Midwest Bitcoin Summit 2026 — Columbus, OH · Sept 23–24, 2026 · Up to 10,000 Bitcoiners expected
Columbus, OH · Sept 23–24, 2026
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PBJ: Bitchat's growing adoption, Future of stablecoins, Bitcoin lending
Show Notes
0:00 Welcome to the Presidio Bitcoin Jam. 1:55 Bitchat, Bitechat, and submitting to the App Store. 8:38 Publishing free and open source applications. 15:15 Does this get us back to the Delete IP debate? 22:17 What will the future look like, bringing together a Chatbot, GitHub, App Stores, and Nostr? 28:39 How to use Bitchat and why we think it's so cool. 33:25 How is this different from Google Buzz or Clubhouse? Will the initial spark fade? 37:16 Bitchat stealthily became the most used Nostr app. 43:58 Other use-cases for Bitchat and as a development platform. 47:53 Thoughts on how to make Bitchat successful and prevent feature crowding. 53:10 Revisiting Stablecoins & Layer 1s from Stripe and Circle. Did Tether on Tron already win? 57:04 How might the banks like JPMorgan react to stablecoins? Is interoperability a necessity? 1:06:10 We still need a Lightning network bridge with the rest of crypto? 1:16:05 How would you even think through how to launch a stablecoin? 1:18:32 Is Strategy's STRC a threat to Tether or cash-backed stablecoins? 1:27:43 If you were a lending platform, would you try to stop people from taking BTC loans to buy more BTC? FOLLOW: Presidio Bitcoin: https://x.com/presidiobitcoin Presidio Bitcoin Substack: https://substack.com/@presidiobitcoin?utm_source=user-menu Steve: https://x.com/moneyball Max: https://x.com/maxawebster DK: https://x.com/dksf