Bitcoiners - Live From Bitcoin Beach

Are you mining Bitcoin to secure the money of the future? Or are you just a "Fiat Hasher" using the network to stack more dying dollars?  Kent Halliburton (@khalliburton) joins me to argue that most of the industry has the wrong incentives. We compare the early days of El Salvador surf tourism, when walking to the beach meant risking your life, to the current state of the network. Just a...

Is your citizenship a rug pull waiting to happen?  We sit down with legal expert Jennifer Harding Marlin (@jh_marlin) to discuss why relying on a single fiat passport is a massive single point of failure. We explore the harsh truth for Americans facing restrictive FATCA banking regulations and why entrepreneurs are forced to renounce US citizenship just to protect their stack and keep their busine...

Is Bitcoin actually helping anyone, or is it just another Wall Street game with better branding?  In this conversation, Mike Peterson sits down with Jeremy Almond (@jeremyalmond) to argue that the answer shows up in Bitcoin circular economies, where people earn, spend, and save in Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, and where financial inclusion can look like a kid getting access to school, tools, an...

What if democracy can’t survive sound money, because it runs on promises it can’t fund? Knut Svanholm sits down with Mike Peterson in El Salvador, fresh from a formal night at the presidential palace with President Nayib Bukele. Phones taken, press everywhere, and a president who feels unnervingly normal to Bitcoiners. Knut’s take is blunt, El Salvador may have accidentally voted “one of us” into...

What if the real trap is not working hard, it is spending your best years building someone else’s empire with money you do not even trust? Mike Peterson sits down with Efrat Fenigson (@efenigson) during Bitcoin Historico for a blunt conversation about the fiat system, corporate life, and why “growth for growth’s sake” eventually stops making sense. Efrat explains how years of being great at drivin...

What if Bitcoin does not fail because of governments, banks, or the IMF, but because Bitcoiners themselves refuse to actually use it? In this episode, Mike sits down with Isabella Santos in El Salvador to confront one of the most uncomfortable questions in Bitcoin today. Is most “Bitcoin adoption” actually fake if merchants never see anyone spend sats? Isabella shares the unfiltered story of how B...

Recorded in the middle of Bitcoin Month, this episode brings together Knut Svanholm, Giacomo Zucco, Mike Peterson, and Jethro Toro in El Zonte, El Salvador. They unpack what it feels like to live through Bitcoin Historico at the National Palace San Salvador, Adopting Bitcoin in San Salvador, and the Bitcoin Beach Festival on the coast. From free pupusas and packed plazas to barefoot plebs and kids...

In this episode, I sit down with Jeff Booth inside the National Palace El Salvador to dig into a question a lot of people are asking in private. Is El Salvador still Bitcoin country, or did Bukele get captured by the IMF. Jeff shares how he ended up invited by the President, why he first thought he was being used as a marketing prop, and what actually happened during a long conversation on Bitcoin...

What if a US dollar collapse is not doom talk from the fringe, but simply the logical end of the fiat currency game we are already playing. In this episode, Mike Peterson sits down with investor and author Larry Lepard inside El Salvador’s National Palace to unpack the thesis behind The Big Print book and why Larry believes the next massive round of money printing is not a question of if, only whe...

Dr. Jack Kruse explains why he believes El Salvador is the most asymmetric opportunity of our lifetime and why so many serious Bitcoiners are leaving the United States for El Salvador. Drawing on stories like buying a New York City corner in 1890 or the Louisiana Purchase for $12 million, he shows how rare it is to find a moment where land, leadership, and money all line up in your favor. Jack arg...

Coming from the “empire of bureaucracy”, Lina Seiche has seen what happens when regulation stifles innovation.  In El Salvador, she’s found the opposite, a government removing red tape, empowering entrepreneurs, and even teaching children about financial education from an early age. She explains why this freedom to build, innovate, and educate is shaping a generation that understands money differe...

What good is financial sovereignty if your body is still in custodial care? Mike Peterson sits down with Christopher Wedick to map out the Reclaiming Health and Longevity Symposium in San Salvador, a two-day meet-up where decentralized health meets decentralized wealth. They talk health sovereignty, community healing, and why El Salvador’s mix of safety, affordability, and sunlight makes it a real...

If you think the IMF is winning in El Salvador, think again! Bitcoin Beach founder's Mike Peterson sits down with Jethro, Kiki, and Charlie to show the receipts from the ground. We talk real Bitcoin circular economies, the merchants who now prefer sats, and how everyday life in El Zonte, El Tunco, and beyond has changed when money is freedom money. San Salvador’s historic center is about to b...

Jack Mallers and Mike Peterson share two unforgettable stories from Bitcoin’s early days in El Salvador.  Strike once tested a small ten-cent reward for new users, and the strong response showed how even tiny incentives could spark Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador. They also tell how local kids used Strike and Bitrefill to buy Free Fire game credits online for the first time. Since they didn’t have...

After moving to El Salvador, Michael Ruiz found more than a new home and began creating content that connected him to new opportunities. A simple invitation to help with a real estate showcase opened doors to new opportunities and unexpected connections. What began as a single “yes” grew into a network of builders, educators, and entrepreneurs shaping El Salvador’s future. Watch the FULL EPISODE h...

Once seen as remote or undeveloped, El Salvador’s coastline is now attracting families, investors, and entrepreneurs drawn by new infrastructure, safer communities, and rising property values. Lexi Cross explores how this shift is redefining coastal living and what it means for those looking to invest in areas like Costa del Sol and Surf City. Watch the FULL EPISODE here: https://youtu.be/O9OQk2Y6...

He walked away from the party life and found purpose in El Salvador. With Bukele’s vision behind him, he’s building schools and rebuilding hope, proof that faith, freedom, and Bitcoin can change a nation. Watch the FULL EPISODE here: https://youtu.be/3X2Ak8UzwTE Connect with Aaron: Website: https://murphslifefoundation.com/ X: https://www.twitter.com/MURPHSLIFE TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@murp...

El Salvador is leading the world in Bitcoin adoption, but under the hood, its energy market tells a darker story. Josué López breaks down the brutal math behind El Salvador’s electricity costs and why mining Bitcoin here seems “impossible” under the current system.  Decades of corruption and a pricing system tied to costly diesel generation reveal how El Salvador’s so-called “sustainable” energy m...

For years, El Salvador carried a reputation for danger and travel advisories ranked it among the least safe countries in the world. Lina Seiche, a German entrepreneur who built her company in El Salvador, shares why the country’s transformation is tangible, and how you can also feel it in the way new laws are constantly streamlining business operations by removing unnecessary bureaucracy. El Salva...

In this episode, Efrat sits down with Mike Peterson to hear the story of Bitcoin Beach from his perspective. Mike explains how a small surf town in El Salvador, El Zonte, became the birthplace of the first Bitcoin circular economy. What started with simple incentives for kids to stay in school and help their community grew into a model of financial inclusion that changed how families and businesse...

In this episode, host Jeremy Almond sits down with Mike Peterson, the founder of Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador, and CK Snarks from the Human Rights Foundation to explore how Bitcoin is transforming lives at the community level and beyond. Mike shares the Bitcoin Beach perspective on how a small grassroot project in El Zonte grew into a movement that helped shape El Salvador’s decision to make Bitco...

Mike Peterson joins CK to share the story of Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, and how it became a model for a circular economy. The conversation explores his journey from a California surfer to a community leader in El Salvador, where bitcoin moved from theory into practice. Together, they discuss why bitcoin must be used as money rather than just digital gold, how saving in bitcoin changed...

This is a special episode from The Sovereign Podcast, hosted by Michael Ruiz, where Mike Peterson joined as a guest. In this conversation, Mike shares the full story of Bitcoin Beach and how a grassroots project in El Zonte helped inspire El Salvador to make Bitcoin legal tender. He talks about how the project began, the challenges of community building, and the mindset shift that happens when peo...

What happens when Bitcoiners stop waiting for legacy platforms and start building their own?  In this episode, Mike sits down with Jake Seifert, co-founder of AirBTC, a Bitcoin-first alternative to Airbnb. Jake’s not just talking about circular economy theory, he’s out there trying to make it real, one travel listing at a time. They get into the friction points of convincing Bitcoiners to actually...

What does it actually take to mine Bitcoin in El Salvador? In this episode, Mike sits down with Josue Lopez, CEO of Volcano Energy, to break down what’s really happening beyond the hype. Josue explains how his team is building energy infrastructure from the ground up, solar, wind, and geothermal, to support a truly sovereign energy mining operation. This isn’t about plugging into someone else’s gr...