Zap-for-Reps: Incentives, Meetups, and Measuring the Fruit w/ Rev Hodl

In this episode, I think out loud with a friend about how capital, proximity, and stewardship show up in real life—on the homestead, in local businesses, and in our Bitcoin habits. We draw parallels from permaculture and electronics to community economics: keeping systems close reduces leakage, and spending intentionally can keep value circulating where we live. We get practical about choosing local merchants (even when they use Square) and then helping them graduate to self-hosted payments with BTCPay Server, keys-in-hand, and support from the local meetup.We also riff on building resilient, private-by-default social spaces using Nostr—relays, invite models, and community moderation that mirrors how neighborhoods work. Toward the end, I share a skunkworks idea (“Purser”) to replace legacy invoicing tools, plus a fun incentive experiment for my F3 men’s workout group: zap-for-reps to nudge more in‑person participation. Measure the fruit, keep the value local, and use the tools that strengthen real community ties.Bitcoin (overview): https://bitcoin.org/en/Lightning Network: https://lightning.network/BTCPay Server (self-hosted Bitcoin payments): https://btcpayserver.org/Square (Point of Sale platform): https://squareup.com/us/enSquare Terminal (hardware): https://squareup.com/us/en/hardware/terminalSteak 'n Shake (restaurant chain referenced): https://www.steaknshake.com/Nostr Protocol (NIPs specification): https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nipsDamus (Nostr client): https://damus.io/Primal (Nostr client): https://primal.net/Flotilla Social (Nostr community/client platform): https://flotilla.social/F3 Nation (Fitness, Fellowship, Faith men’s workout network): https://f3nation.com/Zaprite (Bitcoin + fiat invoicing platform mentioned for contrast): https://zaprite.com/Jack Dorsey (person referenced): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_DorseyZooid: https://github.com/coracle-social/zooid pyramid: https://github.com/fiatjaf/pyramid