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June 3, 2024

Kiwi Bitcoin Builders: Lightning Nodes, Self-Sovereign AI, and Silent Payments

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Show Notes

In this episode I host the Kiwi Bitcoin Builders monthly catchup for May 2024 (Recorded 26 May). There was just a few of us this time talking about running our own Bitcoin Lightning nodes, self Sovereign AI, silent payments, PayNyms and more.

If you would like to share a Bitcoin project or business that you are working on in New Zealand do please reach out to me and we can connect, just send me an email me at hello@thetransformationofvalue.com

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Links:

The Genesis Book by Aaron Van Wirdum - ⁠https://thegenesisbook.com/⁠

Bitkiwi X event, July 20th in Christchurch - ⁠https://kiwibitcoinguide.org/home/bitkiwi-meetups/bitkiwi-x-july-2024-christchurch/ ⁠

Silent Payments - ⁠https://bitcoinops.org/en/topics/silent-payments/⁠

Tokyo Bitcoin Conference, September 2024 - ⁠https://x.com/BTCTokyo2024⁠

BTC Pay Server Documentary: "My Trust in You is Broken" - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z78ZbPcsc3g⁠

Ministry of Nodes video tutorials - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MinistryofNodes⁠ 

Unleashed.Chat - ⁠https://unleashed.chat/⁠

Spirit of Satoshi - ⁠https://www.spiritofsatoshi.ai/⁠

AI Unchained by Guy Swann - ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8XoMg3tb0s

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