Bill Hill from Pouch (Bitcoin Island Philippines) and Malcolm Weed from Neutronpay join me to talk about Bitcoin as international money and the scene in Asia. Bill and Malcolm share some insights into Bitcoin and lightning on the ground, and remittance corridors. We also talk about their upcoming events, Lightningcon in Da Nang and Bitcoin Island Retreat coming up at the end of March. We chat:

Merchant adoption
Bitcoin remittances
Bitcoin and lightning companies collaborating
Knowledge about the lightning network
Bitcoin communities locally

Links:

Twitter: @BitcoinIslandPH
Site: https://pouch.ph/retreat2023
Site: https://lightningcon.org/
BitcoinBeachVN: @BitcoinBeachVN
Site: Neutronpay.com

Sponsors:

Swan Bitcoin
Mempool.space
Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
Buildonl2.com
BTCPrague.com

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