20: Archipelago Meshtadels w/ Shadrach

April 2, 2026 · 1h 44m

About this episode

Gigi and Shadrach discuss Bitcoin, mesh networking, and the evolving landscape of podcasting.

"Bitcoin doesn't need more believers. Bitcoin needs more understanders." Shadrach & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during SEC-07 . Listen on sovereignengineering.io Projects & tech mentioned: Archipelago (sovereign home node and mesh network platform) Archipelago Foundation Archipelago promo video AtoB (interoperable service protocol, co-authored with Gzuuus) Angor (Bitcoin-native crowdfunding; Archipelago placed 2nd in the Angor pitch contest ) Podcasting 2.0 (open podcast ecosystem) #DeMu (decentralized music on Nostr) Fountain (podcasting app with value-for-value) castr.me (Nostr-to-RSS podcast feed) Indie Hub (independent film distribution on Archipelago) Plebeian Market / Shopstr / Conduit (Nostr marketplaces) Zap Store (Nostr-based app store) Fedimint (federated eCash) / Cashu (eCash on Bitcoin) Framework (modular laptop hardware) Meshtastic / Meshcore (mesh networking) Start9 / Umbrel (existing node platforms) GrapheneOS (privacy-focused Android) In this dialogue: The episode opens discussing the podcasting 2.0 publishing workflow: AI models can now generate the XML spec, value splits and all Spencer's idea: every venue gets an npub, the venue starts the…

People in this episode

Host: Gigi

Guest: Shadrach

Topics covered

Bitcoin
podcasting
mesh networking
decentralization
crowdfunding
value-for-value

Keywords

Bitcoin
podcasting 2.0
mesh network
Archipelago
crowdfunding
decentralized music
value-for-value

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Archipelago, Archipelago Foundation, AtoB, Angor, Podcasting 2.0, Fountain, castr.me, Indie Hub, Plebeian Market, Shopstr