Paco de la India

Namaste #bitcoin fam, I have something very cool to share! So, you all know the voyage I started in 2021, 42 countries in 800 days, and with zero fiat! This could have been possibly the craziest thing, I dreamt of as a child! And, as enthralling as it was to live it, now I very

Help me crowdfund this book. Either grab a copy, or get your name printed in the book. If neither, please do share your blessings. Here is the link :- geyser.fund/project/proofo…

50 days left until the All or Nothing Campaign on Geyser ends! Today we were working on the Ethiopian Chapter. In 2022, $1= 52 ETB, today it's at 137. The chapter talks a bit about #bitcoin , food, coffee and a traveler who asked me if I had traded my freedom for an idea.

@asanoha_gold blessings and hugs to you :)

This is the hardest thing I’ve ever had to write. I’m completely devastated. Last Friday, I noticed I barely sold any copies of the magazine that week. I’ve shown up every single day for 5 years straight, pouring everything into creating and sharing Bitcoin Art Magazine and Bitcoin Art. I never ran paid ads to push sales, never bought followers or engagement, never cut corners—just organic growth through consistent, honest work. I spend 6–12 hours a day (on top of a full-time job) designing issues, photographing prints, writing essays, engaging with collectors, packing orders, answering DMs, and shipping art worldwide. I’ve adapted to every shift in the market, every new printing technique, every change in collector taste. I even launched a newsletter to keep the community closer. I’ve stepped away from every other platform because I truly believe in Bitcoin Twitter culture and the community around it. Every holiday, family event, vacation, wedding, birthday—you name it—I’ve been active, posting updates, sharing new drops, and fulfilling orders. I’ve never taken the audience and collectors I’ve built for granted. I cherish every relationship that’s formed through this project. During this last period of low sales, I proposed to my girlfriend. On that entire proposal trip, I stayed active—responding to inquiries, posting new art previews, shipping prints from hotel lobbies. That’s nothing new. I’ve given years of time and sacrifice to build something meaningful, with zero regrets—until now. Having to do this publicly feels pathetic and humiliating. It’s been almost a week, and I still can’t get the visibility I need to turn things around. The Twitter/X algorithm has buried my posts, throttled reach, and made it nearly impossible for new eyes to find the work—no matter how consistently I post, how high-quality the art is, or how much genuine interaction I drive. How can I dedicate myself so completely for so many years and have the platform’s own algorithm decide my fate without giving me any real chance to adjust or recover reach? I’ve never had a single major complaint or flag in 5 years. The first real gut punch comes right around when I thought momentum might build—after spending my entire vacation working nonstop on new magazine layouts and print editions—only to watch impressions tank, engagement drop off a cliff, and sales basically flatline because the algo stopped showing my content to almost anyone. To most people, this is just “that Bitcoin art thing” they occasionally like or retweet—if they even see it anymore. To me, it has completely altered my life. It’s every creator’s dream to make a living from the work they love, and to watch it slip away right as it was becoming real—because the algorithm quietly decided to deboost everything—feels absolutely gut-wrenching. Over the last two years I’ve told everyone how important it is to support Bitcoin-native creators, to buy the physical magazines and signed Giclée prints, to own real art in this space instead of just garbage NFT’s. I couldn’t have been louder about how much I believe in this ecosystem and how grateful I was for the community—until the algo started hiding the very posts meant to reach that community. I truly never thought reach would be strangled this hard for so long. All of this to say: I am not failing because the work is bad or inauthentic—the work is the same high-effort, high-quality thing it’s always been. The sales have dried up because the Twitter/X algorithm has throttled visibility, shadowbanned reach, and made organic discovery basically impossible. If there’s a way to fix the algo suppression, reset reach, or get fair visibility again, tell me clearly and I will adapt immediately. But watching years of sacrifice result in barely any sales last week—solely because the platform’s algorithm buried the content—will never sit right with me.

So who wants to have a BBQ here? some #bitcoin chitter chatter with Lion lagers! What say fellow Lankans ?

@nareshj66 All good , how are you

@RunwithBitcoin how r u?, Naresh from Mumbai

Hello from Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 I was here in 2022, right as the petrol shortages started. There were 2 hour queues at pumps. Soon after, the President fled and resigned amid the chaos. Fast forward to 2026. I had to run an errand down in Galle in the South, which in turn turned out be an adventure. Due to the ongoing war disrupting global supplies (a choke in the Strait of Hormuz ripples everywhere), Sri Lanka has brought back fuel rationing. Every citizen gets a strict quota: just 15 liters of petrol per week , tracked via a QR code system. If you run out? You're stuck!

UAE & #Bitcoin have one thing in common. The undying community belief. People who've seen the world chose to live in or invest in the UAE. Bitcoiners do the same too. Some HODL, some use it as money. Such belief can't be taken away overnight. Yallah habibi! Hugs 🫂

@kashyap286 ran straight into shortage :D

@RunwithBitcoin Don't say you weren't prepared. You had your running shoes on for the fuel run😉

As someone who's traveled extensively through the Global South, I've seen this pattern repeat i.e inflation, money printer go brrr, then hyperinflation followed by sanctions hitting ordinary people the hardest. Did i see this coming ? Yes I did. Was I prepared? Not so much. These raw, on the ground stories, from Sri Lanka's latest crisis to struggles across overlooked regions, are at the heart of my upcoming book. If you want to read more about how global shocks land on real lives in the places often overlooked, join the journey. Crowdfund a copy now and support the project: geyser.fund/project/proofo… Thank you & Have a great day. Paco

We tried to refuel but our QR didn't scan right the first time maybe tech glitch or registration hiccup, who knows. We rode and pushed our luck until the tank ran dry mid-errand. We had to walk for over 3kms asking for fuel at every store. Finally a kind stranger (a real Samaritan) pointed us to some. It was double the price. An hour of work took 5 hours. How fragile our so called "globalized" world truly is? One blockage causes real suffering here. Our world operates like a human body. If you are hurt in one part, the whole system suffers. Your mind can't focus and everything slows.

@studentofbtc lets go!

A participant from the accelerator called me out. "You're doing a poor job of highlighting the program. One social update a week is not enough!” he said. The fact is, he's right, and I have to accept this criticism. I've been pushing these participants for 10 weeks, so it's only fair that they push me as well. He's challenged me to post a video daily until the program finishes on April 5th, so that's 21 videos in total. “Single take, no edits, raw, unfiltered, Santosh” is what he asked for. He has a background in film production, so he knows a thing or two about videos. We're already 2 days in with 19 more to go. You can find these videos on my Youtube channel (linked in comments). What started as an avenue to share my Bitcoin visual notes, then captured interviews during our travels and is now an accelerator vlog. To be honest, I felt refreshed after recording the two videos. I didn't have to ask ChatGPT for a viral hook, a click-baity thumbnail or a description. I turned the camera on and spoke until I got tired of listening to myself, like the good old vlog days. I'm curious. Do you think unedited raw footage will gain appreciation in this age of AI and highly curated content?

Are you a sovereign individual ? Are you aspiring to be one ? Jarrett is living one and the questions asked by him are just fantastic. At times it made me think, before I could respond. Thanks for having me. #bitcoin is money.

Asante Sana :)

The crowdfund for the book is live now. Grab a copy or two. Here is the link. Thank you & Have a great day. geyser.fund/project/proofo…

An excerpt from my upcoming #bitcoin book. "I run the hardware and building materials store," Saifee bhai spoke up. "Before the war, I bought a Land Rover for $80,000. When I fled with my family to Nairobi, I sold it for $3,000 to an army officer." In 2011, when the oil rich South Sudan became the world’s newest country, $1 = 3 SSP. A decade later, one dollar buys 650 SSP.  How does a country fall that far so fast? Well, the South Sudanese enjoyed the independence of making their own money printer go brrrr. _________ I am sure there are a lot of used luxury cars for sale in Dubai. Speaking of pre owned. Have you seen this ad?

Bitcoin is money. Here is a book that shows and not tells. Grab a copy at geyser.fund

@proofofpaul @AfroBitcoinOrg Yes brother i am! i have heard such good things about you from @studentofbtc Howfar now!

@RunwithBitcoin @AfroBitcoinOrg Paco you coming!????????😍😍😍😍😍😍

Love Malawi! Who all wanna go to Malawi for @AfroBitcoinOrg ?

🆕 NEW AON PROJECT: Paco (@runwithbitcoin) crossed 42 countries living only on Bitcoin while crossing borders, inflation, capital controls, and a wallet of sats. Now he’s turning it into a book. A true Bitcoin standard story. ⚡

Wooah! Thank you to you all lovely humans of #bitcoin for such a fantastic start to the campaign. Would any of you want to read a chapter or two, please let me know. I am always looking for feedback. FYI - the next story I am working on is about Ethiopia :)