"That is how Praia Bitcoin Jericoacoara was born: a radical experiment in financial sovereignty built with open source tools and feet in the sand.In four years at Praia Bitcoin Jericoacoara, we turned a beach town into a living Bitcoin classroom: We onboarded families, shopkeepers and street vendors; taught self‑custody in small groups; installed reliable Lightning routes and point‑of‑sale tools; ran social programs paid in sats;"
"In August 2025, I published four short articles on X. Different in form and tone, they converged on the same question: What role should Bitcoin play, and what role should we play in building it? They came in fours: a field report on our work with the Bitcoin Community Bank in Jericoacoara a critique of bitcoin maximalism's rigidity a diplomatic letter inviting Bhutan's prime minister to consider the satoshi as a unit of account, and a public appeal to keep Bitcoin a peer‑to‑peer cash system."
Praia Bitcoin Jericoacoara built a Bitcoin circular economy in a Northeast Brazilian fishing village using nodes, satoshis, open-source tools, and in-person education. The project onboarded families, shopkeepers, and street vendors, taught self-custody in small groups, installed reliable Lightning routes and point-of-sale tools, ran social programs paid in sats, and hosted meetups that integrated Bitcoin into daily life. The initiative sought institutional recognition as a Community Bitcoin Bank but faced rejection from local authorities and legal unpreparedness. Four distinct publications explored field lessons, critiques of maximalism, a diplomatic proposal for Bhutan to adopt the satoshi, and an appeal to preserve Bitcoin as peer-to-peer cash.
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