Building Community with Physical Bitcoin Spaces

Billy is a Bitcoin educator passionate about community building and Bitcoin-focused investments. He began his career as a data analyst at Gong, a $7B AI-driven sales tech unicorn in Silicon Valley. He is currently active as a Bitcoin educator, demonstrating his interest in building the Bitcoin community by writing newsletters and producing YouTube content for his followers since 2020. He is also an investor, focusing on analyzing and investing in Bitcoin-focused companies. Today, he is especially interested in driving Bitcoin adoption through community efforts and promoting Bitcoin corporate adoption

Leading Fulgur’s Japan initiatives since 2021. Recently launched Tokyo Bitcoin Base—a physical hub to unite Bitcoiners in Satoshi’s homeland. Co-organizer of Bitcoin Tokyo conference. Japanese translator of The Bitcoin Standard, The Bullish Case for Bitcoin, The Little Bitcoin Book, and Check Your Financial Privilege. Creator of educational resources lostinbitcoin.jp.

Jimmy Kostro, Founding Partner of Bitcoin Chiang Mai, is a seasoned entrepreneur, founder, and investor with a passion for impact. He established the Bitcoin Learning Center, one of Asia’s largest and most active Bitcoin hubs, and the first to collaborate with local city government and major academic institutions.

With 12 years as CEO of a Meal Plan Delivery, a company that scaled to 24 major U.S. markets at its peak, Jimmy brings extensive expertise to his ventures. His vision is to expand Bitcoin education across all 11 Southeast Asian countries, using Chiang Mai, Thailand, as the central hub to empower communities through knowledge.

Piccolo is the Founder and Curator of BOB Space, a Bitcoin-only incubator and community space focused on freedom tech tools and education. BOB stands for "Build On Bitcoin" and BOB Space has its headquarters in Bangkok with a satellite location in Chiangmai in conjunction with the Bitcoin Learning Center there. In addition to organizing local meetups, Bitdevs and workshops, BOB Space also runs a Residency Program aimed at supporting and enabling open source developers building on Bitcoin, Lightning, ecash and Nostr.