{"podcast":{"title":"No Solutions","slug":"no-solutions-7206062","podcast_index_feed_id":7206062,"rss_url":"https://sovereignengineering.io/dialogues.xml","website_url":"https://sovereignengineering.io/podcast","image_url":"https://haven.sovereignengineering.io/29995d6f3c18f5cd881519e08a34292ccbd2f0996df288e9b125dea69d259eee.jpg","author":"gigi@sovereignengineering.io (Gigi)","episode_count":31,"summary":"No solutions, only trade-offs. Walking towards a better internet through freedom tech, open protocols, and sovereign engineering.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T10:21:20.446592+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-solutions-7206062"},"episode":{"title":"20: Archipelago Meshtadels w/ Shadrach","slug":"20-archipelago-meshtadels-w-shadrach","published_at":"2026-04-02T16:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-solutions-7206062/20-archipelago-meshtadels-w-shadrach","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-solutions-7206062","url":"https://njump.to/nevent1qqsg9vz65hh6jmhnsw3jdjeqk0fa2qls8dsljs0qjh7q8ntfxlnm4gcremmhp","audio_url":"https://haven.dergigi.com/0b9d8cbbbdd7fcd9dcb9ed84a2046d1e52dadd5c8b65bc79d3ebe050149a1f3d.m4a","summary":"\"Bitcoin doesn't need more believers. Bitcoin needs more understanders.\" Shadrach & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during SEC-07 . Listen on sovereignengineering.io Projects & tech mentioned: Archipelago (sovereign home node and mesh network platform) Archipelago Foundation Archipelago promo video AtoB (interoperable service protocol, co-authored with Gzuuus) Angor (Bitcoin-native crowdfunding; Archipelago placed 2nd in the Angor pitch contest ) Podcasting 2.0 (open podcast ecosystem) #DeMu (decentralized music on Nostr) Fountain (podcasting app with value-for-value) castr.me (Nostr-to-RSS podcast feed) Indie Hub (independent film distribution on Archipelago) Plebeian Market / Shopstr / Conduit (Nostr marketplaces) Zap Store (Nostr-based app store) Fedimint (federated eCash) / Cashu (eCash on Bitcoin) Framework (modular laptop hardware) Meshtastic / Meshcore (mesh networking) Start9 / Umbrel (existing node platforms) GrapheneOS (privacy-focused Android) In this dialogue: The episode opens discussing the podcasting 2.0 publishing workflow: AI models can now generate the XML spec, value splits and all Spencer's idea: every venue gets an npub, the venue starts the live stream rather than the artist Shadrach's #DeMu journey: tried to orange pill Austin musicians, but they were too disillusioned. Pay-to-play venues, Spotify killing label revenue. Value for value as social signaling: free-to-play games make millions from cosmetic skins. Adam Curry gets it -- his listeners aren't listeners, they're producers. Shadrach's path: punk rock DIY ethos to sysadmin, industrial Bitcoin mining in Texas, S9 miners sold for scrap metal The Meshtadel: a network of citadels meshed together. Any node can be taken out and the system routes around the failure. \"I'm here to oran…","meta_description":"\"Bitcoin doesn't need more believers. Bitcoin needs more understanders.\" Shadrach & Gigi take a walk in Madeira. Recorded during SEC-07 . Listen on so…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6220,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/no-solutions-7206062/episodes/20-archipelago-meshtadels-w-shadrach/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/no-solutions-7206062/20-archipelago-meshtadels-w-shadrach.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}