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Sustaining events | ligi Context I observed suboptimal and unsustainable patterns in several groups that I organize events with. For example Berlin Hack\&Tell started out with meetup.com/berlin-hack-and-tell. In the beginni...

I wrote a post on @whtwnd.com about sustaining events.

This also explains why I am pushing @c-base.org events like @bhnt.c-base.org away from meetup towards @smokesignal.events and encourage new events like @swapfest.berlin or HashBerg to use it in the first place.

whtwnd.com/ligi.de/3lnr...

Find me on @meshtastic.org in Berlin area !c63e027

No pitches, no fluff. Just a bunch of protocol nerds in an old cinema, talking about the stuff that actually matters.

The sign for our Stammtisch (regular, open, loose gathering of DoD members and friends everyIsh 3rd Wednesday) @c-base.org is getting better and better!

Holding a acrylic glass sign that has a "Department of Decentralization" logo engraved resting on two PCBs with green and orange LEDs illuminating the sign.

Saturday night solder session. @dod.ngo

+1 #personalstack by @q9f.cc x @protocol.berlin, Department of Decentralization

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@grapheneos.org, @firefox.com, @signal.org, @element.io, @kagi.com, @cryptpad.org, @libreoffice.bsky.social

Explore free, open-source & self-hosted tools - empower yourself.

Are you Vitalik or are you my mom?

@momack.bsky.social will explore the evolution of @filecoin.io's storage market, incentive structures, and network resilience. This session will cover key upgrades, current challenges, and the roadmap ahead, offering insights into how these developments shape the future.

Rough draft of vision for ETHBrno hackathon in October: "Decentralized Tool Independence"

Very unattractive topics that are super important. Do you think it's realistic it will attract at least ~100 hackers?

WDYT? @q9f.cc @ligi.de @alinalatinina.bsky.social

As the CfP draws to a close (only 3 days left!), we are thrilled to announce our first round of speakers, so grab your popcorn, and read on to find out who will be talking all things decentralization at Protocol Berg v2 🍿

Role call - Protocol Berg CfP closes in two weeks!

Who will be in Berlin?

YouTube video by Web3Privacy Now Collective, Non-Profit. Private | afri | Web3Privacy Now Berlin Meetup 2024

Weekend privacy Netflix: explore how to run an ethical collective & foster open-source tools usage via @q9f.cc from @protocol.berlin [Web3Privacy now c-base meetup, 2024]

Afterwards explore great Protocol protocol.berlin event: volunteer, apply to speak, contribute.

youtu.be/NW6ViGipnT8?...

You got to love archlinux captchas, btw.

Good icebreaker at a party.

Protocol Berg v2 @protocol.berlin Call for Particiation:

dod.ngo/blog/2025/pr...

EVE Frontier is now on Bluesky @evefrontier.com

Free Ross Ulbricht Now

After inaugurating Protocol Berg at the historic Heeresbäckerei, we are excited to host the next edition in another stunningly beautiful venue: The Colosseum.

Constructed ~1892 for the horse railway, it served as a cinema for many years thereafter.

...and yes, there will be 🍿

The 38c3 critical decentralization cluster CfP closes this sunday! make sure to submit your content before deadline!

https://pretalx.riat.at/38c3/cfp

Bluesky is such a good app now and has a large, humble community. I don't understand why crypto people still default to X with platform lock-in and pay-to-engage mechanics. Let's free ourselves.

digging this thread out again - @jay.bsky.team - any plans for europe next year? we are organizing @protocol.berlin v2 in June and would love to have you and your team!

ICYMI v2

In Germany, every tree has a number.

Lateralus (song) - Wikipedia

Tool did this epic song "Lateralus" which was written to a Fibonacci sequence.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral...

Cannot wait for an Adam Curtis piece on Russia and the West.

https://youtu.be/pCCTf17ZiIs

I cannot get this article out of my head that I read in 2013 where Rick Falkvinge explained that Bitcoin will not go to $100 but rather to $100k~1000k.

https://falkvinge.net/2013/03/06/the-target-value-for-bitcoin-is-not-some-50-or-100-it-is-100000-to-1000000/

Ethereum became the most important blockchain ecosystem without any marketing but yet again we have this discussion over and over again in 10 years.

Marketing is for selling products. Ethereum is not a product. It's a protocol, a technology, a philosophy.

Vendors that accept only credit cards and reject private cash or crypto payments strongly infringe your privacy and you should call them out.

So, stop complaining about shops that don't accept credit cards and get used to carry cash every day.

The line is not between crypto and fiat but between traceable and private.

Fiat cash is extremely handy as long as it exists and much more private than most of the popular crypto-payment processors.

To increase the @ethereum.org runway, I propose that Optimism, Uniswap, Mantle, Arbitrum, Gnosis, and ENS each donate a $100 million in assets to the Ethereum Foundation.

It would not only be a gesture of giving back but setting up the ecosystem for long-term success.