The Pregame

In preparation for his LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠Preston Byrne (Managing Partner at Byrne & Storm) grabs a cold one with host ⁠Thomas Pacchia in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about:Preston's fight against the U.K.’s Online Safety Act, a global censorship weapon aimed at Americans who never set foot in BritainWhy Preston stepped in alone to defend Gab, Kiwi Farms, 4chan, and others when every big law firm refusedThe UK’s thirty-year slide into criminalizing tweets (and why it’s the cautionary tale for every Western democracy)How anonymous and pseudonymous speech became a constitutional battleground in the age of surveillance and digital ID...and more!▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!) We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled.Visit PubKey:🗽 PubKey NYC🗽 85 Washington Place🗽 New York, NY 10011🇺🇸 PubKey D.C.🇺🇸 410 7th St NW🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menuSometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym.Est. 735075.

In preparation for his LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, ⁠Erik Cason (author of Cryptosovereignty: The Encrypted Political Philosophy of Bitcoin) grabs a cold one with host ⁠Thomas Pacchia in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about:How Bitcoin introduced a new form of political power that will reshape the structure of nation-statesWhy fiat’s century-long decay (from greenbacks to 1971 to the GFC) created today’s nihilism, instability, and rising extremismWhat Bitcoiners get WRONG about central bankers, Cantillon dynamics, and the moral psychology behind money printingThe coming clash between custodial Bitcoin (ETFs, treasuries) and self-sovereign BitcoinWhy AI and proprietary language models are becoming the new battleground for human autonomyHow generational resentment, collapsing institutions, and political polarization could push America toward a Weimar-style forkWhy REAL self-sovereignty demands new hardware, new UX, and a cultural shift toward running your own stackWhether Bitcoiners must eventually organize politically to avoid both authoritarian capture and extremist backlash▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬Welcome home. PubKey is a bar and cultural venue located in New York City and Washington D.C. (With more locations coming!)We host FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC events for the curious, the rebellious, and the orange-pilled.Visit PubKey:🗽 PubKey NYC🗽 85 Washington Place🗽 New York, NY 10011🇺🇸 PubKey D.C.🇺🇸 410 7th St NW🇺🇸 Washington, DC 20004🧡 Register for FREE weekly meetups and events: https://luma.com/user/pubkey🍔 Check out our food menu (yes, we discount 21% if you pay in BTC!): https://pubkey.bar/menuSometimes you want to go where everybody knows your nym.Est. 735075.

In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, Frank Corva and David Z. Morris (journalist at The Rage) crack open a few cold ones with host Thomas Pacchia and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about the Samourai Wallet trial verdict:Why the DOJ dropped money-laundering charges against the devs but still pushed for a max sentence under “unlicensed money transmission”How Keonne Rodriguez's handwritten letter advocating for his innocence actually... backfired?The bipartisan war on privacy tech and why lip-service support from Washington D.C. doesn't protect developersHow Samurai’s own rhetoric (i.e. marketing to hackers and oligarchs) became the prosecution’s strongest evidenceAnd what this all means for open-source builders: decentralize early, lawyer up, watch your language (even in group chats you think are "encrypted" and "private"), and more▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬PubKey meetups are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions and enjoy a pint together. Good food, bad opinions, great company.🧡 NYC Meetups: https://luma.com/user/pubkey🗽 PubKey NYC🗽 85 Washington Place🗽 New York, NY 10011Follow us on X: ⁠https://x.com/PubKey⁠

In preparation for their LIVE AT PUBKEY show downstairs, Frank Corva, Zac Guignard⁠ (Financial Freedom Content Associate at ⁠HRF⁠), and ⁠Will Casarin⁠ (founder of ⁠Damus⁠) crack open a few cold ones and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: Yes, centralized platforms strip autonomy, but Nostr’s open protocol flips control back to the userHow Damus broadcasts to 100+ relays at once, making deplatforming nearly impossibleWhy vibe coding is lowering the barrier to building decentralized appsWhat it'll mean for our current online incentives for content to go viral without an algorithm (hint: it disrupts the entire Internet)▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬PubKey meetups are FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions and enjoy a pint together. Good food, bad opinions, great company.🧡 NYC Meetups: https://luma.com/user/pubkey🗽 PubKey NYC🗽 85 Washington Place🗽 New York, NY 10011Follow us on X: ⁠https://x.com/PubKey⁠

Thomas Pacchia and Jorge Jraissati (Venezuelan activist and president of the Economic Inclusion Group) crack open a few cold ones and pregame in the PubKey NYC Parlor, where they let loose for an UNFILTERED conversation about: How Jorge's fight for financial inclusion led to building a pro-Bitcoin advocacy group in WashingtonWhy the Bank Secrecy Act (and the ways it enables financial surveillance and censorship) is the real “final boss” for BitcoinersThe quiet alliance between big banks and regulators that keeps reform off-limits while crushing small businesses and human rights groupsHow the same AML laws used to fight crime are weaponized against dissidents (and give foreign governments access to Americans’ PRIVATE data)The definitive argument on why Bitcoiners must engage in politics▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬PubKey meetups are FREE and PUBLIC. Join us to ask live questions, engage with experts, and enjoy a pint together:🗽 PubKey NYC🗽 85 Washington Place🗽 New York, NY 10011🧡 https://www.meetup.com/pubkey-meetups/events/🧡 https://luma.com/user/pubkeyCatch the next livestream on X: ⁠https://x.com/PubKey⁠