Ray Youssef is the CEO of Paxful, a people-powered marketplace allowing people to send, receive and transact in Bitcoin all around the world. After Ray failed 11 times to build a successful startup, he noticed the one thing in common among his attempts was worldwide payment walls that were impossible to avoid. He set out to design a Bitcoin solution, opening world markets regardless of location, government, oppression or education. 
Scott Melker and Ray Youssef further discuss starting life as a 1st generation Egyptian immigrant, being an activist in the Egyptian Revolution and Occupy Wallstreet, the walled gardens blocked by payments, failing at 11 different startups before Paxful, Nigerian Princes and overcoming scams, building 100 schools in Africa, teaching Bitcoin to the people of Africa, an imminent golden age of humanity and more.
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