I’m sharing with you the second part of my arguments why Bitcoin is important for the world and especially for the Global South. If you like it please share it with your friends and family. Thanks to AranCircle for recording in Riga, Sept. 2022 Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

10 minutes of arguments why Bitcoin is important for the world and especially for the Global South. Thanks to AranCircle for recording in Riga, Sept. 2022 Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

I’m joined by Ray Youssef, the CEO of Paxful, the peer-to-peer exchange which recently removed Ethereum from their platform and he is the co-founder of Built with Bitcoin. This interview took place at the first African Bitcoin only conference in Ghana at the beginning of December 2022. As Mark Maraia writes in an article about Youssef in the Bitcoin Magazine: “Youssef is the only person you will ever meet who went into New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina struck and who flew into Egypt on an empty plane while the Arab Spring was becoming very dangerous and who went...

Today I want to share with you what my initiative Bitcoin for Fairness achieved in terms of grassroots adoption in Africa in 2022. You can read this as an article at: https://anitaposch.com/bitcoin-africa-review-2022 This article was originally published on Bitcoin Magazine by BTC Inc. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

This is the audio version of my article Opposing the Corruptible Fiat System, Bitcoin Enforces Universal Human Rights. It lays out how Bitcoin directly enforces seven of the 30 human rights listed on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations. The article shows the correlations between authoritarianism, corruption, inflation and oppression and how financial exclusion is used as an instrument to keep two billions worldwide from using a financial service. This article was originally published on Bitcoin Magazine by BTC Inc. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content...

This episode is a recording of my appearance at “In Conversation With Trevor”. Trevor Ncube is a Zimbabwean media entrepreneur who is influential and well respected throughout Southern Africa. We’re discussing how Bitcoin can fix the money situation in Zimbabwe. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

Today I’m speaking with Mr. Mulos in Lusaka the capital of Zambia. Mr. Mulos has a YouTube channel, where he shares his insights on how one can exchange Kwacha to bitcoin with different payment methods. He has been helping people with their e-payments for a couple of years now and is a real expert on how to save fees and send money in and out of African countries. Recently he opened his own shop in Lusaka, where people can come by to get help with cryptocurrency and payments. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin co...

Today I’m speaking with Joseph a Bitcoin enthusiast from Africa. Because of his long time interest in Bitcoin he has a lot of experience on how cryptocurrencies are being used within the continent. He has been traveling a lot and as a business owner himself he has made connections with Bitcoin traders and convicted holders. I invited him to get more insights on how cryptocurrency adoption will gain momentum in Africa. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

This episode is a recording of the conversation I had on the Cryptovoices podcast with Matthew Mezinskis from Eastern Europe and Alec Harris from Eastern US. It was recorded in July 2022. We’re talking about my human rights journey which has taken me around the world, from Africa to South America. I’m explaining how Bitcoin helps those in need and why they use it. We also talk about the differences in Bitcoin usage compared to how it’s used in more liberal democracies. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free...

Today I’m speaking with Obi Nwosu and Pete Winn from Fedi, a new company that is building a community wallet on the Fedimint protocol. This is an exciting project because it opens a new form of shared custody for Bitcoin. The best custody is still self custody where you hold the keys to your Bitcoin, but for many people self custody is hard because they live in difficult circumstances, or can’t afford a signing device. With Fedi you trust your friends and trusted members of your community, who hold the keys collaboratively. Fedi is looking for...

This episode is a recording of the conversation I had on the Cryptopulse podcast with Kevin and Ben from the UK. It was recorded in late June 2022. We’re talking about my journey into Bitcoin, about writing my book, my work in Africa with Bitcoin for Fairness, EU regulation on crypto and my drive to educate. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Dr. Edwin Moyo, Chairman of Nhimbe Fresh one of Africa’s premier exporters of blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and peas. Nhimbe Fresh is located in Zimbabwe and became famous in some Bitcoiner circles because they did a crowdfund for a solar power plant together with the Sun Exchange from South Africa. In this funding one could buy solar cells with traditional currency and with bitcoin. This fundraise turned out to be the biggest crowdfunding in Africa so far. In March 22 I visited Nhimbe Fresh’s farm in Marondera to see the solar power plant, the blue...

My guest is Ricki Allardice, co-founder of Bitvice a South African bitcoin broker in Cape Town. A former financial advisor he turned away from the legacy industry to foster Bitcoin adoption and self-custody in his home country. We’re discussing the reasons why South Africa is one of the countries with the highest adoption rate and at the same time a low number of full nodes, the importance of self-custody, the Lightning Network and the situation in the Central African Republic. Support the podcast Share the podcast with friends and family! Subscribe to my ne...

My guest is the first person to mine Bitcoin in Zimbabwe with ASIC machines powered by solar. Zimbabwe’s monetary system is broken. After decades of mismanagement and corruption the country is running into another hyper-inflation period with 400% inflation in April 2022. Now the first Bitcoin miners arrived! Learn how my guest got into Bitcoin, what he thinks about the use of Bitcoin for Zimbabweans and his thoughts and experiences from mining. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Craig Raw founder and developer of Sparrow a Bitcoin desktop wallet with a focus on multi-signatures for distributed self-custody and privacy. In 2020 he started Sparrow out of the desire to build something with and for Bitcoin which can fill the gaps he saw within the existing wallets. I started to use Sparrow recently and asked specific questions related to Coinjoins and for his recommendations for human rights activists on how to use Bitcoin with a maximum of privacy. Support the podcast Share the podcast with friends and family! Subscribe to my...

My guest is Carel van Wyk a Bitcoin pioneer from South Africa. He found out about Bitcoin in 2010 and being a technically skilled entrepreneur he realized Bitcoin’s potential to change the world very early on. As a co-founder of Luno, one of the largest exchanges in the world he has a lot to say about Bitcoin, ideas where he sees it unleashing its full potential and also some critical views towards some strong opinions in the space. Support the podcast Share the podcast with friends and family! Subscribe to my newsletter Subscribe to th...

My guest is Hermann Vivier, initiator of Bitcoin Ekasi and co-founder of The Surfer Kids, a non-profit social enterprise working for a better world. The two projects are located around the JCC township and Diaz Beach in Mossel Bay, South Africa. In an environment of poverty, violence and hopelessness the educational efforts of Hermann and his team of coaches and volunteers teach the children fundamental life skills through surfing. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Daniel Simwaba country manager for Yellowcard, the first Bitcoin and cryptocurrency exchange in Zambia. Joining us is Ndesanjo Macha a Bitcoin blogger, journalist. We’re discussing the state of adoption, how to buy bitcoin with kwatcha via Yellowcard and the use of USDT stablecoins. The day of the recording was the 2nd year anniversary of Yellowcard in Zambia and 6th year anniversary of Yellowcard itself. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Alexandria a Bitcoin Maximalist from Bulawayo, the second biggest city of Zimbabwe. We’re talking about the political and living situation in his home country and how Bitcoin can be an instrument for a brighter future. Alexandria is keen on learning and he wants to setup the first Bitcoin and Lightning full-node in Zimbabwe. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Miss Aurra headmistress at St. Anne’s school, a visionary and entrepreneur from Harare. She has been using bitcoin since 2020, when we first met and installed a BTC wallet on her phone. We’re talking about how she was able to re-open the school with the help of bitcoin donations and about the successful opening of a second premise. We also discuss the hardships of money inflation, what people think about Bitcoin and where much of the USD liquidity comes from. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https...

My guest is Kudakwashe Sape Tshuma an online entrepreneur from Harare. He has been earning bitcoin for his marketing work from international companies since 2014. We’re talking about his experiences as a member of a local P2P community, where he is helping people to exchange cryptocurrencies to USD or the local Zimbabwean Dollar. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Gabriel Kurman, Co-founder of the Rootstock protocol “RSK”, which is a merge-mined Bitcoin sidechain enabling smart contracts. Smart contracts on Bitcoin, won’t this make many Altcoins obsolete? I’m asking Gabriel about this too. We’re also discussing Money on Chain a decentralized stablecoin on Bitcoin. 00:00:00 – Introduction 00:01:00 – Brief Introduction to Gabriel 00:01:52 – Anita welcomes Gabriel 00:02:19 – The next LaBitconf conference in Argentina 00:03:49 – Who is Gabriel and how did he become a Bitcoiner? 00:07:25 – How Rootstock started 00:13:20 – Will Altcoins become obsolete? 00:15:13 – How secure is Rootstock since it works with Ethereum virtual machine? 00...

This week I am speaking with Carol Souza, co-founder of the Brazilian YouTube channel “usecripto” with 138,000 subscribers. I saw the work of Carol and her co-host Kaka on Instagram first and after being interviewed by them and meeting in El Salvador in November, we decided to do more content together. The main focus of this conversation is Bitcoin adoption in Brazil. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Nicolas Burtey, Co-founder and CEO of Galoy Money the company behind the BitcoinBeach wallet that has been used since 2020 and was thrust into the spotlight, when La Ley Bitcoin (the “Bitcoin Law”) was passed in El Salvador in June 2021. We’re discussing the possibilities for communities to use bitcoin with a focus on shared custody and the learnings from starting BitcoinBeach. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

Josh Young, Chief of Staff at New Story, a non-profit organization pioneering solutions to end global homelessness. Since its founding New Story has built over 30 holistic communities impacting over 3,500 families/homes in Haiti, Bolivia, El Salvador, and Mexico and they built the first 3D-printed community. Now they are partnering with Galoy Money, the builders of the Bitcoin Beach wallet and Bitcoin Beach to setup a community in El Salvador. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Esteban de la Peña founding partner at IBEXmercado a Bitcoin brokerage and payment service provider in Guatemala. We talk about use cases for Bitcoin in Central and South America, his thoughts on the Bitcoin law in El Salvador and Bitcoin’s advantages over the current financial system. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

This is Anita Posch’s talk at LaBitconf 2021 in El Salvador, the longest running Bitcoin conference in Latin America. If you’re interested in learning and using Bitcoin, this is your guide to start. With an explanation of the most important properties of Bitcoin, why they are important, the best Bitcoin wallets and recommendations for Spanish and English learning material. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

This is a recording of the panel discussion “Lightning and the Creator Economy: How the Lightning Network Will Power New Revenue Models for Artists and Creators” at the Adopting Bitcoin conference in San Salvador in November 2021. The panelists were Desiree Dickerson – CEO and co-founder of THRDgames, Colin Harper – Journalist and Content creator at Luxor Technologies, Roy Sheinfeld – Co-founder and CEO of Breez Technology and Michael Tidwell – Head of System Operations at Zebedee. I had the honor to moderate the discussion. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

This is a recording of a fireside chat with Elizabeth Stark at LaBitconf, the first Latin American Bitcoin conference which took place in San Salvador in November 2021. Stark is CEO and co-founder of Lightning Labs, a company that’s building a financial infrastructure on top of Bitcoin called the Lightning Network. I’m asking her about the possibilities to bring Bitcoin to billions of people, why Bitcoin is the most valuable internet money, how we will be able to earn bitcoin via the Lightning Network and much more. Sponsors SOVRYN - DeFi for Bitcoin Li...

In November 2021 I visited El Salvador to research the use of Bitcoin, that has been legal tender there since early September. I was attending Bitcoin week in San Salvador, speaking at Adopting Bitcoin and LaBitconf, two Bitcoin conferences. Afterwards I moved to El Zonte at the Pacific Ocean, the village where Bitcoin Beach started in early 2020. I also visited “Bitcoin City SV” a cooperative in Sonzacate, that is educating their ~2,000 members about Bitcoin even longer than the folks at Bitcoin Beach. In this episode I talk about my thoughts about Bitcoin City, the government’s plans, Bitcoin Bonds...

While I was visiting El Salvador in November 2021 I met with Mike Peterson, the initiator of Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte. Over 40 businesses are accepting bitcoin as payment and the locals use it to pay for their daily needs. We’re discussing the effects of bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador, the Chivo wallet, it’s problems and how the community is using Bitcoin in a multisig shared custody model with the Bitcoin Beach Wallet. If you’re interested to learn more, Mike was my guest already in May, just a few days before the announcement of Bit...

This is a conversation about my experiences in the Bitcoin space and in emerging countries, that I had with Svein Ølnes, a researcher and teacher at a Bitcoin course at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Svein started teaching the course in 2018 and this year there is a record interest with more than 200 students enrolled. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Rodolfo Andragnes, co-founder and executive director of the non-profit organization Bitcoin Argentina and main organizer of the Latin American Bitcoin Conference LaBitconf. We’re talking about Rodolfo’s creation of the word Bitcoin in the year 2000, cryptocurrency adoption in Latin America and LaBitconf the first Bitcoin conference in Latin America, which is taking place in El Salvador this week. Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

My guest is Hong Fang, CEO of OKCoin, a global, US-licensed cryptocurrency platform serving 190+ countries – the largest reach of any US-based exchange. Hong was born and raised in China, holds an MBA in Finance, Accounting and Entrepreneurship from the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. After that she worked at Goldman Sachs and left Wall Street for cryptocurrency after realizing digital assets offer the financial inclusion that traditional finance only claims to. Topics: – Hong Fang: from Wall Street to Bitcoin – Free markets vs. central planning – Wealth inequality – Her view on China’s Bitcoin bans...

My guest is Johannes Zweng, software developer and backend engineer at Coinfinity, Austria’s first bitcoin broker. Johannes and I are walking through new techniques enabling future use cases of Bitcoin. How Taproot upgrades our privacy, how lightning invoices will allow us to walk through a retail store and get everything we buy delivered just by scanning QR codes. – Johannes Zweng’s Bitcoin story – How Bitcoin changed his thinking – new features enabled by Taproot – Schnorr signatures – Taproot’s Lightning improvements – Lightning optimizations – new possibilities static QR codes, refunds, sending text via LN – Lightning...

Today’s guest is Alyse Killeen founding managing partner at StillMark, the Bitcoin Venture Capital Firm. Alyse has been in the Bitcoin space since 2013 and she is the Independent Director on Blockstream’s board of directors. StillMark’s portfolio includes companies such as CASA, Lightning Labs, lastbit and Sphinx. – Introduction Alyse Killeen – Alyse’s Bitcoin story – Why Bitcoin and not Altcoins? – KYC and regulations conflicting financial inclusion? – Will the suits take over? – How Bitcoin VC Alyse Killeen’s estimates future developments – Earning bitcoin – fintech for poor people – Bitcoin founders, startups in emerging countries ...

Meet Jörg Platzer, co-founder of Room77 in Berlin, the very first bar in the world to accept bitcoin for beer and burgers in 2011. Bitcoiners from around the world met in the Room, and their discussions sparked dozens of projects and ideas. Jörg’s stories and views about Bitcoin and privacy are refreshing and motivating, he says “The future of Bitcoin is so bright, we’ll need sunglasses” and “Freedom of transaction is a meta human right.” “I wanted to have Bitcoin, I failed at mining, so why not just put on a sign and accept it.” – Jörg Plat...

My guest is a real Bitcoin OG, Joshua Scigala, co-founder of Vaultoro a bitcoin and physical gold trading platform established in 2015. We are talking about the future and current state of Bitcoin, how to hedge against bitcoin’s volatility using gold and his new project the Standard Euro. Topics: – insights of a Bitcoin OG – current state of Bitcoin – Bitcoin in El Salvador – Lightning Network and other interesting developments – how to hedge between Gold and Bitcoin – future of stablecoins – the Standard Euro and DeFi Sponsors Live on Crypto w...

My guest is Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar one of the first people to foster and develop Bitcoin and blockchain technology in Latin America starting 2012. He is the CEO of IOV Labs, co-founder of LaBitconf, the first Bitcoin conference in Latin America and the co-founder of Bitcoin Iberoamérica an NGO devoted to Bitcoin education. His goal is to build a more decentralized world for a freer and fairer financial future. Rootstock, a sidechain of Bitcoin that enables smart contracts, is one of these building blocks. Our topics: – Introduction Diego Gutiérrez Zaldívar – Why Bitcoin i...

My guest is Christian Decker one of the architects of the Lightning Network, a Bitcoin OG and a Core Tech engineer at Blockstream. He wrote the world’s first PhD dissertation about Bitcoin and has been involved in the community since 2009. Topics: – Introduction Christian Decker – The first eleven years – Growth of the Lightning Network – Privacy on the Lightning Network, Taproot – Hurdles for the adoption of Lightning – Purpose and goals of “Greenlight” – The future of Lightning and Bitcoin Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.

My guests are Jeff Gallas and Rootz of Fulmo, an open source company dedicated to the research and development of the Lightning Network. They are the organizers of the Lightning Hackdays and the first Lightning Conference that took place in Berlin in 2019 and are supporters of the RaspiBlitz project, a Lightning and Bitcoin full node. “If you run a Lightning node you’re a part of replacing the VISA and Mastercard networks.” – Rootz Topics: 03:17 Introduction Fulmo 11:30 Development of the Lightning Network and the RaspiBlitz 15:00 Adoption rate of the Lightning Network 22:18 Accessibility improvem...

My guest is Adam Back the inventor of Hashcash, that was used as the proof-of-work method in Bitcoin. His work is cited in the Bitcoin whitepaper as well as in the Tor Browser whitepaper. Adam is a seasoned cryptographer with a PhD in computer science and distributed systems. As co-founder and CEO of Blockstream he is building the infrastructure for the internet of the future. Topics: – Blockstream’s funding and future plans – Decentralization of mining – Greenlight: Lightning nodes for everyone – how Bitcoin supports green energy – Starlink vs. Blockstream satellites – Bitcoin R & D and innovati...

My guest is Andreas M. Antonopoulos one of the worlds foremost experts on Bitcoin and open blockchains. Andreas is an educator, author of five books and an excellent speaker. His new co-authored book “Mastering the Lightning Network” will be published at the end of 2021. I was especially excited to be able to speak with him in person while we both visited Berlin. Our topics: – the state of Bitcoin in 2021 – Taproot and why it’s important for Bitcoin – the battle between regulators and DeFi – staircase of financial sovereignty – future of the Lightning Network –...

My 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 Freeathlon – Road to Bitcoin – Icebathing Join my newsletter list to rec...

Lyn 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 Bitcoin space too. I hope you enjoy the interview as much as I did. ...

Meron 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 activists use bitcoin discreetly. “Bitcoin helps people on the ground as a money transferring method, as an i...

Bitcoin 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/ Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

In 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 wallet Bitcoin works without the internet – satellites Blockstream’s mining operations – future of mining Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: htt...

What 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 Join my newsletter list to receive weekly Bitcoin content - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

June 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? Description of El Salvador Living conditions, financial problems How Bitcoin makes a diff...