Bitcoin Beach

Two stories are happening at the same time. In Canada, Bitcoin ATMs are being removed to "protect" people. In the Netherlands, unrealized Bitcoin gains are now taxed. In the EU, you have to declare your personal wallet before an exchange will send you your own money. In El Salvador, the @btcfarmersmrkt just hit its 3-year anniversary, and everything there runs on Bitcoin. You can buy a steak and a @COLDCARDwallet in the same hour. A rancher calls beef freedom tech. @blinkbtc, a wallet built in this country, just went fully self-custodial for every user. So when Bitcoiners rage quit over the IMF deal, the builders who stayed didn't panic. One called it "a flushing of the weak hands." Another said don't let perfect be the enemy of good. We got a rancher (James from @beefbackbetter), a hardware store owner (@ronnyavendano_ from @tbhs_sv), and a real estate developer (@thewilliamlehr from @ClubCocal) around one table to ask: is Bitcoin country dead? Their answers will surprise you. Full episode out now 🇸🇻👇

Bitcoin education is moving into the classroom. Together with MINED and the National Bitcoin Office, we are helping train teachers through the new Bitcoin Diploma 2.0 pilot in El Salvador. Link to the full blog post in the first comment.

Another inspiring Foundry Labs meetup in San Salvador reminded us: ecosystems grow through connection, trust, and collaboration. Link to the full blog post in the first comment.

Founders, builders, and curious minds — this Thursday is for you. 📍 Simmer Down 🗓️ Thursday, July 16th 🕕 6:00 PM Come share what you're working on, meet people building alongside you, and leave with a few new ideas (and maybe a new collaborator).

Why Bitcoiners Who Rage Quit El Salvador After the IMF Deal Will Regret It youtu.be/aUhDcy7-1b4

Two stories are happening at the same time. In Canada, Bitcoin ATMs are being removed to "protect" people. In the Netherlands, unrealized Bitcoin gains are now taxed. In the EU, you have to declare your personal wallet before an exchange will send you your own money. In El Salvador, the @btcfarmersmrkt just hit its 3-year anniversary, and everything there runs on Bitcoin. You can buy a steak and a @COLDCARDwallet in the same hour. A rancher calls beef freedom tech. @blinkbtc, a wallet built in this country, just went fully self-custodial for every user. So when Bitcoiners rage quit over the IMF deal, the builders who stayed didn't panic. One called it "a flushing of the weak hands." Another said don't let perfect be the enemy of good. We got a rancher (James from @beefbackbetter), a hardware store owner (@ronnyavendano_ from @tbhs_sv), and a real estate developer (@thewilliamlehr from @ClubCocal) around one table to ask: is Bitcoin country dead? Their answers will surprise you. Full episode out now 🇸🇻👇

🍕⚡ Bitcoin Beach Dinner is Today! Join us today at 6:30 PM at Lulo’s Pizza in Bitcoin Beach for a fun evening of pizza, great conversations, and all things Bitcoin. Everyone is welcome! Sign up here: Satlantis: satlantis.io/events/1002453… Evenbrite: eventbrite.es/e/199336380780…

Bitcoin no mejora desde una oficina perfecta. Mejora cuando se usa en la vida real. En @Bitcoinbeach, los problemas de costo, velocidad e infraestructura empujaron la adopción de Lightning cuando muchos aún dudaban de que funcionara. Luego llegó El Salvador implementando curso legal. Y con él, más inversión, más desarrollo y más urgencia por hacer que Bitcoin funcionara como dinero.

Last week at Lake Ilopango, we spent the day connecting with local merchants, sharing practical Bitcoin education, and helping businesses understand how Bitcoin can create new opportunities for tourism and commerce. Read the full story in the first comment.

Arrested and Debanked in Germany, Free in El Salvador: A Warning to Every Bitcoin Maxi in Europe youtu.be/Mnp9kIOqFyg

What does a government do when 1.3 million people peacefully protest and won't stop? In Michael Ballweg's case, it arrested him, seized everything he owned, and held him in Stammheim prison for 9 months without a finalized charge. In this episode, @Michael_Ballweg sits down with us in El Zonte to share the full story of how he built Germany's largest civil liberties movement, survived complete debanking and total asset seizure, and walked out of a 44-day trial with a full acquittal. We get into what nearly 4 years of living on Bitcoin and cash only actually taught him about financial sovereignty, why El Salvador won over every other country he considered, and what it feels like to rebuild your entire life on a Bitcoin standard when the old system has already taken everything it could. Michael also breaks down why he sees centralized AI as the next major threat to free speech, and why privacy protection and local AI tools are where he's putting his energy now that he's here in El Salvador. If you care about freedom, sound money, and what it really looks like to opt out of a broken system, this one's for you! Watch the full episode at the link below 👇

Great startups are born when someone sees a need no one else is solving — and bets on it anyway. Tonight at Foundry Labs, our speaker is @bitdriver_sv — transport, tours & car rental built exclusively for Bitcoiners in El Salvador. 🇸🇻⚡ Real problem. Real solution. See you tonight. #FoundryLabs #Bitcoin #ElSalvador

Hoy tuvimos de nuevo el privilegio de estar en Ilopango junto a @FredisMolina1 y Johalmo, compartiendo con comerciantes y emprendedores a orillas del Lago de Ilopango. Más que enseñar cómo aceptar pagos en Bitcoin, pudimos acompañarlos paso a paso para que aprendieran a utilizar la aplicación, registrar sus ventas y manejar sus pagos con confianza. Cada jornada nos recuerda que la verdadera adopción se construye en el terreno, escuchando, enseñando y caminando junto a la gente. Es un inmenso honor seguir trabajando con orgullo sobre suelo salvadoreño, hombro a hombro con salvadoreños, contribuyendo al crecimiento de la adopción de Bitcoin en El Salvador. Nuestro más sincero agradecimiento a la Alcaldía de Ilopango por su apoyo y colaboración. DE SALVADOREÑOS PARA SALVADOREÑOS 🧡 🇸🇻 @Bitcoinbeach

great chat on the @fedimint being run by @bitcoinekasi on @start9labs home servers in south africa serve.podhome.fm/episodepage/Ci…

Blink Wallet now has non-custodial accounts. Live on iOS and Android today. Your keys. Your bitcoin. Same app. Six years in the making.

Last year in Lugano, we talked about what it means to actually live on Bitcoin.Circular communities around the world are proving why adoption matters: when people and merchants use Bitcoin as money, the idea becomes real. Bitcoin, more than a protocol or just an asset.

@compliantvc Yah and we have AC because we are not idiots living in the dark ages

It will be over 40 degrees (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in the American city of Tucson, Arizona today Dozens of people like likely melt Yet American media is dead silent on this Instead, they obsess over the heat wave in Europe Worry about your own warming climate, Americans

@esstoka @CarlZha Um -you account for 36% of the world’s heat related deaths while only making up 9% of the world’s .

@CarlZha Why is the world so chock full of retards? Get it through your thick heads: EUROPE IS NOT A HOT CONTINENT. WE. DO. NOT. NEED. THIS. SHIT.

Chinese people find the AC debate in France and EU hard to understand when even pigsty in China has AC: