CodyEllingham

Creative & Host of the Transformation of Value Podcast.

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2024-09-18 15:27:20

Photography of unplaces.
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2024-09-10 16:23:56

Concrete and stone.
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2024-09-09 15:41:22

Photography of unplaces.
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2024-09-09 06:42:44

🎧 Latest pod is out. I host the Kiwi Bitcoin Builders monthly catchup. We talk about upcoming Bitkiwi events,
Lightning Pay, and Alby, as well as other things people have been working on.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/kiwi-bitcoin-builders-alby-lightning-pay-bitkiwi

2024-09-01 01:46:47

2024-08-31 14:30:49

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Cool. Could do a photo walk or something.

2024-08-31 09:33:07

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Hit me up when you are back in Japan.

2024-08-19 13:59:40

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I see you.

2024-08-16 06:37:22

🎧 Latest pod: Max Hillebrand ( @npub1klk…x3vt ) is a Bitcoin builder, educator, and privacy advocate.
Max has contributed to open-source Bitcoin projects including BISQ, JoinMarket, and Wasabi Wallet, while also talking about individual freedom and self-sovereignty.
We dive straight into the concept of The Second Realm, which is focussed on building parallel economic systems in which sovereign individuals are empowered to pursue life, liberty and happiness without the harassment of the State.
Along the way we discuss anarchy, agorism, praxeology, and natural law.
Max is a wealth of knowledge and I enjoyed this conversation with him, I hope you do too.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/towards-liberty-and-the-second-realm-with-max-hillebrand

2024-08-14 11:22:19

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I have always had a thing against boats and horses as modes of transport.

2024-08-02 15:50:03

Photography of unplaces, somewhere in Japan.
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2024-08-02 00:20:25

Wandering the night somewhere in Tokyo, just after the rain stopped.https://m.primal.net/JlZk.jpg

2024-07-31 13:45:53

Are you working on Bitcoin in New Zealand? Our next Kiwi Bitcoin Builders video call is on August 25th. Please reach out if you are interested in joining!
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/kiwi-bitcoin-builders
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2024-07-30 15:12:47

"Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye," said some dude's t-shirt along with flip-flops and gucci sunglasses. ChatGPT does not work in Hong Kong, nor does my VPN. I had to search for my own way to understand the noises that were coming from the street...
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2024-07-29 12:58:53

🎧 I talk with Sam Kivi, CTO and Director at Grid Share, a New Zealand company building flexible load infrastructure centred around renewable energy and Bitcoin mining.
We talk about Grid Share’s Bitcoin mining operation at Monowai Hydroelectric Power Station in the South Island of New Zealand, their plans to grow the business to explore methane capture from landfills enabled by Bitcoin mining, and the broader opportunities for demand response and renewable energy infrastructure growth in New Zealand.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/opportunities-for-methane-capture-and-bitcoin-mining-with-sam-kivi

2024-07-29 11:01:17

Here are a few photos from the Bitkiwi event!
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2024-07-29 10:58:28

🎉 I'm happy to share the「Bitcoin in New Zealand 」panel talk video from the Bitkiwi event, in Christchurch on July 20th. Thanks to everyone who attended and to the awesome guests.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD2n47lS1zM

2024-07-29 10:55:13

2024-07-27 06:57:38

Today a small group of Japan-based Bitcoiners went for the first Kamakura Bitcoin walk through the hills of Genjiyama. #proofofwalk
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Washed some money AKA a ceremonial coin join at Zeniarai-benten shrine too.
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We will likely do monthly walks, next one will be listed here soon, all welcome: https://bitcoinwalk.org/kamakura/

2024-07-26 23:44:16

The Xapo price hike email only just dropped, but it is weird that there is very little noise about this, especially given that the Nashville conference has them as a main sponsor. 60 days notice for a 10x price increase seems like a rugging to me.
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2024-07-24 03:36:25

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Thank you. I have been deeply immersed in reading Cryptosovereignty over the last few weeks.

2024-07-23 14:52:18

Wandering around Kamakura.
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2024-07-23 06:07:41

🎧 Latest pod is out!
I talk with Jason Crowe, a business leader who has worked with iconic New Zealand product brands such as phil&teds, Garage Project, and Goodnature.
We discuss Jason’s time working in the banking world and his decision to leave it, as well as how he has come to understand Bitcoin and how it impacts business and finance.
Finally we talk about the proof of work of sports and how athletes and sports teams may be able to incorporate Bitcoin thinking into the way they fund and organise themselves, and our new search to find New Zealand’s top Bitcoin sportsperson.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/kiwi-business-success-the-proof-of-work-of-sports-and-bitcoin-with-jason-crowe

2024-07-17 09:44:32

I am looking forward to Saturday. See you all at Bitkiwi in Christchurch. The event runs 1 - 5pm & the talk panel is at 1:30pm. Learn about Bitcoin, buy a beer with sats, or just have a yarn. Free and open to all.
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2024-07-15 03:33:37

🎧 Latest pod is out: I talk with Dr. Simon Duff, a Research Economist and Bitcoiner.
We discuss what a high-value agricultural sector may look like for NZ, and the opportunities for exporting premium products to the world, maybe even priced in Bitcoin.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/high-value-agriculture-and-the-bitcoin-economy-with-dr-simon-duff

2024-07-12 13:18:42

I think the technological brilliance that is the Lightning protocol is often under appreciated. It is a final settlement payments layer that does not rely on the use of credit. Bitcoin may be on the scale of the Internet, but Lightning sits up there with something like the WWW.

2024-07-12 09:08:19

Runaway horses.
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2024-07-07 22:30:59

🎧 Latest episode is out. I talk with Bitkiwi Paul, co-organiser of Bitkiwi, New Zealand’s premier Bitcoin events.
We talk about quite a few things: minimalism in what we own, the work of Art in the Age of AI, meaning making and the role of sports in the nation state, all seen through a Bitcoin lens.
I am glad to share that I will be back in New Zealand soon and will be at the Bitkiwi 10 event on Saturday July 20th in Christchurch. As part of the event I will be hosting a panel talk about the Future of Bitcoin in New Zealand with some great guests.
If you will be around come join us, the event is free and open to all and you can even buy your drinks with Bitcoin.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/finding-the-bitcoin-connection-with-bitkiwi-paul

2024-07-06 14:38:47

Summer skies. I wrote something else, but it does not matter.
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2024-07-06 14:35:38

Summer skies. I wrote something else, but it does not matter.
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2024-07-05 05:44:25

Yokohama.
#sketch #art #wandering #derive
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2024-07-05 05:41:53

Yomiuriland, Japan.
#photography #wandering #art #derive
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2024-07-05 05:40:11

Old houses on Christmas Eve, Shonan Coast.
#photography #wandering #art #derive
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2024-07-05 05:39:27

Nishi Kasai, Tokyo.
#photography #wandering
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2024-07-04 16:02:02

Kamakura, Japan.
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2024-07-03 03:45:12

🎧 I talk with G Sovereignty (@`gsovereignty`), a Bitcoiner based in Hong Kong and developing applications on Nostr as well as host of the Nostrovia Podcast.
We talk about a presentation that G gave titled Bitcoin vs. The State: Four Phases of War, exploring the power dynamics of Bitcoin, its security model, and the steps that the state may enact as it begins to comprehend the true implications of Bitcoin upon its exorbitant privileges.
We also discuss the future of Bitcoin-powered economies and what these might look like.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/bitcoin-vs-the-state-four-phases-of-war-with-g-sovereignty

2024-07-01 15:56:23

I left the conference and caught a taxi to To Kwa Wan station. I was still not feeling so great but went into the wet market anyway, quickly forced to avert my senses from the stench and sight of hanging meat and offal under the harsh fluorescent lights. Live chickens pecked at each other in their rusting cages on the ground and everything was covered in a thick stinking humidity.
I got out of there and walked under the looming highway of Chatham Road, past the Ko Shan cinema and back towards my apartment. I was reminded of another Chatham Road in my hometown of Flaxmere, nothing more than a long stretch of farmland and a huge rugby paddock lined with macrocarpas and the sound of pukekos.
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2024-06-30 12:23:52

codyellingham
I pulled myself onto the hard plastic mattress and under the lemon-patterned pullover as I stared into the gestalt of darkness. Count the numbers, count the rows.
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2024-06-29 12:48:59

Nowhere to be and nothing to do. I woke around mid morning in the Hong Kong heat, still lingering half-way between the worlds.
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2024-06-28 16:12:22

Kowloon City Road, Hong Kong.
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2024-06-27 15:45:42

A study of dreams in the intimacies of an aeroport in the desert, sojourns across land and time. Jiřího z Poděbrad.
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2024-06-20 06:59:42

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You bet me to it ><

2024-06-20 06:59:29

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2024-06-20 06:54:17

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Good advice

2024-06-20 06:53:46

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Looks good.

2024-06-20 06:45:11

What is the Phillips Curve? Sounds like economic bollocks. @npub1a2c…w83a https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/hub/publications/analytical-note/2024/the-resurgence-of-the-new-zealand-phillips-curve

2024-06-20 06:44:06

Three charts showing the debasement of Roman silver coins over time.
The first shows a private collection, the second is based on work by Martin Armstrong and others, and the third shows data from Walker, The Metrology of the Roman Silver Coinage (1978).
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2024-06-20 06:42:28

True or False?
"..Tightness in the labour market, brought about by the border closure, played an important role in generating inflation in New Zealand."
https://www.rbnz.govt.nz/hub/news/2024/06/the-road-back-to-2-percent-inflation

2024-06-16 18:05:24

🎧 I speak with Ian from the Victorian Bitcoin Technology Club @npub1g7u…yt4j, a not-for-profit incorporated club supporting Bitcoin education and grassroots bitcoin adoption in the state of Victoria, Australia.
We discuss the background to starting the club, how it acts as a backwards-compatible organisation for interfacing with the legacy world while also embracing Bitcoin principles. We also talk about the club’s mission, their plans for the future, and how they are trying to operate on a Bitcoin standard.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/introducing-the-victorian-bitcoin-technology-club

2024-06-14 22:04:53

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Still a better wait time and outcome than any New Zealand hospital though.

2024-06-12 06:21:27

📢 I'm glad to announce the third guest for the Transformation of Value in-person panel talk in July at Bitkiwi in Christchurch. Andrew Wells is a Christchurch Bitcoiner and one of the first ever Bitkiwi attendees. He's well read on all things Bitcoin and brings a local community perspective.
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https://kiwibitcoinguide.org/home/bitkiwi-meetups/bitkiwi-x-july-2024-christchurch/

2024-06-11 15:34:01

Quick sketch from Prague day 1. This city is incredible.
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2024-06-09 04:27:53

🎧 Latest pod is out. I speak with Dr. James Kierstead, a Research Fellow with the New Zealand Initiative focussing on higher education policy, including academic freedom.
James co-hosts Free Kiwis!, a podcast dedicated to free speech in New Zealand, and also has a background in classical studies, in particular democracy in Ancient Greece.
We talk about the declining state of New Zealand universities and the impact this has on graduates bringing their ideologies into the public sector. We also dive into the importance of language learning and, the economies of ancient Greece city states, and what we can learn from the past.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/ancient-economies-declining-universities-and-free-speech-with-dr-james-kierstead

2024-06-04 01:52:30

🎧🥝 Latest pod is out: Kiwi Bitcoin Builders: Lightning Nodes, Self-Sovereign AI, and Silent Payments
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/kiwi-bitcoin-builders-lightning-nodes-self-sovereign-ai-and-silent-payments

2024-05-28 05:22:54

🎉 I will be back in New Zealand in July to host an in-person Panel Talk at Bitkiwi in Christchurch. I will share the stage with 3 guests working closely in Bitcoin. We will talk about the opportunities for NZ, from circular economies through to Bitcoin mining! Don't miss it!
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James Viggiano is a Kiwi Bitcoiner with a finance background who is very familiar with the Reserve Bank of New Zealand and the govt's approach to money printing, inflation, and Bitcoin. He is also working on The Orange Mart project and we spoke earlier in the year on the pod:
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/the-reserve-bank-of-new-zealands-money-printer-with-james-viggiano
Brad Henderson is Head of Engineering and Design at ElectroNet. He works in energy grids, generation, and infrastructure. We spoke recently about a new Bitcoin mine he helped standup on the West Coast as well as energy sovereignty:
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/bitcoin-mining-solar-power-and-energy-sovereignty-with-brad-henderson
The event will be in-person only and I will be moderating the panel. Afterwards you can enjoy the Bitkiwi event, chat with other Kiwi Bitcoiners, and even buy a beer with Lightning at the bar!
⚡️ Will be announcing another awesome guest soon!

2024-05-26 12:22:05

Kamakura, Jufuku-ji Temple (Original Drawing, Pen and Copic Marker)
I went out on a sketching expedition with my friend today in Kamakura, Japan. We spent several hours near Jufuku-ji Temple and I fell in love with the late Spring colours.
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2024-05-23 07:46:47

Bitcoin vs. The State: four phases of war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_xgmVLyB94
A great video by @npub1myg…sn5p

2024-05-21 14:26:49

🎧 I talk with @npub1cnd…xq6k about the problem with the Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong.
I knew there would be some ordinal-related stuff which I wanted to verify for myself, but I was not expecting the sheer degree of emphasis on this.
Alongside the overall VC, compliance & KYC, public mining, and financial services direction of the conference it was all very disappointing.
As we explore, I have come to question BTC Inc. and Bitcoin Magazine's motivations, their choice of sponsors and programming, and their commitment to Bitcoin as freedom and privacy tech.
Bitcoin is resilient and anti-fragile, but I can’t help but wonder if this conference and the so-called @npub1t8a…56yu
are not part of a broader attack that uses the affinity of the Bitcoin brand to nullify the ongoing imperative for sound money, self-custody, decentralisation, and self-sovereignty?
https://thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/the-problem-with-bitcoin-magazine-and-the-bitcoin-asia-conference-with-brad-loewen?v=2

2024-05-17 02:15:42

🎧 New Episode is out with Mikey Smith, a Kiwi Bitcoiner working in the world of mortgages and finance. He gives some perspectives on the NZ housing situation, the slow train wreck that is the Government, and what the longer term outlook might be.
We also dive into personal responsibility, creating value, and fishing off of Norfolk Island.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/the-new-zealand-housing-market-and-bitcoin-with-mikey-smith?v=3

2024-05-16 08:37:18

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Nice camera!

2024-05-15 15:17:43

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Do you know what the story behind this was? I was kind of looking forward to seeing this project grow for more media-type businesses.

2024-05-15 15:14:55

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Here is the @npub1get…0nfm error I am getting @npub1cd0…xlvx .. any ideas or suggestions please?https://m.primal.net/IGxk.png

2024-05-15 15:12:03

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Thanks added. But I keep getting a "Invalid invoice" issue when I try paying a lightning invoice from @npub1get…0nfm ..CC @npub1cd0…xlvx

2024-05-15 15:05:38

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What mint did you use? I am having trouble setting up.

2024-05-15 14:59:24

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Found one! https://stablenut.umint.cash

2024-05-15 14:58:52

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You may have already answered this - but what mint can I use? There does not seem to be any USD-denominated ones on here https://bitcoinmints.com/?show=cashu&units=usd

2024-05-15 14:14:40

It seems we went from "new innovations in digital money are being tentatively explored by a small team..." to "TIME TO GET READY FOR THE CBDC NEW ZEALAND: ITS COMING" in a period of about 6 months.
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It's not looking good for privacy and human rights. Interestingly it looks like they already have an internal project titled "Digital Cash Campaign" designed to push this narrative out there:
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I have heard that the RBNZ's unelected oafdom are also beginning the rounds in the local media to plant the seeds for their new magic money.

2024-05-15 13:36:03

What are the broader game theory and strategy differences between a non-aggression approach vs exercising self-defence when under attack by the state? How have these strategies performed vs tear gas / LTL rounds on peaceful gatherings? How about vs lethal force?
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Any literature recommendations welcome!

2024-05-05 13:30:26

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Thanks!

2024-05-04 16:40:18

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MMMT - More MMT.

2024-05-04 13:14:23

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Don't forget the Lizards.

2024-05-04 12:11:21

I saw an ad on the train in Japan today for gold. First time I have ever seen one. "Why is pure gold an effective way to protect your assets (...from the collapse of the JPY)?" No Bitcoin ads, yet.
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2024-05-04 11:14:47

I'm making an effort to use nostr more. It is a much better way to communicate.

2024-05-04 11:13:31

It's almost as if the average Bitcoin pleb has a better grasp of economics and the impacts of monetary policy than most central bank and government leadership.

2024-05-04 11:13:13

There has been a Cambrian explosion of Bitcoin meetups and events happening in New Zealand.
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Check out what is happening here: https://kiwibitcoinguide.org

2024-05-02 15:33:10

I just watched The Grapes of Wrath (1940). An incredible piece of cinema, perhaps one of the greatest films of the 20th century. It tells the story of depression-era US and a family pushed to the limit and forced out of their home.
From the first scene it had me captivated with a kind of mise-en-scène and dreamlike artistry that only black and white can deliver.
As a pairing with "Citizen Kane" (1941), the two films tell the story of the New Deal, of the struggle between urban and rural America, of a world of financial collapse and great depression. Perhaps we are beginning to relive aspects of this now almost 100 years later?
There is nuance to the film: the FDR-type figure in the clean white clothes helping the family, red scare, unions, charity, god. The references are perhaps too subtle for modern audiences and I wonder if people back then were more "street smart" in watching this kind of thing. https://m.primal.net/ICTx.png

2024-05-01 08:34:31

The meta game for me still comes back to truth. Nothing can be trusted anymore...nothing except #Bitcoin. What my node says is the new foundation layer - Similar to having your own personal Bible and being able to read it instead of trusting whatever the crooked priest says.
Then we scaffold off that: communities, businesses, new media.

2024-05-01 08:34:11

Is everyone being arrested by the US Government now?

2024-05-01 08:33:51

Plant trees and teach people who want to learn.

2024-04-29 08:21:46

So it seems twitter just went "down" and nothing is loading. Nostr still works. Powerful.
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2024-04-29 08:13:24

🎧 The Economic Violence of the New Zealand State and the RBNZ with Ben Jarvie
Ben Jarvie is a writer and kiwi Bitcoiner working for Amber App, a Bitcoin-only exchange.
We talk about Ben’s recent travels to El Salvador and Madeira, and we reflect on the declining situation of my beloved home country, New Zealand, and in particular the economic violence that the State and the Reserve Bank of New Zealand continues to unleash upon the people through its egregious manipulation of the money.
But that said, we know that Bitcoin fixes this, and we are here to build bridges and meet people where they are at!
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/the-economic-violence-of-the-new-zealand-state-and-the-rbnz-with-ben-jarvie
CC @npub1fvz…r9hy @npub16uu…x0h6 @npub185h…wueq @npub1hrc…k525

2024-04-23 03:41:21

⛏️ High-level intro to Bitcoin mining, the state of the industry, and what the opportunities are for people interested in working or investing in Bitcoin mining from New Zealand + global perspective.
This article was inspired by a semi-random conversation I had with a gentleman working at a high level in oil & gas who had not come across Bitcoin mining at all. I think it is useful to consider the industry from the outside and what the opportunities are!
https://thetransformationofvalue.com/articles/introduction-to-bitcoin-mining-for-businesses-and-investors

2024-04-23 03:10:56

🎧 I talk with Brad Henderson, a Power System Engineer and Head of Engineering and Design at ElectroNet, a New Zealand-owned consultancy firm.
Brad share some exciting details about a new Bitcoin mining facility that his firm has been involved with on the West Coast of New Zealand.
We discuss what energy sovereignty might mean for New Zealand, including the importance of electrifying the economy and how Bitcoin mining and solar power may help create energy abundance.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/bitcoin-mining-solar-power-and-energy-sovereignty-with-brad-henderson

2024-04-16 03:00:53

🎧 Latest episode is out.
I host the Kiwi Bitcoin Builders monthly catchup for April 2024 (Recorded 7 April). This is a way to bring together people working on awesome Bitcoin businesses and projects in New Zealand. We share what we have been working on and what has been happening in the space.
We hear about the Bitcoin Alive conference that was held over in Sydney, follow up on the success of the Lightning Pay beta, as well as hear from Satflow, a new Kiwi Bitcoin business exploring MEV on Bitcoin.
If you would like to share a Bitcoin project or business that you are working on in New Zealand do please reach out to me and we can connect!
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/kiwi-bitcoin-builders-satflow-bitcoin-alive-lightning-pay-and-fedimint

2024-04-16 02:57:11

🎧 Kiwi Bitcoin Builders: Satflow, Bitcoin Alive, Lightning Pay, and Fedimint
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/kiwi-bitcoin-builders-satflow-bitcoin-alive-lightning-pay-and-fedimint
I host the Kiwi Bitcoin Builders monthly catchup for April 2024 (Recorded 7 April). This is a way to bring together people working on awesome Bitcoin businesses and projects in New Zealand. We share what we have been working on and what has been happening in the space.
We hear about the Bitcoin Alive conference that was held over in Sydney, follow up on the success of the Lightning Pay beta, as well as hear from Satflow, a new Kiwi Bitcoin business exploring MEV on Bitcoin.
If you would like to share a Bitcoin project or business that you are working on in New Zealand do please reach out to me and we can connect, just send me an email me at hello@thetransformationofvalue.com
[Episode Details](https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/kiwi-bitcoin-builders-satflow-bitcoin-alive-lightning-pay-and-fedimint)
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2024-04-12 07:43:08

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Yes! Please come visit one day.

2024-04-12 07:42:46

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Thank you!

2024-04-09 15:13:32

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I went to this event, it was great.

2024-04-09 14:55:16

📷 The mountains of Nagano, Japan.
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2024-04-09 14:54:21

📷 Kanazawa, Japan.
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2024-04-09 14:53:43

🎉 Queenstown as New Zealand's Gateway to the Bitcoin World?
‍Renowned for its breathtaking vistas of Lake Wakatipu and the Southern Alps, as well as its attraction as a luxury tourist destination, Queenstown could become a premier hub for Bitcoin innovation in New Zealand.
Alongside exotic locales like El Zonte in El Salvador and the lakeside city of Lugano in Switzerland, Queenstown has been establishing its own local Bitcoin economy of innovators, businesses, and initiatives. From burgeoning startup ventures to Bitcoin community events and the building of Bitcoin infrastructure, Queenstown could become a hub for this new monetary technology in New Zealand.
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https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/articles/queenstown-as-new-zealands-gateway-to-the-bitcoin-world

2024-04-09 02:37:21

2024-04-08 13:28:00

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2024-04-08 13:25:31

🎧 Latest episode is out.
I talk with Matyáš Kuchař, co-founder of BTC Prague in the Czech Republic, Europe’s largest Bitcoin event.
We talk about BTC Prague’s origin and Matyáš's connection to New Zealand.
We also discuss the Bitcoin scene more broadly in the Czech Republic, with a number of well-known Bitcoin companies and projects emerging from the country.
I will be attending BTC Prague 2024, in June which is going to be awesome. There are some great speakers lined up including Adam Back, Michael Saylor, Parker Lewis, Peter Todd and many others.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/europes-biggest-bitcoin-event-btc-prague-2024-with-matyas-kuchar

2024-04-08 05:34:07

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2024-04-05 09:12:08

🎧 Latest episode is out:
I talk with Christian Lewe from Blockstream Research. Christian is working on Simplicity, a more robust programming language designed as an alternative to Bitcoin Script.
To own Bitcoin is to be able to spend it, and the way we currently do this is with Bitcoin Script which has challenges and limitations that means it can be very unforgiving to work with, and it limits more complex transactions and arrangements because you cannot formally verify what will actually happen.
Simplicity seeks to fix this.
The project that has been in the works for over ten years and has been described by Adam Back as “the last soft fork”. There is some technical nuance to this statement, but as Christian shares, enabling simplicity could bypass a lot of the contentious soft fork discussions about things like covenants as this functionality is possible with Simplicity.
We talk about the proof of work and low time preference of Simplicity, as well as the plans to launch on the Liquid testnet and mainnet to validate the project through actual financial use before an eventual proposal to bring it into Bitcoin.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/simplicity-bitcoins-last-soft-fork-with-christian-lewe-of-blockstream-research

2024-04-02 01:11:47

Simplicity: Bitcoin’s Last Soft Fork? With Christian Lewe, Blockstream Research
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/simplicity-bitcoins-last-soft-fork-with-christian-lewe-of-blockstream-research
I talk with Christian Lewe from Blockstream Research. Christian is working on Simplicity, a more robust programming language designed as an alternative to Bitcoin Script.
To own Bitcoin is to be able to spend it, and the way we currently do this is with Bitcoin Script which has challenges and limitations that means it can be very unforgiving to work with, and it limits more complex transactions and arrangements because you cannot formally verify what will actually happen.
Simplicity seeks to fix this.
The project that has been in the works for over ten years and has been described by Adam Back as “the last soft fork”. There is some technical nuance to this statement, but as Christian shares, enabling simplicity could bypass a lot of the contentious soft fork discussions about things like covenants as this functionality is possible with Simplicity.
We talk about the proof of work and low time preference of Simplicity, as well as the plans to launch on the Liquid testnet and mainnet to validate the project through actual financial use before an eventual proposal to bring it into Bitcoin.
[Episode details](https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/simplicity-bitcoins-last-soft-fork-with-christian-lewe-of-blockstream-research)
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2024-03-20 06:18:49

🎧 Credit Theory of Money, Protecting Cash, and Bitcoin Critiques with Brett Scott
In this episode I talk with Brett Scott, author of The Heretic’s Guide to Global Finance and Cloudmoney: Cash, Cards, Crypto and the War for our Wallets.
He also runs the substack Altered States of Monetary Consciousness.
Brett does a lot of work supporting the protection of physical cash, and I reached out to him about an article he wrote “The War On Informality” which explores the implication of financial surveillance by credit cards and private banks.
This is a thought-provoking episode. We explore the Commodity Theory of Money vs Credit Theory of Money, power dynamics, the importance of cash, and more. Brett offers some interesting critiques of certain Bitcoin narratives and provides some alternative frameworks for looking at how money works.
In particular the Credit Theory of Money sent me down some rabbit holes thinking about how money comes into being as a future obligation and how this theory would map on to Bitcoin, which has cemented my thoughts around the critical role of Bitcoin mining and energy use where the underlying Bitcoin and electrical power are both required to be spent to participate in the network (I hope to explore this in future episodes).
Please have a listen and make up your own mind. Brett has been involved in the Bitcoin world for a long time and I think his arguments and critiques are worth interrogating.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/episodes/credit-theory-of-money-protecting-cash-and-bitcoin-critiques-with-brett-scott

2024-03-18 09:45:41

Two strategic opportunities for Bitcoin growth in New Zealand are sustainable Bitcoin mining as an export industry + self-sovereignty options for New Zealand Māori organisations.
The self-sovereignty aspects for NZ Māori presents some promising pathways, and the combination of this alongside Bitcoin mining in particular is a big opportunity given the amount of natural resources and energy assets that Māori tribes and organisations have in their custody.
The overall development of Bitcoin infrastructure and awareness could help significantly grow employment and local wealth creation especially in rural areas.
https://www.thetransformationofvalue.com/articles/bitcoin-briefing-for-new-zealand-2024

2024-03-14 11:31:27

"It's nice to meet you. What is your electricity price and do you have a PPA in place?"