Austin Bitcoin Club (ABC) Presents: Bitcoin Preferred Here We were joined by Parker Lewis, Michael Vaclav (Medici Roasting), and Rancher Sam Moffett (Local Pastures) at Bitcoin Park Austin discussing Square's Bitcoin Payments launch. Learn about the realities of operating a small business, dealing with rising input costs, and how the simplicity of the newest feature from the Square team has made their businesses more resilient. Thanks to all who joined us and made our December ABC an absolute banger. Don't miss a future Bitcoin Park Austin meetup: https://bitcoinpark.com/austin Watch the full meetup on Youtube:
“We need leaders, not managers.” – Sen. Marsha Blackburn From Bitcoin as a strategic reserve to AI governance, we were privileged to be joined by the senator and CEO of CleanSpark, Matt Schultz to kick off Imagine IF diving into why freedom must be at the center of innovation. Watch the full conversation on our Bitcoin Park YouTube:
‘I can’t take the argument that Bitcoin is zero seriously anymore.’ It’s pristine collateral. It trades 24/7. You can liquidate it on weekends. Listen to Stephan Livera and Rory Murray discuss Bitcoin as a treasury asset at CTS25. Read our full Bitcoin Custody in 2025 White Paper: bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper Watch the full conversation:
“Imagine if your memories could be edited.” @Marks of @Maple AI asked how AI could reshape thought itself, at Bitcoin Park’s recent Imagine IF Summit. Because AI can already nudge what you see and how you feel, the idea of impacting our very thoughts creates what he calls subconscious censorship. Marks warns this could come for freedom of thought itself. His answer: open systems, verifiable code, and sunlight as disinfectant. Watch the full conversation on our BP YouTube channel:
Bitcoin works because its supply cannot change. Everything else flows from that. At Imagine IF, Rapha Zagury explained to Parker Lewis, what it was like growing up in Brazil and watching grocery prices rise throughout the day. When you live through that, you understand why predictable money matters. Proof of work transforms electricity into certainty and sustainability. Watch the full fireside chat on YouTube: Catch the full panel on Bitcoin Park's YouTube:
Sean Bill didn't mince words. He's looking to help @Blockstream create the Berkshire Hathaway of Bitcoin by managing an active treasury and helping find efficiencies in the market to increase their Bitcoin treasury. He sat down with @preston to talk about the real-world use cases of a Bitcoin treasury at CTS25 Read our full custody whitepaper: https://bitcoinpark.com/custody-whitepaper Stay informed on all things freedom tech—register for our daily email at
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On the Imagine IF stage, @npub1n3sj...te5l a simple challenge: Just try accessing a permissionless, censorship-resistant network that has no borders… You won’t go back. He likened Bitcoin to having children: pre-experience fears are real, but the post-experience perspective is richer and truer. Yes, disruptive tech carries risks, just like cars did too. But fear, tribalism, and politicization blind us to what new technologies unlock in human flourishing. Watch the full Imagine IF We Didn't Fear Innovation keynote:
We rushed in wide-eyed and optimistic. Free email, social media, cloud storage—it felt like a gift. Only later did we realize the bargain we’d made: in exchange for convenience, we handed over our most intimate asset: our data. Big Tech didn’t just connect the world; it learned to watch, predict, and monetize every click. Now, as AI takes center stage, Mark Suman sees the same trap being laid. This time, it isn’t just freedom of speech at stake, but freedom of thought itself. AI systems don’t only answer questions; they shape the ones we ask. That’s why Mark co-founded Maple AI—to prove that another path exists. One where AI can serve people without watching them. One where privacy isn’t an afterthought, but the foundation. Maple is showing that intelligence itself can be free from surveillance. At Imagine IF, Mark will challenge us to remember the lessons of the internet age, and refuse to give away our minds as easily as we gave away our data. Learn more about Imagine IF on Sept. 19-20:
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Imagine IF 2026 - Bitcoin, AI, Energy & Freedom Tech Summit
Join the most curious and capable minds shaping Bitcoin, AI, energy, and freedom tech at Imagine IF 2026. An intimate summit in Nashville.