Presentations

Welcome and housekeeping for the Builder Vancouver chapter's launch event, including agenda overview and community guidelines.

A comprehensive introduction to Builder as a global network, covering what Builder is, why Vancouver is a great Bitcoin builder city (as an example), and what to expect at meetups.

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

An exploration of Spiral.xyz's mission and infrastructure, plus the story behind the Bitcoin Merchant Community Website—how it came to life and what it means for Bitcoin commerce.

Martin Montero from Rabble Labs presents on Nostr and how it's being used to build Bitcoin communities, with examples from Vancouver.

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

A Bitcoin-native rewards system born from a coffeeshop hobby project that transforms traditional loyalty points into sats, teaching people about Bitcoin through familiar UX patterns.

An overview of Lightning integration approaches - comparing Spark and self-sovereign Lightning for developers building Bitcoin payment apps.

A hands-on developer demo showing how to integrate Lightning payments using Spark - featuring the Spark Soundboard demo app.