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Oct 14, 2025 10 min

IMAGINE IF: MAKE FREEDOM PROFITABLE KEYNOTE

from Citadel Dispatch Hosted by ODELL

My keynote presentation at the Imagine If conference in Nashville focused on how i think about scaling freedom tech. Date: September 20, 2025 OpenSats: https://opensats.org Ten31: https://ten31.xyz Imagine If: https://bitcoinpark.com/imagineif (01:02) ODELL takes the stage (01:23) Diagnosing the problem (02:35) Ad driven surveillance and addictive platforms (03:04) Open source and open protocols (03:49) Scaling open source: incentives and funding (04:26) OpenSats and Bitcoin powered grants (05:25) Email, an open protocol, and Gmails predatory model (06:42) Make freedom profitable: align incentives (06:54) Ten31 thesis: sustainable, user-aligned businesses (07:28) Case study: Start9 and self-hosted services (08:16) Case study: Maples private AI and open API (08:51) Case study: Primal on Nostr and Bitcoin (09:37) Case study: Strike and low switching costs (10:25) Closing call to action: profit drives scalability Video: https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8g25llcvddu2cacsglckxks2afya2c27pt6g3qf3rh5rma3eachsg5mu8s more info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.com learn more about me: https://odell.xyz

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IMAGINE IF: MAKE FREEDOM PROFITABLE KEYNOTE

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  1. 1:02 ODELL takes the stage
  2. 1:23 Diagnosing the problem: walled gardens
  3. 2:35 Ad driven surveillance and addictive platforms
  4. 3:04 The alternative: open source and open protocols
  5. 3:49 Scaling open source: incentives and funding
  6. 4:26 Introducing OpenSats and Bitcoin-powered grants
  7. 5:25 Email, an open protocol, and Gmails predatory model
  8. 6:42 Make freedom profitable: aligning incentives
  9. 6:54 Ten31 thesis: sustainable, user-aligned businesses
  10. 7:28 Case study: Start9 and self-hosted services
  11. 8:16 Case study: Maples private AI and open API
  12. 8:51 Case study: Primal on Nostr and Bitcoin
  13. 9:37 Case study: Strike and low switching costs
  14. 10:25 Closing call to action: profit drives scalability

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