Episode notes
Agustin Kassis & Mariano are Argentinian bitcoiners who work in a Fight Club-style house to build La Wallet: a Lightning wallet which is associated with a Nostr account and enables users to have both a payments card and a digital identity device.
Time stamps:
00:00:00 – Intro: Buenos Aires week, Milei debate energy, dual guests
00:01:40 – Agustin & Mariano join; La Wallet + Nostr + Lightning pitch
00:02:20 – The house is lent, not owned; Fight Club framing
00:03:10 – Basement without windows; demolition license; LaBitConf trophy
00:04:40 – Bitcoiner passion vs chart-watching outsiders
00:06:15 – Mariano on physical agora vs virtual Bitcoin
00:07:00 – Developer education night before LaBitConf
00:07:50 – Argentina, politics, and treating fiat as a shitcoin
00:09:27 – Monetary oppression, savings decay, freedom narrative
00:11:00 – Sponsor: Wasabi Wallet
00:12:00 – Dollar addiction; provincial shitcoins; GDP vs inflation literacy
00:14:08 – New Zealand vs Argentina; Tuesday cowork; Spanish nomads
00:15:43 – FUBAR economics make Bitcoin easier to sell
00:16:20 – Vlad’s Romanian wedding / hyperinflation story
00:18:50 – Agustin’s Zeitgeist anger and 2011–2013 Bitcoin path
00:22:00 – La Crypta mission: hyperbitcoinization from Argentina
00:23:00 – Mainstream utility over forced maximalist passion
00:23:40 – Learn by using; Bitcoin-only house rule
00:24:00 – Halloween party: Bitcoin or fuck you
00:26:00 – Wallet of Satoshi lesson; don’t start with seed phrases
00:26:45 – Girl recursively orange-pilling her friends
00:28:20 – Sponsor: Cryptosteel
00:29:50 – NFC cards upstairs; Nostr hackathon & NIP work
00:31:20 – La Wallet as modular SDK (LNBits cousin, Docker, Umbrel/Start9)
00:32:00 – Why cards: poverty rates, no iPhone assumption
00:33:00 – Nostr-published txs; open-source custodial auditability
00:34:30 – Federations anywhere; banks may wrap Lightning later
00:36:00 – Mariano: self-custody ideal vs realistic trust markets
00:37:40 – Community trust as an asset; transparency if they rug
00:39:10 – Lost cards, spend limits, disable/config flows
00:40:45 – Multi-card roles, admin cards, multisig pedagogy
00:42:20 – Collectible card drops as merchant magnet
00:43:50 – Sponsor: Satochip
00:44:20 – Target audience: mainstream, not only bitcoiners
00:45:30 – Interest is constructed; practice before meaning
00:47:00 – Official vs real FX rates; Argentina’s builder density
00:48:40 – Rootstock, LaBitConf, Muun; tough times, strong builders
00:50:00 – Milei pride; programmers under shifting rules
00:51:50 – Twenty-seven dollar rates; rules without rulers
00:53:20 – Sponsor: IVPN
00:54:50 – Romania vs Argentina redenomination histories
00:56:30 – Unsolved Argentine inflation as Bitcoin’s local engine
00:57:30 – Survival money vs US speculation framing
00:58:00 – Stablecoins for people without savings; volatility honesty
00:59:40 – How to get La Wallet cards; visit La Crypta first
01:01:16 – Open-source docs debt; Q2 worldwide shipping hope
01:02:50 – Fork the stack; NIP-05 + Lightning address domains
01:04:20 – La Crypta cards as first federation; anyone can run one
01:05:00 – Closing: long flights, European meetups, customs jokes
01:06:30 – Updates promised; goodbye
Time stamps:
00:00:00 – Intro: Buenos Aires week, Milei debate energy, dual guests
00:01:40 – Agustin & Mariano join; La Wallet + Nostr + Lightning pitch
00:02:20 – The house is lent, not owned; Fight Club framing
00:03:10 – Basement without windows; demolition license; LaBitConf trophy
00:04:40 – Bitcoiner passion vs chart-watching outsiders
00:06:15 – Mariano on physical agora vs virtual Bitcoin
00:07:00 – Developer education night before LaBitConf
00:07:50 – Argentina, politics, and treating fiat as a shitcoin
00:09:27 – Monetary oppression, savings decay, freedom narrative
00:11:00 – Sponsor: Wasabi Wallet
00:12:00 – Dollar addiction; provincial shitcoins; GDP vs inflation literacy
00:14:08 – New Zealand vs Argentina; Tuesday cowork; Spanish nomads
00:15:43 – FUBAR economics make Bitcoin easier to sell
00:16:20 – Vlad’s Romanian wedding / hyperinflation story
00:18:50 – Agustin’s Zeitgeist anger and 2011–2013 Bitcoin path
00:22:00 – La Crypta mission: hyperbitcoinization from Argentina
00:23:00 – Mainstream utility over forced maximalist passion
00:23:40 – Learn by using; Bitcoin-only house rule
00:24:00 – Halloween party: Bitcoin or fuck you
00:26:00 – Wallet of Satoshi lesson; don’t start with seed phrases
00:26:45 – Girl recursively orange-pilling her friends
00:28:20 – Sponsor: Cryptosteel
00:29:50 – NFC cards upstairs; Nostr hackathon & NIP work
00:31:20 – La Wallet as modular SDK (LNBits cousin, Docker, Umbrel/Start9)
00:32:00 – Why cards: poverty rates, no iPhone assumption
00:33:00 – Nostr-published txs; open-source custodial auditability
00:34:30 – Federations anywhere; banks may wrap Lightning later
00:36:00 – Mariano: self-custody ideal vs realistic trust markets
00:37:40 – Community trust as an asset; transparency if they rug
00:39:10 – Lost cards, spend limits, disable/config flows
00:40:45 – Multi-card roles, admin cards, multisig pedagogy
00:42:20 – Collectible card drops as merchant magnet
00:43:50 – Sponsor: Satochip
00:44:20 – Target audience: mainstream, not only bitcoiners
00:45:30 – Interest is constructed; practice before meaning
00:47:00 – Official vs real FX rates; Argentina’s builder density
00:48:40 – Rootstock, LaBitConf, Muun; tough times, strong builders
00:50:00 – Milei pride; programmers under shifting rules
00:51:50 – Twenty-seven dollar rates; rules without rulers
00:53:20 – Sponsor: IVPN
00:54:50 – Romania vs Argentina redenomination histories
00:56:30 – Unsolved Argentine inflation as Bitcoin’s local engine
00:57:30 – Survival money vs US speculation framing
00:58:00 – Stablecoins for people without savings; volatility honesty
00:59:40 – How to get La Wallet cards; visit La Crypta first
01:01:16 – Open-source docs debt; Q2 worldwide shipping hope
01:02:50 – Fork the stack; NIP-05 + Lightning address domains
01:04:20 – La Crypta cards as first federation; anyone can run one
01:05:00 – Closing: long flights, European meetups, customs jokes
01:06:30 – Updates promised; goodbye
