Bitcoiners - Live From Bitcoin Beach

Join Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, as we dive deep into a fascinating conversation with Albert Wolframm, a traveler, Bitcoin enthusiast, and advocate for small, local businesses.  Albert shares his experiences visiting El Salvador, specifically the Berlin area and its impressive rapid Bitcoin adoption among local merchants and the community. He recounts instances of seamless Bi...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, Jamie and Ronny, two passionate individuals who are founders of the first Bitcoin-related hardware store, share their Bitcoin journey, their initiatives for financial inclusion, the regulatory challenges they have had to overcome, and how their first Bitcoin-related hardware store is also their way to build a better Bitcoin community in El Salvador...

Coming to you LIVE from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, our guest today is Tim Muth, a man who has been writing about the news and politics of El Salvador and also acts as a critic of El Salvador's bold leap into Bitcoin. He first arrived in El Salvador as part of his church’s mission team, however then frequently returned to the country years after, and eventually leaving his busines...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, Dusan Matuska, a pioneer and advocate of Bitcoin education, delves into the impact of Bitcoin on society as a decentralized finance currency and what efforts are made to educate more people about it. Dusan Matuska shared how his Bitcoin journey went, talking about the values of Bitcoin such as freedom, and fellowship, and how Bitcoin can create a c...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, we turn our focus to the Caribbean, specifically Jamaica with our guest affectionately known as Dread. He shares his knowledge about how to leverage Bitcoin to handle economic disparities and the banking restrictions of his country. In Jamaica, a great number of the population is living in poverty and the wealthy minority remains detached from the...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, Paolo Ardoino, a familiar figure in the Bitcoin, space discusses how El Salvador, being a pioneer in integrating Bitcoin into their economy, remains a model for other countries to do the same adoption for their economic development. This places El Salvador as an attractive destination for companies and Bitcoin enthusiasts for relocation or expansio...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, we discover how Charlie MacKensie pioneered the integration of Bitcoin and motorsports racing. With their mission to increase Bitcoin interest in motorsports racing, it shows that Bitcoin has already reached different kinds of fields aside from the financial market. Charlie’s racing team provides a different take on promoting Bitcoin. As their advo...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, this episode’s guests Carla and Blake shared how their lives are transformed by Bitcoin. How Bitcoin works is not just about it as a financial tool, but how it affects the lives of the people who use it. Admittedly, there are fewer ladies in the Bitcoin Twitter, but finding love in the Bitcoin space is possible. A true Bitcoin Twitter love story, C...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, our guests bring excitement as they focus on Bitcoin as a lifestyle choice and the impact of digital currency on economy. Jon and Paul discussed how surfing culture and Bitcoin community values intersect. For them, Bitcoin is not just some digital currency, it also provides financial freedom, gathers people, and holds a transformative potential for...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, we're diving into an interesting discussion of how Bitcoin can be a powerful tool to maintain election integrity through timestamping and immutable election data. Our guest, Carliño, shares his insights on Bitcoin as used in real-world situations beyond the financial systems, and how Guatemala became the first country to protect its election t...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, Sean Harris, a former professional basketball player turned laser eyes bitcoiner recounts how he started as a Bitcoin non-believer to become an advocate of this digital currency. In this episode, Sean and I discuss in depth Bitcoin’s significant role in the ever-changing socio-economic landscape and the excitement for the upcoming 2024 Bitcoin Halv...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, Sean Harris, a former professional basketball player turned laser eyes bitcoiner recounts how he started as a Bitcoin non-believer to become an advocate of this digital currency. In this episode, Sean and I discuss in depth Bitcoin’s significant role in the ever-changing socio-economic landscape and the excitement for the upcoming 2024 Bitcoin Havi...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, host Mike Peterson sat down with @Luke_Broyles to discuss Luke's background and insights into how Bitcoin is transforming economies like El Salvador's. This exciting episode explores how Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador under President Nayib Bukele is aligning incentives and improving lives through new monetary policy and digital currency....

Live from Bitcoin Beach El Salvador, this fascinating episode features host Mike Peterson in conversation with Graham Elwood, a lively comedian, filmmaker, and enthusiastic Bitcoin advocate. The chat reveals Graham’s interesting journey into the Bitcoin world, pointing out the changing power of this digital currency in remodeling traditional financial systems and encouraging economic freedom. Grah...

Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, this enlightening conversation between host Mike Peterson and Jimmy Song, a prominent Christian Bitcoin developer and educator, delves into the nation's transformation through Bitcoin adoption. Jimmy shares first-hand observations on how Bitcoin has enhanced financial stability, infrastructure, and overall quality of life, emphasizing its role...

In this episode, Giacomo Zucco, a theoretical physicist and Bitcoin expert, shares his fascinating journey in the world of Bitcoin. He delves into his previous startups and consulting work for fiat banks, highlighting his passion for pushing the boundaries of Bitcoin technology. Giacomo sheds light on his involvement in establishing common standards within the Bitcoin community and his pivotal rol...

What if you had the opportunity to contribute to the development of a country and leave a lasting legacy?  All while mitigating jurisdictional risks involved with a Bitcoin lifestyle? Today we are sharing some ground-breaking news, right from El Zonte, Bitcoin Beach, where everything started. The long-awaited El Salvador Citizenship By Donation Program has finally been unveiled. In today's ep...

Hot on the heels of The Adopting Bitcoin Conference 2023 Julian Figueroa of Kinetic Finance sits down with Mike Peterson to discuss art in Bitcoin culture, the Canadian Bitcoin scene and his future film projects. Peru is on the Horizon. What does it take to reach millions of viewers? Bitcoin art can be many things, short videos, long videos, documentaries, musicals or songs. Julian Figueroa and Mi...

She was a circus performer. He was a photographer. She broke a Guiness World Record. He kept talking about Bitcoin. This is the story of how an athlete and an artist turned their obsessions into an entrepreneurial journey where they teach others to do the same with equal parts Bitcoin and content creation. They host "Creator Retreats" in Costa Rica and El Salvador. "... Health and w...

Fresh from the Adopting Bitcoin Conference in San Salvador Francis Pouliot sits down with Mike Peterson for almost 2 hours of solid content, including Bull Bitcoin's new on-chain self custody wallet linked seamlessly to the Bull Bitcoin exchange. Ready for a deep dive into the early days of running the first brick and mortar Bitcoin facility in Quebec Canada? How about the early days implemen...

Graham Rittener came to El Salvador after he heard about the bitcoin announcement.  "This is something special, this is positive, this is big... I gotta go and see what this is about" - Graham.  Once in El Zonte, El Salvador Graham wrote an informal agreement on the back of a napkin to create a documentary that would tell the story of Bitcoin Beach from a locals perspective. Mike Peterso...

"Hey Max Keiser, I'll film your show for free" That's how Shooter was first embraced by Max and Stacy. Then, Nayib Bukele re-tweeted his film "ComeBack Country". Then, Boom! "I firmly believe Bitcoin is what the world needs most right now. Everybody feels it but they just don't know it, they feel the inflation, but they don't know how bad money makes th...

When Shannon Falkenstein moved to El Salvador for love years ago she gained a unique perspective of the country. She created the FaceBook Expat page to share her newly gained insights.  She and her husband began brewing beer in their home and soon created the very popular local Micro-Bewery Cadejo, along with a string of 12 Cadejo restaurants.  Shannon Falkenstein's next entrepreneurial ventu...

Berlin, El Salvador is experiencing financial and social growth as a center point in it's own Bitcoin circular economy. The friendly townspeople in Berlin all know Charlie Stevens.  Mike Peterson learns of Charlies Stevens journey from Ireland, to Spain, to Ireland, to Australia, to India, to Spain, to Ireland, to London, to Spain and finally, to El Salvador.  Along the way Charlie Stevens ea...

This is the story of the rise of Berlin, El Salvador. This is also the story of the hard-working people behind the scenes. Gerardo and Evelyn started promoting the bitcoin standard in Berlin, ES and found that the townspeople were receptive to their efforts. Mike Peterson learns that Berlin has very moderate climate, as it's altitude is approximately 1000 meters, which means no air conditioni...