Plebchain Radio
Plebchain Radio
Avi Burra and QW
158 – The 43rd Country with Paco
1 hour 15 minutes Posted May 4, 2026 at 5:45 pm.
Welcome to Plebchain Radio, Episode 158
The pilgrim's economy and Bitcoin
Paco's disappearance and burnout
Struggles in writing the book
Self-realization and finding purpose
Avoiding AWS: Alcohol, women, substances
Engaging with the Indian Bitcoin community
Growth of the Indian Bitcoin community
Paco's Bitcoin travel origin story
The "Run With Bitcoin" origin story
The Geyser "All or Nothing" book campaign
Future plans and life advice
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A man who travelled to 42 countries was asked to then go as far as he could travel. He found the farthest journey was the one within himself.

Paco of Run with Bitcoin returns after two years off the grid to talk about where he disappeared to. After finishing his 42-country journey at the end of 2023, the road ran out. An ankle injury ended his running. The conference circuit blurred into late nights and lost purpose. A wake-up call in Prague sent him to the Himalayas, where he traded the road for yoga, silence, and a notebook.

What followed was the inner journey that no map could chart. The AWS reset (not what you think it is). Three months of writing that produced 700 pages of blabber. Six months chasing the wrong tools and the wrong editors. The slow lessons in patience and humility. And eventually, the way back to the community through grassroots work with the 256 Foundation, the BitAxe assembly project, and India's quietly thriving Bitcoin scene.

Avi and Paco also dig into the upcoming book, "Proof of Work" or possibly, "Around the World with Two Bitcoins," and the Geyser all-or-nothing fundraise that ends Friday May 9th. With six and a half million sats to go and five days left, the man who traveled the world is asking the village to help fund the song he wants to sing in the next one.

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