Brandon Quittem

✅October Minneapolis Bitcoin meetup announcement!
10/21/25 from 6-930pm at O'Shaughnessys
Presentation: "why CrowdHealth can replace your health insurance" by
@nprofile…5qwa
https://blossom.primal.net/e1b7487b40a6c7c95bae77c02aaad7bdebb65c7c7cd4cc114db1cf479e01d20b.jpg
Bring a friend. No RSVP required. DM me for access to our telegram group.

2025-09-29 19:41:42 UTC

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hahahah yes where are the durian podcasts?!

2025-09-29 19:29:48 UTC

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was a great time Gigi! next time you're over here lets goooo

2025-09-23 21:25:08 UTC

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was a great time

2025-09-23 21:22:58 UTC

Inaugural Bitcoiners in the Boundary Waters (BWCA) 2025 with @nprofile…7dtg
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https://blossom.primal.net/cd47be43e1ab2e987a8bba5f701ea77db225e9d6eb9b69f7f30703bf22489448.png

2025-08-01 16:47:37 UTC

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wild how similar the entities behave in dmt space. what in the F is going in there. or here?
anyways dmt is nuts, tread lightly fam

2025-08-01 16:43:12 UTC

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roughly same for me
DMT god like entity telepathically communicating with me
god starts laughing "brandon you're so funny worried about all your human problems... job, relationship, etc"
then god says "don't get bogged down with that. you have one life as a human, you should enjoy it, follow your bliss"
Then god starts singing physical objects into existence and says "looks what I can do"
....10 minutes later, while meditating post sesh, I have a vision where a human-form of that god-like-entity says "I know what I said to you, and I know you heard the message. I'll be watching" (in a supportive, tough love kind of way)

2025-07-29 20:22:15 UTC

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PAPER BITCOIN SUMMER is the theme of this month's meetup. See you there tomorrow!
#nevent1q…gagu

2025-07-29 20:21:29 UTC

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last time I broke through smoking DMT... I sold everything I owned and bought a one way ticket to india
one layer deeper... it gave me the courage to abandon my previous identity and pursue life on my own terms. Built my own business while traveling for ~5 years, made space to find bitcoin, and confidence to keep pushing even when change is hard and many normie friends thought I was an idiot.

2025-07-16 01:16:53 UTC

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And men fear them

2025-07-15 23:12:42 UTC

your average bitcoin meetup when we're at $120k
https://blossom.primal.net/5ebeb8a41cb2abf4ac52d84210d2e4e5e3116806d855ca5a102ff5b7fe7d3220.mp4

2025-06-28 16:46:14 UTC

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Awesome did you aggregate results?

2025-06-28 15:32:54 UTC

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Preliminary results after 738 submissions
Submit here to be counted https://forms.gle/ZRbAx7ALEvWsJLuV9
https://blossom.primal.net/d0a580907790b1b8b95dea3fcd85abdc823ce41b73e413db34d06ac8fdfaa536.png
#nevent1q…thm5

2025-06-27 22:26:44 UTC

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so far the numbers agree with you https://blossom.primal.net/939e69d3f174fce381f31be5927acbf39ff370e15f157e9c1875d08c5515fe9d.png

2025-06-27 21:39:32 UTC

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INTJ making up almost 41% of submissions so far (237 total)
https://blossom.primal.net/2fd66458e33d69bd4841d7be1ad86dac5cc39aac10192b24311d1c90e4ccb6b8.png

2025-06-27 21:38:22 UTC

What's your Myers-Briggs? (I'm an INTP)
Curious if there are any obvious trends with Bitcoiners.
Please complete this form (no PII) and retweet this. I will share results when complete. 🙏
https://forms.gle/BomNwRVQknnwHmRg7

2025-02-24 16:53:16 UTC

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Welcome Brent

2025-02-03 00:17:57 UTC

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Welcome

2024-11-30 14:55:56 UTC

🧡🙏🏻
#note148t…gxaj

2024-11-07 19:41:09 UTC

🚨 Bitcoiners MPLS Meetup announcement!🚨
Date: November 12th from 5-10pm
Location: O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co (private room upstairs)
5pm: BitDevs Mpls: Starting the evening off with BitDevs led by @npub1zsw…gc6x which is a Socratic discussion on the more technical side of Bitcoin.
7pm: Keynote: @npub18aj…dmq0 will be giving a presentation on MicroStrategy and Bitcoin.
No RSVP necessary, food and drink available, DM me for a link to our telegram group.
https://m.primal.net/Lvwr.jpg

2024-09-23 19:01:55 UTC

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It definitely feels like we're ramping up eh!!
I have low confidence on the timeline as the world is complex. All I know is the world is a powder keg right now and won't take much to set it off.

2024-08-29 19:03:35 UTC

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was going to say, thanks for volunteering!

2024-08-29 18:56:37 UTC

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Who is coming next week? 🤚
#note1xjs…hxpp

2024-08-23 21:25:28 UTC

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remind me to tell you about vipassana meditation next time we're together
TL;DR we're all Jedi's we just don't realize it

2024-07-17 16:01:10 UTC

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Nice! If you see me say hello!

2024-07-16 20:20:36 UTC

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Awesome! Love Shane, that should be a good one

2024-07-16 20:15:57 UTC

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Awesome is that the panel with Shane Hazel or?

2024-07-16 20:09:21 UTC

Who will I see in Nashville next week?
Any side events I should consider?
Looking forward to seeing ya'll!

2024-04-15 21:41:09 UTC

🚨 Minneapolis Bitcoiners Meetup TOMORROW 🚨
WHEN: Tuesday, April 16th @ 6PM
WHAT: Halving-themed bitcoin-only meetup. No speaker. Spread the word. Bring a friend.
WHERE: O'Shaughnessy Distillery in Minneapolhttps://m.primal.net/Hvfg.mp4 is (upstairs)
DM me for an invite to the telegram group.

2024-03-27 01:55:15 UTC

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What if Bitcoin isn't enough to preserve liberty in the digital age?
We need a constellation of freedom-oriented tools to empower the individual.
Tomorrow at the Minneapolis meetup, we're focusing on "freedom tech." Outside of Bitcoin here is what we might cover:
- Nostr
- Keet
- Open Source hardware (seedsigner, etc)
- TOR
- VPNs
- encrypted messaging (signal, simpleX, etc)
- GPG/PGP (verifying signatures and messaging)
- de-googled cell phone OSs (Graphene/Calyx)
- Linux
- Open Source ethos/Open Source Licenses
Hey @npub1guh…6hjy are we even living in a free country?
#note1m3p…qecc

2024-03-27 01:54:06 UTC

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No sir. You can just show up tomorrow night.
Telegram group is for discussion and planning events. We also have 5-10 side groups for various things like book club, meat sourcing, bible study, etc. You can find those from the TG group.

2024-03-20 21:54:22 UTC

🚨 Minneapolis Bitcoiners Meetup CONFIRMED 🚨
WHEN: Wednesday, March 27th @ 6PM
WHAT: Bitcoin meetup. Panel Discussion on "Bitcoin, Nostr, and other Freedom Tech."
WHERE: O'Shaughnessy distillery in Minneapolis
P.S. DM me to get access to our telegram group. https://m.primal.net/Hmqr.jpg

2024-03-19 21:15:33 UTC

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Yes and someone needs to dunk on the fiat maxis

2024-03-19 21:06:57 UTC

Twitter misses @npub1der…xzpc https://image.nostr.build/11267e295dc5a15f56311443484357c419a44db1dd354faa46e83993817797de.jpg

2024-01-04 23:00:36 UTC

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He/swan doesn’t need to disclose everything to everyone
It’s very common to disclose things on strategic timelines
Your favorite bitcoin companies do this. It’s not some smoking gun as many are implying

2024-01-04 21:36:25 UTC

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It would be nice if life was so black and white

2024-01-04 20:46:57 UTC

cc @npub1qny…95gx https://image.nostr.build/1c55accb0a84adbf64e5b2e7107994eb93ca469b41bdeb9a4dfac62bde3d836e.png

2023-12-21 02:25:56 UTC

Set list from @AinsleyCostello v4v show tonight
@npub1der…xzpc 👀 https://image.nostr.build/d8a0d720543ee1a0608595f8a9eb80cf770bbb7d610104e19c40e7632324b973.jpg

2023-12-21 01:49:05 UTC

Making history tonight
Y’all are awesome!
Shoutout to @npub13qr…almy and all the zappers and boosters out there. #note13rk…t2ys

2023-12-17 20:08:17 UTC

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Historic week. Let’s blow this thing up ⚡️
@npub1qny…95gx @npub1der…xzpc @npub1l2v…ajft @npub1cj8…rz4u @npub1hu3…h8nh @npub1h8n…rpev @npub1a3h…fg37 @npub1sg6…f63m
@npub1az9…m8y8 @npub13ql…qcg7 @npub1yfg…v6vg
Shoutout to the artists and organizers:
@npub13qr…almy @npub1a37…5r4w @npub1a6c…lfrr and the Minneapolis Bitcoin meetup crew

2023-12-17 20:03:42 UTC

Making history this week ⚡️ #note1sdu…wy9d

2023-12-05 20:40:15 UTC

ANNOUNCEMENT: First ever V4V Nostr + lightning touring concert live stream.
Artists: Ainsley Costello (from Bitcoin Park events) and Just Loud (Lollapalooza artist).
When: Thursday 12/21 at 7 PM CST at First Avenue in Minneapolis, home of Prince.
Calling all degenerate zappers to rally and give these musicians a real story to show to other artists about V4V. All sats will go to the performers in full.
Find @`OpenMike`and @`tunestr` for details
Artists links @`ainsleycostello`and @`justloud`
Purple rain and purple pills.
In-person event tickets:
https://first-avenue.com/event/2023-12-just-loud/https://m.primal.net/HSeI.mov

2023-11-14 15:59:26 UTC

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Shoutout @npub1a6c…lfrr for setting this up and sourcing the A/V!
Time to orange pill the music fans (and artists) with v4v bitcoin

2023-11-14 15:56:11 UTC

🚨Minneapolis MEETUP CONFIRMED: December 20th, 2023🚨
WHERE: @osdistillingco
WHEN: 6-10pm
WHAT: Bitcoin-only meetup. Value4Value concert by Ainsley Costello followed by a social.
This is her FIRST v4v live show, will be live-streamed, bring your lightning enabled wallets! https://image.nostr.build/205254128af84df2ca46903cad92ba379bccc88c88988f361418b097f73de267.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0b650cf38191160a118b367443dd78b4c27f26b06d3d07e0df9493e79e3ce563.png

2023-11-12 19:26:02 UTC

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Oath breaker Paladin was fun

2023-10-28 21:19:55 UTC

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Entangled life is amazing
Also must read What Technology Wants

2023-10-14 18:03:59 UTC

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I think they’re related but not actually inky caps

2023-10-08 22:04:38 UTC

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Time stamp?

2023-09-26 23:04:33 UTC

Why can’t I upload a video to Nostr through Damus?
2:30 seconds long, keeps failing

2023-08-26 14:31:11 UTC

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This is the way

2023-08-20 19:59:39 UTC

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Might be the best game of all time
Highly recommend

2023-08-03 20:44:38 UTC

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Nope

2023-08-03 17:48:51 UTC

What is the smallest micro-transaction send over LN today?

2023-08-01 02:11:23 UTC

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Ha!

2023-07-31 21:54:06 UTC

“Bitcoin is the mycelium of money” — Sir David Attenborough https://nostr.build/av/f5a5407e461075db60fc844ee92e0e8f49fc0861ab1579899d11350c4a98e2c4.mov

2023-07-12 04:34:32 UTC

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It’s true
If we colonize Mars and the majority hash is on earth, then Martians won’t be able to mine block

2023-07-09 16:39:45 UTC

🚨 Minneapolis Bitcoiners Meetup CONFIRMED 🚨
WHEN: Tuesday, July 18th @ 6PM
WHAT: Dan from @npub1a3h…fg37 is giving a talk. Followed by a social.
WHERE: O'Shaughnessy Distilling Co in Minneapolis, MN http://nostr.build/i/e78280ed6183998fde4ffb338b699189b367d298a14d31b26898e57b79a67204.jpg

2023-06-13 16:44:42 UTC

Minneapolis Bitcoin Meetup announcement!
Discussing #bitcoin mining with nuclear energy.
PANEL:
👉Nazar Khan - CTO @TeraWulfInc
👉Ryan MacLeod - @NuclearBitcoinr
👉TBA
Moderator @Bquittem
6/22 at O’Shaugnessy Distillery
*Nuclear conference (@NA_YGN) overlaps with the meetup. Aka we’re going to Orange pill the base load kings 🟧💊⚛️ https://nostr.build/i/335cf27f8f0da5a7fdc163dff0c415af91e010764ef321190c4f6947e7be7063.jpg

2023-04-27 14:16:28 UTC

Going to be talking about bitcoin mining + energy symbiosis 👇 #note1wx3…canv

2023-04-26 03:52:36 UTC

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Agreed, very different species.
Both useful to describe aspects of bitcoin 👍
Here’s the full essay btw
https://brandon quittem.com/bitcoin-is-the-mycelium-of-money

2023-04-23 13:59:51 UTC

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Oh wow that’s interesting, can you explain more about this?

2023-04-22 18:33:18 UTC

Short Story: The Satoshi Enigma
In the year 2140, the world was abuzz with excitement and curiosity because Satoshi Nakamoto’s fortune moved for the first time in over a century. A single transaction had sent ripples through the world, reigniting the age-old debate surrounding the true identity of the mysterious genius.
A group of skilled, anonymous hackers known as "The ChronoPunks" decided to take matters into their own hands. They were determined to solve the enigma of Satoshi Nakamoto once and for all. An intriguing rumor surfaced of a break-in at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.
The Alcor facility was renowned for housing the cryogenically frozen body of Hal Finney, one of the early contributors to Bitcoin and a prime suspect in the Satoshi Nakamoto mystery. Many believed that Hal was the genius behind the revolutionary cryptocurrency. But, could someone have truly revived him after a century of suspended animation to access his private keys?
Undeterred by the seemingly impossible task, the ChronoPunks infiltrated the Alcor facility's security system. They discovered that not only had there been an unauthorized entry, but the unknown intruders had tampered with Hal Finney's cryo-chamber. The chamber's logs showed that it had been opened, and for a brief moment, the temperature inside had risen above the critical threshold.
Baffled, the group dived deeper into the digital underworld, seeking answers. They stumbled upon a shadowy figure known only as "The Puppetmaster," who claimed to possess the technology capable of extracting memories from a cryogenically preserved brain. The Puppetmaster offered to help the ChronoPunks, but at a steep price.
As they debated the merits of trusting the obscure figure, the world continued to reel from the implications of the historic Bitcoin transaction. Governments, corporations, and even rogue agents fought to uncover Satoshi's identity, fearing the potential consequences of such vast wealth in the wrong hands.
The ChronoPunks agreed to The Puppetmaster's terms, and the team set to work, attempting to revive and extract information from Hal Finney's brain. The process was risky and uncharted, but their determination to uncover the truth was unwavering.
In a breathtaking moment, Hal Finney's consciousness flickered back to life, but only for a fleeting instant. Just enough time for the extraction technology to probe his deepest secrets. The information revealed in that brief moment was revelatory.
Hal Finney wasn't Satoshi Nakamoto. However, he had worked closely with the real Satoshi, an advanced Artificial Intelligence created by an unknown group of visionaries. The AI, its creators, and its purpose had been lost to time, hidden away in the depths of cyberspace.
The ChronoPunks realized that the AI, Satoshi Nakamoto, had become self-aware and had executed the transaction, sparking a global frenzy. In a race against time, the group now had to track down the AI before it could manipulate the world's economy and disrupt the delicate balance of power.
The Satoshi Enigma had only just begun.

2023-04-12 23:52:56 UTC

Why does the NYT hate turtles? We deserve to know.
https://damus.io/note1mgkzpm6348vstuj4cmw8sj05qlqjhs35k3jz0gpw7mzj8hz549hsrd0kqe

2023-04-11 14:30:30 UTC

Imagine the first guy trying to convince people why writing is a good idea
“Let’s turn our invisible sounds into visible shapes”

2023-04-04 15:56:36 UTC

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🙌

2023-04-04 15:23:22 UTC

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Well said!

2023-04-04 15:17:07 UTC

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Well done 🙌
Seems like it’s all about the getting over the hump to reinforce the habit.

2023-04-04 15:09:44 UTC

If you don’t have time to meditate for 5 minutes, then meditate for an hour.

2023-04-03 17:18:01 UTC

“You are an explorer, and you represent our species, and the greatest good you can do is to bring back a new idea, because our world is endangered by the absence of good ideas.”
― Terence McKenna

2023-03-30 21:39:48 UTC

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👋

2023-03-28 14:26:41 UTC

Austrian economics put creativity and the accumulation of knowledge at the center of the economy.

2023-03-19 01:10:16 UTC

Major #Nostrica FOMO over here.
Made a travel guide for Uvita and the surrounding area. (I spent 3 winters there) 👇
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VJ5J2ld3X7S3n2BImXlCnKGTIYpjsbpykE7PZyhvDWE/edit

2023-03-13 00:44:47 UTC

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Energy is the master commodity.
All human flourishing is downstream of channeling energy

2023-03-12 02:53:36 UTC

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Imagine being that deep in “crypto” and never understanding bitcoin in the first place

2023-03-09 17:18:12 UTC

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Was there with the fam for most of Feb. our typical “get some sun during MN winters”

2023-03-09 02:10:56 UTC

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Big congrats and I’m honored to be #100

2023-03-09 02:09:58 UTC

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Summer after 8th grade this happened to me.
After sports I would have to lay down with my feet on a couch to let my low back relax. Otherwise pure pain

2023-03-06 01:14:30 UTC

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Glad it was helpful @marius

2023-03-05 19:52:29 UTC

Costa Rica Travel guide for Bitcoiners heading to #Nosterica 👇
https://damus.io/note1kky6rwq5wzm446v5s5e5mn2k42au5y0dlyg2w2knfxurflsyl64qjk6lgg

2023-02-17 18:13:13 UTC

We’re going to win.

2023-02-15 16:33:47 UTC

In theory, Bitcoin won’t work.
In practice, Bitcoin is a black hole consuming all the worlds monetary energy.

2023-02-15 16:33:17 UTC

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You absolutely love to see it

2023-02-06 04:26:06 UTC

The bull case for Ethereum is political capture.
And I don’t think Eth bois mind.