"Build With Bitcoin," features the entrepreneurs, startups, and investors shaping the future by building on Bitcoin technology and related protocols. "Build With Bitcoin" focuses on the companies and investors demonstrating that Bitcoin is more than just a financial asset, but a foundational technology reshaping global transfer of value. A list of all episodes and a link to subscribe to show updates is available at: https://buildwithbitcoin.xyz About the Co-Hosts: Lynne has been a Bitcoiner ...
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022 - Pitch Day 2024 Winners: Joltz, Stable Channels, Rigly
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The conversation covers the Pitch Day 2024 competition held at the Bitcoin Conference in Nashville and features interviews with the winners in the categories of scaling, open source, and energy/mining. The first part of the conversation Features Ian Major of Joltz, a company addressing scaling solutions for Bitcoin through the Lightning Network. Th…
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021 - Bitcoin Opportunity Fund: Using Public and Private Markets to Grow the Ecosystem
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David Foley and James Lavish, Managing Partners at the Bitcoin Opportunity Fund, discuss their investment strategy and their unique approach to investing in the Bitcoin space. They invest in both public and private markets, including bitcoin itself, miners, and early to mid-stage Bitcoin companies. They also engage in private mining operations and …
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020 - Alex Leishman: Building a Trusted Bitcoin Financial Institution
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Alex Leishman, CEO, CTO, and co-founder of River, shares his background and journey in the Bitcoin space. He discusses his interest in technology and economics, which led him to discover Bitcoin. Alex explains his vision for River as the most trusted Bitcoin bank and the need for custodial services. He highlights the importance of providing excelle…
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019 - Ego Death Capital: Bitcoin VC with Nico Lechuga and Andi Pitt
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Ego Death Capital is a Bitcoin-only venture capital fund that invests in seed-stage and Series-A companies building on top of Bitcoin. The fund was formed in 2022 by Nico Lechuga, Andi Pitt, and Jeff Booth. Ego Death Capital has a specific focus on funding companies that contribute to the advancement of humanity and have a long-term vision for crea…
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018 - Highlights: Episodes 13-17 and Nashville
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In this episode, the hosts recap the last five episodes of the Build With Bitcoin podcast and highlight the key themes discussed. They cover three startups (Breez, Fedi, and Relai), a Bitcoin-focused fund (Early Riders), and the Pitch Day competition at the Bitcoin 2024 conference. They discuss the scaling of Bitcoin, the importance of open-source …
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017 - Julian Liniger: Founding Relai, a European Bitcoin Platform
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Julian Liniger, co-founder and CEO of Relai, shares his journey into the world of Bitcoin and how Relai has grown to become the largest Bitcoin-only on-ramp in Europe. The company started with a focus on making it easy for people to buy Bitcoin without KYC, and as regulatory requirements tightened, found the need to adapt and become a regulated bro…
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016 - Early Riders: A Sound Capital Investment Fund
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Brian Cubellis and Brad Myers, partners at Early Riders explain why they chose to fund and deploy their new investment fund in Bitcoin. The fund aims to apply Bitcoin to the broader private investment landscape. The partners of Early Riders have complementary backgrounds in traditional finance, operations, strategy, and infrastructure. They believe…
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015 - Martell Fox: Bitcoin 2024 Conference Pitch Day!
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Pitch Day at the Bitcoin 2024 conference showcases the next round of entrepreneurs 'Building with Bitcoin'. Martell Fox, founder of Layer4 Talent and Pitch Day Event Chair, joins us to give us a special preview: The event will feature four tracks: Alpha (trading), Mining/Energy, Layer 2/Scaling, and Open Source. Each track will feature three contes…
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014 - Obi Nwosu: Connecting Communities with Freedom Technologies
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Obi Nwosu, CEO and co-founder of Fedi, shares his journey as an entrepreneur and his work to scale Bitcoin. He discusses the creation of CoinFloor, a secure Bitcoin exchange, and his decision to sell the company to focus on empowering disempowered communities. He introduces Fedi as a community-centric platform that combines chat, value transfer, an…
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013 - Roy Sheinfeld, Breez: Opening the World of Lightning Payments
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Roy Sheinfeld, CEO of Breez, discusses the use of the Lightning Network to accelerate the adoption of Bitcoin as a currency. Breez is a self-custodial Lightning-as-a-Service solution that enables companies to integrate Lightning payments into their own offerings. The goal is to make it easy for developers to add Lightning payments and for users to …
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In this episode, the hosts summarize and discuss the key takeaways from the previous five episodes of the podcast. They cover conversations with Vijay Boyapati, Jeff Booth, Jesse Schrader, Cantilever partners Brendan Quinn and Jon Frisch, and Jose Lemus. The hosts highlight the importance of investing in Bitcoin companies and the opportunities they…
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011 -- Jose Lemus: Delivering Fintech on the Lightning Network
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Jose Lemus, CEO of IBEX, shares his journey with Bitcoin and how IBEX became a premier provider of lightning infrastructure for institutions. IBEX enables seamless cross-border value movements and real-time financial processing. They focus on solving pain points in emerging markets, where fragmented markets and small economies hinder fintech growth…
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010 - Cantilever: Investing in the Bitcoin Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
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Cantilever is an investment platform that focuses on the Bitcoin ecosystem. The founders, Brendan Quinn and Jon Frisch, have a strong belief in Bitcoin as the best money humans have ever seen. They observe a cultural and capital flow contrast between Bitcoin entrepreneurs and crypto entrepreneurs, with Bitcoin entrepreneurs being their chosen secto…
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009 - Jesse Shrader: Visibility and Liquidity in the Lightning Network
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Jesse Shrader, co-founder at Amboss Technologies, shares his journey into the Bitcoin startup space and discusses the importance of the Lightning Network for Bitcoin scalability. Amboss is focused on building tools to optimize the Lightning Network and improve transaction speed and cost. They have developed products like the Amboss Space Lightning …
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008 - Jeff Booth: A Brighter Future Through Bitcoin
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Jeff Booth is a visionary leader, technology entrepreneur, Founding Partner at ego death capital, and best-selling author of The Price of Tomorrow – Why Deflation is Key to an Abundant Future. With a profound grasp of technology, system thinking, and design, he stands at the forefront of a shift from an outdated economic model to one designed for t…
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007 - Vijay Boyapati on Build With Bitcoin: Why Invest in the Picks and Shovels
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Vijay shares his journey from his early career at Google to discovering Bitcoin and the development of his bullish case for Bitcoin. He discusses the importance of sound money, the value of Bitcoin, and the potential for Bitcoin companies. He emphasizes the need for vertical business strategies and the financialization of Bitcoin. Vijay also highli…
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In this episode, the hosts reflect on the first five episodes of the Build With Bitcoin podcast and highlight the key points and synergies between the conversations. The content covers wallets and different approaches to adoption, the growth of Bitcoin as a payment rail for businesses, the advantages of Bitcoin's network effects when it comes to ve…
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005 - Bob Burnett on Build With Bitcoin
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Bob Burnett, CEO and founder of Barefoot Mining, shares his journey from the personal computer industry to the Bitcoin space. He emphasizes the importance of forward thinking and the simplicity in Bitcoin's design, contrasting it with the complexities of Ethereum. Bob discusses the unique approach of Barefoot Mining, focusing on small, decentralize…
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004 - Grant Gilliam on Build With Bitcoin
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Grant, co-founder of Ten31, shares the origin story of the investment platform and its focus on supporting Bitcoin companies. The team has a vast background in investing and decided to launch Ten31 to support companies in the Bitcoin ecosystem. Ten31 provides capital and partnership opportunities and focuses on companies that are Bitcoin-first or i…
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003 - Parker Lewis on Build With Bitcoin
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Parker Lewis, Educator, Author, and Head of Business Development at Zaprite, shares his journey into the world of Bitcoin and the importance of Bitcoin payments. He discusses his background in traditional financial services and how he became skeptical but eventually came to understand the problems with the legacy financial system. Parker emphasizes…
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In this conversation, Samson Mow discusses his background in Bitcoin entrepreneurship and the vision of Jan3 in accelerating hyper-Bitcoinization. The need for Bitcoin to be more than just a store of value is highlighted, as Samson explains how Jan3 presents the value proposition of Bitcoin to nation-states. The role of the Aqua Wallet in grassroot…
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001 - Introducing Build With Bitcoin podcast!
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Welcome to "Build With Bitcoin," the new podcast and YouTube show that explore the stories of entrepreneurs, startups, and investors shaping the future by building on Bitcoin and related protocols. "Build With Bitcoin" demonstrates how Bitcoin is more than a financial asset, but a foundational technology reshaping global transfer of value. Whether …
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