It turns out that the coffee shop I posted about earlier hosts regular bitcoin meetups. One is coming up soon:
pull down to refresh
136 sats \ 10 replies \ @Scoresby 6 Aug
Meetups are one of the most resilient parts of bitcoin. Or how we build resilience.
reply
276 sats \ 9 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Aug
I agree completely. I'm focused almost exclusively on building a local bitcoin community now. I think all these etfs and treasury companies are really motivating me to go grass roots.
I'm not fooling myself, though. It's really hard.
reply
168 sats \ 5 replies \ @fiatbad 6 Aug
I mean.... Bitcoin is "money", right?
So, are you focused on creating a "Bitcoin circular economy" in your community, or is it just a group of nerds who like talking about macro-economics?
reply
113 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Aug
I'd say 3/4 of the people I run into at local meetups are doing neither. They're mainly ngu and discussing what date they will be getting their MSTY dividend. ETFs and Saylor are the main topics. I make it a point to talk about spending and merchant adoption, but most people think I would be crazy to part with my precious sats. There are a few exceptions thankfully, but it is discouraging
reply
36 sats \ 3 replies \ @Scoresby 6 Aug
maybe try selling something for sats? it gives everyone a chance to use bitcoin as money (maybe they've never even used a lightning wallet). Even if they don't want to buy anything, it's kinda an eye-opener because they see some weird guy doing a very normal thing (commerce) with this freaky technology (bitcoin) that is otherwise hard for them to conceive as real. What to sell though...
reply
113 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Aug
It depends on the crowd. The last one I attended had plenty of bitcoiners from 2015/16. I wasn't going to teach them anything. They're set in their ways and want to talk about Saylor. I'm not kidding.
For newbies it would work. Maybe sell an open dime?
reply
48 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 6 Aug
huh, that is tough. Saylor and circular economy don't seem to be headed in the same direction.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Aug
That's for sure.
reply on another page
36 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 6 Aug
What do you think are some of the main product needs of grassroot bitcoiners?
reply
0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 6 Aug
For me in the US we have the tools we need. Cell phones are ubiquitous. I listened to a podcast today about Bitcoin Jungle and the pretty advanced circular economy there. It should be easy to mimic that just about anywhere in the US. As for Anita Posch and her work, special tools (ie-Manchankura wallet) are really useful.
reply
36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 6 Aug
Coinos has had some success with merchant adoption in Canada, mainly British Columbia.
Not bad considering the company is one founder and one employee
reply
46 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 6 Aug
Nice. Sounds fun.
reply
36 sats \ 1 reply \ @j7hB75 6 Aug
I expect only good actors to go to these. Sounds like a lot of work for someone with bad intentions to go to and do anything about it. But I don’t know. Still weary of going to a meet up and/or setting one up.
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 6 Aug
I understand. The whole $50 (inflation) wrench attack thing. Most people are nice. They're just not spending their bitcoin. I ran into that same attitude at PubKey when I went there 2 years ago. Management asked why I wanted to pay for my beers in bitcoin. "Save your sats." Perhaps it's different now.
reply
36 sats \ 0 replies \ @2053456d48 6 Aug
Meetups in stacker news
reply
36 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 6 Aug
Coffee and Bitcoin, the perfect combo. Let's go!
reply
0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kurszusz 16 Aug
Wow...that's interesting!
I'm curious about what goes on at such a meeting...too bad it's so far away from me :(
reply