Tauranga Bitcoin SV ( BSV) Meetup

Join our discussion if you're interested in Bitcoin and crypto in general. Tauranga's home for Bitcoin conversation since 2017 — beginners welcome, no jargon required.
Bitcoin (BTC, BCH, BSV). Bitcoin is now mainstream. Spot ETFs launched in 2024, public companies hold it on their balance sheets, and entire countries are accumulating reserves. Each chain went its own way after the scaling debates — BTC focuses on store-of-value and Lightning, BCH on cash payments, BSV on on-chain data and big blocks. We discuss all of them honestly, without tribal noise.
Stablecoins. The quiet success story of the cycle. USDT and USDC now move more value than most banking networks. Cross-border payments, remittances, and dollar access in countries where the local currency is failing — this is where crypto found genuine product-market fit.
Real-world assets and tokenisation. Treasury bills, real estate, commodities and fund shares are being put on-chain by serious institutions (BlackRock's BUIDL, Franklin Templeton, others). The "everything tokenised" thesis from years ago is finally showing up — though slowly and through regulated channels.
Bitcoin treasury companies. Following MicroStrategy's lead, public companies are increasingly holding BTC as a reserve asset. We watch this space because it's how Bitcoin enters traditional capital markets.
On-chain applications. Beyond price speculation, real things are getting built — sovereign social platforms, decentralised storage, on-chain mail, identity, micropayments. BSV in particular has shipped working consumer applications you can use today.
CBDCs and the international payments race. Central bank digital currencies are being piloted everywhere now (China, ECB, BIS multi-bank pilots). The interesting question is which rails carry value between them — public blockchains, private corridors, or hybrids.
AI × crypto. The intersection nobody fully understands yet — agent payments, on-chain AI verification, decentralised compute markets. Worth paying attention to even if most of it is hype.
Join us to discuss, learn, and take advantage of what's actually working — and to spot what's not. We meet in person around Tauranga and online. Newcomers always welcome.
— Patrick