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How does Bitcoin move from being understood to being embodied?

Exploring practical adoption, local settlement networks and sovereignty-based living from Antioquia, Colombia.

Documenting the experiment as it unfolds.

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2026-07-22 19:56:27 CEST

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That's actually a fair question.
What, in your view, would distinguish a genuine experiment from just another narrative?

2026-07-21 14:18:17 CEST

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Bitcoin would not only be the settlement layer for the local economy we're trying to build.
It also becomes the settlement layer through which the experiment itself is financed.
Capital previously preserved in real estate is gradually reallocated into a Bitcoin economy, with Bitcoin serving BOTH as the monetary bridge between two worlds AND as the settlement layer through which that transition takes place.

2026-07-16 17:51:14 CEST

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@nprofile…9n82 I wonder whether "speed" is simply how people experience efficiency. People rarely optimize for efficiency consciously—they just notice that one path gets them where they're going with less friction.
Makes me wonder how often we choose the path of least friction first, and only understand the monetary implications afterwards.

2026-07-16 02:14:30 CEST

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https://npub1zexwnprn77qc8juaw5cv34xh8s90pwg49pzwcctvhgvrwaqlhgrszzrg9a.blossom.band/a85f04023d60ba3bf50d61d1ec7125c720f265746f6aed323bf68c2eac573ab9.jpg
Real goods.
Real people.
Real value.

2026-07-16 02:08:45 CEST

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https://npub1zexwnprn77qc8juaw5cv34xh8s90pwg49pzwcctvhgvrwaqlhgrszzrg9a.blossom.band/293359072584586f469104f155a59eef30ef7d7046eccbf4d5fc4c84cff1ca3f.jpg
Every rectangle in this block represents a Bitcoin transaction somewhere on this "tiny blue planet" (Diminuto Planeta Azul).
One of them is ours.
A tiny local exchange became part of Bitcoin's permanent global ledger.
That's what makes local economies globally verifiable.

2026-07-16 02:03:15 CEST

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Today the first merchant in our local pilot accepted Bitcoin for real goods.
More importantly, she chose not to convert the sats back into fiat.
A payment settled.
A saver emerged.
The experiment continues.

2026-06-17 17:52:54 CEST

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Agreed.
Perhaps the most relevant challenge now is ensuring that Bitcoin adoption strengthens voluntary coordination rather than simply reproducing existing dependency structures under a different monetary standard.
The protocol solves the monetary layer.
How economic relationships form around it remains an open question.

2026-06-16 15:34:42 CEST

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In fact, Bitcoin may be one of the strongest examples ever created of large-scale voluntary coordination.

2026-06-16 15:33:21 CEST

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The alternative to central planning is not the absence of coordination.
It is voluntary coordination.
Hayek's insight was that order emerges when individuals act on knowledge unavailable to any central authority.
Bitcoin does not eliminate coordination.
It simply allows it to emerge from the edges rather than from the center, within a monetary protocol whose rules apply equally to all participants.

2026-06-15 21:59:26 CEST

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That makes sense.
So perhaps the limiting factor isn't merchant adoption at all, but the density of economic relationships that can already settle natively.
Which raises another question:
Does supply-chain depth emerge organically from enough individual actors choosing BTC, or does it require deliberate coordination at some point to reach escape velocity?

2026-06-15 21:40:14 CEST

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I'm not referring to holding BTC back.
I'm referring to whether economic flows remain Bitcoin-native once they enter the system.
"Retention" in the sense of "settlement continuity".
If a merchant receives BTC and pays a supplier in BTC, nothing has been retained.
The sats are moving.
The question is simply:
What conditions make economic actors voluntarily choose BTC for settlement rather than terminating every flow in fiat?
Somewhere between payment acceptance and settlement, a decision is being made.
What drives it?

2026-06-15 16:52:40 CEST

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Most conversations around adoption focus on onboarding users and merchants, yet every time the discussion gets practical, it seems to converge on the same bottleneck: retention beyond the point of sale.
What I'm trying to understand is whether this is primarily a liquidity problem, a coordination problem, or simply a lack of enough real-world experiments.
Living in Colombia, I may actually have the opportunity to test some of these assumptions on a small scale.
If nothing else, it would be interesting to document what happens when one deliberately tries to build settlement loops rather than merely payment acceptance.

2026-06-15 16:47:02 CEST

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That's actually what I was trying to understand.
The fact that you immediately point to the bottleneck rather than to examples makes me wonder:
Have you personally seen any small-scale clusters where BTC regularly circulates between merchants, suppliers and employees without immediately reverting to fiat?
Or is that still largely an unsolved problem from what you've observed?

2026-06-15 16:36:27 CEST

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What you're describing sounds less like merchant adoption and more like settlement retention.
Have you seen any examples where a small cluster of local businesses successfully moved beyond accepting BTC and into routinely settling obligations between themselves in BTC?

2026-06-15 16:26:24 CEST

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Around eight businesses that I'm aware of.
A mechanic, a business administration school, three coffee shops and a handful of others.
The bigger challenge seems to be exactly what you describe: most still treat Bitcoin as a payment rail rather than a treasury or settlement layer.
Out of curiosity, what have you seen work best in moving from "accepting Bitcoin" to actually retaining and recirculating it?

2026-06-15 16:20:06 CEST

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Interesting distinction.
What you're describing is individual adoption through BTC-denominated cash flows rather than BTC accumulation.
My question then becomes:
How do you see those inbound BTC flows emerging at the local economy level?
Because that seems to be the bridge between Bitcoin as a monetary network and Bitcoin as a functioning economic reality.

2026-06-15 15:56:33 CEST

How does Bitcoin move from being understood to being embodied?
Bitcoin has solved many problems...Store of value. Self-custody. Global settlement. Censorship resistance.
But how does capital massively flow into real-world Bitcoin adoption?
Not venture-scale software. Not ETFs. Not fiat banking.
I mean actual transition infrastructure... Because the risk is mistaking agreement for adoption.
Many understand the thesis.
Far fewer live it economically.
Only through embodiment do ideas materialize and spread.
So the question remains: how does a monetary network become a functioning economic reality?

2026-06-09 21:28:59 CEST

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When every concept is translated into the same narrative, communication becomes remarkably efficient.
Understanding, less so.

2026-06-09 18:52:54 CEST

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No one can serve two masters.
Not people.
Not communities.
Not nations.
Every decision is a vote.
Every vote reveals a master.

2026-06-09 18:43:08 CEST

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Efficiency is often mistaken for speed.
Nature suggests otherwise.
The most efficient systems are those requiring the least correction.

2026-06-09 18:36:10 CEST

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Markets are conversations.
Money determines how far they can travel.
cumulative PoW + love + craftsmanship + collaboration
=Value
= energy + intention + coordination

2026-06-09 18:33:38 CEST

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cumulative PoW + love + craftsmanship + collaboration
= Value
= energy + intention + coordination
Markets are conversations.
Money determines how far they can travel.

2026-06-06 14:29:03 CEST

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There is no one to convince either.
Inefficient systems eventually convince themselves.
Fiat consumes increasing effort to preserve decreasing certainty.
Bitcoin does the opposite.
The point is:
Do we understand efficiency?

2026-06-06 14:11:18 CEST

Let's introduce the notion of efficiency into the equation:
from the get-go...
First,
Neither is it a question of trust nor can BTC be adopted by "the nations" as long as nations base their monetary systems on the ideology that gave birth to fiat as we know it today.
"No one can serve two masters."
It doesn't need to by the way.
https://youtu.be/MN4klUUx8fM?si=pzVHaNePzNl2CyRD

2026-06-06 01:02:43 CEST

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https://kompass-frei.com/chapter-6-bitcoin-sovereignty-and-the-search-for-fertile-ground/

2026-05-20 16:50:41 CEST

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You are in time for the upcoming one.
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2026-05-20 16:43:36 CEST

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Since the beginning of this year.

2026-05-18 14:44:21 CEST

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Should you ever stop by, will be a pleasure to introduce you to the shaman Andrés.

2026-05-18 14:39:44 CEST

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When you take part in a Ayahuasca ceremony "you ARE at home. Fear is the stranger there."
Hope you enjoyed your stay with our Andean Brothers and the Peruvian Elders.

2026-05-18 14:23:16 CEST

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2026-05-12 20:16:23 CEST

There may be an inherent weakness not in Bitcoin itself, but in parts of the Bitcoiner worldview (and I include myself in this):
the assumption that the transition can occur primarily through the digital realm, as if "Bitcoin alone reorganizes embodied economic life".
Technically, unless coins are mined directly from energy itself, how else can the new economic paradigm fully settle while materially dependent on the old one?
Is this not precisely where an unresolved tension lives: a new monetary network attempting to spread through infrastructures, dependencies and incentives belonging to the previous one?
The question of course is not whether Bitcoin works.
The question is:
how else does energy itself truly shift?

2026-05-11 15:25:48 CEST

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Central planning and voluntary exchange are nearly opposite principles.
The experiment stands or falls on free participation alone.

2026-05-11 06:13:43 CEST

Perhaps this first Bitcoin-native experiment should https://npub1zexwnprn77qc8juaw5cv34xh8s90pwg49pzwcctvhgvrwaqlhgrszzrg9a.blossom.band/088ae6b48d41e3e91207b56fd1c32bda61f5bda008f955ff3eac6157b2ba5c04.jpg begin through voluntary alignment.
No tokens.
No equity games.
No promises.
Just an attempt to observe whether BTC can coordinate real human exchange locally.
For those who resonate and wish to help activate the first node, support is open below:
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2026-05-10 04:49:46 CEST

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The ETF paradox is that in that scenario, people do not truly own the monetary network:
they own claims to exposure through custodians.
Without circular economies, self-custody, and real-world BTC exchange between people, Bitcoin risks becoming digital gold trapped inside the architecture of fiat finance.
The irony is: Bitcoin can "win" financially while partially losing philosophically.
No paradigm shift.

2026-05-10 04:27:54 CEST

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Strong point. Thanks for sharing the article. Took my time to go through thoroughly...
Institutional flows may very well accelerate Bitcoin’s monetary stabilization phase.
What still intrigues me though is whether adoption driven primarily by financial exposure produces the same societal effects as adoption driven by actual economic use.
Holding BTC and living through BTC may ultimately shape two very different civilizations.

2026-05-10 04:17:50 CEST

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Fair point to raise publicly.
The last thing I’d want is recreating fiat dependency under Bitcoin branding.
That tension is precisely part of the experiment.

2026-05-10 00:11:24 CEST

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CBDCs centralize behavior.
This attempts to decentralize exchange.
Very different direction.
The real estate backing is simply a bridge of trust between worlds — not the product itself.

2026-05-09 20:41:48 CEST

How hard can it be to align BTC with a real-economy experiment, backed by real estate (50% LTV)?
“Low time preference” should not translate into staggering stagnation, fellows.
As Roy Sheinfeld once implied: it’s time to walk the walk.
No longer think the thought only.
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2026-05-06 19:30:38 CEST

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That’s exactly what we’re trying to observe in practice.
We’re setting up a small circular economy where people use BTC in real interactions — not just wallets, but actual exchanges.
It’s interesting to see where friction really shows up vs where it’s assumed.
In the end adoption will depend less on macro conditions and more on actual usage environments, based on the profound understanding of what money is for.
"And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine will burst the wineskins and be spilled, and the wineskins will be ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved. And no one, having drunk old wine, immediately desires new; for he says, ‘The old is better.’ ”

2026-05-06 19:16:03 CEST

📍Rionegro, Antioquia 🇨🇴
Even in a local mechanic shop, you can feel the shift of a new era.
Between motor oil, spare parts, and car screens, there’s a symbol appearing more and more outside the internet: ₿
Bitcoin is no longer just for traders or tech people.
It’s slowly making its way into real businesses, everyday economies, and places where people work with their hands every single day.
Adoption doesn’t come from the top down.
It grows from the streets. ⚡
https://npub1zexwnprn77qc8juaw5cv34xh8s90pwg49pzwcctvhgvrwaqlhgrszzrg9a.blossom.band/ce390acb6da2c3823b13e8e6749a82391acadbc30fd87c7d04bdbcddcd1684d5.jpg #Bitcoin #Nostr #Colombia #Antioquia #BTC #Rionegro #BitcoinAdoption

2026-05-04 18:39:50 CEST

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As in everything the choice is between "power over" or "power with". As always only the latter leads to Peace. It can't 🫴🏽 and won't ever come from a non disciplined warlike mentality.
"Power with" needs be practiced though... Exchanging among fellows via sound money is a pragmatic approach to reach that purpose.

2026-04-30 17:49:47 CEST

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Happy to share more details privately if useful.

2026-04-30 17:40:23 CEST

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2026-04-30 17:39:32 CEST

We’re launching a small experiment in Colombia:
A real-world Bitcoin circular economy on sovereign land.
No theory.
Just BTC used as a medium of exchange between visitors and locals.
90 days.
Measurable outcomes.
Fully documented.
Opening 1–2 spots for aligned capital to help activate the first node.
If this resonates, DM.

2026-04-30 16:58:58 CEST

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2026-04-25 13:54:42 CEST

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As opposed to capital good.
Network good = 'the binding thread that silently weaves the entire economic fabric together'

2026-04-25 03:23:03 CEST

"For investors eager to secure sustainable stores of value, this is where financial intelligence meets ethical responsibility: recognizing that HOW we transact shapes WHAT endures."
https://kompass-frei.com/chapter-5-rethinking-money-sustaining-value-beyond-a-fractured-system/

2026-04-24 19:19:21 CEST

Reflecting upon ep. 250 of podcast "Bitcoin for Millennials", this time w/ S. Ammous.
One (of many) key take-aways:
Money as a network good, the value of which is proportional to the number of people using it, leads to assuming responsibility.
BTC = 'monetary responsibility'
"The biggest threat to Bitcoin would be if governments go back on a gold standard. (1:14:45)
(...)
But just because it's the biggest doesn't mean it's big." (...) https://npub1zexwnprn77qc8juaw5cv34xh8s90pwg49pzwcctvhgvrwaqlhgrszzrg9a.blossom.band/50e23bc1b2d00fb64b841694905261586c3654a6b4937d9b9647d583cc55682a.jpg
https://youtu.be/jODwF4N8Vjc?si=6fUePlv9y7jhg7q3

2026-04-09 15:35:06 CEST

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Would love to learn more.
👇🏽 It's this you mean?
https://hodlhodl.com/?filters[currency_code]=COP

2026-04-06 19:22:25 CEST

Understanding what we have learned about BTC so far, every spending on fiat money feels like a loss.
The use of btc as collateral does not help much to see it another way.
https://kompass-frei.com/chapter-5-rethinking-money-sustaining-value-beyond-a-fractured-system/ https://npub1zexwnprn77qc8juaw5cv34xh8s90pwg49pzwcctvhgvrwaqlhgrszzrg9a.blossom.band/33696bce29cb4a1cbc2588ae9184e1912512de505085e67a4d254fae1b08c9b4.jpg

2026-04-04 17:08:08 CEST

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Vereda El Tagual

2026-04-04 16:28:05 CEST

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2026-03-06 14:03:17 CET

FAQ
8. Is it legally possible to acquire property in Colombia using Bitcoin?
Yes.
While not common, Colombian law allows parties to agree on payment methods freely.
https://kompass-frei.com/faq/

2026-02-24 19:33:13 CET

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No clue where to find such an environment?
Let us re-create it then.
No thing comes from nothing.

2026-01-27 17:51:51 CET

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Fiat trains high time preference by default.
Every daily decision reinforces or resists it.
Exiting fiat only preserves value if you also choose environments that reward patience.

2026-01-24 18:01:11 CET

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Time preference is what you keep voting for. https://image.nostr.build/749102a7981c1586d62c615ca626e540ee0c26f93fabe2b4cf0656f40b54e87b.jpg

2026-01-24 17:59:09 CET

Every decision is a vote.

2026-01-06 16:55:04 CET

"The Use of Knowledge in Society"
— Friedrich von Hayek
You cannot run fast enough as to compensate devaluation.
— K.F.

2025-12-29 17:53:49 CET

For a while now, I've been feeling somewhat lonesome trying to reconcile family, spirituality, and economics —
as if these worlds were not meant to coexist.
Reading pages 82 and 93 ff. of The Bitcoin Standard made something click:
there are modern economists grappling with exactly this tension.
Bitcoin didn’t give me answers.
It gives language.
#bitcoin #sovereignty #values #nostr

2025-12-27 20:39:14 CET

Bitcoin doesn't convince people.
It waits until they're ready.
So does sovereignty.

2025-12-21 01:51:36 CET

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A nivel subconsciente la noción de Estado se equipara a la noción de País o "madre tierra'. Mientras uno remite al ámbito de una ideología, el otro nos ancla al plano físico.
Por separado representa las limitaciones inherentes a una mente dividida.
Juntas representan el llamado a trascender fronteras.
Seguimos.

2025-12-21 01:16:44 CET

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A nivel subconsciente la noción de Estado se equipara a la noción de País.
Mientras uno remite al ámbito de una ideología, el otro nos ancla al plano físico.
Por separado representan las limitaciones inherentes a una mente condicionada.
Juntas representan el llamado a trascender fronteras.
Seguimos.

2025-12-19 14:51:07 CET

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..."Und es wird vielleicht auch noch die Todesstunde
Uns neuen Räumen jung entgegensenden.
Des Lebens Ruf an uns wird niemals enden.
Wohlan denn, Herz, nimm Abschied und gesunde!"

2025-12-19 14:43:22 CET

"We must become what we want Others to Be,
Or we will never see Them Be It."
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