BITCOIN SEASON 2: How Nepal Used Discord to Elect its Next PM

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🗓️ 13 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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A deep dive into Nepal’s protest surge, where BitChat’s mesh network and Discord polls helped topple a government, with Bitcoin‑adjacent tools fueling the uprising. Dive into the wild story of how Nepal's government was overthrown using Jack Dorsey's BitChat mesh network app and Discord polls. From social media bans sparking protests to Zoomers coordinating via Bluetooth networks, this episode explores the intersection of crypto technology and political revolution. Plus, Charlie Kirk's thoughts on Bitcoin strategic reserves. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com **Notes:** • BitChat downloads jumped from 3K to 50K in one day • 48,000 Nepal downloads = 38% of total installs • 26 social media platforms banned Sept 4th • Bluetooth mesh network max range ~30 meters • Charlie Kirk supports US Bitcoin reserve • Discord poll selected interim leadership Timestamps 00:00 Start 00:25 Citizens rebel in Nepal 03:44 BitChat 05:08 Nepal backstory 06:18 BitChat to the rescue 11:41 Discord voting 21:26 Hot topic of week - 👋Bitcoin Season 2 is produced Blockspace Media, Bitcoin’s first B2B publication in Bitcoin. Follow us on Twitter and check out our newsletter for the best information in Bitcoin mining, Ordinals and tech! Enjoy the show? Check out our website and newsletter by clicking here. Questions or want to sponsor? hello@blockspace.media

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0:00.0	Jack Dorsey vibe-coded a new app two months ago, and now that app is instrumental in toppling the Nepalese government.
0:08.7	Yes, you've been hearing about the protests in Nepal, and they are using an app called BitChat.
0:14.0	Also, isn't this what Dowell should have been doing this whole time?
0:17.6	Let's kick it off.
0:31.7	So Colin, we've got a fun, crazy wild story this week of the Zoomers. They are rebelling in Nepal. And it's, we got some wild stories. Yeah, and just an incredible intersection of a lot of
0:40.4	different things here. You've got BitChat, which is like this mesh network messaging app that
0:45.5	uses Bluetooth. Can also use Noster, but for the purposes of Nepal and these protests, they needed
0:53.4	the Bluetooth messaging.
0:55.1	You've got Discord and apparently votes for the new prime minister or leader.
1:02.4	I'm not sure if it's a prime minister in Nepal or what it is happening on Discord.
1:08.1	Yeah, and you've got the zoomers rising up and, you know,
1:12.0	reworking the state using all of the tech tools that they're so savvy with.
1:17.4	So a pretty wild story, honestly, and as you were saying, and I was also commenting
1:23.3	before we started, it's almost like the sovereign individual, you know,
1:29.2	network state, Belaghi,
1:31.4	network state thesis playing out, you know.
1:33.5	Yeah, we'll get it. We'll get into it, but I actually want to pull up this clip,
1:35.6	which I stumbled across on YouTube,
1:37.6	which is classic.
1:39.0	Like,
1:40.0	um,
1:41.2	the,
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