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3383 sats \ 20 comments \ @chungkingexpress 2 Mar bitcoin freebie

I visited a neat popup Bitcoin flea market in Tokyo near Jiyugaoka Station.

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I loaded up my lightning wallet and ended up coming away with a few items. It was cool to see a mini Bitcoin circular economy in action!

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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @cryotosensei 2 Mar

Trust the Japanese to come up with cute mascots haha.

What LN wallet did you use?

Probably makes sense to pay in sats because erm, the yen is depreciating.

Would love to visit a BTC flea market in Japan one day. Thanks for stirring my wanderlust.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress OP 2 Mar

No problem. I was just trying out a basic custodial wallet "Blink" which worked perfectly.

139 sats \ 3 replies \ @Bitman 2 Mar

I'd buy stuff from them too.

Just looked the area up. Jiyugaoka looks very interesting - and close to Shibuya.

That's another part of Tokyo we'll try visiting on our next trip.

🧡

31 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 2 Mar

You should visit other parts of Japan, such as Kyushu! Haha

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @chungkingexpress OP 2 Mar

Yeah it is a nice spot. Some good food and a cool neighbourhood.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bitman 3 Mar

I just briefly checked it out - 'Nice' is an understatement: It looks beautiful!

Thanks guys!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @plebpoet 16 Jun

oh this is awesome!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @m00ninite 2 Mar

Is this flea market reoccurring? I'll be in Tokyo the last week of April. Is there a way to follow them?

71 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress OP 3 Mar freebie

Hey they have done done them before but I don't know how regular it is! Feel free to reach out to me when you are in town: twitter or Nostr

There is also the groups: https://tokyocitadel.com/ https://diamondhands.connpass.com/

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress OP 2 Mar

I think this model of a small flea market would work really well in other places too, does not have to be purely "Bitcoin" stuff even - just normal goods and handcraft that you would expect from something like a farmers market.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @WeAreAllSatoshi 2 Mar

Very cool. Did everyone accept lightning or were some also wanting on-chain?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress OP 2 Mar

Everyone was on some kind of Lightning Wallet!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 2 Mar

Super cool. Must be a pretty decent bitcoin scene there for something like this to happen?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress OP 2 Mar

Yes there is some good stuff happening AFAIK: https://tokyocitadel.com/ https://diamondhands.connpass.com/

0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Lumor 2 Mar

What's with the "DAO" on the first poster?

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @chungkingexpress OP 2 Mar

DAO = Decentralised Autonomous Organisation. Basically a way of organising a group of plebs without using a state-sanctioned structure like a company.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Lumor 3 Mar

Yes, which DAO is it referring to? Is it explicitly linked to a blockchain or is it more of an informal group?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress OP 3 Mar

Just an informal group I think!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 2 Mar

This is way too cool!!! How far is this from Shinjuku

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chungkingexpress OP 2 Mar

Maybe 25minutes? It is closer to Shibuya. Was just 1 day only. I think they will do more in the future.