I recently put out a conversation with Tomek Kołodziejczuk, who runs the Bitcoin District in Próspera on Roatán.

Próspera is one of the only jurisdictions on earth where a company can pay its taxes in Bitcoin and keep its books denominated in BTC. Not fiat with a settlement layer bolted on, but BTC as the actual unit of account. That comes from the 2024 Colindres resolution. The earlier 2022 one only gave other coins legal-tender status for transactions, so the unit-of-account part is specifically Bitcoin.

Tomek's own story is the backbone of the convo. What we get into:

• The Bitcoin District itself: Orangeville, a wooden modular Bitcoin neighbourhood, the renovated Bitcoin Arena, and the quarterly BitChill retreats.
• His bet that Roatán can become the most Bitcoin-dense place in the world.
• A few tangents: the Satoshi documentary sub-genre, the quantum threat to Satoshi's coins, and where this sits against the Great Reset framing.

I pushed him on the gap between the vision and the reality, and he is honest that the local circular economy is not built yet. It is early.

Question for the territory: is unit-of-account in BTC, books and tax denominated in Bitcoin rather than just accepting it for payment, the real unlock for a Bitcoin economy? Or does it barely matter until a circular economy actually exists on the ground? Tomek's view is that the legal plumbing has to come first.

Listen here: https://fountain.fm/episode/uDCMkio9FJhVSCZxKKMv
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