AT90 - Bam Alasi, Cypher Box

This week we chat to Bam Alasi, a Syrian Bitcoiner and Lightning Engineer, about privacy, the Bitcoin Lightning Network, his awesome new bitcoin wallet (or “vault” as he prefers to call it) Cypher Box, the situation in Syria and both technical and political solutions for humanity.Bam has been a huge support to Access Tribe and recently “fact-checked” our Islamic Finance presentation for the University of Calgary, as well as providing lots of support on technical matters over the last couple of years, particularly as it relates to the Lightning Network.It was a huge pleasure to finally get to talk to him face to face, and gain a greater understanding of the evolution of Bitcoin adoption across the Middle East.About BamSystems Engineer Basem Alasi (Bam), founder of Bitcoin 21 Arabic media & educational platform Bitcoin21.io and founder and designer of the newly released open-source Bitcoin-Lightning app: Cypher Box, a non custodial progressive wallet Cypher Box 📺 Watch the full conversation here:📺 Watch his English content on YouTube and read his articles on Substack that explore Bitcoin wallets, apps and guides on how to choose the best custody set up for your subjective situation:Cypher Box Substack:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/basem-alasi/YT: https://YouTube.com/@Cypher_BoxX: https://x.com/BamskkiNostr: [email protected] Cypher BoxYou can show your support and read more Cypher Box updates, new releases, and milestones posted on their Geyser Fund https://geyser.fund/project/cypherboxBitcoin Lightning Community on TelegramBam also likes to create open grassroots online communities on Telegram. He co-formed Barqnet, an Arabic-speaking Bitcoin-Lightning community T.me/@BarqnetSyrian Economics Research (Think Tank)Bam recently created a Syrian Economics Research think tank called the SFER on Telegram T.me/SFER (English speakers are welcome to these communitees!)The SCFR came up with a Bitcoin policy proposal that went viral on crypto media space and many famous Arabic and international news outlets picked it and reported on it like Al Arabiya and Sky News.Learn more about the think tank HERE This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.accesstribe.com/subscribe