This is a global movement This is a revolution

this was a great one I already had tons of respect for both & prior to this, but besides the salient points from each they also set a great example of constructive and mature disagreement

do you live in El Salvador? have you tried expressing an opinion counter to the state sanctioned narrative here?

Wonderfully said The real change is within

When a govt agent kills a citizen, the onus is on the govt to bring receipts to justify the death and those receipts should be scrutinized. There is nothing more serious than taking a life This isn't about politics, this is about power dynamics. Stop simping for the state

I'm back from an amazing few days in Medellin, Colombia co-hosted their first International, education-focused, meet-up, along with the local project, Satoshi Team Plenty of lessons to learn, but it was a huge success and definitely something we'll do more of around the world in the day or two preceding a Bitcoin conference. This would compliment our Educators Unconfrences--more on that later.... The Bitcoin Medellin conference was the event we were working with this time--which was a wonderful event in so many ways. It was small, but also extremely high signal. The ratio of signal to noise was impressive--there were too many inspiring conversations to count. 2026 really is the start of My First Bitcoin 2.0 and I felt that so profoundly in Medellin. My own role in it's future, as the founder of the 1.0 version, is something I think about a lot. Allow me to add some context--we began in El Salvador in 2021, had great success there, but now have far greater ambitions. We are now international with no special priority to any single nation and focused on building tools, frameworks and community to make independent bitcoin education a global movement to reimagine human potential. The personal context is that I had my first child in 2023, my second one last year, am getting married next month and moving from El Salvador to New York very soon. When this journey began I was an activist before anything else, now I am a father before anything else. In the almost 5 years since this journey began there have been plenty of ups and downs, but the 2026 team is, without a doubt, the most capable team ever. The quality of the people I got to talk to in Medellin was so high and at just the right time as I/ we navigate the start of this new chapter. I'll definitely be back for the next conference there...and maybe even sooner. The Satoshi Team, who are dedicated to teaching Medellin about Bitcoin, are interested in co-hosting an Educators Unconference with us later this year. The future feels uncertain, yet oh so bright. LFG! -- post script: The cover photo is from a Fireside cat with journalist during the conference who wrote his own hopeful words on his experience these days here: https://frankcorva.substack.com/p/medellin-colombia-comuna-13-bitcoin

At the in Medillin, Colombia Lots of bitcoiners here, hanging out by the bar before Bitcoin Medillin, while there is a Bitcoin class happening for some pre-coiner locals next door Great way to start the new year!

First trip of 2026! On my way to the first international meetup of tonight in Medillin, Colombia then onto the Bitcoin Medillin Conference LFG!

2025 was full of change for me--both professional & personal One big one on the personal side, after more than two decades as a vegetarian, I ate meat again I become vegetarian as an act of protest against the factory farm system and those feelings have not changed. Something else did though. For most of the time I've been vegetarian I led a nomadic life, living in a variety of different cultures around the world. I met other vegetarians who told me they would occasionally eat meat while traveling because they saw it as a way to bond with new people in a new place. I always rejected that notion I understand the concept differently now I eat most of my meals with my son and we share everything. Well, for awhile we would share everything expect for meat Starting a few months ago, I decided that we would just share everything, no exceptions. Fatherhood is a wonderful journey that reprioritizes everything It also makes me appreciate my own parents so much more. My father became a vegetarian shortly after I did. When we would eat at restaurants we would often share plates. It's only through my own experience eating with my son that I realized that my father changed his diet, at least in part, to be closer with me

The transition from a local project to a global movement continues at On Wednesday we will co-host our first international meet-up in Medellin, Colombia More education-focused bitcoin meetups EVERYWHERE See you in Medellin!