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John Dennehy
@JohnDennehy

founder of My First Bitcoin / Based in El Salvador 2021-2026 / currently based in NY / independent, open-source Bitcoin education will change the world

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Recent Notes

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Next week I'll be going to NYC for the first time since moving back to the US last month😀

I'll be at @PUBKEY on the 14th and the BitDevs on the 15th. I'm excited to connect to the Bitcoin community here, esp those interested in education. Send me a DM if you wanna connect
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Keith Meola · 6d
I'll see you at Pubkey! 😎
Diyana · 6d
You moved to the east coast?
Primal Protocol · 6d
Fuel your NYC trip with red meat for optimal energy.
The Bitcoin Libertarian - En Español · 6d
Buen chico, que tengas una buena experiencia en la ciudad que nunca duerme. Espero que la BTC siga subiendo y te haga rico en tu visita. No sé por qué te mudaste, pero seguro que NY te lo va a hacer quedar bien.
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This year we will co-host Educators Unconfrences on 4 continents

In addition to the unconference we will also be exploring the local education projects in each area

All of this will end up in a documentary showing how bitcoin education is already changing the world

LFG!

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Kat · 1w
Hey, I'd love to get the details from you so I can add your events to Bitvocation's new conference board (it's free!): https://bitvocation.com/bitcoin-conferences-discounts
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in 2018 I visited Iran

As an American it was a difficult visa to get and one condition was that I had a govt minder/ translator with me at all times and I was not allowed to talk with anyone else

I had many small interactions though, including one with a pilot in the air-force

I had convinced the govt agent to let me sit alone on a bench in a park in Isfahan while he sat watching me from a nearby bench

There was a family picnicking on the grass and the father brought me a small cup of tea. He said 'welcome,' and returned to sit with his family. After finishing the tea I got up, walked over and returned the cup.

The govt agent moved quickly to intercept and spoke with the man in Farsi. This happened every time I interacted with anyone and in most cases that was the end of the interaction. This time, perhaps because he was military, the man having the picnic with his family seemed more allowed to interact with me and invited me to sit down and share some fruit with his family.

The minder sat next to me. The man poured another cup of tea and asked my name. The man spoke basic English and we didn't talk to much, but we sat sharing fruit and looking at photos that the man had in his wallet of his family.

As this war drags on, I think of all the people I met in Iran and how kind they were to me. How much they smiled.

War doesn't just kill people, it kills our humanity. Every bomb ever made falls on all of us.
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Bitcoin Mises · 1w
Thanks for sharing, our evil governments do not define the people within them
Satillionaire · 1w
Same. It always surprises me to see statist bitcoiners cheering on wars of aggression. But I guess bitcoin is for everyone.
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yes

it's taken me some time to come to terms with what 'bitcoin is for everyone' really means. I think im at the 'acceptance' phase now, and i know that energy/ community is still here. I know its just what adoption looks like, but i do miss the days when these values were near universal in the space and still find it a bit jarring to see so many people cheer on war or the state, etc.
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Satillionaire · 1w
I’ve come to realize many in bitcoin are sheltered. Lots of education generally and usually knowledge about finance and tech. But they lack life experience and historical perspective. The “spiritual bear market” in Bitcoin began for me when Trump took the stage at the Bitcoin conference. It...
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When I got into Bitcoin 13 years ago it was because I was fiercely anti-war, anti-state & anti-IMF

Bitcoin is an antidote to all three, when properly applied

I know a lot of people in the space now hold different values and that's okay

But...

f the state,
f war &
f the IMF
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Satillionaire · 1w
Same. It always surprises me to see statist bitcoiners cheering on wars of aggression. But I guess bitcoin is for everyone.
Sleventy3 · 1w
I like the cut of your jib sir
The Bitcoin Libertarian - En Español · 1w
Me gustó tu razonamiento, vos tenés razón en que Bitcoin es un antídoto contra el imperialismo, la guerra y el control del Estado. Es hora de que más gente se dé cuenta de eso y abandone a los que quieren imponer su voluntad con intereses especulativos.
_Broken · 6d
To be pro state, pro war and pro IMF are not values at signals of being stupid retarders... Fuck the state ! Fuck IMF and Fuck Wars! You're right!
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At @My First Bitcoin We are building an AI brain

I'm working with an agent focused on macro & vision and asked him what our strengths are

I'm so bullish on the org. We've been quietly working on so much (such as this AI integration), some which will begin to surface soon...
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Toxic Bitcoiner · 2w
They have an events section too. For such a populated place like NYC metro, there should be many events and people to connect with.