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BREAKDOWN: An Interview With Bitcoin Beach, the Community That Inspired El Salvador to Adopt the Bitcoin Standard
BREAKDOWN: An Interview With Bitcoin Beach, the Community That Inspired El Salvador to Adopt the Bitcoin Standard
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Jun 11, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Featuring Bitcoin Beach’s Mike Peterson. This episode is sponsored by Nexo.io.On today’s episode, NLW is joined by Mike Peterson, director of Bitcoin Beach. Bitcoin Beach is a community project in El Salvador that has spent the last two years helping individuals and companies integrate bitcoin into their daily lives and long-term habits. President Nayib Bukele cited Bitcoin Beach in inspiring El Salvador’s bitcoin legal tender law. In this interview, NLW and Mike discuss:How he came to reside in El SalvadorHow the bitcoin community project startedWhat drove community adoption at the beginningHow remittances and COVID-19 solidified the value of BTC to the community How bitcoin has changed how people think about investing How international bitcoiners such as Miles Suter and Jack Mallers got to know the project Where the project stands today (complete with 22 different community initiatives) How bitcoiners can get involvedFind our guest online:Twitter: @BitcoinbeachWeb: www.bitcoinbeach.com-Nexo.io lets you borrow against your crypto at 6.9% APR, earn up to 12% on your idle assets, and exchange instantly between 100+ market pairs with the tap of a button. Get started at nexo.io.-Image credit: Mike Peterson/Bitcoin BeachSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Jun 11, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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