The Anita Posch Show: A Bitcoin Only Podcast
196 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsYou want to understand Bitcoin, its implications on the world, and gain more financial self-sovereignty and freedom?
Anita Posch, author of (L)earn Bitcoin, Founder of “Bitcoin for Fairness” and Bitcoin educator, takes you on a journey to understand the far reaching effects that this technology will have as it is enforcing human rights all around the world. From interviews with the builders of Bitcoin to guides and tutorials around self-custody and privacy. The Anita Posch Show breaks it all down in an understandable manner.
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Team Satoshi: Sports and the Road to Bitcoin
September 02, 2021 10:11 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBMy guests today are Vitus Zeller and Richard Taylor my team mates at Team Satoshi, a decentralized sports team. We’re talking about the interconnections between Bitcoin and sports and how you can participate in this movement. – Introduction Vitus and Richard – What is Bitcoin for you? – Why are you active in the Bitcoin space? – What is Team Satoshi and its goal – Bitcoin and sports – where is the connection – How do you stay healthy? Mental fitness – First adventure of Vitus, Satoshi...
Lyn Alden: Bitcoin for Billions, Not Billionaires
July 01, 2021 08:20 - 55 minutes - 51.2 MBLyn Alden is one of the sharpest minds in the bitcoin space, an investment strategist with a background in engineering and finance, Lyn started investing at a young age and made equity research and investing her primary business. She is focusing on value investing with a global macro overlay. Recently she shared the stage at the Bitcoin2021 conference in Miami with Lightning Labs CEO Elizabeth Stark on the topic of Bitcoin for billions, not billionaires, which is the core of my work in the B...
Meron Estefanos from Eritrea: Bitcoin Can Take Down Dictators
June 24, 2021 06:21 - 51 minutes - 47.6 MBMeron Estefanos is a Swedish-based Eritrean human rights activist and journalist, who works tirelessly to aid and raise awareness about the plight of Eritrean refugees, who have been kidnapped, tortured, raped and held for ransom in the Sudan and the Sinai. In her efforts to rise up against the dictatorship in Eritrea she is engaging researchers in Ethiopia, who she has been paying with bitcoin. We’re also discussing the fact that Bitcoin can take down dictators and many human rights activis...
Don't Trust, Verify! Scammers Send Fake Hardware Wallets
June 18, 2021 11:07 - 9 minutes - 8.83 MBBitcoin in the last 12 years, bullish signs, trading volume in the last year, reactions towards El Salvador’s decision to make bitcoin legal tender, fake hardware wallets, Blockstream’s Bitcoin strategy. This was Last Week in Bitcoin. Read here ▶ https://anitaposch.com/weekly-33 📧️ Subscribe for free ▶ https://anita.link/weekly/ Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly
Samson Mow: Blockstream's Bitcoin Strategy
June 17, 2021 09:10 - 50 minutes - 46.2 MBIn this episode I talk with Chief Strategy Officer Samson Mow about Blockstream’s Cypherpunk origins and their far stretching engagement in the Bitcoin space – from their Green and Aqua wallet, to their mining business, the Liquid sidechain and the Blockstream satellites, which enable receiving Bitcoin without the Internet. Samson Mow’s Bitcoin story Why Bitcoin is important Blockstream’s Cypherpunk background What is Liquid? Lightning Network and c-lightning Blockstream Green vs. Aqua...
A New Bitcoin Epoch - Legal Tender in El Salvador
June 11, 2021 11:41 - 9 minutes - 7.55 MBWhat does it mean, that Bitcoin will be legal tender in El Salvador? Taproot will be locked in successfully. Read here ▶ https://anitaposch.com/weekly-32 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly
El Salvador First Country to Make Bitcoin Legal Tender - Bitcoin Beach Improving Lives
June 09, 2021 07:28 - 42 minutes - 38.7 MBJune 9, 2021 a historical moment for Bitcoin. The first country of the world, El Salvador, made Bitcoin officially legal tender. Michael Peterson initiated Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte and started this whole development. I spoke with him two weeks before, he said, he is expecting a country to adopt Bitcoin, but we didn’t know, that it will happen so soon. Listen to the story of Bitcoin Beach and the people of El Salvador. Our topics: Michael Peterson’s Bitcoin story What is Bitcoin Beach? D...
Bitcoin on the Moon - Last Week in Bitcoin
June 04, 2021 14:35 - 9 minutes - 8.01 MBSo many news this week… _Taproot on the way _Bitcoin adoption in Zimbabwe _Inflation hits new records _News from China and India _Bitcoin was on the moon _building a permissionless future Read here ▶ https://anitaposch.com/weekly-31 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly
Exiledsurfer: Building a Permissionless Future with Sovryn
June 03, 2021 07:11 - 1 hour - 77.4 MBExiledsurfer is an early Bitcoiner, a Co-founder of Parallele Polis and now part of the communications team of Sovryn a Bitcoin-native DeFi platform. We’re talking about the historical developments and the roots of Bitcoin as a Hippie activists Utopia coming true, the community discussions around the differences between Ethereum and Bitcoin, and who the real enemies of Bitcoin are. Tldr: it’s companies like Coinbase. exiledsurfer’s Bitcoin story The Bitcoin Foundation Early history and di...
Last Week in Bitcoin: Keep Calm and Carry On
May 28, 2021 10:47 - 7 minutes - 6.48 MBThis week’s learnings: _Bitcoin privacy improvements with Taproot _mining developments in China _solar power is bad? _hodlers hodl _state of the Lightning Network _Bitcoin and new art forms Image credit: https://twitter.com/Labrahodl9 Read here ▶ https://anitaposch.com/weekly-30 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly
Rarescrilla: Bitcoin Enables New Art Forms
May 27, 2021 07:06 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBRarescrilla is a hip-hop musician and producer, who joined the cryptomusic journey in 2014 and created DJ PEPE in 2016 with a first of its kind access token based on the Counterparty platform, which is extending Bitcoin’s functionality. In 2020 he dropped the “Sound Money” album, a niche hip hop themed bitcoin album. Now he is into programmable music, where the owners of music layers control the output, which makes it living art and music. Rarescrilla’s Bitcoin journey First NFTs in 2014? ...
Last Week in Bitcoin: Bitcoin Is on Sale and That's Good
May 21, 2021 10:57 - 14 minutes - 11.6 MBThis week’s learnings: buy and earn bitcoin now. _Bitcoin dipping, what’s next? _volatility is good _where Bitcoin is needed the most _Sub-Saharan Africa’s trading volume up in 2021 _Bitcoin, NFTS and the arts _US regulatory crackdown will spur decentralization Music: Rarescrilla https://twitter.com/ScrillaVentura Image credit: https://twitter.com/LinaSeiche Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly
Last week in Bitcoin: Bitcoin Is on Sale and That's Good
May 21, 2021 10:57 - 14 minutes - 11.6 MBThis week's learnings: buy and earn bitcoin now. _Bitcoin dipping, what's next? _volatility is good _where Bitcoin is needed the most _Sub-Saharan Africa's trading volume up in 2021 _Bitcoin, NFTS and the arts _US regulatory crackdown will spur decentralization Music: Rarescrilla https://twitter.com/ScrillaVentura Image credit: https://twitter.com/LinaSeiche Read here ▶ https://anitaposch.com/weekly-29 📧️ Subscribe for free ▶ https://anita.link/weekly/ ---------- Anita Posch is author of...
Adam B. Levine: Bitcoin, NFTs and the Arts
May 20, 2021 08:57 - 1 hour - 76.7 MBMy guest is Adam B. Levine the managing editor for podcasts at Coindesk, and host of the longest-running English language talk show about Bitcoin called “Speaking of Bitcoin” (formerly known as Let’s Talk Bitcoin). I appreciate Adam’s work a lot, I have been an avid listener of his podcast for many years. Adam is also the CEO of tokenly.com, has minted some NFTs and had Metakovan on his show, who bought Beeple’s NFT for $ 69 million – the most expensive NFT sold at an auction so far. Our top...
Last Week in Bitcoin: The Eco-Narrative Against Bitcoin and Why It Doesn't Use Proof-of-Stake
May 14, 2021 10:52 - 11 minutes - 9.29 MBWith this week’s Tesla dismissing Bitcoin for its energy use and at the same time Elon Musk pumping the joke currency Doge another level of hypocrisy has been reached. We’re looking into why Elon Musk suddenly dismisses Bitcoin, how Tesla’s income relying on renewable energy credits, Elon Musk pumping Doge, and why Bitcoin doesn’t change to proof-of-stake? With shout outs to Andreas M. Antonopoulos, John Carvalho and Gabriel Shipton on behalf of Julian Assange. Image credit: https://twitte...
Gabriel Shipton: Defend Julian Assange, Defend Free Internet
May 13, 2021 07:08 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBThis episode was recorded on World Press Freedom Day 2021, the perfect date for a conversation with Gabriel Shipton, half-brother of Julian Assange. We are talking about the current state of Julian, who is the first publisher charged under the US espionage act and is awaiting further trials locked up in Belmarsh high security prison, the connections between WikiLeaks, journalism and Bitcoin and why and how Bitcoiners can support Julian’s case. The current state of Julian Assange WikiLeaks ...
Last Week in Bitcoin: Don't Mess with Bitcoin
May 07, 2021 11:08 - 18 minutes - 14.7 MBDon’t mess with Bitcoin, the most interesting stories in Bitcoin: _Bitcoin empowers Zimbabweans _Buckminster Fullers’ energy and wealth vision _Iran trying to regulate mining _censored mining _mining more decentralized _Taproot activation _Buffett and Munger yelling at Bitcoin _DeFi on Bitcoin _global adoption of Bitcoin Read here ▶ https://anitaposch.com/weekly-27 Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly
Miss Aurra: Bitcoin Empowers Zimbabweans
May 06, 2021 08:14 - 50 minutes - 40.7 MBMy guest is Miss Aurra from Harare, Zimbabwe. I got to know her at the beginning of 2020, when I visited Zimbabwe to research the possibilities and the use of Bitcoin in the country. In May 2020 we started a donation campaign for the school that Miss Aurra is leading. It had to be closed down due to Covid and the school lost its building. We are discussing the difficult living situation in Zimbabwe and how Bitcoin has been helping through your donations. Who is Miss Aurra? Living condition...
Anita Posch: How Bitcoin Supports Democracy
April 29, 2021 07:06 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBThe Central European Affairs podcast featured Anita Posch in an interview by Balasz Csekö about different aspects of Bitcoin, how blockchain is revolutionizing the global financial system, how cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin can help overcome Big Brother, and why every regulatory plan makes Bitcoin stronger. Civitas Institute is a European knowledge center created for the purpose of promoting European democracy and European integration through analyses and debates in the widest possible socie...
Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin a Trojan Horse for Freedom
April 22, 2021 08:38 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBMy guest is Alex Gladstein, Chief Strategy Officer of the Human Rights Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization founded it 2005. We talk about how Bitcoin helps to defend human rights and promote liberal democracy. Alex is also the Vice President of Strategy for the Oslo Freedom Forum since its inception in 2009 and a co-author of “The Little Bitcoin Book”. Topics: Alex Gladstein’s Bitcoin story Bitcoin’s importance as a human rights tool Mainstream media causing damage Savings...
Franco Amati: Bitcoin in Argentina
April 15, 2021 09:53 - 1 hour - 48.3 MBMy guest is Franco Amati, founder of Bitcoin Argentina and member of laBitconf – the biggest Bitcoin conference in Latin America, the Bitcoin embassy Buenos Aires, and Bitcoin Iberoamérica foundation. We are discussing the importance of Bitcoin for the people of Argentina, who have to deal with harsh capital controls that allow them to only buy foreign currency up to 200 USD per month with 65% tax and an inflation of 50%. Franco Amati’s Bitcoin story 50% Inflation in Argentina How capital...
Shermin Voshmgir: The Web 3 and Token Revolution
April 08, 2021 11:23 - 1 hour - 49.1 MBI sat down with Shermin Voshmgir, a researcher and author of “Token Economy” to discuss the hype around NFTs and how in the future every part of the economy will be merged into crypto. Shermin is the founder of Token Kitchen and BlockchainHub Berlin. On a personal sidenote: in early 2017 Shermin’s keynote about Bitcoin and open blockchains spurred my attention and deepened my interest to work in that field. “You can’t run a decentralized network like a centralized company.” – Shermin Voshmg...
Jonathan Chester: Get Paid in Bitcoin
April 01, 2021 10:06 - 48 minutes - 38.9 MBMy guest is Jonathan Chester, he is the CEO and Founder of Bitwage, a company that enables employees and remote workers worldwide to get paid in Bitcoin. We discuss how individuals can earn their wage in bitcoin, what the advantages are, the details of their 401k retirement plans, and when public adoption of Bitcoin could feasibly take place. Topics: Jonathan Chester’s Bitcoin story The looming US Dollar fall Bitcoin enabling self-sovereignty Why earn bitcoin? Bitwage’s history Bitcoi...
Edan Yago: Sovereignty Through Bitcoin
March 25, 2021 08:34 - 53 minutes - 42.6 MBEdan Yago is a neuroscientist and entrepreneur who turned his career around to focus on Bitcoin. He has been pivotal in establishing Sovryn one of the first Bitcoin-native DeFi platforms. We’re talking about how a decentralized bitcoin trading and lending platform like Sovryn will create a new, open economic system that empowers individuals globally. Topics: Why Edan Yago lived in a closet Why Bitcoin matters Advantages of Bitcoin DeFi to other blockchains NFTs are silly, but… The futu...
Abe Cambridge: Invest in Solar Powered Bitcoin
March 18, 2021 11:35 - 47 minutes - 38.6 MBMy guest is Abe Cambridge, the founder and CEO of Sun Exchange, the world’s first peer-to-peer solar leasing platform. We’re discussing how to transition the world away from fossil fuels and towards solar power, the most deployable, affordable and accessible type of renewable energy. In combination with a decentralized money like Bitcoin it is possible to open up owning solar cells and earning from it to anyone for as little as 5 USD. Abraham Cambridge has an academic background in climate c...
Sébastien Gouspillou: Bitcoin Mining Funds Green Energy
March 11, 2021 11:16 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBMy guest is Sébastien Gouspillou, he is the Co-Founder and CEO of BigBlock Datacenter a Bitcoin mining company based in France. BigBlock Datacenter is running several mining farms in Russia, Central Asia, and Africa. His mission is to qualify France in the world competition of proof-of-work. We are going deep into the business and the ecological effects of Bitcoin mining. “Since bitcoin responds to a major need and is there to last, it seems more relevant to take advantage of this new elect...
Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert: The 220k Bitcoin Orange Pill
March 03, 2021 12:14 - 1 hour - 62.6 MBMax Keiser and Stacy Herbert are preaching Bitcoin in the Keiser Report since 2011. The Report is broadcasted on RT to a global audience. The YouTube channel has 4.1 million subscribers. In 2020 the dynamic couple started their own show, the Orange Pill Podcast. Max Keiser has made a bold price prediction for Bitcoin in 2021, he says it will reach 220,000 USD. I am asking him, why he thinks that this will be the case and how to assess the value of Bitcoin. We are talking about Stacy and Max’...
Philippe Bekhazi: Bitcoin Mining in Practice
February 25, 2021 10:02 - 49 minutes - 40.1 MBMy guest is Philippe Bekhazi, he is the CEO of XBTO Group a company active in market-making, OTC trading, venture capital, and Bitcoin and Ethereum mining. Our main topic is Bitcoin mining. XBTO Group is runnning a mining facility that is powered by electricity generated from Niagara Falls. Philippe Bekhazi is also the CEO of Stablehouse a regulated market-leading stablecoin platform bridging centralized and decentralized finance enabling payments, foreign exchange, trading and treasury for ...
Jameson Lopp: Bitcoin Mining and Censorship
February 18, 2021 07:54 - 51 minutes - 41 MBMy guest is Jameson Lopp, he calls himself a professional cypherpunk. His mission is to use his skills as a technologist to build tools that empower individuals. Our topic is nicely called “clean” mining or to say it in a more distinct way: censored mining. Is this an attack on Bitcoin and what are the possible strategies and outcomes? Jameson is the Co-founder & CTO of Casa a company dedicated to helping you to secure your bitcoin. It’s the second time that Jameson is my guest, listen to ou...
Ben Arc: Building Bitcoin DIY Hardware and Software
February 11, 2021 09:58 - 59 minutes - 47.9 MBMy guest is Ben Arc from Wales. He is a FOSS hobbyist, advocate, and educator. FOSS stands for Free Open Source Software. Ben has been building hardware and software for Bitcoin and the Lightning Network since around 2014. We are talking about the Welsh Bitcoin scene and his projects like Bowser, a DIY Hardware Wallet, lnbits or the Nostr messaging client, which could enable completely decentralized markets and social media apps. Our topics: Ben Arc’s personal Bitcoin story Bitcoin scene ...
Farooq Ahmed: Bitcoin in Pakistan
February 04, 2021 13:44 - 33 minutes - 26.7 MBMy guest is Farooq Ahmed, President of the Bitcoin Association Pakistan. Pakistan is a country of over 200 million people, between Afghanistan and India. I recently released interviews with Fereshteh Forough and Sunny Ray about those countries as well. Bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading is banned in Pakistan at the moment, nonetheless the use of Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining is rising. We discuss: Farooq Ahmed’s personal Bitcoin story The situation in Pakistan Bitcoin’s legal status Tradin...
Sunny Ray: Bitcoin's Win vs. India's Central Bank
January 28, 2021 13:01 - 51 minutes - 41.8 MBMy guest is Sunny Ray, he is a co-founder at Unocoin which is the first and leading bitcoin platform in India serving 1.5 million people. Sunny’s family stems from India and while he is spending most of the time living in Toronto, Canada he learned a lot about different cultures and their special ways to approach money and Bitcoin. We discuss Sunny Ray’s Bitcoin story Start and learning’s from Unocoin Bitcoin in India Bitcoin use cases in India The court case against the Reserve Bank o...
Bitcoin Q & A, Jan. 2021
January 24, 2021 11:50 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBI asked for your Bitcoin questions. Here are my answers. Want to ask a Bitcoin question too? Subscribe to get a notification for the next Q&A. I was joined by Chris Chester. 0:01:00 Introduction 0:03:40 If you had to specify your options for preferred exchange, cold storage wallet, hardware wallet, software wallet, multi sig wallet – which would you choose and why? 0:09:21 Software wallets 0:12:15 Counter arguments to custodial wallets 0:16:50 Cold storage/paper wallets 0:24:10 Finding...
Fereshteh Forough: Bitcoin in Afghanistan
January 21, 2021 09:11 - 37 minutes - 30.4 MBMy guest is Fereshteh Forough, she is the founder of “Code to Inspire”, which is the first coding school for women in Afghanistan. We will be talking about her journey and her learning’s from being a refugee, the general situation in the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, which is one of the least developed nations in the world and of course about Bitcoin in Afghanistan and how it is used to support the female students of “Code to Inspire”. Fereshteh’s learning’s as a refugee Situation of wo...
Derek Muhney: The Business of Bitcoin ATMs
January 14, 2021 10:32 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MBMy guest is Derek Muhney, Director of Marketing & Strategy at CoinSource the largest Bitcoin ATM network in the world. We are discussing the impact the 2020 pandemic is having on their business, about how Bitcoin ATMs work, and Bitcoin’s future from his perspective. Topics: Derek’s personal Bitcoin story Coinsource’s company development Impact of the pandemic Volume of transactions and users How does a Bitcoin ATM work from the user perspective Setting up an ATM Privacy and regulatio...
Desiree Dickerson, Ryan Gentry: Lightning is Bitcoin
January 07, 2021 08:45 - 56 minutes - 45.8 MBMy guests are Desiree Dickerson and Ryan Gentry. They are working for one of the – in my eyes – hottest companies in the Bitcoin space. Lightning Labs was founded in 2016 by Elizabeth Stark and Olaoluwa Osuntokun. The Lightning Network is a second layer protocol on top of the Bitcoin network. We will be talking about the Lightning Network, what it is and what it is enabling, their most interesting products and about their outlook for the Lightning Network in 2021. Our topics: Their persona...
Andreas M. Antonopoulos: Bitcoin Outlook 2021
December 31, 2020 10:41 - 50 minutes - 40.9 MBMy guest is Andreas M. Antonopoulos, who has been one of my biggest inspirations on my Bitcoin journey. We are discussing Bitcoin, the ultimate fairness system, why we need to strengthen privacy now, and his outlook for 2021. His talks have been inspiring and ensuring that is the space where my personal values and ethics find a place to work on something that is bigger than me, where I can contribute to changing the world to become a better place. Andreas M. Antonopoulos is a bitcoin and ope...
Chris Tramount: Bitcoin Art, A New Renaissance
December 24, 2020 12:53 - 43 minutes - 35.1 MBMy guest is Chris Tramount. He is the co-founder of Scarce.City an online marketplace for Bitcoin-related art and collectibles. We are discussing the possibilities to auction and verify digital art with Bitcoin and Lightning, and how this can enable a new Renaissance and completely new art forms. Our topics: Chris Tramount’s Bitcoin story What is Scarce.City? How is a Lightning Auction working? What are Bitcoin collectibles? How artists can participate What is the business plan of Sca...
Jukka Blomberg: LocalBitcoins in Latin America
December 17, 2020 11:54 - 49 minutes - 39.6 MBMy guest is Jukka Blomberg, Chief Marketing Officer at LocalBitcoins, the biggest peer-to-peer bitcoin marketplace in the world. With 6 million customers and operations in 189 countries LocalBitcoins is a global company with insights into the development of the Bitcoin space for every continent. We discuss the trading volume of Bitcoin in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, and the different use-cases for Bitcoin in different regions of the world. Topics: Investing in stocks in China compared to...
Nicolas Dorier: Be Your Own Bank with BTCPay
December 10, 2020 11:31 - 54 minutes - 44.1 MBNicolas Dorier is a decentralized systems software developer and open-source advocate. He has been active in the Bitcoin community since 2014 and has contributed to several Bitcoin projects, including Bitcoin Core, before founding BTCPayServer, an open-source payment processor used by thousands of merchants globally. He is also the co-founder of METACO, a provider of security-critical infrastructure for financial institutions. Topics: Nicolas’ background as a Bitcoin and open-source advoca...
Nigerian Feminist Coalition: Bitcoin Is Power
December 03, 2020 11:55 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBI am thrilled to have Damilola Odufuwa and Ire Aderinokun Co-Founders of the Nigerian Feminist Coalition as my guests today. If you are following the developments in Africa, then you have heard of the #EndSARS movement. A protest movement against police brutality in Nigeria. When the central bank banned the Nigerian Feminist Coalition from using the traditional financial infrastructure to collect donations, they started using Bitcoin to fund their activities. Let’s hear from Dami and Ire ho...
Roselyne Wanjiru: Bitcoin in Kenya
November 26, 2020 11:19 - 1 hour - 49 MBAfter covering Zimbabwe, Senegal, South Africa, Ghana, and Nigeria, I have the honor to host a guest from Kenya. Roselyne Wanjiru is the Director of Growth & User Acquisition at Pesabase and an advocate for the digital economy in Kenya. “Bitcoin does not require an ID, does not require your tax ID, does not require any other major documentation. It just requires you to have an email address and that’s it. And that’s really huge.” – Roselyne Wanjiru Topics: Roselyne’s Bitcoin story Her ed...
Philip Agyei Asare: Bitcoin in Ghana
November 19, 2020 13:10 - 41 minutes - 33.3 MBIn this episode I am talking with Philip Agyei Asare from Ghana. He is the Co-founder and CEO of BTC Ghana and the Blockchain Foundation Africa. Philip hosted the first Bitcoin conference in Ghana in 2014. We are talking about Bitcoin adoption, about the fact that Chinese people in Ghana prefer to send Bitcoin home and why he believes that Africa is the future of bitcoin. “Most people in Ghana use bitcoin as a form of payment.” – Philip Agyei Asare Topics Philip’s Bitcoin story Why Bitco...
Grey Jabesi: Bitcoin in South Africa
November 12, 2020 14:33 - 55 minutes - 44.7 MBThis time I am talking about Bitcoin in South Africa with Grey Jabesi the founder of Crypto University and the Hardc0re Crypt0 YouTube channel. In the first segment, you will hear a message from Miss Aurra. She is talking about the result of our call for bitcoin donations at St. Anne’s school in Harare. The school had to be closed down due to the corona pandemic and a lack of funding. Topics: Importance of Bitcoin Why is Bitcoin especially important for Africa? Characteristics of South A...
Fodé Diop: Bitcoin in Senegal
November 05, 2020 10:23 - 27 seconds - 397 KBHello dear listener, this is Anita here and I have a short notice, regarding the interview you wanted to listen to with Fode Diop. I deleted this episode because I lost my trust in Mr. Diop in recent months. If I had known what I know today, I wouldn’t have invited him on my show. It is not for me to disclose the reasons for my action. Thank you, for your understanding. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly
Miss Aurra, Zimbabwe: Bitcoin Changed My Whole Life
October 29, 2020 12:53 - 1 hour - 61.2 MBToday’s episode is the start of a new series about Bitcoin in Africa. I have been traveling to Zimbabwe and Botswana in February 2020 to find out if and how Bitcoin is known and used there. When I left the African continent at the beginning of March it was unclear how the pandemic is going to change the economical situation of countries that were already in a deep crisis like Zimbabwe or Nigeria and how it would affect the adoption of bitcoin in Subsaharan countries. With the upcoming episod...
Gloria Zhao: A College Student's Journey to Bitcoin Core Development
October 22, 2020 10:49 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBTodays guest is Gloria Zhao, she is a Bitcoin Core developer, former president of “Blockchain at Berkeley” and will finish her Computer Science studies at the end of 2020. We discuss how Bitcoin and blockchain technologies are seen by her fellow college students, why she chose to work on Bitcoin only instead of all the other Silicon Valley stuff and blockchain projects that are around. “Privacy and censorship resistance should be the default. We can’t keep measuring technologies or applicat...
Gloria Zhao: A College Student’s Journey to Bitcoin Core Development
October 22, 2020 10:49 - 1 hour - 48.5 MBTodays guest is Gloria Zhao, she is a Bitcoin Core developer, former president of "Blockchain at Berkeley" and will finish her Computer Science studies at the end of 2020. We discuss how Bitcoin and blockchain technologies are seen by her fellow college students, why she chose to work on Bitcoin only instead of all the other Silicon Valley stuff and blockchain projects that are around. "Privacy and censorship resistance should be the default. We can't keep measuring technologies or applicati...
Elyse Petersen: From Ancient Tea Currency To Using Bitcoin For Wholesale
October 15, 2020 09:32 - 49 minutes - 39.5 MBElyse Petersen is a food scientist and the founder of Tealet, a wholesale tea supply chain network. Tealet’s business model is based on cutting out unnecessary middlemen between tea growers and buyers, same like in Bitcoin. Since 2013 Tealet is using Bitcoin for payments, which eliminates the inefficiencies of global financial systems and saves a lot of transaction costs. Tealet was one of the first companies worldwide to use Bitcoin. Topics: History of tea as an international commodity T...
Zachary Kelman: Bitcoin an Alternative to the Current Unfair Financial System
October 08, 2020 09:21 - 56 minutes - 45.5 MBZachary Kelman is a New York-based attorney specializing in political, legal, and regulatory issues in and around Bitcoin, crypto and blockchain technology. Prior to this he was working in banking, monitoring international money transactions, looking for suspicious activities. Coming out of this environment he was introduced to Bitcoin by his brother Daniel Kelman, who was the architect of the civil rehabilitation plan for Mt. Gox creditors and Zachary afterwards left banking for crypto proj...