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John Riggins is Head of Operations, Asia Pacific for BTC Media (Bitcoin Magazine). In this episode we talk about his Bitcoin in Asia podcast, which ran from 2019-2020, his experience with Bitcoin Magazine in China from 2016, especially with the mining boom and subsequent ban (and less-known backstory), the origins and editorial policy of Bitcoin Magazine, the upcoming Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong, whether bitcoin as a money vs. bitcoin as a platform is the next big debate in bitcoin, why he's optimistic about bitcoin regulation in China and especially in Hong Kong, other developments throughout Asia, and finally, whether Asia could see the next El Salvador.

Links:

* John Riggins’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DistRiggs

* Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/

* Bitcoin Asia conference: https://bitcoin2024.b.tc/asia

* “A $200M Mining Heist and a Life Sentence”: https://blocksbridge.substack.com/p/mining-heist-life-sentence

* South China Morning Post article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3232044/crypto-mining-chinese-official-given-life-prison-scheme-involving-bribes-and-support-cryptocurrency

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