#14 Local Bitcoiners First | Open Markets Podcast

Eric and Sync are joined by Rev Hodl and Reed, the hosts and builders behind Local Bitcoiners, a podcast and growing community focused on finding, building, and strengthening local Bitcoin culture through meetups. We begin with project updates and a follow-up to our conversation with Gzuuus about reliable group communication on Nostr. The group compares CORDN, Armada, 0xChat, Buzz, and other approaches, then explores what Nostr-native community tools still need: dependable notifications, native applications, portable identity, AI agents, and an experience that works without sacrificing the protocol’s open foundations. From there, the conversation moves th...