founder of My First Bitcoin / Based in El Salvador since 2021, moving to New York early 2026 / independent open-source Bitcoin education will change the world
Public Key
npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l Profile Code
nprofile1qqsywnwsaj4jk7amaq90su86s4uzvmhjgyk53pgzjlw5wg7unh543ecpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwwdhx7un59eek7cmfv9kqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqzrrhwden5te0vfexytnfduq3wamnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwvd6hyun9de6zuenedyq36amnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwp6kytnhv4kxcmmjv3jhytnwv46q44gnar
Show more details
Published at
2025-11-06T12:28:39Z Event JSON
{
"id": "2668124c74a4d9227f9c179d9b84946f7d592dcd78d418df687cd37c0abdfd57" ,
"pubkey": "474dd0ecab2b7bbbe80af870fa8578266ef2412d48850297dd4723dc9de958e7" ,
"created_at": 1762432119 ,
"kind": 0 ,
"tags": [],
"content": "{\"name\":\"John Dennehy\",\"nip05\":\"[email protected] \",\"about\":\"founder of My First Bitcoin / Based in El Salvador since 2021, moving to New York early 2026 / independent open-source Bitcoin education will change the world \",\"lud16\":\"[email protected] \",\"display_name\":\"John Dennehy\",\"picture\":\"https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1363120352759537664/M1aRa2QA_400x400.jpg\",\"banner\":\"\"}" ,
"sig": "91f587766451840265158e7222964823afc9c554d5ac9ee421a1a7bb92d67f6a2c694113b8b97cdbfca76ac084071bda4264b227c46c8ba346d7e608ecb2f222"
}
Last Notes npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy yes, we will which is part of why we are adding weekday hikes now (used to just be Sundays) npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Another hike up the volano npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy we did visit a beautiful waterfall npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy This was four years ago and it feels full circle with my trip this week to Bitcoin La Laguna, one of my last before my family and I move out of El Salvador in a few weeks npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy What fascinating tines we live in, just got this message from a friend: npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy This is a global movement npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy this was a great one npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy do you live in El Salvador? have you tried expressing an opinion counter to the state sanctioned narrative here? npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Wonderfully said npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy When a govt agent kills a citizen, the onus is on the govt to bring receipts to justify the death and those receipts should be scrutinized. There is nothing more serious than taking a life npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy https://blossom.primal.net/578e4fd23a51e7903555990e670b78fe5a417599ec7c2af355fceb5a89fd9d89.png I'm back from an amazing few days in Medellin, Colombia npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy At the @nprofile…etup in Medillin, Colombia npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy First trip of 2026! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy 2025 was full of change for me--both professional & personal npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The transition from a local project to a global movement continues at @nprofile…2hav npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Yes. They modernized el boquerón quite a bit. New, well built path up, this view spot, nice and easy cement walkway to a cafe then down npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Relaxing at the top of San Salvador volcano 🌋 npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Yes! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Strange in that I had a govt minder with me at all times, but wonderful in that I had tons of small interactions with people who went out of their way to emphasize that I was welcome npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy I have had the privilege to travel to much of the world, including places such as Venezuela & Iran npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy congrats! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy thats amazing. this morning my toddler said ' i love you dadda' unprompted as he climbed on me and it was everything npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy "Whenever a new theory challenges the dominant worldview, it's natural to seek to reestablish the original order.' npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy IMF loan agreements are very complex and require a lot of background and context to understand npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy had a lot of funning recording this one npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy ....what rhymes with Iraq in 2003? npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Venezuela in 2026 rhymes with Iraq in 2003 npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy In 2009 I took a boat from Barcelona, Venezuela to an island in the Caribbean. The beach looked back over the turquoise waters & onto the continent, where the Andes mountains began, seemingly rising right out of the sea npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy 'From El Salvador to the World' npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy see you in Medellin! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy read this & support #freesamourai npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy i get your point but also think there's plenty of magical things that are actually true. all the time and energy spent of santa can redirected npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy My earlist childhood mememory is discoving Santa isn't real and being enraged with my parents for lying to me npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Had a great time chatting with @nprofile…rjkj npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Source: https://www.imf.org/en/news/articles/2025/12/22/pr25440-el-salvador-imf-staff-statement-on-el-salvador npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The IMF loan to El Salvador is delayed npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Depends on the particular topic npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Good morning from El Salvador! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy yes npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The final 32minutes npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Huge gratitude to Smashtoshi and all of the 128 artists who contributed to the Bitcoin History art book npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy @nprofile…zj6n @nprofile…w2ua @nprofile…cd8v @nprofile…htdw @nprofile…mhjz npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The Bitcoin History book auction, which ends in 6 hours and benefits independent bitcoin education, is incredibly important npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy 17 hours left, current bid 15,000,000 sats npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy 30 hours left, current bid is 14,000,000 sats npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy throwback to a barefoot panel I did last month at @nprofile…eyg6 npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Read mire & bid here: https://scarce.city/auctions/history-of-bitcoin-first-edition npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy In two days an incredible auction ends npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy 2 days left, current bid is 7,250,000 sats npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy 4 days left, current bid is 6,500,000 sats npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The obstacle is the way npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy I got to see this book in person, and wow npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy love this! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy See you at @nprofile…rsqx in NYC on Monday! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy GM! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy this is the way npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Great article from @nprofile…9n0f about the growth of @nprofile…2hav from a local project into a global movement npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Great article in @nprofile…wvc3 npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy This is HUGE news npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy nailed it. Mandami isn't the disease, he's a symptom. so long as the disease you mention exists there will be ever more numerous and potent symptoms npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The largest city in the United States elected a democratic socialist last night npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy "Each stablecoin transaction that settles in USDT extends the dollar system’s reach and perpetuates the weaponization of money... And every Bitcoiner who accepts that trade off helps build a network where decentralization endures mostly as branding." npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Another Sunday hike up San Salvador volcano with my son npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy see you there! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy character assassination is the surest sign that you can't argue on the merits of an idea npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy great listen npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy the problem with self-censorship is that over time it becomes easier npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Bitcoin is money. I strongly believe that's it's most valuable use case npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy A bit more extreme than even this imo but basically this. I don't think we will be willing to make that trade off. Others will make it. To each his own npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy We have two young kids and we want them to grow up in an environment where they can think critically and question authority. El Salvador is great for a lot of things but trending pretty hard in the wrong direction in those topics npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Yes, but we are both pretty bearish on El Salvador tbh npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy She said yes npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy slowly, then suddenly npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Good morning! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy I used the microphone on the baby monitor to talk to my 2 year old yesterday npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Most people don't actually understand what free speech means. They think it means the freedom for them to be free to speak freely but don't make the connection that it means everyone (not just them) npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The revolution will be global npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Every bomb ever made falls on all of us npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy This is the greatest potential of Bitcoin and related tech--to level the balance of power between the the few and the many, between the government and governed npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The unconference is grassroots, high-signal, community-led npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy GM nostr npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Who is working on grassroots Bitcoin education? I want to follow you npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The educators unconference is the most high signal Bitcoin event I have ever been too npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Great bitcoin education initiative in an indigenous community in Colombia! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy El Salvador npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy The beauracracy of birth is crazy npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Another Sunday morning hike up the San Salvador volcano with my son npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy This was a great listen npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Agreed npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy It was the fiat side of the bridge that caused the raid. A 'criminal' that I sold to make a bank transfer from a blacklisted account. Said criminal then set up a shell corp with my bank info to create a false lead for the police to chase npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy When I first got into Bitcoin (2013) it felt like I had found my people. I moved to England and funded grad school there by exploiting arbitrage between GDP & USD Bitcoin exchange rates via p2p selling, but more than the money (which I lost when the police eventually raided my house and seized my assets) the best part was sitting down with hundreds of strangers and chatting while we waited for the transaction to confirm. npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Raising children teaches you so much about yourself, about all of us npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Yes., it is required npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Yes npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy I am the proud father of a second baby boy npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Yes npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy My second child will be born any hour/ day and we are preparing our son to be a big brother npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Good morning from El Salvador npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Thank you! npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l John Dennehy Eh, I haven't changed my opinion much
