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Local Bitcoiners
by Reed & Rev Hodl
A bitcoin podcast about Bitcoin meetups. Finding, building, and growing local Bitcoin culture through Bitcoin meetups. Reed and Rev meet with Bitcoin meetup organizers to learn about different local Bitcoin cultures and what makes them valuable. Find the show on nostr: npub1cvcgs83gw6pcrhvtmlf8gdqaegx93qkznwry96jteqhh2cexgkfq45rtya Reed's npub: npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s Rev Hodl's npub: npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z
Episodes
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The Succession of Bitcoin Culture | Ep. 033
With no guest this week, Reed and Rev look back on the four-episode Pennsylvania series and the themes that kept coming up: Bitcoin culture shifting from revolution to renaissance, and toxic maximalism giving way to cooperation and curiosity. They talk about home mining, including Reed’s new S19J...
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The Death Throes of Toxic Maximalism w/Johnny: Pittsburgh PA | Ep. 032
Johnny Crypto of Three Rivers Bitcoin joins us to talk about running a meetup built for newcomers in Pittsburgh, a city where Bitcoiners are spread out and easy to lose touch with. The conversation turns to toxicity in Bitcoin’s culture: purity tests, meme-armor that turns newcomers away, and why...
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Curiosity Freed the Cat w/Business Cat: Central PA | Ep. 031
Business Cat (Luke) of the Central Pennsylvania Bitcoiners joins us to talk about his monthly Bitplebs meetup, how he claimed the whole center of the state back in 2021, and how a region steeped in Amish and Mennonite parallel economics is producing Bitcoin plumbers, farmers, and tree guys. With...
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You Can Just Do Things w/Average Gary: Middletown, VA | Ep. 030
Rev and Reed sit down with Average Gary, organizer of the Shenandoah Bitcoin Club, to talk about why he moved his meetup to a low-pressure Saturday "Bitcoin brunch," how consistency built it into a community anchor, and what it means to become the local "Bitcoin guy." Gary also explains how…
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Cooking Up Community at Nostr Valley w/Seth: State College, PA | Ep. 029
Seth joins Rev and Reed to talk about Nostr Valley, the annual Central Pennsylvania gathering he and Derek Ross have grown from a patched-together first year at Happy Valley Brewing into a free three-day event returning October 17th, plus Zap Cooking, the Nostr recipe platform he built around…
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Reducing Friction and Increasing Velocity builds Culture | Ep. 028
Rev and Reed kick off their new cadence of three themed guest episodes followed by a two-host recap. The episode begins with meetup adventure stories from a locked-out South Bend meetup and the four-year (full halving cycle) anniversary of The Western Mass Bitcoin Meetup, plus a look back at what...
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Quiet on Quantum Loud on Privacy w/Satsie and Armin: Boston, MA | Ep. 027
Reed and Rev sit down with Satsie and Armin of Boston BitDevs, who trace the meetup's four-year run at Fidelity and MIT and its unusually cryptographer-heavy crowd, including their ten-minute "quantum rule" for reining in the room's favorite recurring tangent. The conversation goes technical,...
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Fedimint Socratic Seminar w/Justin: Minneapolis, MN | Ep. 026
Justin, organizer of BitDevs Minneapolis and a Fedimint protocol developer, joins us to talk about what a BitDevs meetup is actually for: furthering the community's understanding of Bitcoin without going so deep into the protocol stack that the impact stops landing. From there we go Socratic on...
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Bitdevs are Bitcoin Meetups w/Shinobi: Chicago, IL | Ep. 025
Rev and Reed welcome Shinobi, co-organizer of the Chicago BitDevs, for a deep dive into what makes BitDevs meetups distinct from other Bitcoin gatherings — their Socratic, technical format, and the tension between serving highly technical attendees versus newer members trying to learn. The...
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Meetups Decentralize Bitcoin Culture | Ep. 024
Rev and Reed reconnect after a heavy few weeks in Bitcoin, opening with meetup updates and Rev's recap of Lake Satoshi, before diving into the fallout from the Coldcard hardware wallet vulnerability that cost some community members their savings. The hosts unpack how centralized hardware wallet...
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Michigan Meetup Roundtable w/Buffalo: Grand Rapids, MI | Ep. 023
This episode features Buffalo, who got inspired to run a meetup at Lake Satoshi and revived the Grand Rapids' social meetup at Two Guys Brewing in Wyoming, Michigan. Buffalo talks orange-pilling his family and local businesses, building a circular economy through spend-and-replace, and his plans...
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Getting Lucky with Meetups w/Jacob: Indianapolis, IN | Ep. 022
Jacob from the Indy Bitcoin Meetup joins Rev and Reed to trace a five-year run built on one thing above all - consistency, the third Wednesday of every month without a single miss - and a running joke that all their good fortune is just "getting lucky." Along the way the meetup has birthed a…
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The Great Lakes Megalopolis w/Matthew D: Ann Arbor, MI | Ep. 021
Matthew D has been boosting Local Bitcoiners since episode one, and this week he finally joins Rev and Reed to represent Michigan Bitcoin culture. We discuss his meetup journey from his first meetup at a downtown Ann Arbor brewery, where talking Bitcoin with a Ben Franklin lookalike in front of a...
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Chicago Bitcoin Collective w/Jon, Brady & Foise: Chicago, IL | Ep. 020
Chicago Bitcoin Collective co-founders Jon, Brady, and Foise join the show to tell the story of buying a building in Portage Park and turning it into Fork & Coin - a Bitcoin-only restaurant and American izakaya downstairs, with a members' clubhouse and co-working space upstairs. They get into the...
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Recording the Revolution w/Shannon: Columbus, OH | Ep. 019
Shannon of Columbus Bitcoin joins Rev and Reed to trace how a casual Twitter happy hour grew into a six-year-old meetup with roughly eighty regulars, quarterly "mini conference" events, and a River partnership. The conversation digs into recording speaker talks for YouTube and X and the tricky...
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Upping Your Meetup Game w/Steve, Scott & Tali: Louisville, KY | Ep. 018
Reed and Rev sit down with Steve, Scott, and Tali of the Louisville Bitcoin Network to wrestle with a question every organizer eventually hits: is your meetup for spreading Bitcoin to newcomers, or for building deep relationships among the Bitcoiners you already have? The conversation moves…
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The Subjective Value of Meetups w/Clay Seal: Cincinnati, OH | Ep. 017
In this episode, Clay, organizer of Cincinnati Bitcoin and a first-time podcast guest, traces his path from bingeing Austrian economics in 2015 to buying his first Bitcoin in 2020 and not discovering meetups until 2023. Clay is a self-described "lonely Bitcoiner" who organically stepped up to...
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Parallel Systems for Silent Bitcoiners w/Bit_ish: Cleveland, OH | Ep. 016
Bitish of Cleveland Bitcoin joins Rev and Reed to trace how a near-dead meetup became a thriving, multi-chapter community with a "reseller" circular economy - splitting bulk orders from Bitcoiner vendors across the country so sats keep flowing locally. The conversation opens up into parallel...
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Privacy is Sovereignty w/Btcwrestle: Columbia, SC | Ep. 015
Btcwrestle hosts the Columbia, South Carolina Bitcoin meetup and joins Rev and Reed to talk through his upcoming privacy workshop and his "take one thing away at a time" philosophy for getting Bitcoiners more private. The conversation digs into no-KYC sats, breaking transaction links with...
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Permaculture for Bitcoin Culture w/Sourcenode: Greenville, SC | Ep. 014
SourceNode joins Rev and Reed from Greenville, South Carolina to talk about hosting his meetup at Steak and Shake and the budding regional network forming across South Carolina, Charlotte, Asheville, and Atlanta. The conversation winds through Captain Sid's Thailand Ride of Passage motorcycle...
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Big Upsides, Small Risks: The Value of Bitcoin Meetups | Ep. 013
Rev and Reed go guestless for a deep-dive into the mechanics of Bitcoin meetup culture, tackling circular economies (and the unsolved problem of creating payment splits on physical goods), "proof of reputation" as the social capital that makes local communities trustworthy, and a frank breakdown…
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Leveraging Social Capital in Charlotte & Peru: Charlotte, NC | Ep. 012
Jhonny Delgado joins Reed and Rev to trace his path from lonely Bitcoiner in New York to organizer of Bitcoin Charlotte, Orange Pill Peru, and Motiv Peru - a journey that started with a chance conversation in a mushroom costume at a Burning Man-style party. Jhonny breaks down how Charlotte's...
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Attendee to Organizer to Conference Host: Portland, OR | Ep. 011
Eric from Portland, Oregon joins Rev and Reed to talk about running six monthly Bitcoin meetups across the city and building Bitcoin Is For Everyone, the largest Bitcoin conference on the West Coast, from a nonprofit angle in one of the most crypto-skeptical regions in the country. He shares how...
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Evolution & Development of a Meetup: Niagara Canada | Ep. 010
Rev and Reed welcome Shaun from the Niagara Bitcoin Meetup (Ontario, Canada) for a wide-ranging conversation on building Bitcoin culture across the border, from his first underground, mask-defying meetup at a Tahini's during pandemic lockdowns to nearly four years of monthly gatherings in Niagara...
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Growing Slow Builds Strong Communities: KC Bitcoiners | Ep. 009
Reed and Rev are joined by Spencer of KC Bitcoiners and the Bowl After Bowl podcast to dig into value-for-value as a sustainable foundation for both Bitcoin meetups and the podcasts that orbit them. Spencer makes the case that consistency must be balanced with variety, that gamification and...
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Making Meetups Fun & Sustainable: Bitcoin Bay | Ep. 008
Reed and Rev sit down with Liz and Wesley of Bitcoin Bay to talk about building a circular economy across the Tampa / St. Pete area, turning a local meetup into a full-blown 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and why designing events around locals, nomads, and non-Bitcoiner spouses can transform the gravity of…
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How Meetups can Benefit from V4V, Nostr and Valuechains | Ep. 007
Reed and Rev share meetup updates including Western Mass Bitcoin's successful first night at their new venue and the birth of a brand new meetup in Middletown, Connecticut before diving deep into Nostr as critical infrastructure for local Bitcoin communities. They make the case that posting…
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Grassroots Recap: Philly Suburbs & Bitcoin Park Nashville | Ep. 006
Episode 006 brings together Reed, Rev, Fundamentals from the Philly Suburbs Meetup, and Andrew from Bitcoin Park in Nashville for a recap of the annual Grassroots Bitcoin event. The crew digs into the nitty-gritty of running local meetups; the perennial challenge of finding the right venue,...
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The Meetup Is the Farmer's Market: Kansas City, MO | Ep. 005
Reed and Rev chat with Auggie from the Kansas City, MO Bitcoin Meetup to dig into what a thriving circular economy looks like in practice; from Auggie's farm goods making their way to meetup tables, to collaborative sourcing of feed, raw milk, honey, and more. The conversation expands into...
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Cypherpunks Write Code: AI, Meetups & the Meshtadel | Ep. 004
Rev and Reed share stories from their recent Bitcoin meetups and dig into how AI is rapidly becoming part of the Bitcoin culture conversation — from vibe coding to the tools bitcoiners are using to build and connect. The episode explores the "meshtadel" concept, a decentralized mesh of local...
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Meetups & Podcasts are the Signal: Ottawa, CA | Ep. 003
In this episode, Reed and Rev sit down with Cory (a.k.a Boomer), the organizer of the Ottawa Bitcoin meetup: Capital Bitcoiners. The conversation covers the state of local meetup culture during a bear market, including encouraging stories of recent surges in turnout and enthusiasm at their...
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Meetups are the Ultimate Web of Trust: Jersey City, NJ | Ep. 002
Reed and Rev Hodl interview GC and James from the Jersey City Bitcoin Meetup, exploring how the group evolved from casual bar gatherings to structured Socratic seminars. In our in-depth conversation, we delved into meetup security, OPSEC best practices, strategies for defending against scammers,...
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001. Starting and Growing Meetups | Western MA and South Bend, IN
In this pilot episode of Local Bitcoiners, co-hosts Reed and Rev Hodl introduce the podcast which is dedicated to exploring Bitcoin meetups worldwide. We dive into practical tips for starting and sustaining a meetup, from choosing locations and maintaining consistency to building community…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A bitcoin podcast about Bitcoin meetups. Finding, building, and growing local Bitcoin culture through Bitcoin meetups. Reed and Rev meet with Bitcoin meetup organizers to learn about different local Bitcoin cultures and what makes them valuable.
Find the show on nostr: npub1cvcgs83gw6pcrhvtmlf8gdqaegx93qkznwry96jteqhh2cexgkfq45rtya
Reed's npub: npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s
Rev Hodl's npub: npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z
HOSTED BY
Reed & Rev Hodl
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Local Bitcoiners currently has 33 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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A bitcoin podcast about Bitcoin meetups. Finding, building, and growing local Bitcoin culture through Bitcoin meetups. Reed and Rev meet with Bitcoin meetup organizers to learn about different local Bitcoin cultures and what makes them valuable. Find the show on nostr:...
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