Intro This show is hosted by we 3 gentlemen. The ever pessimistic, Doomer Dash. The overly contemplative, meta Mike. And me, the always affable and amicable Andy.   Value for value plug 1,000 sats Japan segment: Dash 1: Japanese can no longer afford to go overseas?  > Outbound travel numbers stuck at 30% of pre covid as passport holders drop to 17% of population.  2: Foreigners living in Japan reaches record 3million. > Half from China, Vietnam, Korea. 2.5% of population foreign born. Compares ot 17% UK, 14% US.  3: Fintech services offering banking for foreigners in Japan 4: Government/ corporate push to normalize wage payments to fintech apps such as PayPay. Builder segment:  Geyser fund Mission statement Play a part in world-changing ideas by contributing to them and launching them on Geyser! What is Geyser # Transform your Bitcoin ideas into real-life projects, Through the support of your community. Geyser is a lightning-native crowdfunding platform that makes it easy for online creators to launch their projects, engage their global community and monetize.  Why use Geyser? 1. **Borderless**: anyone anywhere can crowdfund their projects. 2. **Easy to use**: making it easy for anyone to setup without ever having owned a wallet. 3. **Engaging**: post entries that let’s you update and engage your contributors.   4. **Censorship-resistant:** owners of the campaign are given the means to own their funds. 5. **Interoperable**: fund from any wallets to news to podcast apps. Who has custody of the funds?** Geyser is non-custodial crowdfunding platform. We help creators to connect their nodes and take no ownership of the funds: Creators who connect with their `node` have full control of their funds. Creators who connect with their `lightning address` may be running a node or may be using their custodial lightning wallets. In this latter case Geyser solely provides the infrastructure for routing payments and the lightning wallet is the custodian. geyser.fund @geyserfund Main topic: reading and commenting on Yarvin Bitvana or the bitcaust https://graymirror.substack.com/p/bitvana-or-the-bitcaust?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=49766&post_id=109473385&isFreemail=true&utm_medium=email Pick up at “the road to bitvana” Outro: Find us on Twitter/nostr @tokyocitadel Online tokyocitadel.com Support us on fountain app with a 1,000 sat boost Building sovereignty, privacy and hope into the tokyo citadel.