I know I'm back in San Francisco when I see an Uber driver picking up passengers in a $80,000 electric vehicle, did his startup go bankrupt? 🤣 You wouldn't use an expensive and fat vehicle to drive Uber in unless you made some interesting life choices 
Despite all the doom and gloom about America, I can't help but marvel at our freedoms. The 1st + 2nd amendment ensure that we can always tell tyrants to go fuck themselves. If they want to take away our freedom, they can come and take it! 
Leaving Tokyo for San Francisco, looking forward to homeless tent cities, open air drug markets, and poop everuwhere. At least the weather is good! 
First time seeing Mt. Fuji, gorgeous 
Me at the Japanese cosmetics store trying to find the exact brand of sunscreen my fiance wants 
If I use 100% of my brain I can understand Olaoluwa when he speaks at conferences 
I love this energy from the sushi restaurant telling gluten free, vegetarians, and no raw fish people to fuck off 
Lola is probably the best independent journalist in the Bitcoin space right now, sad news from geyser
Checked out the Great Buddha in Kamakura today. Will be at the Tokyo conference tomorrow chatting with bitcoiners, hit me up if you are also there! 
So many bitcoiners rely upon the state for personal protection, thats like storing all your coins on FTX, rugpull waiting to happen. If you are too lazy to take a 5 day class and pay $500 for a gun permit you are like your nocoiner friend who is too lazy to learn how to install a self custody wallet. I'll give you a pass if guns are illegal where you live.
Locked in, on a flight to Japan, filing bullshit paperwork to transport machine guns from Nevada to Arizona to attend the world's largest machine gun shoot
Boarding my flight to Tokyo right now! Looking forward to getting fat on sushi, ramen, and udon! 
Unburdened by what has been, thanks to Chiang Mai and all the fresh coconuts I've been drinking 
Nostr changes everything, for the better! Great video with reason magazine and nostr:nprofile1qqs9336p4f3sctdrtft2wlqaq5upjz9azpgylhfd3dplwf005mfrr9spzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj7spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wcq3qamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kueg6g89xw
🧵 NEW: HRF Bitcoin Development Fund grants 1 billion satoshis to 20 projects worldwide!
The grants are focused on global education, privacy, decentralizing mining, and empowering human rights groups with private financial solutions 🌍🌏🌎🎁
📝📲 African Bitcoiners is helping to onboard Africans to Bitcoin through a “Bitcoin for Beginners” course, free Lightning payment routing for merchants, and the ability to buy airtime & data with Bitcoin. The grant will support operational costs, educational materials & more.
Stratospher, a Bitcoin Core developer working to enhance the P2P network privacy, reviewing critical pull requests in the libsecp library, & mentoring new talent. This grant will support their full-time development efforts 🔒⚙️
Jeff Gardner is working on bringing end-to-end encryption to Nostr Direct and Group Messages without centralized servers. Funding will support ongoing development, allocating bounties to community contributors, and conducting a security audit of the project 🛡️💻
🔐🌐 @Coracle, a Nostr web client, developed by @hodlbod. Recent and planned updates include customizable & shareable feeds, improved DMs for privacy, and encrypted public & private communities. Funding will support the hiring of a full-time developer.
Harbor, an open-source #eCash wallet started by the @MutinyWallet team but now an independent project led by Ben Carman and Paul Miller. Harbor incorporates multiple mints, is Tor-only, & automates fund management. This grant will support the development of Harbor’s 1.0 production release 🕵️♂️💸
The 256 Foundation's mission to make Bitcoin mining free & open starts with the #Bitaxe initiative. Bitaxe provides an affordable entry point for home mining. This grant will support improving Bitaxe with an aim of making the Bitaxe available with more ASICs manufacturers. ⛏️
👩🏽💻🌍 Kiveclair led by Gloire Wanzavalere in the Democratic Republic of Congo, hosts monthly meetups & training sessions for activists, journalists, & developers around Bitcoin and provides shelter to refugees. Funds will cover the cost of meetups, equipment, and space rental.
Silentium Wallet, a self-custodial, privacy-focused Bitcoin wallet built by @TheSingerLouis, brings privacy preserving Bitcoin donations to activists via Silent Payments. Funds will support the wallet’s infrastructure, including a full cloud node, web server, & hiring a developer. 🛡️📱
BTC Shule, by Belyï Nobel Kubwayo, educates Burundians, in Kirundi & French, to use #Bitcoin for uncensorable payments under Burundi’s authoritarian regime. The grant will support the development of a digital learning platform & educational materials. 📚🏫
🌍💰EttaWallet, an open-source, self-custodial mobile #Lightning wallet built by Collin Rukundo with improved usability & accessibility for Africa. This grant will support further development of the wallet, improve localization efforts, & foster growing a community of users. #Bitcoin
The Tor Project for relay operators to increase network reliability and performance. Funding will allow relay operator to deploy nodes that improve the stability and reliability of onion services and increase network robustness against DOS attacks 🌐
Rikto Xonghoti is developing a Bitcoin circular economy in Assam, India. The project offers online Bitcoin education in Assamese & plans to establish a physical Bitcoin center. The grant will support teacher salaries & acquisition of Bitcoin nodes & mining equipment 💡
Yes Bitcoin Haiti led by @HaitianHODL, empowers Haitians in political & financial crisis with Bitcoin education. The team translates educational materials into Haitian Creole & host workshops. Funding will support salaries, equipment, & producing educational materials 🇭🇹📖
Bitcoin Indonesia is building an education platform in Bahasa Indonesia, hosting the largest local Bitcoin conference & connecting local talent with Bitcoin companies for jobs. This grant will support content creation, community outreach, and operational expenses.
Bitcoin++, a Bitcoin-only dev conference organized by @niftynei featuring long-form lectures & workshops. This grant will cover travel expenses for developers from authoritarian countries to attend the upcoming Bitcoin++ mints ecash conference in Berlin
🛠️ TABConf, a Bitcoin conference hosted by Michael Tidwell in Atlanta, which creates a forum for protocol and application developers to debate and collaborate on Bitcoin. Funds will cover conference expenses & travel costs for developers in need of financial assistance.
🔐 BalticHoneybadger, a non-profit #Bitcoin conference hosted by Hodl Hodl. With its cypherpunk roots, the conference fosters discussions on technologies that support financial freedom, security & privacy. The grant supports travel expenses for activists & conference costs
🇦🇷 LaBitconf, hosted by Rodolfo Andragnes, is the longest-running #Bitcoin conference in #LatinAmerica helping #Argentines explore Bitcoin as a tool for #financialfreedom. Funds will cover travel expenses for software developers and keynote speakers
🇦🇷 Descentralizar, is a one-day #Bitcoin event held in three cities across the #Argentina, offering debates, workshops, and networking opportunities for attendees. The grant will support travel expenses and conference equipment ⚡
🛠️ Satsconf, the largest #Bitcoin-only conference in #SouthAmerica, connects the local community with educators, advocates & developers shaping the future of Bitcoin. Funds will support travel expenses for speakers, event logistics & the hackathon.
Solidarity Summit, Standing with Political Prisoners, an event organized by Hager Eissa will include a #financialfreedom component & a documentary produced on these issues. Funds will cover venue & event logistics, program development, speaker costs, & film production 🎥📢
🌎 HRF is committed to supporting human rights and financial freedom with Bitcoin.
If you are working on a #Bitcoin or adjacent freedom tech software (Nostr, eCash etc), education or adoption project that meets our mandate, submit your application at http://hrf.org/bdfapply 💪
Loving the water bottles at the Bitcoin Chiang Mai learning center in Thailand 
The definition of LOCKED IN, bringing your own printer to do schoolwork at the Bangkok airport 
With $0.25 fees, sending >$62.5 on chain is cheaper than using lightning on Phoenix Wallet
Just used Bolt 12 to do a p2p sats -> Thai baht swap over the lightning network, bullish on the future of lightning! 
You need KYC to buy a subway card in Bangkok, ridiculous how the normalization of KYC has led to this. At least cash tickets are KYC free 