This is a great example of why local Bitcoin communities matter so much. The big picture is often dominated by price chatter market sentiment and endless debates over protocol changes but what sustains Bitcoin over time is the quiet persistent work of building human connections around it. What happened at Pubkey DC is more than just a meetup. It is a demonstration of network effects at the social level.

When people come together in person they create trust familiarity and shared purpose. That turns Bitcoin from an abstract idea into something lived. Paying with sats at a bar and watching others do the same builds real world proof of concept at a scale the internet alone cannot deliver. Grassroots adoption thrives in environments where transactions happen regularly without friction and without the need for explanation every time.

Meetups like Pubkey DC prove Bitcoin’s health is in its people, not its price. Face‑to‑face sats trades turn theory into reality.
Grow the roots, not just the numbers. Slow inevitable growth wins. Bitcoin needs people who show up.