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Builder Vancouver Launch Event

📅 2025-11-18

🕐 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

📍 Funk Cafe, Vancouver

🏙️ Hosted in Vancouver

Join us for the inaugural Builder Vancouver event! We'll introduce the Builder movement, explore Vancouver's Bitcoin ecosystem, and kick off our monthly meetup series. This is the perfect opportunity to meet fellow builders, learn about our community, and get involved. Events are hosted by local chapters globally—find your nearest chapter or join remotely.

Schedule

6:00 PM
6:30 PM
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Networking & Pizza

Welcome! Grab some pizza, meet fellow builders, and get settled in.

6:30 PM
6:40 PM
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Event Kickoff & Housekeeping

Welcome, thank yous, housekeeping, agenda overview, and community guidelines.

⏱️ 5-10 minutes

6:40 PM
6:50 PM
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Introduction to Builder

Introduction to Builder as a global network and our Vancouver chapter, and what to expect at our meetups.

⏱️ 30-45 minutes

6:50 PM
7:00 PM
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Spiral.xyz and the Bitcoin Merchant Community Website

Mat Balez presents a comprehensive overview of Spiral.xyz and the Bitcoin Merchant Community Website.

⏱️ 45 minutes

7:00 PM
7:10 PM
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Nostr and Building Community in Vancouver

Martin Montero from Rabble Labs presents on Nostr and the community being built in Vancouver.

⏱️ 45 minutes

7:10 PM
7:20 PM
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The Bepsi Machine: Building a Bitcoin Vending Machine

Eric Chennels discusses the tools and techniques used to build the Bepsi machine—a Bitcoin vending machine—and how vibe coding accelerated the development process.

⏱️ 30-45 minutes

7:20 PM
7:30 PM
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Introducing Bitpoints.me – A Bitcoin-native rewards system

JP shares the story of Bitpoints.me, a Bitcoin-native rewards system that transforms traditional loyalty points into sats.

7:30 PM
7:40 PM
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Vibe Coding the Builder Resource Center

How the Builder Ops Team uses structured content, ChatGPT, and Cursor Agents to ship Bitcoin education faster.

⏱️ 30 minutes

7:40 PM
7:50 PM

News Topics Discussion

Discussion of current Bitcoin news topics and developments.

7:50 PM
8:00 PM

Open Floor: Topic Suggestions

Open floor for suggestions and ideas for future discussion topics.

What to Expect

This inaugural event will introduce you to Builder and our Vancouver chapter. We'll cover what Builder is as a global network, why Vancouver is a great Bitcoin builder city (as an example of the many great builder cities worldwide), and what to expect at future meetups. There will be plenty of time for questions, discussion, and networking.

Who Should Attend

Everyone is welcome! Whether you're a seasoned Bitcoin developer, a designer interested in Bitcoin UX, a curious newcomer, or someone building Bitcoin products - there's a place for you in our community.

Getting There

Join us at Funk Cafe in Vancouver. Follow us on social media for updates.

Presenters

Meet the speakers presenting at this event:

Martin Montero

Project Manager

Rabble Labs

Bringing emerging technology to life through the people who use it. Martin translates complex XR and AI concepts into practical solutions that work for real teams and real challenges. With 20 years bridging research, workforce development, and industry implementation, Martin focuses on building technology frameworks that enhance—not replace—human capability.

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JP

Founder

Bitpoints.me

Founder of Bitpoints.me, a Bitcoin-native rewards system that transforms traditional loyalty points into sats. JP manages btlearn.org and built Bitpoints.me from a local coffeeshop hobby project, merging Cashu with Bitchat to create an interoperable, educational rewards platform that teaches people about Bitcoin through familiar UX patterns.

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Discussion Topics

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No discussion topics have been added for this event yet.

Event Sponsors

We are grateful to our sponsors for making this event possible:

Funk Coffee

food and-drink

Local roastery keeping our builders caffeinated with high-quality beans.

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Spiral

technology

Bitcoin-focused team at Block funding open-source development and Lightning builders.

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Presentations

Presentations and talks from this event: