captainsidd
Evan (Captain Sidd)

The Thailand Bitcoin Conference #TBC2024 this year was AMAZING! Better than I even imagined it could be.
Thank you to Khun Piriya and the entire Thailand Bitcoin community from @npub1ejn…97a5 to @npub13pn…gctw #siamstr and beyond for putting that on.
Some very cool projects and products (I bought a bunch of BoltKey from @npub1p2c…0r2c for Ride of Passage riders - pictured!) and great people. And a great mix of Thai and international speakers. Thank you for the opportunity to speak about my travels and the Ride of Passage!
Looking forward to the next one!!!
#TBC2024 เป็นการประชุมที่น่าทึ่งมาก ยินดีที่ได้รู้จักทุกคนครับผม
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2024-08-09 14:20:44

จะมีการเปิดตัว Bitcoin Learning Center ในเดือนกันยายน งานปาร์ตี้จะจัดขึ้นในวันที่ 6 กันยายน ทุกคนยินดีต้อนรับครับผม
#siamstr
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2024-08-05 12:49:54

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Was that just during COVID or even now? Sorry to hear that.

2024-08-03 05:09:49

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Oh no... what have I done 🫨

2024-07-30 13:41:07

If you don’t have one of these in every drawer of your house, you’re missing out… https://m.primal.net/JjEi.mov

2024-07-25 12:59:25

Today’s myth about Thailand (#14) is that the lockdowns here were strict and harsh.
https://m.primal.net/Jduy.mov
Truth is I felt fairly free here during the whole of 2020 and beyond.
Remember the insane nanny state we saw in countries like Australia and Canada? It didn’t exist in Thailand.
There was simply caution and mutual respect, not a wild persecution of normal people by those on power trips.
While borders were closed, internally the country was open for business. I was able to travel throughout Thailand and enjoy my life.
Don’t sleep on Thailand 🇹🇭

2024-07-20 08:42:59

ตายแล้วไปสวรรค์ครับ
I’ve died and gone to heaven.
#ChiangMai #siamstr
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2024-07-08 00:40:54

Taking a break posting more myths I’ve heard about Thailand, because my mom is in town!
What else do you want me to cover about life in Thailand?
Drop a comment ✌️
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2024-07-02 15:39:32

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Someone on Nostr knows 😉

2024-07-02 13:08:49

Anyone have an ID on this bird? Spotted in northern Thailand.
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2024-07-01 15:56:52

Looking through old pictures. This is a photo from a festival I went to in late 2021 hosted with a hill tribe in Northern Thailand.
We ate the hill tribe’s local food, bathed in the stream, hung out with the cows and napped on piles of rice straw. And also listened to music all night on a set of incredibly epic Function One speakers.
A blissful experience. ☀️
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2024-06-29 05:07:34

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2024-06-27 03:04:02

Today's myth about Thailand 🇹🇭 (#4) is that it's dangerous here.
This is probably the most laughable myth I've heard about Thailand.
I understand why it exists: I grew up in the USA 🇺🇸 and the brainwashing that "everywhere else is poor and therefore dangerous" is strong... but you are more likely to die in your local grocery store in America than literally anywhere in Thailand.
Thailand is by far the safest place I've ever lived in my life. There is virtually no violent or petty crime here.
Imagine if the entire world was your living room - that's what it feels like to go anywhere in this country.
Don't sleep on Thailand 🇹🇭
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2024-06-26 13:11:43

Today's myth about Thailand 🇹🇭 (#3) is that there's no #Bitcoin community here. After 5 years in Thailand, I'm discovering that Bitcoin runs deep here.
There are Bitcoiners everywhere, they're just low key about it!
The Bitcoin scene among Thais is large and growing fast. The Bitcoin Standard is now the #2 book at Naiin, a major bookstore in Thailand.
There's a 4,000 person Discord server in Thai language dedicated to all things #Bitcoin , and the educational company @Right Shift has 30k YouTube followers and runs a global Bitcoin conference in Bangkok: v2 coming in September 2024.
Also, check out the #siamstr community 😉
Bitcoin physical spaces and meetups like @npub13pn…gctw by PlebPiccoloJr (you on Nostr?) and @npub1e2a…8a4l , Bitcoin Learning Center by @npub1c9r…xu4k in Chiang Mai and @npub1yyh…xnuq in Phuket are also growing across the country.
Don't sleep on Thailand 🇹🇭
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2024-06-24 10:49:08

When I was at @npub167n…zu3r I heard a lot of myths about Thailand 🇹🇭
After 5 years living here let me clear them up.
Here’s myth #1: Thailand is just for backpackers.
Maybe this was true 20 years ago, but it couldn’t be further from the truth today.
Yes, Thailand has a low cost of living. But it also has incredibly high quality and high value services.
For instance, I can get a Thai massage at a local shop for $6/hour. Or I can go to one of the many high end spas in Chiang Mai and get the service, amenities and surroundings of a 5-star hotel for $30/hour.
I can eat a local meal for $2, or a Michelin-star fine dining meal for $100.
Beers in a local bar for $2 a pop, glitzy rooftop cocktails for $10.
These are all accessible within Thailand, matched with service that’s way above and beyond for the price you’re paying.
You can definitely live a cheap life here; but you can also live one of great luxury, for good value.
Don’t sleep on Thailand 🇹🇭
https://m.primal.net/IwHb.mov

2024-06-20 10:29:18

All was well in my life once, but it still felt like I was walking around with a rock in my shoe...
If this is how your life feels - great on paper, but something missing to feed your soul - the Ride of Passage is the journey you need to take.
Here's some highlights from last year's ride in Thailand. Learn more about this year's rides at the link below.
https://v.nostr.build/gZPOB.mp4
https://rideofpassage.live

2024-06-19 03:39:16

This is Amsterdam
#yesterday #Amsterdam
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2024-06-17 07:59:55

How to make your phone less addicting by putting it in black and white.
Since I got asked this often at @npub167n…zu3r , here you go!
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2024-06-16 08:42:21

Architecture in Prague is on another level
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2024-06-16 08:34:49

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Will be there Monday night / tuesday morning

2024-06-15 17:33:51

Centralization vs decentralization
We are winning 🤠
#nostr #BTCPrague
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2024-06-15 11:30:58

Prague 🧡
#Prague
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2024-06-14 06:43:22

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Nice. How do I get that sub?

2024-06-14 06:36:55

Trying again… if you see me at @npub167n…zu3r ask me about this and Ride of Passage!
https://v.nostr.build/gZPOB.mp4

2024-06-14 06:00:25

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Wow, thank you. Helpful to know, and I appreciate the smaller video size!

2024-06-13 19:25:01

If you’re in Prague and you see me at the conference... Ask me about this.
https://m.primal.net/IjbG.mp4

2024-06-11 10:38:37

Schnitzel, cappuccino and a nice Airbnb (half off) in Vienna - all paid in sats. Hit up @npub1hku…g4dr if you’re in Vienna. Paul is an amazing host and Bitcoiner.
Love the Bitcoin network 🙏🧡
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2024-06-07 16:53:59

Sometimes you need to ask for help. But the best way to get it is to give it...
If you want to have some fun, fill this out in a reply to this post:
1. What I can brag about:
2. What I can help others with:
3. What I need help with:
I'll start:
1. A brag: I moved to Thailand🇹🇭 knowing nobody and rebuilt my life here.
2. What I can help with: Moving abroad, learning Bitcoin, connecting to local Bitcoin communities.
3. Where I need help: Letting more people know about Ride of Passage.

2024-06-03 13:18:02

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That which you give attention to grows - learning and observing this in everyday life has been very helpful for me.
Purpose has been the most helpful. Having a direction and not giving up, working with others to help get through blockers, and offering value to others.
I'm rereading the book Think and Grow Rich. I read it once in 2020 when I had a 9-5 job and it struck me as fairly obvious. Now I am picking up on deeper meanings and threads between the lines.
Ultimately I don't think any of this that you're talking about - a sovereign mind / body - can be told to anyone; it has to be understood through personal experience.
Good luck and if you ever want to talk, I'm happy to bounce ideas around. Love this stuff.

2024-05-30 13:43:24

Thank you @Techengineer21 for taking a Ride of Passage 🙏
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2024-05-26 07:31:14

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These will be my Sundays from now on. Already got the Casio, cash is easy, get on the motorcycle and go 🏍️💨

2024-05-25 11:26:51

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Sounds incredible!! Enjoy the challenge!

2024-05-22 10:40:12

2024-05-10 07:17:41

Over the past four years I’ve started building websites to rank in Google. The idea is to get organic traffic to your site and then generate income off that.
This is my first foray into making money on my own.
And I worked at it – alone – for a long while.
Until I discovered the Chiang Mai SEO community – and met Matt Diggity, Kyle Roof, Karl Kangur, Charles Floate and many more who already built what I wanted to build: a real business making serious money.
‘Networking’ when I was in a 9-5 felt scummy and largely useless. I kept my head down, got my work done, and collected my salary.
But when building my own thing, networking became exciting. I saw how much value could be exchanged over a simple conversation. How I could help others and be helped - in ways that would completely transform my life - over a cup of coffee.
Then I started to go to conferences – first Chiang Mai SEO and then the SEO Mastery Summit in Vietnam – and met more entrepreneurs like
Sacha Fournier, Jamie I.F., James Oliver, Niels Zee, Jaume Ros, Nick Rowe, Jason Mills, Gael Breton and many more.
All of them incredibly ambitious. They've done the work. They've built businesses that afford them the freedom to live and work anywhere. And they are continuing to hustle.
But many of us have a big problem.
We are all over the place. Even though we may be one conversation away from solving the next problem, we often lack the right networks to have that conversation.
Many of us wanting to push our business to the next level are in silos, stuck behind computer screens. One relationship away from a completely changed life.
I want to fix that.
And I want to have fun doing it. Hence, the Ride of Passage: Mastermind.
What is the Ride of Passage: Mastermind?
The idea behind this ride is to mix adventure and business in order to create deeper bonds between entrepreneurs and generate more creative ideas.
We will do this through a five day ride in the mountains of Northern Thailand on the digital nomad’s Swiss Army knife – the 125cc automatic scooter.
Each day will be structured to provide a bit of adventure and a bit of entrepreneurial problem solving: often starting the day with a thoughtful question and a quiet ride or hike through the mountains, followed by an afternoon of mastermind-style problem solving around every participant’s business.
Who is the Ride of Passage: Mastermind for?
This Ride of Passage is for entrepreneurs who want to grow their businesses and make close connections with others on a similar path. This isn’t for the wantrapreneur, and it isn’t a party or a coworking session either.
This is a time to unplug, decompress, and go high-level with your business alongside a community of similarly adventurous and ambitious entrepreneurs.
If that sounds good to you, check out the Mastermind here: https://www.rideofpassage.live/mastermind

2024-05-10 07:15:12

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You have some great road trip stories

2024-05-09 13:56:48

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I can tell you it's pretty frickin' fun!!
There's an amazing freedom that comes with riding a motorcycle and also a grave responsibility. Seems to me to match nicely to Bitcoin. Mistakes are costly but the reward of taking that responsibility is like no other.

2024-05-09 13:54:23

On my Bitcoin Tour across the USA last year, one region stuck out to me in particular.
It’s a place which, honestly, I was not excited to return to.
I grew up in this part of the world and I remember from a young age wanting to leave, to explore.
But returning here... I began to see a new side.
What this region lacks in mountains and New York minutes it more than makes up for in genuine, kind, and industrious people. It holds many untold histories and subcultures that are impossible to see from the highway.
This is not “flyover country”. This is the American Heartland.
Once I ran the first Ride of Passage in Thailand, I knew the American Midwest would be next. The heartland of the country holds hidden gems that fit with the vision of tours money can’t buy. It is growing into a powerhouse for technology, regenerative farming, and sovereign living – especially through the actions of Bitcoiners.
The Bitcoin communities here are tight-knit and interconnected. While others larp about circular economies on Twitter, they are building them one sale at a time.
What is this Ride of Passage all about?
The Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour is designed to connect you to this vibrant Bitcoin community through a motorcycle adventure with Bitcoiners. Over 8 days together you’ll visit Bitcoin meetups, regenerative ranches and cultural sites throughout the Midwest.
You will sample some of the cleanest beef in the nation as you ride through commodity grain fields.
You will visit farmstays creating a new tourism industry around regenerative practices.
You will shake the hands of Bitcoiners with grand plans to build industry and wealth in the heartland.
This ride wouldn’t exist without the help of those on the ground - from
@npub1f5p…wt3z to Lake Satoshi, Indy Bitcoin, Columbus Bitcoin, Beef Initiative (damn I gotta find all of you on Nostr) and so many more!
It also wouldn’t be happening without the legend Alan Jackson - who gives out more sats to taxi drivers and waitresses than most people will ever stack. He’s also one of the most experienced motorcyclists I know, with over 50 years of touring across 5 continents.
Alan stepped up and will be leading the Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour.
I can’t wait for you to get to know him.
Who’s the Ride of Passage: American Heartland Tour for?
This Ride of Passage is for anyone seeking deeper connections to the Bitcoin community, forged through unforgettable adventures on two wheels. Limited to just 10 riders who will be personally vetted by me.
Still have questions?
Feel free to ask me, or anyone who was on the first Ride of Passage - Texas Slim, Satoshi Symbol, Alan, Wes, Cory, and @npub1sr7…2ggm
Will you take sovereignty into your own hands by meeting those doing it every day? 👇
https://www.rideofpassage.live/american-heartland-tour

2023-04-03 03:27:43

So I really like Damus on my iPhone SE (v2) but it absolutely destroys my battery life. Had to uninstall.
Anyone had this experience too? Or know other workarounds for Nostr on iPhone that don't kill battery?
jb55@jb55.com I appreciate you brother

2023-03-12 12:49:59

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I was just thinking of you! I watched some fighters from Hong Thong last night

2023-03-08 05:52:00

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Beautiful

2023-03-07 16:12:52

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Prospects get the TIMECHAIN bottom rocker…
Until they’re sussed out to not be shitcoiners 🤣

2023-03-07 05:49:37

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YES, that is something I would love to do down the road.
TIMECHAIN bottom rocker. BITCOIN top rocker. Maybe the Freedom Money B as the center graphic.
Joining the MC means you're a full-patch PLEB!
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2023-03-06 01:00:05

The fact that Nostr has come so far in a few months has me wondering… what the hell were they doing over there at Twitter all these years? 🤣

2023-03-04 13:49:32

Are you a part of the Bitcoin Tour? https://void.cat/d/95pzrc6CumfnYSNkqfpQtG.webp

2023-03-03 09:15:50

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WOAH. Not getting any "royal rains" over there?

2023-03-02 03:07:09

Nostr fam; the ostrich is bringing us to new, fantastic places.
https://void.cat/d/Du86avQp19zU8J1Cqd2MjU.webp

2023-03-01 04:41:32

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I am in the North. Still have never been to the East but I would like to go!

2023-02-25 09:06:34

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Beautiful!! Your IMF essay is insanely good 🫡

2023-02-25 09:05:26

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Yeah that’s interesting, maybe relays will become paid and they will evolve in to silos.
Not giving up at all just want to see what people think

2023-02-24 06:18:37

Nostr will end up like email; an open protocol gatekept by a few large companies.
What can we learn from email?
https://blog.lopp.net/death-of-decentralized-email/
#bitcoinnostr #plebchain

2023-02-24 05:16:01

Bitcoin Tour update for Nostr:
https://whatismoney.info/bitcointour2023

2023-02-23 06:05:43

Nostr is painfully slow to load for me. Is this a result of the relays I'm connected to? Or the client? I'm using astral on web.

2023-02-21 05:40:02

Sitting at a rooftop cafe looking at the mountain. Come on over to Thailand, fools.