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!

Saturday night solder session. @dod.ngo

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

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.

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.

ICYMI v2

In Germany, every tree has a number.

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.

Everyone warning how dangerous Trump will be for the world - genuinely asking - where have you been for the last 40 presidents? As a European, it literally doesn't matter who wins. U.S. will keep messing with us all.

I won't be going to @devcon.org this year. If you are, there is one main event I highly recommend attending: The @logos.co Parallel Societies Congress! psc.logos.co If nothing else, I invite you all to @protocol.berlin v2 next year in Berlin. Take care! 🏴🖤

Protocol Berg v2, June 12-13, 2025, Berlin!

An official apple adapter that connects to USB-C and has nothing but a power button. $69.

Call for Participation: Critical Decentralization Cluster CfP for workshops at 38th Chaos Communication Congress is now open! #Cd14nC #38c8 https://pretalx.riat.at/38c3/cfp

One needs a degree to master Farcaster, Lens/Orb, Cryptodon, and Bluesky.

After the Criticial Decentralization Clusters at 35c3, 36c3, and 37c3, now the term "critical decentralization" made it into the 38c3 community CfP.

Missing the time when the internet was a parallel society and open source a political statement. It will take a lot to undo the damage.

Took a week off to collect all Factorio Space Age achievements on Steam.

💡 @0xPARC

I want to live in a society where people don't have to poop in the parks.

What an irony that tokens on Bitcoin are called BRC20 and CAT20 indirectly referencing the Ethereum issue number 20 on the EIPs repository. We came full circle.

We need to talk about your future. @dist0rtionproto

Take me back to FROGCRYPTO! 🐸

Same applies to removing Google from your phone but still only buying Pixels for the GrapheneOS support. It is not convenient and it takes time to understand not only how to use it but also why it is important. But the ultimate achievement is nothing but freedom and independence.

If you cannot switch from Mac to Linux because it's "too much work," think about why free software makes you only free at the cost of understanding "how it works" first. Free as in free speech not in "effortless to use."

You have not sufficiently understood power relationships in the control society unless you have understood "how it works" and "who it works for." (Eugene Thacker)

I will be barbot at c-ase tonight for the Ethereum Berlin Meetup hosted by the Department of Decentralization. Come for a drink, some talks, or the last chance to get a Devcon ticket.

Calling out Luma for being the most dangerous platform broadly used in the web3 industry for massively selling or giving away email addresses to scammers, phishers, and others. Try it out, your mailbox will not be the same before and after signing up for an event hosted by Luma.

Oh boy, I just found out about LED foils.

You don't need adblockers. I stopped using adblockers years ago. All you need is blocking scripts and embeds from third-party sites. With something like uMatrix. There is no complicated blocklist required and you are not relying on the mercy of browser or extension developers.

BREAKING: Craig Wright to present proof that he is Peter Todd.

#12,484 / 10,000,000 Elder certified!