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nrc13 | Willem Schroé is bringing the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) to Bitcoin

Release Date: 10/19/2023

nrc30 | Keeping P2P trading alive in Nigeria with Tochi Onyiah of NoOnes

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Tochi Onyiah is doing her part to continue to give Nigerians access to P2P trading via NoOnes — despite the Nigerian governments crackdown on such services. Inflation in Nigeria is rampant and being able to access bitcoin and stablecoins in such an environment is vital for those looking to preserve the value of their labor in a harsh economic environment. Enjoy the interview! Follow Tochi and NoOnes on social media: X (Twitter): @tochionyiah @noonesapp @noonesafrica Instagram: @tochi_onyiah Use NoOnes for P2P trading: Timestamps: 0:00 Cold open 0:39 Intro music 0:53 Introduction 3:30...

nrc29 | How to find your place in the Bitcoin industry with Flo Montoya

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Flo Montoya works with Love Is Bitcoin and Panties for Bitcoin, but it took her a minute to find her place(s) in the Bitcoin industry. Flo is classically trained as an artist, but when she realized it was difficult to find work in this field, she learned how to do marketing via social media and applied her artistic skills via this avenue. We discuss this, how Flo's family members were actually the ones who taught her about Bitcoin and other topics in the interview. Enjoy! - At new renaissance capital, we partner with Trezor — makers of the first crypto hardware wallet — to help you secure...

nrc28 | Can the Próspera + Bitcoin model save Honduras? Zussel Abigail Ramos thinks so.

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Zussel is a resident of Próspera — a start-up city located in Honduras — who lives on a bitcoin standard and teaches Bitcoin through Amity Age — the oldest Bitcoin education program in Central America. And based on my conversation with Zussel, her life seems pretty good! So, can this city in which taxes are low and personal freedoms are high combined with bitcoin being legal tender become a model for the rest of Honduras? This is the big question, and Zussel's answer is "yes." Check out the interview and leave a comment if you think Zussel is onto something. Follow Zussel, Próspera and...

nrc27 | The importance of free and open societies with Jorge Jraissati

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Some of us take for granted the fact that we can speak freely, transact with who we please and pursue our dreams. Others — like Jorge Jraissati, who had to flee his home country of Venezuela for fear of persecution — understand very well that certain freedoms are not a given and that we must fight to establish and preserve them. And this is what he does as Director of Alumni for Liberty, a branch of Students for Liberty, which promotes the ideals of Classical Liberalism around the globe. Through both Alumni for Liberty and his work as a researcher, lecturer and writer, Jorge works to...

nrc26 | Teaching Bitcoin from the heart with Dea Rezkitha

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After years of teaching people about Bitcoin, organizing the Indonesia Bitcoin conference, and working for a Bitcoin company (Fedi), she's learned that you have to speak from your heart when you explain Bitcoin to people if you want them to grasp it. In our interview, we discuss this in greater detail as well as the macroeconomic situation in Indonesia and how even the Indonesian crypto "gamblers" are starting to look at bitcoin as something different than all other crypto assets. Enjoy! Follow Dea on social media: X (Twitter): @dearezkitha Nostr:...

nrc25 | Heritage Falodun is doing big things with Bitcoin in Africa's biggest country — Nigeria

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Heritage Falodun is doing big things with Bitcoin in Africa’s biggest country (by population size) — Nigeria. From helping businesses make remittance payments with Bitcoin and stablecoins through his company DigiOats to educating the Nigerian populace about Bitcoin to doing his part to increase the amount of Bitcoin mining happening in Nigeria, he’s on his mission to grow the Bitcoin network in Nigeria. In this interview, he thoroughly details his efforts and explains how Bitcoin and stablecoins are solving real world problems in real time in Africa. Enjoy! Follow Heritage on social...

nrc24 | Lessons from Lebanon with Sooly Kobayashi

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"We're all Lebanese. Most just don't know it yet." This is how Jan 3 founder Samson Mow responded to a tweet thread on the economic situation in Lebanon from Sooly Kobayashi — a consultant, entrepreneur and investor in the Bitcoin space. What Mow was insinuating was that the fiat system is going to catch up with all of us eventually — that we'll all see our lives financially upended, just as the Lebanese currently are, because of excess money printing and poor fiscal policy. Luckily for Lebanon, they have citizens like Sooly who are investing in the Bitcoin ecosystem so to make it more...

nrc23 | Bitcoin: A labor of love, with Loïc Kassamoto

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Like many in the Bitcoin space, Loïc does a lot of work for free. And he does it because he's driven by his passion for Bitcoin and how it can help people. In this interview, Loïc shares some details about the work he does in the Bitcoin space — from onboarding restaurants to hosting a conference to building a Bitcoin Lightning exchange called Flash. Loïc is the Bitcoin point person for Benin, and the citizens of his country are lucky to have him. Enjoy the interview! Follow Loïc on social media: X (Twitter): @LoicBTC Check out some of Loïc's writing: Timestamps: 0:00 Cold open 0:40...

nrc22 | Shaping the narrative around Bitcoin & human rights w/ Lyudmyla Kozlovska & Kasia Szczypska

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Lyudmyla Kozlovska and Katarzyna (Kasia) Szczypska are freedom fighters. They serve as President and Chief Advocacy Officer of the Open Dialogue Foundation, an organization that works to free political prisoners in former Soviet states, helps deliver aid to Ukraine and supports independent mothers in Poland. The organization also educates global policy makers about the importance of Bitcoin and the role it plays in upholding human rights. The work that Lyudmyla and Kasia do is not for the faint of heart, and they need your support. Take a listen to what they have to say, and consider where you...

nrc21 | Only Lions Need Apply with Ray Youssef, CEO of NoOnes

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Ray Youssef is a Bitcoin superhero. With big heart and tremendous stature, Ray — CEO of the peer-to-peer (P2P) trading platform, NoOnes — is looking to empower leaders in The Global South. Originally from Africa himself, Ray believes that tremendous potential on the verge of being unlocked not just in Africa, but in Latin America and SE Asia, as well. And according to Ray, there's no time to waste in bring his vision to life. Enjoy our interview with this legend in the Bitcoin space! Follow Ray on social media: X (Twitter): @RayCivKit Nostr:...

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Willem Schroé is a cryptographer and hardcore Bitcoiner who's on the verge of making bitcoin a currency capable of fueling transactions via the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) through the use of spiderchains.

Put another way, Willem's company Botanix is building a Layer 2 on Bitcoin on which bitcoin (BTC) will be used instead of ether (ETH) when transacting on the dApps, DEXes, etc. that currently exist on Ethereum.

And the best part is, no changes will need to be made to the base layer of Bitcoin in order for this new functionality to exist.

Check out the Botanix white paper here: https://a-us.storyblok.com/f/1014909/x/8d64a913a6/botanix-protocol-whitepaper.pdf

Check out Bitcoin Magazine's write up on the Botanix protocol here: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/spiderchains-a-proof-of-stake-second-layer

Follow Willem and Botanix on social media:

X (Twitter): @willemschroe and @botanixlabs

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willemschroe/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/botanix-labs/

Timestamps:

0:00 Cold open

0:26 Intro music

0:41 Introduction

7:43 The challenge of explaining Bitcoin to people

10:15 Willem and his company, Botanix, are bringing the EVM to Bitcoin?