Centralization vs decentralization

We are winning 🤠

#nostr #BTCPrague

Prague 🧡

#Prague

Thank you!

😂 they don’t understand durian 😱

Had several great conversations in nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r about living in Thailand: lifestyle, family friendliness etc

Likely that your perception of Thailand is very wrong 😂

My life improved massively when I moved there.

If you’re curious, come find me! I’m usually at the Nostr booth.

Nice. How do I get that sub?

Trying again… if you see me at nostr:npub167n5w6cj2wseqtmk26zllc7n28uv9c4vw28k2kht206vnghe5a7stgzu3r ask me about this and Ride of Passage!

https://v.nostr.build/gZPOB.mp4

Wow, thank you. Helpful to know, and I appreciate the smaller video size!

If you’re in Prague and you see me at the conference... Ask me about this.

https://m.primal.net/IjbG.mp4

Where’s my durian family?

#asknostr #durianstr

Over the past four years I’ve started building websites to rank in Google. The idea is to get organic traffic to your site and then generate income off that.

This is my first foray into making money on my own.

And I worked at it – alone – for a long while.

Until I discovered the Chiang Mai SEO community – and met Matt Diggity, Kyle Roof, Karl Kangur, Charles Floate and many more who already built what I wanted to build: a real business making serious money.

‘Networking’ when I was in a 9-5 felt scummy and largely useless. I kept my head down, got my work done, and collected my salary.

But when building my own thing, networking became exciting. I saw how much value could be exchanged over a simple conversation. How I could help others and be helped - in ways that would completely transform my life - over a cup of coffee.

Then I started to go to conferences – first Chiang Mai SEO and then the SEO Mastery Summit in Vietnam – and met more entrepreneurs like

Sacha Fournier, Jamie I.F., James Oliver, Niels Zee, Jaume Ros, Nick Rowe, Jason Mills, Gael Breton and many more.

All of them incredibly ambitious. They've done the work. They've built businesses that afford them the freedom to live and work anywhere. And they are continuing to hustle.

But many of us have a big problem.

We are all over the place. Even though we may be one conversation away from solving the next problem, we often lack the right networks to have that conversation.

Many of us wanting to push our business to the next level are in silos, stuck behind computer screens. One relationship away from a completely changed life.

I want to fix that.

And I want to have fun doing it. Hence, the Ride of Passage: Mastermind.

What is the Ride of Passage: Mastermind?

The idea behind this ride is to mix adventure and business in order to create deeper bonds between entrepreneurs and generate more creative ideas.

We will do this through a five day ride in the mountains of Northern Thailand on the digital nomad’s Swiss Army knife – the 125cc automatic scooter.

Each day will be structured to provide a bit of adventure and a bit of entrepreneurial problem solving: often starting the day with a thoughtful question and a quiet ride or hike through the mountains, followed by an afternoon of mastermind-style problem solving around every participant’s business.

Who is the Ride of Passage: Mastermind for?

This Ride of Passage is for entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses and make close connections with others on a similar path. This isn’t for the wantrapreneur, and it isn’t a party or a coworking session either.

This is a time to unplug, decompress, and go high-level with your business alongside a community of similarly adventurous and ambitious entrepreneurs.

If that sounds good to you, check out the Mastermind here: https://www.rideofpassage.live/mastermind

On my Bitcoin Tour across the USA last year, one region stuck out to me in particular.

It’s a place which, honestly, I was not excited to return to.

I grew up in this part of the world and I remember from a young age wanting to leave, to explore.

But returning here... I began to see a new side.

What this region lacks in mountains and New York minutes it more than makes up for in genuine, kind, and industrious people. It holds many untold histories and subcultures that are impossible to see from the highway.

This is not “flyover country”. This is the American Heartland.

Once I ran the first Ride of Passage in Thailand, I knew the American Midwest would be next. The heartland of the country holds hidden gems that fit with the vision of tours money can’t buy. It is growing into a powerhouse for technology, regenerative farming, and sovereign living – especially through the actions of Bitcoiners.

The Bitcoin communities here are tight-knit and interconnected. While others larp about circular economies on Twitter, they are building them one sale at a time.

What is this Ride of Passage all about?

The Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour is designed to connect you to this vibrant Bitcoin community through a motorcycle adventure with Bitcoiners. Over 8 days together you’ll visit Bitcoin meetups, regenerative ranches and cultural sites throughout the Midwest.

You will sample some of the cleanest beef in the nation as you ride through commodity grain fields.

You will visit farmstays creating a new tourism industry around regenerative practices.

You will shake the hands of Bitcoiners with grand plans to build industry and wealth in the heartland.

This ride wouldn’t exist without the help of those on the ground - from

nostr:npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z to Lake Satoshi, Indy Bitcoin, Columbus Bitcoin, Beef Initiative (damn I gotta find all of you on Nostr) and so many more!

It also wouldn’t be happening without the legend Alan Jackson - who gives out more sats to taxi drivers and waitresses than most people will ever stack. He’s also one of the most experienced motorcyclists I know, with over 50 years of touring across 5 continents.

Alan stepped up and will be leading the Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour.

I can’t wait for you to get to know him.

Who’s the Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour for?

This Ride of Passage is for anyone seeking deeper connections to the Bitcoin community, forged through unforgettable adventures on two wheels. Limited to just 10 riders who will be personally vetted by me.

Still have questions?

Feel free to ask me, or anyone who was on the first Ride of Passage - Texas Slim, Satoshi Symbol, Alan, Wes, Cory, and nostr:npub1sr7fvctcfdlcsepzseqx8dw7kkuv2gaz280xg6f4mt8k8ewx7m8quz2ggm

Will you take sovereignty into your own hands by meeting those doing it every day? 👇

https://www.rideofpassage.live/american-heartland-tour

Riding my Harley across the USA to over 30 Bitcoin meetups, I noticed a unique camaraderie among Bitcoiners.

What I saw overall saddened me: decaying small towns, frustrated people, misguided anger... From the ground, I saw my former home descending in to division.

Except at Bitcoin meetups.

Here I found diverse individuals civilly discussed critical topics—family, health, business, philosophy—across professions and political divides (imagine that...)

Lawyers speaking with construction workers, ranchers with technologists, Democrats with Republicans…

Bitcoin seemed to unite people under an umbrella of hope and pragmatism, in a time where these are rare in society. I see a deeply-held belief among Bitcoiners that individual responsibility and freedom lead to the best outcomes for society.

When that belief is shared, many of the topics that usually drive anger and division lose their teeth. Bitcoin meetup organizers deserve all the credit for creating spaces where this unity grows.

So after my tour ended, I had to figure out how to do my part…

I wanted to bring Bitcoiners together, and do it in a way that underpinned the ideas of sovereignty and freedom.

For me, travel brought sovereignty. I tasted a new sense of self-determination and purpose when I moved abroad to Chiang Mai, Thailand. I tasted a new sense of freedom when I started riding motorcycles.

So what better way to bond Bitcoiners than over a motorcycle trip?

Thus, the Ride of Passage was born.

But the Ride of Passage is far more than a motorcycle trip.

What is this Ride of Passage all about?

This is a tour money can’t buy. Not just because we venture to places no tourist goes, but because the entire experience is designed to bring about a change in each participant.

I want you to return home with more than just photos. I want you to return home with a piece of you changed, for the better. More free, more resolute, more sovereign.

The Ride of Passage is not a vacation. It is a challenge you take on knowing you will come out the other side a stronger and more open person.

And, by the way, you’ll experience this transformation through riding unforgettable mountain twisties, tasting incredible local food, and learning the untold histories hiding in the hills of Northern Thailand. Treated to the best hospitality available in the world.

Just ask nostr:npub1sr7fvctcfdlcsepzseqx8dw7kkuv2gaz280xg6f4mt8k8ewx7m8quz2ggm who embarked on his dream of traveling the world after he took a Ride of Passage.

Who’s the Ride of Passage: Magical Thailand Tour for?

This Ride of Passage is for anyone in search of sovereignty; mainly Bitcoiners. This is an adventure for those who value freedom, seek deeper connections, and are drawn to the unknown. Limited to just 8 riders who will be personally vetted by me.

Still have questions? Feel free to ask me, or anyone who was on the first Ride of Passage, like Texas Slim.

Ready to ride? 👇

Join up: https://www.rideofpassage.live/magical-thailand-tour

Beautiful!!

There's no way to represent msats onchain though, right? Last I read that would require a hardfork to enable. Does lightning natively support it? Or is it just on ledgers of custodial wallets?

Never understood this as well. Paying $8 for a product they put together in like a week? To save your precious engagement? Doesn’t sound very sovereign to me lol

Prospects get the TIMECHAIN bottom rocker…

Until they’re sussed out to not be shitcoiners 🤣

Set up your zaps darnit!

Midjourney doing its thang

https://void.cat/d/Bo8fJoHpuPzqYs6tZhLY3Z.webp

YES, that is something I would love to do down the road.

TIMECHAIN bottom rocker. BITCOIN top rocker. Maybe the Freedom Money B as the center graphic.

Joining the MC means you're a full-patch PLEB!

https://void.cat/d/3FuWNDnStNNStiS79hCDdH.webp