1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,820 The life of a Bitcoiner can improve a lot if you understand this concept of a gambare, 2 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:13,000 which is do your effort, proof of work, give your best. 3 00:00:13,820 --> 00:00:17,900 Looking forward for a guest. 4 00:00:17,900 --> 00:00:24,240 Looking forward to a guest to do an episode of Life with Bitcoin someday. 5 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:40,920 Today we have a special episode on Live with Bitcoin at Tokyo Bitcoin Base. 6 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:45,500 I'm really interested in learning what Japanese Bitcoin community is doing. 7 00:00:45,500 --> 00:00:46,500 Let's check it out. 8 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:47,760 Come with me. 9 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:55,000 Here we are, have a signature Satoshi statue in front of the Bitcoin sign. 10 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:58,380 Today we have Alada-san joining us from the Tokyo Bitcoin Base. 11 00:00:58,380 --> 00:01:00,140 Alara-san, nice to see you. 12 00:01:00,340 --> 00:01:02,020 And then thank you for hosting us. 13 00:01:02,260 --> 00:01:04,900 Would you mind giving us a tour at the Tokyo Bitcoin Base? 14 00:01:05,020 --> 00:01:05,940 Let's go and take a look. 15 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:07,540 Here we are at the entrance. 16 00:01:08,380 --> 00:01:11,380 We have the companies that have dedicated offices. 17 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:13,840 You'll probably recognize some of the brands. 18 00:01:14,540 --> 00:01:17,100 The Tokyo Bitcoin Base is more than just a place. 19 00:01:17,300 --> 00:01:18,460 It's a living network. 20 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,340 A hub where ideas meet purpose. 21 00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:24,180 Where education turns into inspiration. 22 00:01:24,940 --> 00:01:28,360 And where collaborations become the foundation for change. 23 00:01:28,380 --> 00:01:37,440 here is the place where we have activities networking events every first friday of the 24 00:01:37,440 --> 00:01:43,620 month we have tbb first friday people just hang around here we have some snacks on the table and 25 00:01:43,620 --> 00:01:50,120 you can talk about anything you like but this is the shop of tbb the souvenirs we have at 26 00:01:50,120 --> 00:01:56,920 tokyo bitcoin base and this is a partner shop called lightning base now of course you can pay 27 00:01:56,920 --> 00:02:03,720 involved with lightning. We have some not only some t-shirts but also some 28 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,420 hardware wallets. 29 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:15,440 This is a space where we have some gifts that are brought by visitors. We are all 30 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,920 Satoshi. 31 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:23,100 At Tokyo Bitcoin Base you can find a lot of information about Bitcoin from the 32 00:02:23,100 --> 00:02:27,640 latest issue of Bitcoin Magazine to the absolute classic, the Bitcoin standard. 33 00:02:28,320 --> 00:02:33,960 Here we have some books that have been translated to Japanese and many of them have been translated 34 00:02:33,960 --> 00:02:41,660 by Teruko Neriki. She is, for example, the translator of the VJ book, The Bullish Case 35 00:02:41,660 --> 00:02:47,460 for Bitcoin. Here is the co-working room. We have another co-working room for meetings. 36 00:02:47,460 --> 00:02:55,540 Behind you we have a gaming center where you can play ZBD games and earn Bitcoin as your prize. 37 00:02:56,220 --> 00:03:01,440 So when we have visitors, we encourage them if they have some time to get some console, 38 00:03:01,740 --> 00:03:06,160 we can play together and then we explain to people who are not very familiar with Lightning 39 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:09,780 how they can redeem the Bitcoin at the end of the game. 40 00:03:10,260 --> 00:03:15,120 Okay, and here we have a very interesting model for a circular economy. 41 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:21,120 the basic explanation is that with electricity you can be powering Bitcoin mining. 42 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:37,224 Many people have a wrong concept a wrong idea that the use of energy by Bitcoin is harmful but actually it only makes sense to use energy that is not being used by other people so you can get it at cheaper prices or 43 00:03:37,224 --> 00:03:45,544 sustainable energy and even the heating and the gas that is as produced by as a byproduct can be 44 00:03:45,544 --> 00:03:53,704 used to improve the ecosystem and also be composting. So we have a full model. 45 00:03:54,144 --> 00:03:57,324 And didn't know there's an upstairs of the second plug. 46 00:03:57,404 --> 00:04:02,524 Yes, that's the place where we have some meeting rooms and also some of the companies have a 47 00:04:02,524 --> 00:04:07,724 dedicated office. And in November, we're going to have the Bitcoin Japan conference. So if you 48 00:04:07,724 --> 00:04:15,204 are able to come to Japan in 23 of November, we're going to have the Beagle. That's the Dev Day 49 00:04:15,204 --> 00:04:21,424 event, very technical. You can only buy your tickets with Bitcoin Lightning. The 24th of 50 00:04:21,424 --> 00:04:27,104 November, we're going to have Bitcoin Japan. This is more for a wider public, people who are 51 00:04:27,104 --> 00:04:32,524 interested in Bitcoin as a way to protect your savings, people are interested in investment, 52 00:04:32,884 --> 00:04:40,244 in corporate treasury investment strategies. And this event is going to be happening in the 53 00:04:40,244 --> 00:04:44,164 Tokyo Station Hotel. 54 00:04:44,704 --> 00:04:47,924 It is on the station of the Tokyo Station. 55 00:04:49,024 --> 00:04:51,824 Hundreds of thousands of people walk around there every day. 56 00:04:52,244 --> 00:04:54,864 And even if you do not have a ticket for the event, 57 00:04:55,024 --> 00:04:57,964 there's going to be the expo area that's going to be open for the public. 58 00:04:58,784 --> 00:05:01,164 And there's going to be many interesting things about Bitcoin, 59 00:05:01,424 --> 00:05:03,684 including Enup is going to be showing. 60 00:05:04,464 --> 00:05:06,584 Enup is a company involved in fashion. 61 00:05:06,584 --> 00:05:09,604 And they're going to be revealing their product line, 62 00:05:09,604 --> 00:05:12,364 that is related to Bitcoin, they can visit. 63 00:05:12,564 --> 00:05:13,184 They're going to be welcome. 64 00:05:14,464 --> 00:05:20,384 Also, in Japanese language, we have a panel of the history of Bitcoin, 65 00:05:20,524 --> 00:05:22,844 some of the events that are very important in Japan. 66 00:05:23,344 --> 00:05:26,784 But I can show you the panels over there in English language, 67 00:05:27,624 --> 00:05:28,944 along with the white paper. 68 00:05:29,724 --> 00:05:35,164 And here is our library of books that are related to Bitcoin, 69 00:05:35,364 --> 00:05:36,844 directly and indirectly. 70 00:05:36,844 --> 00:05:40,944 and you can just grab a chair and enjoy the books here. 71 00:05:41,324 --> 00:05:42,424 TBB Connections. 72 00:05:42,604 --> 00:05:47,264 TBB Connections is when we receive some very famous people in Bitcoin. 73 00:05:47,864 --> 00:05:50,324 We have an opportunity of interacting, talking to them. 74 00:05:50,924 --> 00:05:54,384 So people who are the tenants in offices here, 75 00:05:54,984 --> 00:05:56,184 they have free access. 76 00:05:56,384 --> 00:05:57,884 They can go there and participate. 77 00:05:58,884 --> 00:06:01,544 And that's another reason for you to join us 78 00:06:01,544 --> 00:06:04,384 if you are working with Bitcoin in Japan. 79 00:06:04,384 --> 00:06:15,724 so maybe you know this brand of coffee very special one being of fire directly from El Salvador 80 00:06:15,724 --> 00:06:22,144 and last year we received two copies very special ones that are signed by President 81 00:06:22,144 --> 00:06:31,024 Nayib Bukele and by Max Keiser maybe I have to turn on the lights here and this is the 82 00:06:31,024 --> 00:06:37,824 terrace the fourth floor we also have some spaces for companies to be working and we can have events 83 00:06:37,824 --> 00:06:45,744 here there is a projector that we have used a few times but this is a very social space just like 84 00:06:45,744 --> 00:07:03,408 the part outside it really great for doing some networking to meet people to have some drinks this place is gonna be full of bitcoiners during beetle 23 of november 2025 the dev day of the 85 00:07:03,408 --> 00:07:09,508 bitcoin japan i hope you can make it and come here and visit us how did the tokyo bitcoin base come 86 00:07:09,508 --> 00:07:18,448 to life in the conference that happened in japan last year in 2024 in bitcoin tokyo it was announced 87 00:07:18,448 --> 00:07:23,828 the project to have the space for Bitcoiners to be working together, to be collaborating. 88 00:07:24,788 --> 00:07:33,608 And that vision came true. In April of 2025, we had the grand opening. We had Bitcoiners coming 89 00:07:33,608 --> 00:07:39,328 from many different parts of the world. Samson Mao, we had Giacomo Zuko, and so many others who 90 00:07:39,328 --> 00:07:45,148 came here. It was a very nice event. What is the mission and vision behind the Tokyo Bitcoin Base? 91 00:07:45,148 --> 00:07:54,328 It's very sad that the historical events that took place in Japan are very strongly influenced by Mt. Gox. 92 00:07:55,208 --> 00:08:02,048 Bitcoin in Japan at that time was a really big thing, but many people got hurt, 93 00:08:02,428 --> 00:08:07,208 and some of them, they thought they would not want to be part of this anymore. 94 00:08:07,208 --> 00:08:10,208 to add to that problem. 95 00:08:10,848 --> 00:08:13,728 We had seen many different other occasions 96 00:08:13,728 --> 00:08:15,808 of different types of scams 97 00:08:15,808 --> 00:08:19,268 and other historical moments when people also got hurt. 98 00:08:20,088 --> 00:08:21,068 So for Japan, 99 00:08:22,208 --> 00:08:24,748 Bitcoin is something that many people 100 00:08:24,748 --> 00:08:31,048 don't immediately feel a strong, direct pain and urgency. 101 00:08:31,528 --> 00:08:34,888 It's a little bit of that analogy of the frog 102 00:08:34,888 --> 00:08:36,668 in the boiling water, right? 103 00:08:36,668 --> 00:08:40,588 is gradually increasing the temperature. 104 00:08:41,288 --> 00:08:45,148 People do feel that life is a little bit more difficult. 105 00:08:45,468 --> 00:08:49,028 Their purchasing power is not the same as it used to be. 106 00:08:49,448 --> 00:08:53,588 But for the average person, to connect the dots is not so easy. 107 00:08:53,848 --> 00:08:59,448 And I guess that if we just allow people to live their own lives 108 00:08:59,448 --> 00:09:03,208 and take care of their challenges, the work they have, 109 00:09:03,708 --> 00:09:06,628 and personal responsibilities, and on top of that, 110 00:09:06,668 --> 00:09:09,948 also discover and learn about Bitcoin. 111 00:09:10,408 --> 00:09:14,628 So having a physical space where people can actually visit, 112 00:09:15,208 --> 00:09:19,248 talk to people and see that it's really legitimate, 113 00:09:20,048 --> 00:09:23,948 learn about the philosophy, the values behind Bitcoin, 114 00:09:24,468 --> 00:09:25,968 this is something very important. 115 00:09:25,968 --> 00:09:31,468 It will really help improving the vision that people have about Bitcoin. 116 00:09:32,288 --> 00:09:35,768 But a physical space can also do all types of things. 117 00:09:35,768 --> 00:09:44,788 We can do networking, we can have people coming together, creating partnerships, we can do educational programs, training activities. 118 00:09:45,228 --> 00:09:49,168 There is a group from Thailand that is doing training for developers. 119 00:09:49,768 --> 00:09:56,808 The help that a hub can do to increase awareness and to do education, it is really going to make a big difference. 120 00:09:57,588 --> 00:09:59,568 How have Bitcoin changed you personally? 121 00:09:59,568 --> 00:10:08,188 I really like how C.V. D. Amos presents the concept of time preference in the book The Bitcoin Standard. 122 00:10:09,188 --> 00:10:15,348 I've always been interested in what I would say a long-term view of things. 123 00:10:15,808 --> 00:10:32,152 Since my teenage years I would get involved in projects that I knew nothing would actually come as a result as a benefit to me in the immediate moment 124 00:10:32,832 --> 00:10:37,152 but I knew it would indirectly help me to get to know people 125 00:10:37,152 --> 00:10:40,072 or help me acquire skills. 126 00:10:41,192 --> 00:10:45,252 And that is a type of a concept that has always resonated with me, 127 00:10:45,412 --> 00:10:48,172 and Bitcoin only makes that even stronger and more clear. 128 00:10:48,172 --> 00:10:54,852 The other aspect that Bitcoin has changed a lot is about meeting Bitcoiners. 129 00:10:55,592 --> 00:11:01,272 Because sometimes you meet somebody, also as a Bitcoiner, but from another country, 130 00:11:01,652 --> 00:11:05,892 and they come and they bring, they say something to you that really has a big impact, 131 00:11:06,032 --> 00:11:09,432 or the way they behave, it really is inspiring. 132 00:11:09,792 --> 00:11:12,192 So definitely the people. 133 00:11:12,752 --> 00:11:15,632 What's one Japanese phrase every Bitcoiner should know? 134 00:11:15,632 --> 00:11:26,652 What do you say when somebody is going to apply for a job or is going to present some important projects, like a big day? 135 00:11:27,252 --> 00:11:31,152 Good luck. That's what we use in English language. 136 00:11:31,872 --> 00:11:34,652 In Japanese language, we use gambare. 137 00:11:34,652 --> 00:11:37,232 and gambare is 138 00:11:37,232 --> 00:11:39,312 in a certain way like 139 00:11:39,312 --> 00:11:41,552 give your best 140 00:11:41,552 --> 00:11:42,292 put 141 00:11:42,292 --> 00:11:43,952 give your 142 00:11:43,952 --> 00:11:45,992 put your effort 143 00:11:45,992 --> 00:11:48,232 in a very good way 144 00:11:48,232 --> 00:11:48,912 right like 145 00:11:48,912 --> 00:11:51,332 and I think that 146 00:11:51,332 --> 00:11:54,132 helps a lot when it comes 147 00:11:54,132 --> 00:11:56,032 to bitcoin proof of work 148 00:11:56,032 --> 00:11:58,152 that we really 149 00:11:58,152 --> 00:11:59,012 value 150 00:11:59,012 --> 00:12:02,292 the quality of your preparation 151 00:12:02,292 --> 00:12:04,252 and the quality of your 152 00:12:04,252 --> 00:12:11,652 performance and the quality of your choices because of responsibility you will get whatever 153 00:12:11,652 --> 00:12:19,512 it is that you have put into it that's very different from wanting to have good luck or 154 00:12:19,512 --> 00:12:27,012 wishing somebody else good luck because that's a bit like random yeah depends on luck so i think 155 00:12:27,012 --> 00:12:34,052 that the life of a Bitcoiner can improve a lot if you understand this concept of a 156 00:12:34,612 --> 00:12:40,212 gamba-re, which is do your effort, proof of work, give your best. 157 00:12:40,772 --> 00:12:47,812 We've all been there, caught up in the rhythm of daily life, repeating familiar patterns. And Bitcoin, 158 00:12:47,812 --> 00:12:54,692 this complex, revolutionary world of its own, can feel distant when it lives mostly on our screens 159 00:12:54,692 --> 00:13:01,952 and code. But walking into a space like this makes it real. Here, every shelf, every event, 160 00:13:02,292 --> 00:13:08,632 every conversation is a reminder that Bitcoin isn't just a technology, it's a movement shaped 161 00:13:08,632 --> 00:13:15,452 by people. From newcomers learning their first sets to builders creating tools for a better 162 00:13:15,452 --> 00:13:22,072 financial future, the Tokyo Bitcoin base bring it all together. I'm looking forward to doing an 163 00:13:22,072 --> 00:13:27,912 episode here someday. A special thank you to Alata-san and the team for their welcome hospitality. 164 00:13:28,792 --> 00:13:35,592 This has been another episode on Live with Bitcoin. I'm your host, BTCBIT, and I'll see you in the next one. 165 00:13:36,332 --> 00:13:40,632 Let's actually do that. Let's actually, you give me a great idea. Well, you brought this out to 166 00:13:40,632 --> 00:13:46,812 yourself, but let's do it. Uncle Rockstar Dev, which one would you marry, kill, and which one? 167 00:13:46,812 --> 00:13:47,652 What's the other one? 168 00:13:47,652 --> 00:13:48,472 Oh, kiss. 169 00:13:49,472 --> 00:13:50,312 Kiss? 170 00:13:50,312 --> 00:13:51,572 Kiss, marry, kill. 171 00:13:51,572 --> 00:13:53,032 Kiss, marry, kill. 172 00:13:53,032 --> 00:13:53,612 Yeah.