The Bitcoin Source: A Bitcoin Conversation

Will Schoellkopf is author of “The Bitcoin Dog: Following The Scent To The Bitcoin C++ Source Code” and host of the Bitcoin podcast “It’s So Early!“.  Will publishes a weekly newsletter featuring his favorite Bitcoin Tweets of the week!  He is published in both Bitcoin Magazine and Satoshi’s Journal.  In this interview on The Bitcoin Source, we discuss the intricate details of runni...

Eric Yakes graduated with a double major in finance & economics from Creighton University and 3 years later earned the CFA charter. He began his career at FTI Consulting in their Corporate Finance and Restructuring group and then moved to Lion Equity Partners, a distressed buyout private equity fund. All the while he intently followed Bitcoin, and its development eventually led him to author t...

Renata Rodrigues is the Head of Marketing and Community at FEDI BTC and a native of Brazil. Her main mission is to promote the massive adoption of Bitcoin in the “Global South” and foster collective economics through community. She has a degree in Strategic Marketing from Ryerson University and over 5 years of experience in digital marketing, community management, and event organization. In this i...

Jimmy Song is a Bitcoin educator who has been involved with Bitcoin since 2011. He is an Open-Source Coder, a devout Christian, and an expert on the Bitcoin protocol. Jimmy knows the technical details, the economics behind it, the industry, and the people in Bitcoin. He has worked on many different Bitcoin-related projects and is the author of four books: Thank God for Bitcoin , Programming Bitcoi...

Dr. Ahmad Ammous is an Internal Medicine physician who is motivated about health the natural way utilizing the Bitcoin Standard. Dr. Ammous received his medical degree from the American University of Beirut. Dr. Ammous has been practicing medicine for 5 years and has a passion for helping his patients achieve optimum health. He believes that the key to good health is prevention and that the best w...

Knut Svanholm is a Bitcoin author, educator, and armchair philosopher. His first book, Bitcoin: Sovereignty through mathematics, is considered to be one of the classics in the space and is a recommended read on the subject on many educational sites, including MicroStrategy's Bitcoin site hope.com. He is also known for coining the meme (and penning the book) Everything divided by 21 million. In thi...

Brian De Mint is an author, martial artist, and entrepreneur. His book Bitcoin Evangelism is a tremendous resource for those that are interested in learning about Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a new digital currency that is shaking up the finance world. Brian believes that both Bitcoin and the decentralization it provides will fundamentally transform society for the better. Decentralizing education is a pas...

Davinci Jeremie is a senior software developer and CEO of Davinci Codes. He is also the Founder of Pandora´s Wallet and an early Bitcoin adopter. A famous Bitcoin enthusiast he earned his popularity in recent years when the video of him advising to “just buy $1 worth of Bitcoin” went viral. Jeremie has always been interested in new technologies, and he started working with computers in the early 1...

Ian Gaines is the Director of Communications at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. Ian Specializes in Digital Asset Education & Public Policy Strategy but also splits his time as Head of Media Operations for Black Bitcoin Billionaire. An Alumni of The University of Chicago, Ian is a powerhouse in the public policy realm, and it is only fitting formulating policy around Bitcoin would be his next end...

Hermann Vivier wears several hats, such as Bitcoin HODLer, Husband, and South African small business owner, but he is known for being the founder of Surfer Kids, BitcoinEkasi, and UnravelSurf. What drew my attention as a bitcoiner was the Surfer Kids Non-Profit. Hermann teaches local youth to surf in one of the poorest areas in the country of South Africa and utilizes Bitcoin to create a circular...

Jeremy Garcia is the Founder of Satoshi’s Journal. Jeremy has worked for the federal government for 15+ years as a Civil/Agriculture Engineer. He wrote eight articles for Bitcoin Magazine and decided to start his own Bitcoin publication. He thought there was a need for a different Bitcoin publication in the form of promoting pleb stories, world-centric news, creative writing, art, pleb businesses,...

Joe Consorti is a market analyst, educator and investor at The Bitcoin layer who works with Nik Bahtia. Consorti has said that he believes that the time value of the Lightning Network will help to improve the scalability of Bitcoin. Consorti is a strong believer in the potential of Bitcoin and is working to help make it a success through analysis and research. In this interview on The Bitcoin Sour...

Heritage Falodun is the CEO and Founder of Digioats, a Nigerian Bitcoin educational platform. He is a technology professional, Bitcoin Educator, Analyst and Consultant from Nigeria. He has developed and implemented lots of algorithms for firms. His experience as a technology professional equipped him with the skills needed to understand Bitcoin and the blockchain technology. As a Bitcoin Educator,...

Mark Goodwin is a Bitcoin-only artist based in the Bay Area. He is the creator of The Pin Project, a project that allows people to purchase Bitcoin pins, and co-founder of the Art Banc, an organization that provides Bitcoin-based loans to artists. He has been featured in VICE, Forbes, Fortune Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, The Takeout, The Fix, among others. Goodwin's Bitcoin-only philosophy i...

Gary Leland is a Bitcoin podcasting pioneer and the co-founder of Bit Block Boom! , the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency conference. He's been involved in Bitcoin since 2017.  In addition to his work in the Bitcoin space, Gary is also a successful serial entrepreneur, having founded or co-founded several companies in a variety of industries and was inducted into The Academy Of Podcasters Hall Of Fa...

Tristan Scott is the author of Bitcoin and Beef: Criticisms, Similarities, and Why Decentralization Matters . The connection between the importance of our food sources and our money ideally Bitcoin is the argument Tristan is trying to relay to the world. The Carnivore diet famous amongst some Bitcoin maximalist is a controversial diet that consists of no fruit, no vegetables, only dairy, eggs, mea...

Kit Stanwood is a blogger, social media influencer, and email marketing manager for Bitcoin Magazine. In this interview on The Bitcoin Source, we discuss where she sourced her Bitcoin knowledge, Bitcoin Magazine in Amsterdam, and the future of Bitcoin as legal tender. DISCLAIMER: **This is not financial advice. The Bitcoin Source views and content is for education purposes only and is not affiliat...

Jesse Berger is an author and a bitcoiner. He published the book “Magic Internet Money: A Book About Bitcoin” , which dives deep in the parallels of a variety of related topics — such as banking, cryptography, economics, and governance. Considered a cult classic in the Bitcoin ecosystem Jesse Berger’s book about Bitcoin is one to remember.  In this interview on The Bitcoin Source, we discuss...

Saidah Gomez-Fleury is the host of the Foster Inclusion Podcast and has worked, studied, lived, and volunteered in five countries on three continents. Fluent in English and French, Saidah holds an MBA from IMD, Lausanne, and a Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion from Cornell University. Saidah is also a Bitcoin enthusiast with a unique perspective on the protocol, monetary policy, and consultin...

Jonathan Logan wears many hats as one of the founders of Harlem Bitcoin, Co-founder of BlackBankUSA, and a NYPD Firefighter. The Harlem Bitcoin Community is a meetup based in NYC that teaches financial inclusion and a circular bitcoin economy in the community of Harlem. Jon has been a fixture in educating New Yorkers on building a decentralized community for anyone interested in learning more abou...

Logan Bolinger is an attorney and founder of the free weekly newsletter Think Bitcoin. As a lawyer by day and writer by night Logan has bolstered his perception of Bitcoin through politics and articulating about Bitcoin. In this interview on The Bitcoin Source, we discuss Bitcoin’s influence on politics, the inspiration behind Think Bitcoin, and fixing future politics through Bitcoin. Follow on So...

Zack Shapiro is an attorney, startup advisor with Pleb Lab, and legal fellow for The Bitcoin Policy Institute. In this interview on The Bitcoin Source, we discuss NFT law and regulation, accepting Bitcoin as payment for legal fees, and self custody private key disclosure law. Follow on Social Media   Twitter:  @VentureCounsl ClubHouse: @VentureCouncel  DISCLAIMER: **This is not fina...

Lamar Wilson is the co-founder of Black Bitcoin Billionaires and is renowned in this Bitcoin niche for inspiring some of the biggest names in the ecosystem. Lamar helped create the first bitcoin wallet for Apple's IOS but is more known for reaching hundreds of thousands of people about the adoption of Bitcoin as a vehicle towards self-sovereignty and the creation of generational wealth. Black Bitc...

Bradford Voorhees is the co-founder of Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol; when he is not helping bitcoin become our planet’s most powerful climate-positive asset, he is working on better ways not to disrupt the fungibility of bitcoin. In this interview on The Bitcoin Source, we discuss the Inflation Reduction Act, its impact on Bitcoin, and How the Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol will maintain sustainably...

Scott and Mallory Sibley are the creators of the SHAmory card game and book Goodnight Bitcoin. Kids and adults agree that SHAmory is the Bitcoin card game with the perfect mixture of fun and education for anyone interested in learning about Bitcoin. The game is played like the game of Memory, where players try to match two cards by flipping over a nonce and a target card.  If those two things...