Bitcoiners - Live From Bitcoin Beach

Fresh from the Adopting Bitcoin Conference in San Salvador Francis Pouliot sits down with Mike Peterson for almost 2 hours of solid content, including Bull Bitcoin's new on-chain self custody wallet linked seamlessly to the Bull Bitcoin exchange.Ready for a deep dive into the early days of running the first brick and mortar Bitcoin facility in Quebec Canada? How about the early days implementing the lighting network? Running a node? Moving to Costa Rica? Bitcoin Jungle? Surfing? Self Custody vs. Custodial wallets? Great conversation here ...Francis Pouliot paraphrased - the exchange sucked, I started my ownFrancis Pouliot summarized - Canada sucked, I movedFrancis Pouliot repeated - "In the Bitcoin space everybody's focused on building something for the future and as Bitcoiners, because we believe in low time preference, because we own sound money and we understand sound money, we understand that the future will be brighter for us ... ... and for our kids."Bullbitcoin.com@francispouliot_Bitcoin Jungle AppLive From Bitcoin Beach

Graham Rittener came to El Salvador after he heard about the bitcoin announcement. "This is something special, this is positive, this is big... I gotta go and see what this is about" - Graham. Once in El Zonte, El Salvador Graham wrote an informal agreement on the back of a napkin to create a documentary that would tell the story of Bitcoin Beach from a locals perspective. Mike Peterson gets all the behind-the-scenes details as Graham Rittener recounts his journey to produce the film. https://daretodream-film.com/Live From Bitcoin Beach

"Hey Max Keiser, I'll film your show for free" That's how Shooter was first embraced by Max and Stacy. Then, Nayib Bukele re-tweeted his film "ComeBack Country". Then, Boom!"I firmly believe Bitcoin is what the world needs most right now. Everybody feels it but they just don't know it, they feel the inflation, but they don't know how bad money makes things. - ShooterMike Peterson catches up with Shooter, who explains that his 15 years of filmmaker experience has lead him to his newest full length, 90 minute, documentary project, working title : "No More Inflation""I think we can wake-up a lot of people" - ShooterShooter plans to include footage from 12 different countries including Jamaica, USA, Zimbabwe and Argentina to contrast their very real and present inflation with inflation-proof Bitcoin.Shooter is putting together a group of 21 investors to finance his new documentary, he has 13 investors sign on at the moment of recording this episode.  So, if you want to be a financial supporter of this original work, contact Shooter, do not hesitate.https://bitcoinshooter.com@bitcoinshooterLive From Bitcoin Beach

When Shannon Falkenstein moved to El Salvador for love years ago she gained a unique perspective of the country. She created the FaceBook Expat page to share her newly gained insights. She and her husband began brewing beer in their home and soon created the very popular local Micro-Bewery Cadejo, along with a string of 12 Cadejo restaurants. Shannon Falkenstein's next entrepreneurial venture was in the field of education. She established her own Montessorai style school in San Salvador called Acton Academy. She is currently looking to create another unique school in the beach area.  "The people who are the most able to solve their problems are the people who have the problems"  "Our children learn to be, they learn to do and they learn to learn" -Shannon Falkenstien quoting Ron BrenneminContact her if you'd like to help establish a beach-side school or if you have an interest in bringing your kids in the future.ActonAcademyelsalvador.comhttps://www.facebook.com/CervezaCadejo/Live From Bitcoin Beach

Berlin, El Salvador is experiencing financial and social growth as a center point in it's own Bitcoin circular economy. The friendly townspeople in Berlin all know Charlie Stevens. Mike Peterson learns of Charlies Stevens journey from Ireland, to Spain, to Ireland, to Australia, to India, to Spain, to Ireland, to London, to Spain and finally, to El Salvador. Along the way Charlie Stevens earned a degree, got a job in finance, scratched his head about the inner-workings of failing balance sheets. He introduced Bitcoin to his insurance office colleagues, but upper management was not ready for it.Charlie Stevens spent his pre-COVID time getting tough in Australia planning music festivals, hauling bananas and mining for gold. Australia during COVID became uncomfortable and Charlie headed back to Europe where he re-entered the world of finance. Back in Europe he lived a double life.  On one hand he worked in the world of fiat finance while on the other hand he bought and ran a bitcoin bank machine. Eventually, he realized his life was slowly tilting toward financial freedom, he decided to pack up and move to El Salvador.El Zonte was Charlie's first stop in El Salvador but, Berlin was to become his true home.Mike and Charlie contrast the growth of Berlin verses El Zonte's early days of bitcoin adoption."There's over 50 vendors providing all kinds of goods and services in Bitcoin, I pay me rent in Bitcoin, I cut my hair, I buy my groceries all in Bitcoin..." - Charlie StevensLive From Bitcoin Beach

This is the story of the rise of Berlin, El Salvador. This is also the story of the hard-working people behind the scenes. Gerardo and Evelyn started promoting the bitcoin standard in Berlin, ES and found that the townspeople were receptive to their efforts.Mike Peterson learns that Berlin has very moderate climate, as it's altitude is approximately 1000 meters, which means no air conditioning and no heat required. It's a great alternative to living close to the beach where the temperature can be quite high.Gerardo and Evelyn tell Mike Peterson that things have moved quickly in Berlin - on-boarding businesses, social programs, paint programs etc. "There was a lot of energy there, because they are not happy with the local government. They were not happy with the situation when it comes to tourism... They were like 'We need to do something... we need to do something ourselves, why wait for the government, why wait for somebody else to come and do something here? Let's do it ourselves" - GerardoNow, there are many Bitcoiners in Berlin. The circular economy community is growing quickly.@Evelynlemus2906@GR_Linares1@BitcoinBerlinSVLive From Bitcoin Beach

Indoctrination vs. Real Education for your Children. Deanna & Joel left the US and their jobs within the educational system because they increasingly felt that it was moving in the wrong direction. Listen to Deanna and Joel un-pack the multi-layered problems with the recent movements of the progressive educational system."Obedience kills curiosity" -  Deanna"Kindergarten kids are being taught to shame their parents" - DeannaThey moved to El Salvador and are offering solutions to better education - Enter The Home School Co-op. It's an organization of families that educate their children collectively using classical writings to achieve critical thinking."The act of homeschooling is an act of de-centralizing the process of educating your child's mind" - Joel"I think that if you put a group of Bitcoiners together, then put a home schooling co-op together, then you're going to have some interesting ideas..." - DeannaIf you have a family and are thinking about moving to El Salvador, this is a Must Watch episode.Deanna and Joel offer a service where incoming families can find all the information they need for their children's education.El Salvador ExPatriot Education - elexed.comFor Tutoring information follow the link belowLyceum Tutoring - lyceumtutoring.comLive From Bitcoin Beach

When you buy an bank, don't tell them that you plan to use the safety deposit boxes as a multi-sig storage facility. That's the lesson Mike Smith, a contractor from Michigan, learned the first time he attempted to buy a bank. The seller scrapped the deal upon hearing his Bitcoin themed plans. That did not stop Mike Smith. He went on to buy another bank and, as per his plans, opened Bitcoin 101, a brick and mortar location that helps bitcoiners hold their multi-sig keys and it also doubles as a bitcoin education center. Mike Smith tells Mike Peterson about his next venture called Lake Satoshi. It's a yearly event that can handle 500 participants. The location is an old quarry converted into a pristine holiday lake that features camping, boating, fishing and a gorgeous forest backed beach-front. A modern-day Bitcoin-Woodstock style event takes place there every year in August.Today, Mike Smith is in El Salvador with big plans. He's building  275 units."Oh my God, this is like Miami 120 years ago ...this is where you wanna be, where the wind is at your back ... this is where capital is treated the best." - Mike Smith Lake Satoshi   /   lakesatoshi.com"As long as it's tick-tock next block I'm in!" - Mike SmithLive From Bitcoin Beach

The Future is here! DitoBanx doesn't take your money for re-investment.DitoBanx is a financial technology company that uses innovative solutions for digitizing money for everyone in Latin America with Bitcoin as the most important ingredient in the recipe.Guillermo Contreras of DitoBanx tells Mike Peterson that through their POS system business owners can now accept Visa and Mastercard payments and settle in Bitcoin without a traditional bank account. That's correct - settle Visa and Mastercard payments to your Bitcoin Wallet.Guillermo Contreras also explains that DitoBanx can then offer micro-loans to their clients.Education is an important part of the process in El Salvador. Guillermo Contreras wants to make sure that every client, including an un-banked first time user can take advantage of this financial tool.Along with education Guillermo Contreras is looking to allow kids to use this new financial tool. "One of our plans is to start creating a generation of digital entrepreneurs with the card , with the wallet they are able to, for example to buy stuff in China, pay with the card, pay for the shipping with the card, bring it to El Salvador, sell it on FaceBook (Marketplace) ... and receive their payments directly on their digital wallet in a peer to peer transaction and then go to an ATM and withdraw their money" - Guillermo ContrerasNow that DitoBanx is providing this service individuals will be able to withdraw cash using ATM's from their Bitcoin wallets. "If you see our logo, you see a big Bitcoin on there, there is no other company having a big Bitcoin on their logo. That's the big difference for us... that's the big difference." - Guillermo ContrerasThis is ground-breaking financial tech information here.MUST WATCH !!!Live From Bitcoin Beach

Coinbase Giving and New Story Homes have teamed up to build homes for low income families in El Salvador.New Story Homes has built over 125 homes using 3 main strategies.1) Innovation - developing new building materials, new methods, cheaper and better2) New ways to connect families to financial system, new financial products3) Investing in 3D printing of homesCoinBase Giving has now provided funding for more of the above. Coinbase Giving is the operational embodiment of their commitment to provide 1% of their profits, equity, and employee time toward charitable activities that leverage the power of crypto to increase economic freedom in the world.Mike Peterson sits down with Renato Salazar from New Story Homes along with Darin S. Carter & Amir Edjlali of Coinbase Giving to discuss the success of providing not just housing, but a new financial structure for the un-banked."The great part is that now we're seeing that the people who are usually excluded from the system, they're getting first access to it. The way that the people in this house project are paying, they're accessing this payment system before the wealthy people in the US are. They're still in line waiting to send their wire. I love that!" - Mike Peterson@holaiamrenato@Dare_CarterLive From Bitcoin Beach