Monthly Round Up 5: Beyond The Bull Run

About this episode

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...

People in this episode

Host: Gavin

Topics covered

• Bitcoin
• bull run
• infrastructure
• adoption
• freedom tech
• Lightning Network
• decentralization

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• bull run
• infrastructure
• adoption
• Lightning
• open-source mining
• Nostr
• circular economies
• decentralization
• retail payments

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lightning, Nostr, Stratum V2

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