Rabbit Hole Stories

In today’s episode, we spoke with Oskar, or how he’s known online as the Wise Rabbit.  Oskar found Bitcoin because of greed and stayed because of the revolution. While falling down the rabbit hole, he got interested in climate research.  He visited a course online to educate himself and asked as many questions as possible.  This led to him realizing that Bitcoin is the best chance we have to fix t...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Sam, the legend behind the Lightning Store and Wavlake.  Sam grew up in the punk rock scene and has been part of the music and creative scene ever since.  He discovered Bitcoin because of his friend Muzz , the guy behind Lightning Ventures , and decided to dig deeper. These days, he’s working on various Lightning projects.  Mainly with Wavlake and the Lightning St...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Sanjna Mehta, CEO and one of five co-founders of the Yzer app.  Sanjna was introduced to Bitcoin by her husband and has been fascinated by it ever since. Not only because she knows of the financial benefits but also because of the freedom aspects.  She’s originally from India, a society known for its restrictions on women in finance, as well as the demand for alte...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Leon A. Wankum, a real estate investor, philosopher, and writer from Berlin, Germany.  Leon discovered Bitcoin long ago and has been fascinated by it ever since. He was so convinced that he wrote his Master’s thesis about Bitcoin and continued to look into it after university.  He has a unique approach to Bitcoin and philosophy and how real estate investors can us...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Alana Mediavilla-Diaz, a filmmaker from Puerto Rico. She’s the brain behind ‘Dirty Coin’ and the recently released short film ‘Stranded.’ Alana has always been a filmmaker and used to work in the tech industry. One day, she stumbled across Bitcoin and has been interested ever since.  We got the unique opportunity to listen to her rabbit hole story, why she’s focus...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Ella Hough, a student at Cornell University and a core part of the Generation Bitcoin organization.  Ella initially learned of Bitcoin through a high school class on blockchain. However, taught through a perspective of NGU (“number go up”), it didn’t resonate.  Once she continued to look into Bitcoin, she realized there was more to it than price. Attending the Osl...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Patrick Lowry. He’s the CEO of Samara Asset Group, an asset manager focusing on Bitcoin and the ecosystem. Patrick started in the Private Equity world and initially got hooked by the crypto and smart contract world.  He got introduced to Bitcoin by a friend a few years before that but never took it seriously. It all changed when he saw the Lightning Network come a...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Federico Rivi, a Bitcoin journalist from Milano, Italy. His journey into Bitcoin is fascinating and unique. While he was still working as a journalist in the biggest Italian media outlets, he felt he needed a change and decided to go all in on Bitcoin.  Many months later, he successfully built a Substack in Italian, where he informs his readers about current event...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Christian Moss. He’s the co-founder and head of R&D at Zebedee.  Christian is one of the earlier Bitcoin developers. He had a few stories to tell with cease and desist letters from prominent Bitcoin companies, how he taught himself to code, and why developers are the new rockstars. You can follow Christian on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/MandelDuck Or alte...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Coach Carbon. He’s the ultimate Bitcoin coach and health expert.  We dove down his rabbit hole, what kind of lessons he took away from his passion and previous life as a footballer, and how Bitcoin led him into a new career. You can follow Coach Carbon on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/JosiasCarbon Or alternatively, follow him on Nostr: npub12fymz80ln9kdjvyxpwxd...

In today’s episode, we spoke with José Lemus, the CEO of Ibex.  José is originally from Guatemala and experienced hyperinflation as well as corruption from a very young age. He found Bitcoin because it’s the only violable option he has.  The push down the rabbit hole led to him discovering the Lightning Network and founding Ibex with his brother. These days, they’re one of the biggest PoS and infr...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Luke from Konsensus Network. He’s also known as BtcPseudoFinn online.  We talked about his move from his home country Canada to Finland, why everyday people struggle with the current political climate, and how he found his way down the Bitcoin rabbit hole.  You can follow Luke on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/BtcPseudoFinn You can follow us on Twitter ( @rabbit...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Theresa Rehlingen-Prinz, a journalist from Germany and the current PR Spokeswoman for Anita Posch.  We went down Theresa’s rabbit hole and uncovered how her previous work in Venture Capital and the media world shaped her beliefs and inevitably led her to Bitcoin.  One of her biggest passions is encouraging everyone to get on board and help out people in need, whet...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Daniel Prince. He’s most famous for his podcast ‘Once Bitten’ and is also the author of ‘Choose Life’ Daniel used to work in the Foreign Exchange Markets in a previous life but knew very quickly he had to get out of it. So he and his wife decided to try house swapping, which ended up in them traveling around the world.  Daniel discovered Bitcoin and a new way of l...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Bailey Jakob, the creator of Mr. Satoshi, a lifestyle Bitcoin apparel brand, and various Bitcoin projects.  Bailey is our first guest from Australia, and it was an exciting one. In a previous life, Bailey was a mortgage broker but eventually found Bitcoin.  These days he’s the founder of Mr. Satoshi, a Bitcoin apparel and lifestyle brand. The idea is to sell merch...

Today’s episode is the first four-person episode on Rabbit Hole Stories. We couldn’t be more excited to have Charlie Mackenzie and Jason Deane from the Bitcoin Racing team on. We spoke about their rabbit hole stories, what got them into Bitcoin, how it was the only solution for Charlie’s family, and what Bitcoin Racing’s vision is.  On that note, we spoke about a few sponsors, events, and future p...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Pierre Corbin, the director of various Bitcoin films.  Pierre used to work as a consultant, spending hours in Word, Excel, or Powerpoint. Asking himself what he contributes to the world. Thanks to a friend’s recommendation, he dove down the crypto rabbit hole and found Bitcoin. The rest, he said, was history… It had such a vivid impact on his life that he decided...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Adem Bilican, CTO of Relai.  Adem has a fascinating backstory in bioinformatics and used to be a blockchain research developer. Initially, he wanted to make the world more complicated, but he realized that Bitcoin was there to fix all the issues.  We spoke about Adem’s background, why techies need to reinvent the wheel every chance they get, how Relai has become h...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Jordan Walker, CEO of the Bitcoin Collective UK. We met Jordan at last year’s Edinburgh conference, or Joël met him and Ian a few weeks later because he wasn’t in Scotland.  Jordan first dove down the crypto rabbit hole and found Bitcoin. Something he says, the community should embrace more, as everyone had their shitcoin experience at one point.  During the episo...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Freddie New, Head of Policy at Bitcoin Policy UK.  Freddie has an interesting story from his childhood in Africa, where he got to experience hyperinflation, how he got into lobbying and his life as a lawyer, and how long it took him to understand Bitcoin fully.  You can follow Freddie on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/freddienew You can follow us on Twitter ( @r...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Julian Liniger, the CEO of Relai.  Julian co-founded the Bitcoin-only company three years ago and has experienced many ups and downs. From 200K+ app downloads to the mental burden of being a CEO and getting kicked out of the Apple App Store. We spoke about all that and when Relai enables Lightning.  You can follow Julian on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/julian_...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Andrea Piredda from Opentip.io , a Lightning tipping service for creators.  We covered many topics, from Andrea’s rabbit hole story to his academic days and why the Bitcoin community needs to decide where to go with Custody solutions.  You can follow Andrea on his Twitter: https://twitter.com/AndreaPireddaHK Or alternatively on his LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.c...

In today’s episode, we spoke with Ivan Makedonski from Sofia, Bulgaria.  Ivan works for Breez, a popular Lightning Wallet and open-source project, and has been active in the Bitcoin ecosystem for a while now.  We went down Ivan’s rabbit hole, how tragedy made him find Bitcoin, why it’s a good time to stop fighting back to adapt to any situation, and the state of Lightning.  You can follow Ivan on...

In today’s episode, we, or Joël mostly, got to speak to Jason Maier. He’s one of the few progressive voices in the Bitcoin ecosystem and aims to get more people from the left on board.  We talked about Jason’s rabbit hole story, how he uses Bitcoin in his day job as a teacher, and what he thinks we need to change to get more liberals or progressives on board.  You can follow Jason on his Twitter:...

Today, we have a special episode planned for you! In light of Bitcoin Pizza Day, we thought it would be a fun idea to sit down, eat a pizza and talk about the celebration, what happened at Bitcoin Miami, and what we’re currently doing.  Also, both of us will be at BTC-Prague later in June. If you see us, come by and say hi. We have some stickers for you, and you might get to be in one of our video...