The Saigon Bitcoin Community is preparing to organize the next Satoshi Flea Market on July 20th - maybe a good time to plan for a visit if you're in the wider region.

➡️ https://bitcoinsaigon.org/support-upcoming-satoshi-flea-market-saigon-summer-2025/



What we are currently looking for:


1) Bitcoin-aligned vendors

If you know any vendors in/around Saigon who share the Bitcoin ethos - low time preference, high-quality goods, and long-term thinking - and who might be interested in taking a booth, please reach out & we'll connect them with our orga team. We still have a few booth spots open.

2) Donations

The event is run on a non-commercial basis. While we charge a small booth fee (~$20), it doesn’t cover the full cost of organizing.
We’re aiming to raise a total of ~1 million sats to avoid running the event at a loss. Any contribution is welcome!

—> https://bitcoinsaigon.org/donate-satoshis





3) Spread the word

Let your orange friends - online and offline - know about the event so our vendors get a good turnout.
As the announcement mentions, though: please be considerate - we explicitly do not want to attract the usual "crypto crowd" in Vietnam, as they’re not the type of people or audience we enjoy interacting with. 🙂

—> https://x.com/BitcoinSaigon/status/1930934861352636770
—> https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs94kxzfns96xz778fv88grlkkh4gtj45l0n0ffcaa277n63je8apg7pphtr

Erinnerung an morgen fuer alle Frankfurter & Leute in Rhein-Main!

...nach den Sommer Meetups geht es ab September wieder nach drinnen:

2024 Li Xi Campaign fundraiser launched:



---> https://bitcoinsaigon.org/donate-satoshis

Das naechste Meetup in FFM rueckt naeher, dieses Mal mit einigen technischen Hochkaraetern am Start.

Mittlerweile bereits ueber 3 Monate an Kosten gecovered dank Community donations via Geyser.

Danke an alle fuer die Contributions - jeder Sat hilft das monatliche Meetup am Laufen zu halten 

Reminder an heute abend - die naechste Frankfurter Runde steigt in der Zentrale.

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Im Oktober geht's weiter - in einer Woche wie schon zu guten alten Zeiten in der Zentrale FFM:


...und wer den einen oder anderen Sat uebrig hat - die Community hat auch ihren eigenen Geyser Fundraiser um etwaige Kosten (Raummiete etc.) abzudecken:

Update Announcement zur Ausrichtung der Gruppe/des Meetups:

Erinnerung an das naechste Meetup - in 2 Tagen! 

Bài viết chất lượng đến từ Hugo Nguyen bàn về các lỗi thiết kế nền tảng của hệ thống Proof-of-Stake - đã được dịch sang Tiếng Việt!


https://news.bitcoinvn.io/proof-of-stake-tu-duy-ky-thuat-sai-lam/

---> https://bitcoinsaigon.org/after-lockdown-interview-robin-baba-kitchen/

Since the lockdown in Saigon has been extended for another 2 weeks ( https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Vietnam-extends-Ho-Chi-Minh-City-lockdown-as-COVID-rages ), so have been the relief efforts supported by the community.

If you are looking to contribute a few Sats, all available donation options are listed here (Onchain or Lightning both enabled):

https://bitcoinsaigon.org/donate-satoshis





Regular updates can also be found via the Community account on Twitter: www.twitter.com/BitcoinSaigon

That's fair enough - there's indeed (as always) people who look to take advantage of a desperate situation, so proper due diligence is certainly warranted.

That said, if it helps in terms of DD:

Receipts/updates are all regularly posted on the Twitter account of the Community:

https://twitter.com/BitcoinSaigon/status/1435787091648999427

...and you can directly check-in with Robin of Baba's that funds end up indeed with him:

https://www.facebook.com/robin.deepu.9699

No offense taken - better to make sure your Sats end up at the right place. 

As some of you might be aware, Vietnam has been hit tremendously hard economically from various lockdown measures this year.



Effectively most business had to stop operating since May/June or were only allowed to keep producing at very limited scale.

https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/data-speaks/pandemic-impacts-survey-finds-62-percent-losing-jobs-4349806.html

At the height of the lockdown measures military was deployed in the streets of Saigon - and leaving the house even for the purpose of obtaining food was not allowed any longer for a full 2 weeks.

Many poorer families in precarious work situation have exhausted their savings by now and the help provided by government-sponsored handouts is not sufficient in many places.

Over the past week's Robin and his team of Baba's Kitchen have been serving the most vulnerable inhabitants of the city with tens of thousands of meals; all financed out of their own pocket or via donations from the community.



The local Bitcoin Community in Saigon, which has been regularly holding their meetups at Baba's before the lockdowns is currently organizing a fundraiser to support the efforts by Robin and his team - so far over 5,500 meals have been sponsored by Bitcoiners near & far.



If you would like to contribute to the relief efforts by the community in Saigon - you can do so here:

https://bitcoinsaigon.org/donate-satoshis
(Lightning possible!)

All funds donated for the length of the lockdowns will be utilized to support the ongoing efforts of Robin & his team.

Auch in Frankfurt steigt mal wieder was