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Pubkey, Bitcoin Bar, is opening a location in Washington, DC www.popville.com/2025/03/pubkey-bar-and-media-house-coming-dc-hill-country/

985 sats \ 33 comments \ @k00b 20 Mar bitcoin

I am told: “Pubkey Bar and Media House from NYC is taking over Hill Country — the deal is already done.”

I wanted a Pubkey is Austin, but this is smarter. You want these things to operate like trojan horses where more rich/powerful noocoiners are located.

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157 sats \ 14 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

Remains to be seen how influential it really is though.

I was reminded of this guy's experiences: #869408, https://leo18.com/trying-to-sell-bitcoin-at-a-bar-in-nyc/

229 sats \ 12 replies \ @siggy47 20 Mar

It's true. If I'm being competely honest sometimes I prefer the no-coiners to the yuppy Galaxy crowd. Even the bitcoiners don't want to use bitcoin at PubKey. @DarthCoin once tried to buy me a beer remotely while I was sitting at the bar. The bartender couldn't make it work. I messed up on my first visit and didn't have enough sats to pay for my meal and drinks. I haven't made that mistake since, but even in the bar people look at you like you're nuts. "Don't spend bitcoin! Spend fiat!" It was the same attitude that Lummis expressed while visiting.

73 sats \ 9 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

"Don't spend Bitcoin, spend fiat"

Hmm, I wonder to what extent Gresham's Law is being used as a rationalization for people who couldn't be bothered to figure out how to set up a wallet 🤔

Probably the biggest thing Trump can do for Bitcoin adoption is remove the money transmitter rules for Bitcoin wallets and Bitcoin apps. Let SN go custodial again!!!!

57 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b OP 20 Mar

I just want a de minimus exception to MTL/AML/taxes.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

A very reasonable request

30 sats \ 4 replies \ @elvismercury 21 Mar

I agree that would be a big boost for adoption. It would be good in the short term. But would it be good in the long term?

I seem to be in the minority in not wanting any of this govt bag-buying. I know not every bitcoiner is going to be a hardened cypherpunk, but the level of softness and centralization right now is pretty alarming.

27 sats \ 3 replies \ @SimpleStacker 21 Mar

I think it's inevitable in the long-term. I'm in DarthCoin's camp, that non-custodial is not necessary for everything. For the small amounts that we play with on stacker.news, custodial is totally fine and sensible.

Also, removing the money transmitter rules would be a step in removing the government influence over the Bitcoin ecosystem. It lets wallet and app developers more freedom to choose custodial or non-custodial as their users desire.

131 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 22 Mar

The gov going easy on bitcoin has its tradeoffs. It’s one of the reasons why noncustodial solutions suck. The harder the gov is on custodians, the better the alternatives will get.

If bitcoin is anti fragile, or meant to be at least, we should all wish for the government making it hard to use. In the long term, I think that’s what’s best for bitcoin. In the short term, and practically, it sucks.

Fortunately, I don’t think governments being nice to bitcoin will ever last longer than 8 years.

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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 20 Mar

There's probably some of that, and certainly on SN too. Still, in the past few years I have made a point of meeting bitcoiners in person, some of whom are very technically savvy and have been hodling for years, and many of them don't want to spend bitcoin either. They look at me like I'm a fool. Stacker News is the only community I have found that doesn't have that attitude and encourages people to spend. I don't get it. Granted, my sample size is not enormous.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

I mean, it is understandable. Even if you say "spend and replace", the easy counter is, "why bother", and also "spending and replacing incurs transaction costs."

So I think it does take some ideological motivation of wanting to promote the bitcoin ecosystem that gets people to spend. Without that motivation, it just makes more sense to hold.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 20 Mar

With DC things come and go pretty quickly.... I feel like this will be a good thing for exposure but I am not sure it will stick around that long. The place they are replacing Hill Country opened with huge fanfare and was really popular and to top it off.... had decent BBQ well the best in the district.

I am picturing this as more of a pop up to be honest. With how expensive DC is and how they are working to more HQ and headquarters of departments and agencies out of DC there isnt a population to support the prices.

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 20 Mar

"Don't spend bitcoin! Spend fiat!" It was the same attitude that Lummis expressed while visiting.

FUCK LUMMIS!

30 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 20 Mar

LOL zaprite? not Zeus anymore?

165 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 20 Mar

Oh boy. I spend a lot of time in DC bars with lots of lefty friends who loathe bitcoin. This could be just what I need.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

Have you been to pubkey in NYC?

66 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 20 Mar

#219987

30 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 20 Mar

Yes. A few times

69 sats \ 2 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

I'd like to go next time i'm in town. (My brother lives in Manhattan so it shouldn't be long)

30 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 20 Mar

Let me know when you're going!

36 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

Will do! I'll post about my experience on stacker.news too

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99 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 20 Mar

Is this bar just for rich people? They should show the prices in sats too!

212 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b OP 20 Mar

Those are pretty typical bar food prices in major cities in the US.

19 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 20 Mar

I'm so de-sensitized to prices that those look just like normal prices in most restaurants.

14 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 20 Mar

Yes. They seem pretty reasonable compared to what I'm used to.

100 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 20 Mar

HOLY SHIT LETS GOOOOOOO

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @4935d59ecc 20 Mar freebie

We need one in Tucson Arizona! Although there’s not much going on with bitcoin in Tucson so it wouldn’t accomplish much other than making me happy

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 20 Mar

Wait a second.... Upon looking into this more HILL COUNTRY CLOSED!?!?! WHY GOD WHY IT WAS THE ONLY PLACE WITH DECENT BBQ UP HERE!!!

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 20 Mar

Isnt everyone fleeing DC because they are being fired from their useless jobs?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 20 Mar

I mean ironically a lot of people never came back to the office so 🤷🏼‍♂️ Congressional staffers have been here and more lobbyists are here now because they can meet with us in person

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b OP 20 Mar

Certainly not everyone, right?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 20 Mar

Interesting!