Citadel Dispatch

I had the pleasure of presenting at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during their annual Bitcoin Expo on April 6th 2025. Thought you all may find it interesting. Video link below if you want to reference my slides. It is a 15 minute presentation with 15 minutes of Q&A. Video:…

Lisa is the founder of Base58 and Bitcoin++ bitcoin developer education initiatives and a board member of OpenSats. We discuss her conference series and the current state of bitcoin development. Lisa on Nostr:  https://primal.net/niftynei Bitcoin++: https://btcplusplus.dev/ Base58: https://base58.school/ OpenSats:…

Governor Lee is a seventh generation Tennessean and the 50th Governor of Tennessee. This chat was in front of a live audience at Bitcoin Park during our annual Nashville Energy and Mining Summit in January. Video Version: https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqsf42mh0qnxe9xvztn84w99xsy7wxhdprtxy940mdz9hp6rp4wazvgkeg8cd Gov Lee on X:…

Steve Lee is lead at Spiral, Block's open source initiative, and has recently helped launch Presidio Bitcoin, a bitcoin community space in San Francisco. Craig Raw is the creator and maintainer of Sparrow Wallet, one of the best bitcoin desktop wallets available. We discuss the tradeoffs of Block's new Bitkey hardware wallet and potential…

Jack Dorsey is founder of both Twitter, now X, and Square, now Block. We discuss his strong focus on bitcoin and nostr, lessons learned across his many years of experience, censorship on twitter, and the promise that open source freedom tech holds for humanity. We also celebrate the pardon of Ross Ulbricht after 12 years in jail for the nonviolent…

Zack Shapiro is Head of Policy at the Bitcoin Policy Institute and Executive Director of the P2P Rights Fund. We discuss the current regulatory landscape and how it may evolve under the upcoming Trump Administration. Bitcoin Policy Institute: https://www.btcpolicy.org/ P2P Rights Fund: https://p2prights.org/ EPISODE: 149 BLOCK: 879414 PRICE: 1006…

Buck Perley is one of the co-hosts of Austin BitDevs and an engineer at Unchained. We discuss his work improving Unchained's open source sovereign multi sig app Caravan. Buck on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub15gaw9fpcwrleq332pl95xndencvwgwdtfee6ejlngp7waeh0e35sg8r670 Blog Post: https://unchained.com/blog/unchained-2024-open-source/ Caravan…

Satoshi Pacioli is a leading bitcoin focused accounting firm based at Bitcoin Park in Nashville. They discuss the recent IRS rule changes and their best interpretation of how to proceed going forward. Satoshi Pacioli on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1drlw0wmu9tq37usx4qt3u6u4zj44mrf3zsfa6xhcdyrh3n4wpmgqr4rfg0 Website: https://satoshipacioli.com/…

Fran is the creator and lead maintainer of Zap Store, an open permissionless app store for android and desktop. Zap Store uses nostr and verifiable social reputations to provide users and developers a secure, easy to use, alternative to the walled garden app stores operated by Apple and Google. Fran on Nostr:…

Miljan is the Founder and CEO of Primal, one of the most popular nostr and bitcoin apps in the world. His team recently launched Primal 2.0, bringing users more functionality than ever before. Bitcoin is an open protocol for money, nostr is an open protocol for speech, Primal brings the power of both into an easy to use interface for…