We love Bitcoin

The deeper Rob got into Bitcoin, and the more I practiced and explored unschooling, the more we noticed the striking parallels between the two.

At their core, both are about freedom of choice—the freedom to decide how we live, learn, and use our time and money.

Unschooling supports children in becoming their own authority, trusting their inner compass instead of relying on external systems to tell them what, when, or how to learn. Bitcoin offers a similar kind of sovereignty: it gives individuals full control over their money, free from centralized manipulation.

Bitcoin is decentralized, meaning no single person or institution controls it. The supply can’t be inflated at will, and anyone can run a node to help secure the network. By contrast, fiat currencies are managed by central banks and governments, using tools like inflation and interest rates to influence the economy—often at our expense.

Just as Bitcoin is the only truly decentralized currency, unschooling is a kind of decentralized education—learning led from within, not imposed from above.

That said, A Place To Be isn’t only for Bitcoiners. We welcome families from all walks of life, and we fully support freedom of choice—including how you pay, whether in BTC or fiat. But yes, you’ll definitely meet quite a few Bitcoin families here. 😊

Some of them are featured below—friends and fellow Bitcoiners who’ve helped shape and support APTB along the way.

This will help you understand:

Magnifying glass over a Bitcoin symbol

Bitcoin multi-year returns compared

Table of Bitcoin returns over 1, 3, 5, 10 and 15 years

How Does Bitcoin Compare to The Best Performing Stocks?

Bitcoin Contributors

Andre Loja

Andre Loja with a friend in a garden

Andre, founder of the Bitcoin association FREE Madeira, has been there from the beginning supporting us in all sorts of ways and continues to do so. He’s the best!

FREE Madeira website

Philipp Oschlies

Philipp Oschlies at home with children in a hammock

Presnt Design Co IG account

Philipp is our graphic designer friend who created our wonderful logo and offers his help all the time. He’s a true friend and always good company!

A Place To Be logo in a black circle
A Place To Be logo with the tagline Families flourishing in freedom
A Place To Be wordmark in teal with the tagline Families flourishing in freedom
A Place To Be round logo in orange
A Place To Be wordmark logo on a green background
Fiat-Proof by A Place To Be logo

Max de Marco

Max de Marco with friends at a cafe table

PlebMusic Youtube channel

Our friend Max is a youtube producer and shot this amazing documentary about APTB. Everyone in our family loves Max!

Simon and Chris

Video call on a laptop with Simon and Chris from Bridge2Bitcoin

Simon and Chris from Bridge2Bitcoin help us as business advisors and in implementing Bitcoin into APTB the best way possible. They are pure gold!

Daniel Prince

Daniel Prince with friends at an event

Daniel is a big supporter on social media and interviewed me on his podcast Once Bitten. He also wrote the foreword in Rob´s book Mind, Decentralised.

Edi and Loni

Edi and Loni with friends, smiling outdoors

Loni helped with her project management skills and Edi with his graphic design powers to get my pitch look and sound more professional. They are just pure fun to be around!

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