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From May 23 till May 25 I was in the Bitcoin capital of The Netherlands: Arnhem. There was a full program around the conference day on Saturday. I and many other bitcoiners gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of #bitcoincity Arnhem.
Playing the Blockhunters board game
It was very honourable to play with one of the first prototypes of the boardgame Blockhunters developed by Arnold Hubach.
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Nostr meetup: Nostrdam Arnhem
A nice small present from Jurjen and meeting Nathan Day in real life from btcmap.org. A project that deserves some Nostr integration (which he agrees with!).
A gift from Bitpopart together with Patrick (who organised Adopting Bitcoin Arnhem), Jeroen, Mr. Bitpopart in the middle and Djuri. I'm on the right ;-)
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Gravel at the Veluwe
On Friday morning I enjoyed a 70km gravel ride on the Veluwe to Radio Kootwijk and back.
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Bitdevs meetup
In the afternoon I attended the Bitdevs meetup. It was my first time and I expected a lot of technical stuff to be discussed. This wasn't the case, all conversations were led very professionally in an easy, understandable way.
Also, the Silent payments (https://silentpayments.xyz/) feature was introduced to me. A very interesting feature integrated in Bitcoin recently which I would like to dive in later.
Meeting the Noderunners community
On Thursday I got a nice pin from a Noderunner community member. The Noderunners are a community with 200+ bitcoin-only minded people. I already knew some of them, but every time I attend a Bitcoin event I always learn to know new people who are often also members of that community. During the Bitcoin Business meetup on Friday night, I also met a new Noderunner who was also camping at the same site as me. He was literally standing beside me with his tent!
Noderunners on stage
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Conference day
You can check out the livestream recordings here:
- Mainstage: https://www.youtube.com/live/T0vJ4uEsCwc
- Arnhem stage: https://www.youtube.com/live/-GTw6k1IkC0
These are the sessions I enjoyed the most:
- Bitcoin & human rights, what 99% don't get with Anita Posch
- AML regulations and financial freedom panel discussion with
- Sjors Provoost (Bitcoin core developer)
- Rebecca van Essen (relation manager Financial Intelligence Unit Netherlands)
- Lyudmyla Kozlovska (president of Open Dialogue Foundation)
- Dorien Rookmaker (Member of the European Parliament)
- Maud Bökkerink (financial and cryptocurrency expert & consultant)
- Non-custodial and custodial solutions and their global impact
- Fiat the system vs Bitcoin the tool with Rigel Walshe
Other recaps (in Dutch)