The Adopting Bitcoin Pod Adopting Bitcoin

Today we’re speaking about Bitcoin adoption in Ghana. We have Kumi from Bitcoin Cowries, and Mawufemor of Bitcoin Dua, who have been sharing non-stop progress from their community building efforts, including a mobile bitcoin street store, soccer games, education center and more. Their latest video featured a gentleman buying a live chicken with bitcoin, which is currently going viral across bitcoin twitter. 

In this episode, we chat with Rich and Vali from Motiv Peru who have been educating communities about health and life skills to create a foundation for Motiv to introduce programs that will support a Bitcoin self-sustaining circular economy.



(00:00:00) Intro and advertisement

(00:02:46) Introduction Motiv

(00:09:00) How are the communities founded?

(00:23:13) How to find a leader?

(00:31:16) What are the indicators for success

(00:47:14) What can tourists expect?

(00:55:20) How about the stability of Peru?

(00:59:47) Open mic season

(01:05:48) Final words and outro



⁠Adopting Bitcoin⁠⁠ - A Lightning Summit in El Salvador, Nov 7-9 2023

⁠⁠Blink⁠⁠ - the everday bitcoin wallet

⁠⁠Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town⁠⁠ - Jan 26-28 2024

This week we have a team of bitcoiners based in El Salvador who have recently launched a new circular economy project in the town of Berlin. The project has attracted expats from other countries and has been driving local adoption in recent months within the town – we are excited to hear how things are going and how they are doing it.

Adopting Bitcoin⁠ - A Lightning Summit in El Salvador, Nov 7-9 2023

⁠Blink⁠ - the everday bitcoin wallet

⁠Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town⁠ - Jan 26-28 2024



(00:00:00) Intro

(00:00:43) Welcome words

(00:02:29) Sponsoring

(00:04:33) Introduction Bitcoin Berlin

(00:15:05) Why Bitcoin?

(00:18:28) How Bitcoin Berlin started?

(00:25:13) Merchants in Berlin

(00:37:57) Build a sustainable community

(00:43:01) Bringing Bitcoin to the people

(00:50:59) How important is education?

(00:57:47) Salvas Story

(00:59:50) Open mic season

(01:04:44) Last words and outro

This week we have Bitcoiners from Argentina on the pod - Argentina has been wrestling with chronic inflation of their local currency the Argentinian Peso for decades and recently made headlines when a libertarian outsider called Javier Milei who is also said to be bitcoin-friendly won the Presidential primaries by surprise. Part of Milei’s platform was a very hostile stance against central banks and not surprisingly this has made Bitcoiners pay attention and get excited about this candidate. In this episode we learn from Argentinian Bitcoiners Ariel and Adam how much is true of these rumours - is maybe a second bitcoin president in the making? And what else is going on around Bitcoin in Argentina.

Bitcoin Ekasi is a circular economy project based in Mossel Bay, built after the model of Bitcoin Beach. Together with a Machankura, a project aiming to give people without an internet-connected device a way to send and receive Bitcoin payments, they will be hosting the Adopting Bitcoin conference in Cape Town in January 2024. The Bitcoin conference will convene experts, advocates and innovators from around the world to dive into the topics of Bitcoin, self-sovereignty and parallel institutions. We chat with Hermann and Kgothatso about bitcoin in Africa, the various initiatives to further its adoption and the upcoming conference.



Adopting Bitcoin⁠ - A Lightning Summit in El Salvador, Nov 7-9 2023

⁠Blink⁠ - the everday bitcoin wallet

⁠Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town⁠ - Jan 26-28 2024

We talk with Bitcoiners Eliazar, Rudy and Reyna working on the Bitcoin Lake project at Lake Panachajel in Guatelama and the progress they are making with Mi Primer Bitcoin classes to educate about Bitcoin.



Adopting Bitcoin⁠ - A Lightning Summit in El Salvador, Nov 7-9 2023

⁠Blink⁠ - the everday bitcoin wallet

⁠Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town⁠ - Jan 26-28 2024