Headed to Madeira for Sovereign Engineering
season S4 · episode 14 · block #885413
synopsis
Ian and Mandana announce they're going to Madeira, Portugal for six weeks to participate in the Sovereign Engineering program. They discuss the Bybit/Ethereum hack (criminals converting to Bitcoin), Bitcoin's price being "on sale," and the philosophy of open-source collaboration vs. Silicon Valley's competitive moat-building. Mandana reflects on never having had unrestricted time off since age 12.
quotes
"$20,000 Bitcoin on sale." (on what it would mean if Bitcoin really crashed)
"There was no project manager. There was no CEO that said, make this happen." (on Zaps evolution)
"I've never, ever not been attached to an institution where I was required to be somewhere at a certain time."
"None of this would have happened without you, Ian. But I also know none of this would have happened without me. So you're very lucky to have me."
"I cannot wait to see what else the universe has in store for us."
topics
Announcing the Madeira trip for Sovereign Engineering Cohort 4The Bybit/Ethereum hack — even criminals prefer Bitcoin over Monero/XRPBitcoin price being "on sale" and family reactions to dipsTesting digital nomad life as a sovereign familyOpen source collaboration philosophy vs. Silicon Valley silosHow Nostr protocol collaboration works (the Zaps evolution story)eCash as a possible alternative to Strike/KYC for the attention marketplaceThe importance of in-person developer collaboration