A bitcoin podcast about Bitcoin meetups. Finding, building, and growing local Bitcoin culture through Bitcoin meetups. Reed and Rev meet with Bitcoin meetup organizers to learn about different local Bitcoin cultures and what makes them valuable.
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With no guest this week, Reed and Rev look back on the four-episode Pennsylvania series and the themes that kept coming up: Bitcoin culture shifting from revolution to renaissance, and toxic maximalism giving way to cooperation and curiosity. They talk about home mining, including Reed’s new S19J Pros, solar-powered heating math, and why a miner is most useful when you give it a real job. They also take an honest look at the tired state of Bitcoin culture after a summer of hacks and disclosures, then mark Episode 33 with a 33k-sat wheel spin that sent more sats to the Samurai developers from a featured podcast episode on the Ungovernables feed “Letter #7: Notes from the Inside.”
Reed's Meetup: (http://westernmassbitcoin.com/)westernmassbitcoin.com (http://westernmassbitcoin.com)
Rev's Meetup: South Bend Bitcoin Meetup: Meets the First Thursday of Every Month at Lang Lab 6:30pm Eastern Time
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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: localbitcoiners@gmail.com (mailto:localbitcoiners@gmail.com)
Find or contribute information on how to start, run or grow your meetup here: (https://github.com/ReedBTC/Bitcoin-Meetups)https://github.com/Reeds-Agent-Team/Bitcoin-Meetups (https://github.com/Reeds-Agent-Team/Bitcoin-Meetups)
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14 Oct 2026
The Death Throes of Toxic Maximalism w/Johnny: Pittsburgh PA | Ep. 032
Johnny Crypto of Three Rivers Bitcoin joins us to talk about running a meetup built for newcomers in Pittsburgh, a city where Bitcoiners are spread out and easy to lose touch with. The conversation turns to toxicity in Bitcoin’s culture: purity tests, meme-armor that turns newcomers away, and why being principled doesn’t require being an asshole. We also cover Johnny’s takeaways from Lauren Rodriguez’s visit to Pittsburgh BitDevs, why the community needs a funded, organized response the next time privacy developers are prosecuted, and a big round of boosts in the V4V section.
Reed's Meetup: (http://westernmassbitcoin.com/)westernmassbitcoin.com (http://westernmassbitcoin.com)
Rev's Meetup: South Bend Bitcoin Meetup: Meets the First Thursday of Every Month at Lang Lab 6:30pm Eastern Time
Three Rivers Bitcoin: https://luma.com/3riversbitcoin (https://luma.com/3riversbitcoin)
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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: localbitcoiners@gmail.com (mailto:localbitcoiners@gmail.com)
Find or contribute information on how to start, run or grow your meetup here: (https://github.com/ReedBTC/Bitcoin-Meetups)https://github.com/Reeds-Agent-Team/Bitcoin-Meetups (https://github.com/Reeds-Agent-Team/Bitcoin-Meetups)
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7 Oct 2026
Curiosity Freed the Cat w/Business Cat: Central PA | Ep. 031
Business Cat (Luke) of the Central Pennsylvania Bitcoiners joins us to talk about his monthly Bitplebs meetup, how he claimed the whole center of the state back in 2021, and how a region steeped in Amish and Mennonite parallel economics is producing Bitcoin plumbers, farmers, and tree guys. With home heating oil up sharply, we trade notes on heating with Bitcoin miners, from a basement S9 to plumbing a Whatsminer straight into the HVAC system, and why being a Bitcoin maximalist increasingly means becoming a polymath who learns faster alongside the plebs at your local meetup. We also get into podcasting as a cure for shrinking attention spans, Rock Paper Bitcoin and the 49th Parallel, the Book of Enoch, sassafras root beer, and why the most important meme may simply be "stay curious."
Reed's Meetup: (http://westernmassbitcoin.com/)westernmassbitcoin.com (http://westernmassbitcoin.com)
Rev's Meetup: South Bend Bitcoin Meetup: Meets the First Thursday of Every Month at Lang Lab 6:30pm Eastern Time
Central PA Bitcoiners: meetup.com/central-pa-bitcoiners (http://meetup.com/central-pa-bitcoiners)
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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: localbitcoiners@gmail.com (mailto:localbitcoiners@gmail.com)
Find or contribute information on how to start, run or grow your meetup here: (https://github.com/ReedBTC/Bitcoin-Meetups)https://github.com/Reeds-Agent-Team/Bitcoin-Meetups (https://github.com/Reeds-Agent-Team/Bitcoin-Meetups)
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