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Call for Crowdfunding - Tết lì xì Campaign 2025

In 2022, 2023 and 2024 the Saigonese Bitcoin Community organized - following the lead example set by the Bitcoiner Crew from Hong Kong - a classic Lì xì (“lucky money”) campaign.

In Community, Nov 18, 2024

Satoshi Flea Market Saigon - Christmas Edition 2024 - 8th of December

Ho ho ho! It’s that time of year again - Satoshi Claus is coming to town, and he’s spreading the holiday cheer with a Satoshi Christmas Flea Market in Saigon.

In Community, Nov 05, 2024

Satoshi Flea Market Saigon - Christmas Edition?

TL, DR: We hope to bring about another version of the Saigon Satoshi Flea Market later this year - you can help make that happen by donating here.

In Community, Aug 16, 2024

First Bitcoin Conference in Japan - Bitcoin Tokyo 2024 (21st and 22nd of September 2024)

TL, DR: Ticketing for Bitcoin Tokyo 2024 is open (Lightning accepted) - early bird tickets only available until July 4th!

In Community, Jun 27, 2024

Inaugural Satoshi Flea Market Saigon - 28th of July 2024

After a long hiatus, the Bitcoin Saigon community resurfaces with its first public event of the year:

In Community, Jun 18, 2024

Location Revue - Big Pig BBQ

2021 - another year, another round of Corona-related shutdowns and “stay home” orders.

In Community, Sep 01, 2021

Lockdown in Saigon - Baba’s Kitchen delivering 400 meals per day for the poor (and how you can support them!)

As Vietnam currently gets ravaged by another round of lockdowns which have especially detrimental effects on the city’s inhabitants in more precarious living & working circumstanc...

In Community, Aug 14, 2021

Interview Simon (Mempool.space)

If you have attended any of the recent Bitcoin meetups in Saigon, you most likely had also the chance to meet and converse with Simon, who has dedicated his time now since a few years...

In Community, Apr 22, 2021

Reduction of Facebook Online Presence

Dear Bitcoin Saigon community,

In Community, Apr 11, 2021

Location revue - Tippy’s

While the Corona-related shutdowns and “stay home” orders might be causing inconveniences to some of us given the inability to follow our regular lifestyle choices to the same degree;...

In Community, Mar 13, 2021

Stephan Livera Podcast 245 with Simon & Wiz of Mempool.space

If you have attended any of the recent Bitcoin Saigon meetups then most likely you had the lucky chance to exchange your thoughts about the future of the Bitcoin Ecosystem with Simon ...

In Community, Feb 05, 2021

Cryptoeconomics by Eric Voskuil - now available as Paperback & Amazon Kindle version

Eric Voskuil - Libbitcoin Lead Maintainer, Lead Organizer of the CryptoEcon event and past Bitcoin Saigon guest speaker - has released his collected writings on the matter of Bitcoin ...

In Community, Feb 04, 2021

Interview with LNTXBot Creator Fiatjaf

If you are following the developments around the Lightning Network and are an active user of the Telegram Messenger, there is a good chance that you have heard by now of LNTXBot.

In Community, Feb 01, 2021

DIY Node

Which is currently the best Node software for Raspberry Pi?

In Community, Nov 24, 2020

Bitcoin Saigon at BitcoinMagazine Happy Hour (recording available now)

On Friday, 13.11.20, BitcoinMagazine hosted one of their regular “Bitcoin Happy Hour” podcasts; this time around with two well-known guests from the Bitcoin Saigon Community.

In Community, Nov 19, 2020

Bitcoin BlackFriday 2020! (Interview John Riggins - BitcoinMagazine)

What started out in 2012 with very humble beginnings as a grassroots initiative from some active Bitcointalk members and just a few dozen participating Bitcoin merchants, has grown ov...

In Community, Nov 12, 2020

LNTXBOT - a Lightning Wallet for every Telegram User

Update 18.01.23: LNTXBot is announced to sunset by its creator Fiatjaf. All LNTXBot users are encouraged to withdraw their remaining Sats from LNTXBot. Fiatjaf’s main focus has shift...

In Community, Nov 10, 2020

Public Bitcoin Saigon Telegram Announcement Channel

With the increasing censorship on most major “BigTech”-owned Social Media platforms, we are offering from now on also a Telegram Announcement channel for any news from the Community.

In Community, Oct 28, 2020

Bitcoin Saigon Lightning Node upgraded to Version 0.11.1 Beta

Thanks to the relentless work by our community member Tomo and Albert the community node has been upgraded to the most recent version of 0.11.1 beta.

In Community, Oct 15, 2020

Global Online Meetup (Sep 2020) - Recording live!

With the first iteration of the Global Online Meetup organized by the Greek Community now a few days behind us, we have used the time to ready the full recording for those of you who ...

In Community, Sep 25, 2020

Global Bitcoin Meetup - Agenda

Global Bitcoin Meetup Agenda / 19th September 2020

In Community, Sep 07, 2020

Interview with Monis - Organizer of Global Bitcoin Meetup September 2020

Monis of the Greek Crypto Community is the leading force behind pulling together and organizing the upcoming Global Online Bitcoin Meetup on September 19th.

In Community, Aug 28, 2020

Global Bitcoin Meetup

Global Bitcoin Meetup / 19th September 2020

In Community, Aug 20, 2020

Cryptoeconomics Book Auction Winner

Winner announcement -“Cryptoeconomics Book Auction”

In Community, Jul 09, 2020

Industrial Bitcoin Mining Show Notes

“Industrial Bitcoin Mining” - Online Meetup (29.05.20) - Show notes

In Community, Jun 08, 2020

Interview with F2Pool's Thomas Heller

Interview Thomas Heller (F2Pool)

In Community, May 27, 2020

Industrial Bitcoin Mining after the Halving and beyond

“Industrial Bitcoin Mining after the Halving and beyond” (29.05.20 - Online Event)

In Community, May 26, 2020

10th Anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day!

10th Anniversary of Bitcoin Pizza Day!

In Community, May 19, 2020

First Online Meetup

Bitcoin Saigon Online Meetup (30.04.20) - Shownotes

In Community, May 15, 2020

CryptoEcon Book Auction

CryptoEconomics - Book Auction

In Community, May 04, 2020

Bitcoin Saigon - 1st Online Meetup - 30.04.2020

While the current situation around the Coronavirus has made our regular weekly meetups for our local Bitcoin community impossible for the time, we are looking forward to offering an o...

In Community, Apr 23, 2020

Location Review - Italiani's Pizza

Italiani’s Pizza

In Community, Apr 21, 2020

Lightning Network News - March 2020

Lightning Network News Episode II

In Community, Mar 21, 2020

Interviewing David Bailey of Bitcoin Magazine / Bitcoin2020

Update March 7: Bitcoin2020 conference has been officially postponed due to the Coronavirus sitution.More details

In Community, Mar 04, 2020

CryptoEcon 2020 - Interview with Samuel Patterson

CryptoEcon 2020 - Interview Sam Patterson (Co-Founder OpenBazaar)

In Community, Feb 25, 2020

Interviewing Steve Barbour - Owner of UpstreamData

CryptoEcon 2020 - Interview Steve Barbour (Owner UpstreamData)

In Community, Feb 18, 2020

Lightning Network News #1

Bitcoin Saigon - Lightning Network NewsFebruary 2020 - Episode I

In Community, Feb 17, 2020

CryptoEcon 2020 - Interview with Roman Snitko (CTO Hodl Hodl)

Thanks to the efforts of Eric Voskuil and Libbitcoin Institute Vietnam has the honour to host the very first CryptoEcon conference - happening at the end of this month in Vietnam’s bu...

In Community, Feb 07, 2020

CryptoEcon 2020 - Interview Eric Voskuil (Libbitcoin Lead Developer)

CryptoEcon 2020 - Interview Eric Voskuil (Libbitcoin Lead Developer)

In Community, Feb 03, 2020

Fabian Jahr interviewed by Bitcoin Saigon

Fabian Jahr Interview - Bitcoin Saigon

In Community, Jan 31, 2020

Chaincode Meetup

Besides our regular weekly meetups - we have in February a special Bitcoin Saigon meetup coming up again!Fabian Jahr (Chaincode Labs residency alumni) is leading, in the style of the ...

In Community, Jan 24, 2020

Bitcoin Saigon partners up with Bitcoin2020 conference

While the amount of “Blockchain” and “Crypto” events has been exploding over the years many pioneer Bitcoiners who attended the early Bitcoin conferences in London, Prague, San Jose, ...

In Community, Jan 02, 2020

Bitcoin Saigon Five Year Anniversary - The Afternoon Sessions - Video out now!

Five Years Bitcoin Saigon - two days packed with deep discussionaround the past, present, and future of Bitcoin on various topics suchas privacy, scaling, data transparency, and resil...

In Community, Dec 30, 2019

Bitcoin Saigon Five Year Anniversary - The Morning Sessions - Video out now!

Five Years Bitcoin Saigon - two days packed with deep discussionaround the past, present, and future of Bitcoin on various topics suchas privacy, scaling, data transparency, and resil...

In Community, Dec 26, 2019

CryptoEcon 2020 in Hanoi - The Bitcoin-centric event of the year in Vietnam!

After several months of preparation this week saw finally the official announcement of CryptoEcon 2020 in Hanoi, which by all measures will likely be the unmatched Bitcoin-centric eve...

In Community, Dec 23, 2019

Bitcoin Saigon Five Year Anniversary recap video - OUT NOW

Five Years Bitcoin Saigon - it was two days packed with deep discussion around the past, present, and future of Bitcoin on various topics such as privacy, scaling, data transparency, ...

In Community, Dec 20, 2019

Welcome to Bitcoin Saigon!

Bitcoin Saigon is the original home of the city’s Bitcoin community since 2014. Also, serving as a base for overseas experts and Bitcoin fans who visit, the group has held more than 1...

In Community, Dec 10, 2019

5 Year Party BBQ

The anniversary event is over - but the memories stay!

In Community, Nov 30, 2019

5 Year Anniversary of Bitcoin Saigon

Bitcoin Saigon community is celebrating it’s five year anniversary - and many special guests from all across Asia are flying in to celebrate with us!

In Community, Nov 01, 2019

Bitcoin Saigon at Barcamp Saigon

Bitcoin Saigon community members participated in Barcamp Saigon this year.

In Community, Oct 06, 2019

Find us on Meetup.com

Bitcoin Saigon is the original home of the city’s Bitcoin community since 2014. Also, serving as a base for overseas experts and Bitcoin fans who visit, the group has held more than ...

In Community, Oct 01, 2019