. But I would like to try out mesh networks though...
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @fiatbad 9h
There are enough of us. We're just spread out globally.
I would bet that if just 10% of the global Bitcoin community moved to a chosen area, they would be enough to make an average sized U.S. city. And it would thrive and become and example to the world.
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237 sats \ 0 replies \ @Wumbo 11h
Yes, there are some examples of this:
Keene NH:
Próspera, Honduras - https://news.bitcoin.com/honduran-city-of-prospera-adopts-bitcoin-as-unit-of-account/
Madeira - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqWxeobUdSI
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15 sats \ 1 reply \ @Car 7h
You will start seeing these after this bull cycle. Hubs was this last cycle, the citadel chapter is next. There are some rn but not advertised publicly.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @itsrealfake 4h
agreed. we are too early for it
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59 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 11h
it's too early?
global division of labor is powerful, so not that useful (=poverty-inducing) to shut off like that
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoingraffiti 7h
Because we do nothing and just consume XD.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @openyoureyes 10h
Because a town is not independent enough. You need a whole state. Or a autonomous region. I see a good chance that buthan will get there. But i would not move there unless i really have to. But it would be like exile.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BallLightning 10h
You need internet in practice. Does that count as off-grid?
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