Introduction

Bill Hill from Pouch (Bitcoin Island Philippines) and Malcolm Weed from Neutronpay join me to talk about Bitcoin as international money and the scene in Asia. Bill and Malcolm share some insights into Bitcoin and lightning on the ground, and remittance corridors. We also talk about their upcoming events, Lightningcon in Da Nang and Bitcoin Island Retreat coming up at the end of March. We chat:

• Merchant adoption
• Bitcoin remittances
• Bitcoin and lightning companies collaborating
• Knowledge about the lightning network
• Bitcoin communities locally

Links:

• Twitter: @BitcoinIslandPH
• Site: https://pouch.ph/retreat2023
• Site: https://lightningcon.org/
• BitcoinBeachVN: @BitcoinBeachVN
• Site: Neutronpay.com

Sponsors:

• Swan Bitcoin
• Mempool.space
• Unchained Capital (code LIVERA)
• CoinKite.com(code LIVERA)
• Buildonl2.com
• BTCPrague.com

Stephan Livera links:

• Follow me on Twitter @stephanlivera
• Subscribe to the podcast
• Patreon @stephanlivera