Acquiring Sats in the Bitcoin Circular Economy

There are various Bitcoin ‘circular economies’ but we talk with Fernando Motolese about how he started Bitcoin Beach Brazil, as well as his efforts in creating a new merchant POS terminal device, Bitcoinize. We discuss:

• How Bitcoin Beach Brazil started
• Onboarding merchants
• Bolt card
• Tech stack
• Tourists and Locals experience
• Bitcoinize device
• HODL vs Spend
• Fundraising

Links:

• Fernando Motolese X: @MotoleseOficial 
• Bitcoinize site: bitcoinize.com
• Bitcoinize POS on X: @BitcoinizePOS 
• Bitcoin Beach BR fundraiser: https://donate.praiabitcoin.org/
• X: @BitcoinBeachBR 

Sponsors:

• Swan.com (code LIVERA)
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
• Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

• Follow me on X @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast