The story so far.

From the first conversations in Madeira to the next adventure.

2023

  1. 2023

    SEC-00 · Genesis

    Builders come together in Madeira to walk, talk, and ship. Highlighter, Lightning Prisms, and Data Vending Machines emerge from those first conversations.

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2024

  1. Jan–Mar 2024

    SEC-01 · The Beginning

    The weekly Show → Talk → Build loop takes shape. Blossom, npub.cash, Wikifreedia, and Zapstore are developed during the cohort.

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  2. May–Jun 2024

    SEC-02 · Opsec Friendly

    NIP-60 and NIP-61 define Cashu wallets and payments on Nostr. Nsite brings websites to the protocol. TollGate explores paid network access, while Shopstr works on decentralized commerce.

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  3. Oct–Dec 2024

    SEC-03 · Ecash

    Nutstash gets a redesign. TollGate gets branding and a landing page. Cashu work continues with Safebox and Athenut, alongside Lightning projects such as Bolt12 prisms.

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2025

  1. Feb 2025

    No Solutions: Dialogues

    No Solutions launches at block 882,690. Walking dialogues about freedom and code, recorded on Madeira’s levadas.

    Listen to dialogues

  2. Mar–Apr 2025

    SEC-04 · Trilemmas

    Work includes castr.me, HTTPN, Hypernote, DVMCP, gitworkshop.dev, and the nginx 402 payment module.

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  3. Sep–Oct 2025

    SEC-05 · YOLO Mode

    Marmot Chat, Boris, ContextVM, hashpool, and Frontier Browser are among the projects developed during the cohort. Work spans relays, mining, browsers, and AI.

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2026

  1. Mar 2026

    SEC-06 · Identity & Signers

    A focused cohort on identity: signers, key management, and the infrastructure for holding your own keys.

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  2. Mar–Apr 2026

    SEC-07 · Networks & Hardware

    Relays, transports, and connectivity. Builders work on the networks their applications depend on.

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  3. Jul 20, 2026

    SEC-08 · YOLO++

    A six-week summer cohort in Madeira, beginning on July 20, 2026. The cohort has concluded.

    Read the announcement

2027

  1. Spring 2027 / Ahead

    Mountain cohort

    Seven days. One shared mission. Dialogue on the mountain, then back to the valley for a 24-hour build and Demo Day. Dates and location are still to be confirmed.

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