Monthly Round Up 5: Beyond The Bull Run
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The episode revisits a live panel discussing the underlying advancements in Bitcoin infrastructure and adoption despite a flat price in 2025.
We revisit a live panel from Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town and argue that 2025’s flat price masked a deeper bull run in infrastructure, adoption, and freedom tech. Builders pushed Lightning, open-source mining, Nostr, and circular economies while institutions edged in. • sideways price as distraction from real adoption • Lightning capacity, routing, and L2 experimentation advancing • Stratum V2 and open-source miners aiding decentralisation • living on Bitcoin through retail payments and remitt...
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