What we’re about
Queen City Sovereignty Salon is a monthly gathering in Staunton for thinkers, builders, and the sovereignty-curious. We explore the technologies and ideas reshaping society from the ground up from Bitcoin and Nostr to privacy tools, localism, and parallel institutions.
Centralized platforms thrive on outrage, turning neighbors into rivals while those in power quietly entrench their control. The real path forward isn’t fighting one another, it’s building new systems, outside their influence, that put human cooperation and freedom back at the center.
We are not enemies, we’ve simply been taught to see one another that way. When we step beyond the platforms that profit from our division, we rediscover common ground. By building tools and communities that don’t feed those systems, we reclaim our future, together.
This isn’t a lecture or a sales pitch: it’s an open, peer-to-peer conversation about freedom tech, censorship-resistant infrastructure, and how ordinary people can reclaim control over money, communication, and community in the 21st century.
Whether you’re a hardcore cypherpunk, a curious newcomer, or just tired of gatekeepers and central control, pull up a chair. The future is sovereign, and it starts here, now!
Empires fade. Mountains endure!
