Ep. 34

VanCity Inflation Mints Meetups w/Kurtis and Fustler: Vancouver, BC | Ep. 034

October 28, 2026

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Rev and Reed head to the Pacific Northwest for the first of several Vancouver episodes, sitting down with Fustler and Kurtis of BTC Vancity to hear how a meetup that hoped for ten people drew sixty-plus on day one and now lives at Kurtis’s Funk Coffee Bar. They dig into why Vancouver became such a Bitcoin hub, from decades of housing inflation and the trucker convoy to CoinOS onboarding more than 200 local merchants, the 100%-Bitcoin Block Party, and the night then-mayor Ken Sim called the meetup to rally speakers at City Hall. In the value-for-value segment, the hosts read boosts on value-for-value music, AI content on nostr and why the boosts, not the download numbers, are the signal that matters.

Reed's Meetup: westernmassbitcoin.com

Rev's Meetup: South Bend Bitcoin Meetup: Meets the First Thursday of Every Month at Lang Lab 6:30pm Eastern Time

Vancouver Meetup: https://luma.com/btcvancity

Funk Coffee: https://funk.coffee/

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Do you run a meetup and want to talk about it with us? Want more information about Grassroots Bitcoin or the quarterly meetup organizer calls? Reach out to us: [email protected]

Find or contribute information on how to start, run or grow your meetup here: https://github.com/Reeds-Agent-Team/Bitcoin-Meetups

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