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From May 23 till May 25 I was in the Bitcoin capital of The Netherlands: Arnhem. There was a full program around the conference day on Saturday. I and many other bitcoiners gathered to celebrate the 10th anniversary of #bitcoincity Arnhem.
Playing the Blockhunters board game
It was very honourable to play with one of the first prototypes of the boardgame Blockhunters developed by Arnold Hubach.
Nostr meetup: Nostrdam Arnhem
A nice small present from Jurjen and meeting Nathan Day in real life from btcmap.org. A project that deserves some Nostr integration (which he agrees with!).
A gift from Bitpopart together with Patrick (who organised Adopting Bitcoin Arnhem), Jeroen, Mr. Bitpopart in the middle and Djuri. I'm on the right ;-)
Gravel at the Veluwe
On Friday morning I enjoyed a 70km gravel ride on the Veluwe to Radio Kootwijk and back.
Bitdevs meetup
In the afternoon I attended the Bitdevs meetup. It was my first time and I expected a lot of technical stuff to be discussed. This wasn't the case, all conversations were led very professionally in an easy, understandable way.
Also, the Silent payments (https://silentpayments.xyz/) feature was introduced to me. A very interesting feature integrated in Bitcoin recently which I would like to dive in later.
Meeting the Noderunners community
On Thursday I got a nice pin from a Noderunner community member. The Noderunners are a community with 200+ bitcoin-only minded people. I already knew some of them, but every time I attend a Bitcoin event I always learn to know new people who are often also members of that community. During the Bitcoin Business meetup on Friday night, I also met a new Noderunner who was also camping at the same site as me. He was literally standing beside me with his tent!
Noderunners on stage
Conference day
You can check out the livestream recordings here:
- Mainstage: https://www.youtube.com/live/T0vJ4uEsCwc
- Arnhem stage: https://www.youtube.com/live/-GTw6k1IkC0
These are the sessions I enjoyed the most:
- Bitcoin & human rights, what 99% don't get with Anita Posch
- AML regulations and financial freedom panel discussion with
- Sjors Provoost (Bitcoin core developer)
- Rebecca van Essen (relation manager Financial Intelligence Unit Netherlands)
- Lyudmyla Kozlovska (president of Open Dialogue Foundation)
- Dorien Rookmaker (Member of the European Parliament)
- Maud Bökkerink (financial and cryptocurrency expert & consultant)
- Non-custodial and custodial solutions and their global impact
- Fiat the system vs Bitcoin the tool with Rigel Walshe
Other recaps (in Dutch)