Meetup opener
Run a compressed version of the arc: one trade failure, one debrief question, one bridge into the flagship lesson.
History of MoneyHost mode
Host mode
Run the flagship lesson with confidence.
Host mode is the facilitator layer for the Learning Bitcoin Foundation version of History of Money: keep the same frame → play → debrief → explain → bridge arc, then choose the right room format and materials.
Session formats
Pick the room you are actually in.
Flagship workshop
Best default for a conference or meetup: moderator deck on projector, Moneypoly in the room, debrief, explanation, then the bridge to fiat and Bitcoin.
Extended class
Add Medici role-play, trust networks, and institutional coordination only after the core lesson arc is complete.
Presenter layer
The projector deck is now part of the host system.
Moderator presentation
Use the presenter deck to cue each workshop phase, keep the talk track tight, and keep audience slides clean while speaker notes stay in the facilitator console.
Protected + printable
The presenter page is password gated for facilitators, and the matching moderator one-pager gives table-side backup when you do not want to rely on the projector alone.
- Password prompt appears before the deck loads.
- Access is remembered locally in the browser after unlock.
- Static-site safe: no server logic required.
Host stack
Lead with Block 02. Support with the right add-ons.
Core
Flagship lesson
The main workshop surface: barter friction, money emergence, and the bridge into modern monetary questions.
ProjectorModerator presentation
Put the key story points, exact transitions, and the five-beat workshop arc on screen while you lead.
Quick referenceModerator one-pager
Print the run-of-show, transition lines, branch logic, and success checks for table-side backup.
ExtensionMedici host kit
Add banking, credit slips, trust, and Florence context as a second layer, not a competing start point.
Follow-onBlock 03: Fiat & Inflation
Use it immediately after the flagship session to carry the lesson forward.
Post-play control
Right after the game, tell the room what to do with the feeling.
Use this sequence when the room is buzzing.
- Collect evidence: ask for one failed trade and one frustrating near-miss.
- Name the mechanism: double coincidence of wants, search costs, timing mismatch.
- State the breakthrough: money lets people trade through a more saleable good.
- Choose the branch: Block 03 for broken money, Medici for institutions, labs only if the flagship arc already landed.
Let the room discover the concept.
Do not lecture first. Frame the exercise, run the friction, ask what happened, then name the idea. That sequence now holds across the homepage, flagship lesson, and host tools.
- Open with failed barter.
- Introduce a saleable good only after the room feels the pain.
- Bring in Medici and labs only after the flagship lesson lands.
Built to travel into live event settings.
If this runs at Bitcoin Is For Everyone in Portland, the host flow is now clean enough to support a polished session: obvious opening, clear room mode, and printable supporting materials ready to hand off.
Answer with the full arc, not just the game.
Barter pain explains why money appears. The rest of the curriculum asks whether institutions preserve that gain or weaken it. That is why Block 02 deserves a stronger landing zone than a simple activity page.
Experimental labs
Public, useful, but not the default workshop path.
Fedi live trade room
A public pilot for testing real wallet flows, room presence, invoices, and sats settlement during workshops.
Open Fedi labSolo Sats Market sandbox
A lower-risk practice surface for simulating the Sats Market mechanic before bringing it into a real room.
Open sandbox