My keynote presentation at the Imagine If conference in Nashville focused on how i think about scaling freedom tech.

Date: September 20, 2025

OpenSats: https://opensats.org (https://opensats.org) Ten31: https://ten31.xyz (https://ten31.xyz) Imagine If: https://bitcoinpark.com/imagineif (https://bitcoinpark.com/imagineif)

(01:02) ODELL takes the stage (01:23) Diagnosing the problem (02:35) Ad driven surveillance and addictive platforms (03:04) Open source and open protocols (03:49) Scaling open source: incentives and funding (04:26) OpenSats and Bitcoin powered grants (05:25) Email, an open protocol, and Gmails predatory model (06:42) Make freedom profitable: align incentives (06:54) Ten31 thesis: sustainable, user-aligned businesses (07:28) Case study: Start9 and self-hosted services (08:16) Case study: Maples private AI and open API (08:51) Case study: Primal on Nostr and Bitcoin (09:37) Case study: Strike and low switching costs (10:25) Closing call to action: profit drives scalability

Video:  https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8g25llcvddu2cacsglckxks2afya2c27pt6g3qf3rh5rma3eachsg5mu8s (https://primal.net/e/nevent1qqs8g25llcvddu2cacsglckxks2afya2c27pt6g3qf3rh5rma3eachsg5mu8s)

more info on the show: https://citadeldispatch.com (https://citadeldispatch.com) learn more about me: https://odell.xyz (https://odell.xyz)