The Hive is back! 🐝 We’re catching up after the Midwest Bitcoin Summit in Columbus, Ohio, talking Bitcoin community, open commerce, and what happens when your internet friends finally become friends in real life.
Join Staci, Big G, Brett Hansen (Bcuz), and Killer ₿, plus a surprise appearance from Jeeves, for another episode of Hive Minded. From KB meeting the crew for the first time to opening Based Trading Cards and showing off FUGUM hats, there’s plenty to catch up on.
We also get into the real-world side of Bitcoin adoption: buying from independent merchants, paying sellers directly, and making Bitcoin useful at conferences, local meetups, and markets. Staci shares her experience running the Conduit booth and helping people see what open commerce can look like in practice.
In this episode:
⚡ Conduit, direct Bitcoin payments, and shopping at live events
🎨 Bitcoin artists, authors, makers, and supporting their work
📚 Selling books directly and the trade-offs of using big platforms
🪙 Pricing products in sats versus dollars
🤝 Online friendships, showing up for each other, and finding your people
🎤 Summit panels, Bitcoin Black Sheep, and being yourself
😂 After-party stories, inside jokes, and our traditional music-video reaction that goes completely off the rails
Stick around for the laughs. If you’ve seen Hive Minded before, you know the conversation can go just about anywhere.
CHAPTERS
00:00 The Hive is back
01:42 Killer ₿ meets the crew in person
04:53 FUGUM hats and summit finds
07:59 Based Trading Cards and opening packs
13:29 Bitcoin Black Sheep and being yourself
23:04 Bitcoin artists, books, and creators
24:15 Conduit and Bitcoin commerce in action
34:22 Selling books directly: convenience and trade-offs
37:41 Pricing in sats versus dollars
43:07 Friendship, community, and showing up
58:13 Jeeves joins the Hive
1:05:37 Summit after-party stories
1:18:00 The music-video reaction begins
1:58:07 What Hive Minded is all about
2:08:54 Wrapping up and the next reunion
💬 Have you met your Bitcoin friends in person yet? Tell us about it in the comments.
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Disclosure: Staci is Head of Community at Conduit.