VanCity Inflation Mints Meetups w/Kurtis and Fustler: Vancouver, BC | Ep. 034

Rev and Reed head to the Pacific Northwest for the first of several Vancouver episodes, sitting down with Fustler and Kurtis of BTC Vancity to hear how a meetup that hoped for ten people drew sixty-plus on day one and now lives at Kurtis’s Funk Coffee Bar. They dig into why Vancouver became such a Bitcoin hub, from decades of housing inflation and the trucker convoy to CoinOS onboarding more than 200 local merchants, the 100%-Bitcoin Block Party, and the night then-mayor Ken Sim called the meetup to rally speakers at City Hall. In the value-for-value segment, the hosts read boosts on value-for-value music, AI content on nostr and why the boosts, not the download numbers, are the signal that matters. Reed's Meetup: westernmassbitcoin.com Rev's Meetup: South Bend Bitcoin Meetup: Meets the First Thursday of Every Month at Lang Lab 6:30pm Eastern Time Vancouver Meetup: https://luma.com/btcvancity Funk Coffee: https://funk.coffee/ Find the show on nostr: npub1cvcgs83gw6pcrhvtmlf8gdqaegx93qkznwry96jteqhh2cexgkfq45rtya Reed's npub: npub1xgyjasdztryl9sg6nfdm2wcj0j3qjs03sq7a0an32pg0lr5l6yaqxhgu7s Rev Hodl's npub: npub1f5pre6wl6ad87vr4hr5wppqq30sh58m4p33mthnjreh03qadcajs7gwt3z BTC VanCity’s npub: npub1th5gtrwtdy7vejrfy9tavwae2t4mcx9h4x0fw6z2f6ny53wdzemq5xmnel FunkCoffee’s npub: npub1memz87qugnjjd97a0w0l5cvrkveu8653zycxyy7mz3aq7rvm038qgmwxzz ⁨ Do you run a meetup and want to talk about it with us? Want more information about Grassroots Bitcoin or the quarterly meetup organizer calls? Reach out to us: [email protected] Find or contribute information on how to start, run or grow your meetup here: https://github.com/Reeds-Agent-Team/Bitcoin-Meetups Prefer on-chain donations? Silent Payment (what are silent payments?): sp1qq0cvn8x7x43xcpmqjzmej24jr5ccnsmvqpvjcn7ctzlpntfq9u252qj70jgwxsqugcwp7tmuq6pq77ffepsklhlhv7r434ycxy00zknjygxsl0rl Paynym (what is paynym?): +raggedtrack25 (PM8TJa9CSHGKkr2ZxvAicubwbF45NcABU3iWNCqjPxspMAXXjqcNYYqwEYYndHBgWUFHdSFZjrs7DKBT2f77XCjtAhkSMrv5cZ4G1JM7jkAqGbE6xsAk) [guests: npub1th5gtrwtdy7vejrfy9tavwae2t4mcx9h4x0fw6z2f6ny53wdzemq5xmnel, npub1memz87qugnjjd97a0w0l5cvrkveu8653zycxyy7mz3aq7rvm038qgmwxzz]