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Welcome to Bitrefill's To The Moon Podcast. To The Moon is Bitrefill's new weekly podcast to discuss Bitcoin, altcoins, adoption, news & current events, and all things crypto. Join host Lawrence Ray, along with Jerry Okai, and Ricardo Martinez, for a light-hearted and humorous weekly discussion about the latest developments in the crypto economy. Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ToTheMoonPod Browse Bitrefill's catalog of gift cards and mobile refills: https://www.bitrefill.com/ Sign ...
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This is our Living on Crypto interview with Bitcoin Gamers and Professionals Mary Victoria Imasuen & Koty Auditore. In this podcast, Mary and Koty talk about how they live on bitcoin, sort their finances, earn bitcoin and how bitcoin is changing and has the potential to further change the gaming world.…
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This is our Living on Crypto interview with Bitcoin Miner, Gerson Martinez. In this interview, Gerson explains his journey from working in traditional finance, to working as a Bitcoin Minder, the revolutionary importance of Bitcoin Mining for helping to create new infrastructure and utilizing excess electricity; preventing waste, his tools he utili…
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This is our complete interview with Renato Salazar of New Story Charity, a nonprofit which creates housing for the poorest families in El Salvador and allows them to pay for their housing with Bitcoin. New Story also accepts Bitcoin donations, and works to further Bitcoin education among poverty stricken families in El Salvador. -------------------…
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In part 3, Renato discusses the impact Bitcoin has had in El Salvador, and the wave of Bitcoin-related nonprofit organizations and social aid causes, he also discusses the importance of transparency, dedication, and professionalism for charity groups, as well as New Story's efforts to pioneer fully 3d printed housing communities. ------------------…
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In part 2, Renato discusses the ongoing educational efforts surrounding Bitcoin in El Salvador, the crisis of inadequate housing impacting the poorest families in El Salvador and the challenges this presents, as well as a crazy story of an interaction with a Bitcoiner visiting El Zonte's Bitcoin Beach. ----------------------------------------------…
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In part 1 of our interview with Renato Salazar of New Story Charity, Renato describes his experience as a community activist for Bitcoin Beach, and learning about Bitcoin, then witnessing the growth of the movement to inspire El Salvador's Bitcoin law, making the move to Strike as a customer ambassador and business development, and finally transiti…
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This our complete interview with Jack Everitt & Desiree Dickerson o0f THNDR Games, a mobile gaming studio which makes video games which integrate Bitcoin's Lightning Network in order to allow gamers to win Satoshis by playing. ----------------------------------------------- Follow THNDR Games on social media: Jack on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ja…
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In part 3, Jack and Desiree discuss the logistics of managing a Lightning Network node and channel liquidity, the advances in the Lightning Network since 2019, the prospect of releasing a new game, and creating new player experiences for Bitcoin gamers. ----------------------------------------------- Follow THNDR Games on social media: Jack on Twit…
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In part 2 with Desiree and Jack from THNDR, we discuss THNDR's vision as a Bitcoin adoption company which uses games as an avenue for Orange pilling the masses, designing games with Bitcoin, navigating the app stores, and the high percentage of female mobile gamers. ----------------------------------------------- Follow THNDR Games on social media:…
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This is part 1 of our interview with Desiree Dickerson, CEO of THNDR Games, and Jack Everitt, Founder of THNDR Games. We discuss Desiree's experiences in Bitcoin adoption for charity, the challenge of creating engaging Bitcoin play to win mobile games, and how exactly Lightning Network integrates with THNDR's games, via their own self-hosted Lightn…
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This is the complete interview with Bitcoin Ekasi founder Hermann Vivier. Bitcoin Ekasi is a Bitcoin-based community project heavily inspired by El Salvador's Bitcoin Beach. Hermann works to teach the residents of S. Africa's Mossel Bay township how to use Bitcoin and Lightning Network in an effort to creat a circular Bitcoin economy. -------------…
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In part 3 Hermann talks about the crypto scams which are all too common in South Africa, which many associate with Bitcoin, he also enlightens us to what the word Ekasi means and its significance for the people of South Africa, and how Bitcoin is often the first experience with electronic payments technology for many South Africans. ---------------…
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In part 2, Herman explains that despite South Africa's long history of having a stable banking system, why many South Africans still distrust the banks, he also talks about the efforts to pay in Bitcoin and create a circular economy by onboarding shops, the wallets being used on the ground in Mossel Bay, and the dream of having a Bitcoin Ekasi fork…
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This is part 1 of our interview with Bitcoin Ekasi's Hermann Vivier, the founder of Unravel Surf, the Surfer Kids, and the Bitcoin Ekasi project in South Africa's Mossel Bay Township. Bitcoin Ekasi is a Bitcoin-based community projects which teaches youth surfing and how to use Bitcoin. Bitcoin Ekasi was heavily inspired by El Salvador's Bitcoin Be…
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This is the complete interview with Steven Nelkovski and Patrick O'Sullivan of the Perth Heat Baseball team based in Perth, Western Australia. Perth Heat is the first and only sporting organization in the world, currently operating completely on a Bitcoin Standard. They pay all players, coaches, staff, suppliers and vendors in Bitcoin, as well as a…
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In part 3, Steven and Patrick discuss how Bitcoin makes the access to finance easier for non-Australian players who come to play for Perth Heat, by bypassing the banking bureaucracy, the prospect that players will begin to demand their pay in Bitcoin and what this means for sports organizations, the advances in Bitcoin and how much easier and user-…
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In part 2, Steven & Patrick from Perth Heat discuss the reactions they have had from present and former Perth players in regards to having their salary paid in Bitcoin, Steven also discusses how Perth players have gone on to play in the MLB and other US pro teams, and Patrick chimes in on the challenges involved in moving the organization over to a…
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This is part 1 of our interview with Steven Nelkovski & Patrick O'Sullivan of the Perth Heat Baseball team based in Perth, Australia. Perth Heat is the first professional sports team to operate completely on a Bitcoin standard, paying all staff, players, and vendors in Bitcoin and selling tickets, food & drinks, merchandise, jersey's and memorabili…
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This is our complete interview with Patrick Melder of Bitcoin Lake, a Bitcoin community project based in Panajachel, a village on the shores of Guatemala's Lake Atitlán. Patrick discusses the challenges of bootstrapping the project, onboarding the local business owners and community members, as well as future plans for mining bitcoin to provide UBI…
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In part 3, Patrick discusses the plan to use biodigesters to generate energy from organic waste as a way to provide an influx of Satoshis into the Bitcoin Lake community, provide a Bitcoin based Universal Basic Income, and incentivize the community to clean up the pollution that has been having a negative impact on the Lake's ecosystem. -----------…
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In part 2, Patrick explains the hurdles and challenges faced in bootstrapping the Bitcoin Lake project, his work educating and onboarding local merchants, finding a way to get Satoshis into the hands of the community, and how the curious can come visit Bitcoin Lake and help with the project. ----------------------------------------------- Follow Pa…
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This is part 1 of our interview with Patrick Melder of the Bitcoin Lake project in Panajachel, on the shores of Guatemala's Lake Atitlán. Bitcoin Lake is Bitcoin-based community project which drew inspiration from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador. Patrick discusses how he got involved, and how his Christian faith laid the foundation for his w…
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This is our complete interview with CK Snarks of Bitcoin Magazine and the Bitcoin conference. CK discusses his journey into the world of crypto, landing a job at Bitcoin Magazine and helping to organize The Bitcoin Conference, the world's largest Bitcoin focused event. ----------------------------------------------- Follow Christian on social media…
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In part 3, CK Snarks discusses the future of The Bitcoin Conference and possible regional satellite events, as well as an amusing story about professional boxing legend Floyd Mayweather Jr.and his role in the promotion of EthereumMax a crypto scam coin, as well as Bitcoin Magazine's Ukrainian/Russian offices and publication which has been impacted …
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In part 2 of our interview with Bitcoin Magazine's CK Snarks, we discuss the phenomenon surrounding Bitcoin Magazine as a collectible piece of Bitcoin history, as well as the focus on uncompromising Bitcoin content, and the Bitcoin Conference, what it takes to organize and the impact of the event on the industry. -----------------------------------…
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This is part 1 of our interview with CK Snarks, of Bitcoin Magazine. CK discusses finding Bitcoin in 2017, and quickly identifying the signal of Bitcoin among the ICO noise madness, quitting his job and moving into Bitcoin in December 2017 right before the crypto winter, and working towards throwing the largest Bitcoin conference on earth. --------…
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This is our complete interview with Bitcoiner, miner, and hacker, Michael Schmid, who designed an open source system for recycling the waste heat from ASIC miners to heat his water heater and Air Stream RV. Michael joins us to discuss how it is done, and to share his learnings gained from the experiment. --------------------------------------------…
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In part 3, Michael shows us exactly how he designed the ASIC-powered Water Heater system, discusses future improvements and modifications, and talks about how his no-coiner neighbors have become orange pilled and excited about Bitcoin upon learning about his water heater mining setup. ---------------------------------------------- Follow Michael on…
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In part 2, Michael Schmid discusses the equipment and average costs for setting up an ASIC powered water heater, we discuss the possibility of mining off the grid in extremely remote locations with a Starlink satellite internet connection, and the impact of multiple thousands of home miners with ASIC powered water heaters on network decentralizatio…
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This is part 1 of our interview with Michael Schmid, a hacker who has been working on methods to recycle waste heat produced by ASIC Bitcoin miners to solve problems and save resources. Michael details his start with heating his airstream RV with a single S9 and how it inspired him to create a system to heat his water heater at home with a Bitcoin …
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This is our complete interview with Bill MacDonald of Bay Area Bitcoiners. Bill discusses the Bitcoin community in the San Francisco Bay Area in Northern California. ----------------------------------------------- Follow Bill on social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/billymacdo Bay Area Bitcoiners Twitter: https://twitter.com/bayareabtc Website…
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In Part 3, Bill MacDonald discusses the rollout of the Bitcoin legal tender law in El Salvador, and the prospect of other nations adopting Bitcoin, as well as adoption leading to the rise of a possible Bitcoin lobby to impact policy decisions, and the decentralization of Bitcoin compared to other projects. ------------------------------------------…
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In part 2 Bill MacDonald describes the cultural divide between hardcore Bitcoiners and curious new users who need Bitcoin education, he also discusses the possibility of digital gold reaching a similar market cap as physical gold, and the challenges of getting new Bitcoiners to meetups. ----------------------------------------------- Follow Bill on…
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This is part 1 of our interview with Bill MacDonald organizer of Bay Area Bitcoiners, a series of bitcoin meetups throughout the Northern california Bay Area. Bill talks about the early days of starting meetups, the cultural differences between Bitcoin and Crypto meetups, and the incredible growth of Bitcoin conferences and events. ----------------…
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This is the complete interview with Oscar Merry, Creator of Fountain, a Podcasting 2.0 app for iOS and Android which lets podcasters monetize their content with Lightning Network micropayments and aims to facilitate the decentralization of podcasting as a free speech platform in the face of industry giants like iTunes and Spotify creating walled ga…
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In part 3, Oscar discusses new features coming to Fountain, and achieving feature parity with non-podcasting 2.0 apps, the importance of the podcasting 2.0 movement started by Adam Curry & Dave Jones, and the difference between Podcasting 2.0 apps like Fountain and the walled gardens of iTunes & Spotify. --------------------------------------------…
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In part 2, Oscar Merry of Fountain discusses the learning curve for podcasters who may not be knowledgeable about Bitcoin, but who wish to start taking advantage of Podcasting 2.0 monetization via Lightning, he also discusses the challenges of onboarding new users and getting Sats in their hands, and the rollout of new Podcasting 2.0 features in Fo…
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This is the 1st part of our interview with Oscar Merry, creator of the Fountain podcasting app. Fountain is a Podcasting 2.0 app, which allows content creators to monetize their content with Lightning Network streaming micro payments, boosts, and splits. Fountain also features a unique user created clipping feature which allows fans to create snipp…
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This is the complete interview with UseCripto's Carol Souza. UseCripto is popular Portuguese language Bitcoin and crypto education channel, podcast and Instagram channel which provides educational information and tutorials for individuals and businesses who want to use crypto. Carol discusses a wide range of topics surrounding Bitcoin and crypto ad…
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In part 3, Carol discusses UseCripto's new education platform which is launching soon, the most popular wallets and exchanges in Brazil, Brazilians and their love for altcoin trading, and the recent trend of Brazilian businesses and financial institutions and their adoption of crypto payment options and services. -----------------------------------…
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In part 2, Carol discusses her impressions from visiting El Salvador shortly after the Bitcoin legal tender law was implemented, and the differences in adoption in El Salvador and Brazil, and El Salvador's Lightning network payment system. She also discusses the best places in Brazil to use crypto for goods and services, and the hurdle of educating…
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This is part 1 of our interview with Carol Souza of UseCripto a Bitcoin and crypto education podcast, Youtube channel, and popular instagram account which educates Portuguese language speaking users on Bitcoin and crypto. Carol talks about how she discovered Bitcoin, crypto adoption in the face of Brazil's currency devaluation in recent years, Braz…
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This is the complete discussion with Enrico Zelocchi & Alessandro Arnodo about Bitkipi, an EU service which lets you buy Bitcoin privately in amounts as little as 10 Euros, with the ability to set recurring buys, and Dollar cost averaging. Bitkipi is Bitcoin only, and focuses on making Bitcoin accessible to everyone. -------------------------------…
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In part 3, Enrico talks about a possible plan to add B2B services at some point in the future, Bitkipi co-founder Alessandro joins unexpectedly and Jerry wastes no time in trying to convince him to add wakanda inu, Bitkipi discusses it's close ties to the Italian Bitcoin community. ----------------------------------------------- Follow Enrico & Ale…
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In part 2, Enrico tells us his vision for Bitkipi, which revolves around bringing Bitcoin to the everyday, non-technical user who just wants to buy Bitcoin in a simple straightforward way, Jerry asks a question about adding altcoins which offend's Enrico's Bitcoin Only sensibility, Enrico discusses Bitkipi's plans to bring an easy and private way t…
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This is part 1 of our interview with Enrico Zelocchi, co-founder of the brand new Bitcoin only app Bitkipi, based in Switzerland and offering hassle free, no AML/KYC Bitcoin with dollar cost averaging and recurring buys for Bitcoiners in Europe, Bitkipi started as a passion project for Enrico and his co-founder Alessandro Arnodo, which they worked …
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This is the complete interview with Andrew Howard, software engineer at Bitcoin Reserve, a Bitcoin-Only exchange which allows OTC purchases and dollar cost average accumulation. Andrew discusses how he initially discovered Bitcoin while in the military, private cities and sovereign individuals, the anarcho-capitalist libertarian philosophy behind B…
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In part 3, Andrew Howard of Bitcoin Reserve discusses Monero's increased adoption by the dark web and privacy coming to Bitcoin, Bitcoin's censorship resistance in light of the international sanctions being placed on Russia's economy, and the joy of discussing Bitcoin with other Bitcoiners. ----------------------------------------------- Follow And…
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In part 2, Andrew Howard of Bitcoin Reserve discusses the rise of private cities and sovereign individuals, like the Prospera project in Honduras, and the impact he sees projects like this to have in the future, as well as the recent Bitcoin legal tender law, his experiences living in Mexico, and his plans to return to the land of the free, and the…
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This part 1 of our interview with Andrew Howard, of Bitcoin Reserve. Andrew discusses how he discovered Bitcoin while enlisted in the armed forces as a marine, becoming aligned with libertarian ideals after his service in the military while learning more about Bitcoin, and why Bitcoin is advantageous for those seeking censorship resistance. -------…
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