The concept of network states offers an innovative framework for reimagining social organization in the digital age. This talk explores the journey of creating a hackerspace that embodies the Monero community’s core ethos of privacy, decentralization, and technological innovation through research and development. By examining the practical realities of decentralized organizing, the discussion highlights key friction points, including the difficulties of achieving consensus in a non-hierarchical community and the challenges of turning a conceptual vision into a financially viable, operational hackerspace.

In this hands-on, one-hour workshop, participants will learn how to set up BTCPay Server with Monero integration on a VPS using Docker for deployment. The session will cover everything from initial server setup and hardening, Monero wallet creation, to configuring BTCPay Server. Participants are encouraged to bring a Ubuntu-based laptop to follow along with a demo VM installation, enabling them to replicate the setup process. By the end of the session, attendees will gain the skills to deploy a BTCPay Server instance for an e-commerce website. No prior experience with BTCPay Server is required, but familiarity with Linux basics is recommended.