San Diego Bitcoiners

The official blog of the San Diego Bitcoiners meetup.

Spending Bitcoin Locally: PlanterSam

By Corey San Diego On Memorial Day I took my family to visit PlanterSam (website, google map) owned by my new friend, Morteza. We were in need of a new house plant or two and I was previously connected to Morteza through some local Bitcoiners so of course I wanted to support him and practice spending Bitcoin. I've patronized a few businesses in person, and many online. There are many ways to accept Bitcoin, each varying in sovereignty, reliability, and difficulty. Luckily Morteza has an IT ...
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June '23 Meetup

Second Thursday of the Month at Quantum Brewing Date: Thursday June 8th, 2023 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Quantum Brewing (OpenStreetMap, GoogleMaps) RSVP (select one) Private, self-hosted form. Legacy meetup link. Event Details No presentation planned. Come and hangout! Join our Matrix Chat Subscribe to this blog via email or RSS ...
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May '23 Meetup

Second Thursday of the Month at Quantum Brewing Date: Thursday May 11th, 2023 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Quantum Brewing (OpenStreetMap, GoogleMaps) RSVP (select one) Private, self-hosted form. Legacy meetup link. Event Details As mentioned in our April Updates, Kevin from Perennial Pastures will be joining us to talk about regenerative farming. We look forward to seeing you there! Join our Matrix Chat Subscribe to this blog via email or RSS ...
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April Updates

By Corey Hello Sovereign Diegans, I made some announcements at last week's meetup but wanted to reiterate a couple here. Tl;dr The founder of Perennial Pastures ranch will be speaking at the next meetup. We will plan a tour of the ranch, hopefully within a month or two of the meetup. I am building a couple feature-ful nodes and will be auctioning one off. Stay tuned. Perennial Pastures Perennial Pastures is a local ranch focused on regenerative farming and providing high quality grass-fed ...
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Apr '23 Meetup

Second Thursday of the Month at Quantum Brewing Date: Thursday April 13th, 2023 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Quantum Brewing (OpenStreetMap, GoogleMaps) RSVP (select one) Private, self-hosted form. Legacy meetup link. Event Details No presentation planned. Come and hangout! Join our Matrix Chat Subscribe to this blog via email or RSS ...
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Pre-Meetup Announcements

By Corey Hello everyone, I look forward to seeing you tonight. There's no speaker but I have a few announcements. If you'd like to know ahead of time here they are: I have a General Admission ticket to Bitcoin 2023 May 18-20 in Miami. They are currently going for $700, I'm willing to sell for $500 (~30% off). Speaking of Bitcoin 2023, Bitcoin Magazine is hosting a competition between meetups for a chance to win 100,000,000 sats (one full Bitcoin)! Details below You might remember when Captai...
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Mar '23 Meetup

Second Thursday of the Month at Quantum Brewing Date: Thursday March 9th, 2023 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Quantum Brewing (OpenStreetMap, GoogleMaps) RSVP (select one) Private, self-hosted form. Legacy meetup link. Event Details No presentation planned. Come and hangout! Join our Matrix Chat Subscribe to this blog via email or RSS ...
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Feb '23 Meetup

Second Thursday of the Month at Quantum Brewing (Note: if you don't want to use meetup.com, please RSVP through Matrix Chat or twitter DM) Date: Thursday February 9th, 2023 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Quantum Brewing (OpenStreetMap GoogleMaps) RSVP: Link Event Details Buying bitcoin privately with Bisq (revisited). I believe Bisq is the most important project in the space (besides Bitcoin itself). Come find out why. Join our Matrix Chat Subscribe to this blog via email or RSS ...
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Trust Update

By Corey San Diego A few months back I did a deep dive on the value of Trusts in CA. More recently, I mentioned trusts as an important tool in my Bitcoin Inheritance presentation. Since then, Ive learned a few more things. According to one lawfirm notarization isn't required. Notarization is NOT a legal requirement to create a valid Trust, yet nearly every Trust is notarized. That’s because it provides better proof that the Settlor signed it since the Settlor cannot testify as to his sign...
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Jan '23 Meetup

Second Thursday of the Month at Quantum Brewing (Note: if you don't want to use meetup.com, please RSVP through Matrix Chat or twitter DM) Date: Thursday January 12th, 2023 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Quantum Brewing (OpenStreetMap GoogleMaps) RSVP: Link Event Details For this event, Corey will be demoing the Passport hardware wallet by Foundation Devices. Foundation Devices have donated one that we will be raffling to one lucky winner, see you there! Join our Matrix Chat Subscribe to th...
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Inheritance Presentation 12/15/22

(The information below is from the yesterday's presentation with some notes. Slides can be found here.) About Corey San Diego Bitcoin/DIY enthusiast Not an expert Don't trust, verify! What if you died tomorrow? Concepts Custody (Who can move funds?) Trusted third parties (Who do you rely on?) Cold storage (Where are your keys?) Multi-sig (Wallet with multiple signers) Fellowship & quorum (Total and minimum required for a multisig wallet) What are the options? Traditional ...
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Dec '22 Meetup

Second Third Thursday of the Month at Quantum Brewing Date: Thursday December 15th, 2022 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Quantum Brewing (OpenStreetMap GoogleMaps) RSVP: meetup.com, Matrix Chat or twitter DM Event Details Hello everyone, Thanks for your input on our twitter poll we will be discussing inheritance options for your Bitcoin. See you on Thursday the 15th! Gather at 6pm Presentation at 630 Join our Matrix Chat Subscribe to this blog via email or RSS ...
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November '22 Meetup Details

Second Third Thursday of the Month at Quantum Brewing (Note: if you don't want to use meetup.com, please RSVP through Matrix Chat or twitter DM) Date: Thursday November 17th, 2022 Time: 6pm - 9pm Location: Quantum Brewing (OpenStreetMap GoogleMaps) Event Details Hello everyone, and welcome to the new blog! We will be gathering a week later than usual in November and December. There is no speaker currently planned for the November event, so come by to hang out, drink beers, and chat! Joi...
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Hello World

Hello all! Welcome to the official blog and less centralized event posting platform for the San Diego Bitcoiners Meetup. This is powered by Standard Notes, an open-source, encrypted, notes platform that I highly recommend using. I might use this for other things besides meetup events (useful guides, Bitcoin-related articles, etc). If there is anything specific you'd like to see, feel free to let me know via matrix, twitter DM, or by using the guestbook. In the meantime, Join our Matrix ...
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