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Jan Kotas
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Co-founder of Bitcoin Paraguay and Hacking Lives. Paraguay 🇵🇾 | Flag Theory | Bitcoin | Sovereignty I help people opt out and live life on their own terms.
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Inspired by nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx & nostr:npub1guh5grefa7vkay4ps6udxg8lrqxg2kgr3qh9n4gduxut64nfxq0q9y6hjy I joined forces with nostr:npub1tp6w7td3sjnphrrsd9hacam4pqhudc5ylj6v5g2akcu4cl2pl49smp5hhr here in Paraguay to organize a monthly Bitcoin meetup…

Tonight is Meetup #3… high hopes for tonight🚀 we had 80-90 people show up to last month’s meetup, which was overwhelming but we managed…

The local brewery hosting us is accepting bitcoin for the first time tonight… 🍻

Cole / Southern Bitcoiner nostr:npub1u8uyh2gzpjdpy3xwtrh25vw886zx6gcaz8vl5lncgtpz70ugj27s3yqgum

Is giving a self custody presentation… 🫡

we have a local Spanish & Portuguese language round table for Bitcoin basics… 🇵🇾 🇧🇷

Tonight we are sponsored by Blink Wallet and used the funds they provided to make materials to distribute to our pleb army & launch our efforts to onboard local businesses here in Asuncion as well as give the plebs some stickers… 🫡

Just finished cutting stickers by hand and rushing to get everything ready… got that nervous energy going every time I get in front of the #plebs 🚀🚀🚀

Going to hit the gym and grab a pump before we ROCK THIS THING 🚀🙌🏼🌽

https://lu.ma/pj23rd6g

#plebchain #coffeechain #bitcoin #meetup #hodl #plebs #orangepill #nostr #growstr #introductions #paraguay #asuncion #btc #LFG

I am so happy that nostr:npub1z65qpshzkw9jnxvwn4nrgk6w00700nv0ettnwqf2he9yxxghluqsm0r24h joined our team. Thanks to him, we can host these massive events and help people get onboard with Bitcoin. Big thanks, John, for all the effort you put into this! 🙏

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Buenos días, nostriches! Estoy trabajando en un centro de recursos Bitcoin para nuestra comunidad nostr:npub1l57mdhhlkuulspszd6qarjxennpytglns6kth2agmjvrwyx8aqdqgj645x. Ya tengo muchos materiales en inglés, pero me faltan materiales en español (libros, podcasts, sitios web, canales de YouTube, personas a seguir o artículos interesantes). Así que, si conoces algunos buenos recursos, pásamelos por favor. 🙏

Join us for our monthly Bitcoin meetup!

📅 Date: Saturday, Sept 7th

🕙 Time: 19:00 - 00:00

📍 Location: Palo Santo Brewing Company 🍻

🌟 Event Schedule:

•⁠ 19:00: Event starts.

•⁠ 20:00: Self Custody Presentation by SouthernBitcoiner Cole Tuckett - Learn best practices when taking self custody of your bitcoin and learn how hardware wallets function

•⁠ 21:00: Bitcoin Basics in Spanish & Portuguese - Learn Bitcoin basics and have questions answered in Spanish and Portuguese (Conference Room upstairs)

•⁠ 22:00: Networking & P2P - Connect and discuss with other Bitcoin enthusiasts and professionals

🔗 Registration Required: https://lu.ma/pj23rd6g?tk=c8eCX2

Why not Paraguay? 🇵🇾 We have a huge community of freedom-minded people here.

Replying to Avatar Peter McCormack

The studio is ready, Danny's flights are booked, and next week we’ll begin recording episodes for our new podcast.

I wanted to share the reasons behind this shift as many have been asking. Three primary factors influenced this decision:

1. I hate making remote shows—I never want to do them again. These interviews need the intimacy of being in person.

2. Traveling constantly has been detrimental to my health and my family.

3. My commitments here with the football club and local community are growing.

So, the solution was clear: build a studio in the UK and produce the show locally.

We’ve secured a fantastic space in Soho, London, and we’re ready to go but given the limited number of Bitcoin guests available in the UK or those willing to fly in, it’s time to retire What Bitcoin Did.

Our new podcast will be similar in feel but will cover a broader range of topics. While some episodes will focus on Bitcoin (though less frequently), most will explore other interesting topics or people.

Having made nearly 900 episodes covering a wide range of #bitcoin topics and guests, we’re now aiming higher. By diversifying our content and guests, we hope to introduce more people to the concept of sound money through podcast osmosis. If we get this right, it will be a bigger show, if we get it wrong, well we tried.

For a long time I have felt there is a need to get out of the #bitcoin corner of the party. Real Bedford FC was a way of integrating sound money into a traditional business model. CheatCode purposely did not include Bitcoin in the title, so changing the show feels like a natural next step.

Sometimes when stuck in the #bitcoin landscape you can lose site of how other people in the world think, lose empathy for the complexities of the world. I have felt this. I'd come home from spending two weeks with Bitcoiners and be with friends and family locally and notice a distinct difference in how we see the world. As everything feels like it is going to shit, I feel like there is a bigger job to do now.

The Bitcoin podcast landscape is well served, from Marty and Odell to Natalie and Preston, from The Blue Collar guys to Stefan Livera and anyone I haven't mentioned. There’s no shortage of high-quality Bitcoin podcasts.

However, there seems to be some fatigue in the space, with similar guests and topics being revisited. With our new show we want to bring fresh perspectives and ideas, aligning with sound money where relevant—think of the shows we’ve had with the likes of Eric Weinstein and Michael Malice.

On a personal note, I’m need the challenge, test myself wider, get fit and find a good woman. I can't do this travelling all the time.

When I started the podcast my life was a shit show - divorced, coming off drugs, heading towards bankruptcy. I've had an incredible 7 years, travelled the world, made amazing friends and got to live my dream by buying my local football club.

To everyone who has helped us get this far - the guests, the listeners, the sponsors, we could not have done this without you. I am forever in your debt.

I hope you’ll check out the new show and enjoy it, though it may not be for some of you. Regardless, Danny and I will work hard to deliver the best show possible, like we always have.

Roll on The McCormack Show!

Good luck with your new endeavor! 🤞🍀

Restons-en à l'anglais et à l'espagnol. Je ne parle pas français. 😅

Any recommendations for cool people to follow here? 👀 Preferably people posting in English/Spanish.

Is there a way on Nostr to mute certain topics? I'm really tired of all this election BS, so I’d like to filter out any mentions of both candidates from my feed.

I don’t get why so many Bitcoiners are wrapped up in the US elections. Seriously, it’s just one big show. Don’t get sucked into their game. Your vote changes nothing. Focus on building cool stuff, studying, and educating others. That’s what will actually make a difference!

Any good Spanish speaking podcast recommendations?

These three I listen the most recently:

1. THE Bitcoin Podcast

2. Lex Friedman Podcast

3. Free Humanity Podcast

Testing the nostr:npub1v5ufyh4lkeslgxxcclg8f0hzazhaw7rsrhvfquxzm2fk64c72hps45n0v5 app, and I must say I've had a really great experience so far. 👌

I am amazed at how smooth the NOSTR experience is compared to what it was two years ago. 🤯

Orange-pilling in Latam is like 10x easier than in Europe. People are used to dealing with multiple currencies and face much more friction in their financial systems.

I'm searching for some good resources (guides) to help merchants accept Bitcoin that we could use in nostr:npub1l57mdhhlkuulspszd6qarjxennpytglns6kth2agmjvrwyx8aqdqgj645x. Any tips? 👀