Bitcoiners - Live From Bitcoin Beach
by Mike Peterson
Live From Bitcoin Beach! This channel is an opportunity to showcase the thoughts and views of Bitcoiners coming through El Zonte, El Salvador. Also known as Bitcoin Beach, this location is ground zero of the Bitcoin and Orange Pill revolution sweeping the nation since President Nayib Bukele made Bitcoin legal tender. We showcase the bustling Salvadoran Bitcoin community, thriving day-to-day using BTC as actual money. From local Bitcoiners to to well-known figures like Giacomo Zucco of Plan B Network, Francis Pouliot of Bull Bitcoin, Robert Breedlove of the What Is Money Show, Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert, Greg Foss of Looking Glass Education, Dr. Jack Kruse of Kruse Longevity Center, and many others, we'll provide an insider's perspective on how Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador is reshaping the landscape locally and globally. We will also be discussing practical tips for those considering moving to El Salvador. Make sure to subscribe and leave us a re
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Can El Salvador Real Estate Prices Keep Skyrocketing? Watch THIS Before Buying in Bitcoin Country | Lexi Cross of GoodLife El Salvador
Is El Salvador real estate overpriced, or is everyone who called El Zonte a bubble two years ago now wishing they’d bought? Lexi Cross thought prices were already too high back then, and they’ve gone up again since! You’ve seen the headlines about El Salvador tourism and the apartment projects...
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Moving Your Bitcoin Business to El Salvador? What to Know About Banks, Residency and Self-Custody | Carlos Gil of ECIJA
Before anyone was buying property in El Salvador with Bitcoin, Mike called a lawyer to ask whether giving Bitcoin away in El Zonte could put him in jail. You’ve heard the country made Bitcoin legal tender. What you haven’t heard is what that did to one law office, one land deal and one very...
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This French Family Sold Everything, Moved to El Salvador and Started a Business in El Zonte | Antoine Allain of La Cajita Kitchen
What happens when a nightclub bouncer from Santa Barbara, California sells everything he owns and opens a restaurant in El Zonte? You’ve probably seen Max Keiser posting from a beach restaurant and wondered how it got there. The posts show the finished version. They don’t show the ten years…
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What Happens to Your Bitcoin If You Die? How a Texan in El Zonte Built a Free Tool for Your Family | Eric Summers of The Bitcoin Hardware Store
What happens to your Bitcoin if you die tomorrow? In El Zonte, one builder’s answer is a dead man switch and an encrypted seed phrase. If you practice self custody, your 12 or 24 words are stored somewhere safe. How your family would ever reach them is the question Eric Summers set out to solve....
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He Grew Up With Gang Members in El Salvador. Now He Runs a Car Shop That Takes Bitcoin. | Byron Espinoza of Taller Automotriz Express
Is El Salvador safe enough to run a business that takes Bitcoin and go running at night? This Salvadoran entrepreneur says yes! Mike sits down with Byron Espinoza, a young Salvadoran who opened a car repair shop with his cousin at 23. He grew up in a neighborhood where the gang members were his...
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What's Coming to El Salvador's Bitcoin Economy Is Bigger Than Anyone Expected | Jose Rodriguez of Nodeman
Is El Salvador the freest country on earth for a Bitcoin business, or the most heavily KYC'd place a Bitcoiner could choose? Anyone who has bought El Salvador real estate lately has an opinion, and so does the lawyer who reads the regulations for a living. You already know this is Bitcoin…
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Bitcoin Lawyer: What the IMF Didn't Change in El Salvador's Legal Tender Law | Jose Rodriguez of Nodeman
Is Bitcoin still legal tender in El Salvador? Plenty of people say it isn't, so Mike put the question to a Salvadoran lawyer who has followed every change to the law. You've seen the IMF headlines and decided the experiment ended. What you can't see from outside is how the El Salvador economy…
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Escaping Canada for Bitcoin Country: Was the Cost of Living in El Salvador Worth It? | Charity Hagenaars of Making it in El Salvador
Would you put your kids in public schools in El Salvador, 40 to a class and no English spoken, to give them a future you couldn't see in Canada? Charity Hagenaars did. Her family of five lives on $3,000 to $3,500 a month, and if you've searched cost of living in El Salvador you've probably seen…
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El Salvador's Artificial Intelligence & Bitcoin Explained: What Bukele Made Possible for Salvadorans | Kevin Rivera of TH3 Labs
How long does Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador have to work before the press admits it worked? Kevin Rivera has been covering this country since the Bitcoin Law passed, and he'll tell you the people writing the obituaries are measuring adoption with a broken clock. He grew up in Chiltiupán, the...
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This Bitcoin Startup in El Salvador Runs With No Bank, No KYC, and No Middleman | Jon Byrne of BitTasker
Would you sell your house, go all in on Bitcoin, and move to El Salvador without ever setting foot in the country? Jon Byrne did exactly that. I sat down with the BitTasker founder to hear how a kid from Ireland grew up around the violence of the Troubles era, then apartheid-era Johannesburg…
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These Salvadoran Brothers Are Building What Bitcoin Country Looks Like in 2030 | Diego Villeda & Mauricio Villeda of The Bitcoin Life
Would you trust two brothers with zero aviation experience to run El Salvador's helicopter tours, plane charters, and Bitcoin travel experiences? Thousands of Bitcoiners already have. Today on Live From Bitcoin Beach, I sit down with Mauricio and Diego Villeda, founders of Bitcoin Life, the…
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Is Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador a Myth? A Local Entrepreneur Gives His Honest Answer | Pierre Valiente of Bitcoin Casa
How does one ride with the wrong passenger turn an ordinary driver into a Bitcoin entrepreneur in El Salvador? I sat down with Pierre Valiente to find out, and his car rentals, airport transfers, and 14-room Bitcoin Casa guest house in San Salvador all accept Bitcoin, which makes life awkward for...
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STOP Moving to El Salvador for the Wrong Reasons: A Relocation Expert's Honest Warning | Jeni Ari of Livin Like a Local
Why do most expats moving to El Salvador pack up and fly home within three years, even after selling everything for their relocation dream of living abroad in Bitcoin country? Jeni Ari ( @jeniarilagringasalvadorena ) has watched it happen over and over, and she says the ones who make it have...
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El Salvador's Bitcoin Dream vs. Reality: What Entrepreneurs Actually Find When They Arrive | Michael Ruiz & Luis Esparragoza of Build in El Salvador
Would you sell everything and move to El Salvador, or is that just a Bitcoin fantasy? The founders of Build in El Salvador (@BuildInES) reveal why Bitcoin expats thrive or quit. In this episode, Mike Peterson sits down with Michael Ruiz and Luis Esparragoza, whose community helps startup founders...
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What Nobody Tells You About Starting a Bitcoin Wallet in El Salvador | Kevin Ayala, CEO Blink El Salvador
Would you trust Bitcoin and a Lightning Network digital wallet to rebuild your life in El Salvador after COVID destroyed your business and the banks turned away? Kevin Ayala (@KevinAyala24) did, and that choice runs through his whole story. He grew up training as a violinist in El Salvador's...
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El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment Just Reached a New Milestone & Nobody Is Talking About It | Renato Salazar of New Story Homes
Should families in El Zonte, El Salvador who've never owned anything pay their mortgage in Bitcoin, or does charity work better when it's free? New Story bet on the mortgage, and 122 families are about to become homeowners because of it. Mike Peterson sits down with Renato Salazar…
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How El Salvador's Bitcoin Ecosystem Launched a Tech Company in 28 Countries | Edgar Borja of K1 Technology
Why trust a custodian with your sats? Edgar Borja (@k1elsalvador) breaks down K1's self-custody Bitcoin ATM, on-chain and Lightning buying, and Bitcoin in Bolivia. Edgar walks through K1's new update, buying Bitcoin on the Lightning Network and on-chain, what's happening with Bitcoin adoption in...
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Why Bitcoiners Who Rage Quit El Salvador After the IMF Deal Will Regret It | Will Lehr of Club Cocal, James of Beef Back Better & Bitcoin Farmers Market, Ronny Avendano of the Bitcoin Hardware Store
Is El Salvador still Bitcoin country, or did the world move on the moment the IMF deal got signed? Mike sits down with Will Lehr (@thewilliamlehr) from Club Cocal, James (@beefbackbetter) from Beef Back Better, and Ronny Avendano (@ronnyavendano_) from the Bitcoin Hardware Store to talk about the...
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Arrested and Debanked in Germany, Free in El Salvador: A Warning to Every Bitcoin Maxi in Europe | Michael Ballweg
What if the government used debanking and digital surveillance to silence you? Michael Ballweg (@Michael_Ballweg), founder of Querdenken, rebuilt on a Bitcoin standard in El Salvador and is now fighting for local AI and data sovereignty while Europe tightens its grip on free speech and privacy...
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He Sold Everything, Moved to El Salvador, and Found Something Bigger Than Bitcoin | Chris Meinhart
How much longer can productive labor stay trapped in a crumbling European fiat system before the logical move is to opt out entirely, escape rigid structures, and seek an anti-fragile alternative? Many wonder whether El Salvador is truly a sovereign haven or just a developing nation running a...
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Is Bitcoin Backed by Anything? How a Coffee Farm in El Salvador Proved Peter Schiff Wrong
Can Bitcoin save traditional farming from total collapse? El Salvador's Cherito (@CheritoCafe) de-financialized his supply chain, uses a Bitcoin circular economy to bypass banks, and runs nodes inside his coffee lab! In this episode, we sit down with Jorge, globally recognized in the community as...
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Artificial Intelligence Meets Bitcoin: Inside Bukele’s Trillion-Dollar Plan for El Salvador | Will Hernandez of AsoBitcoin
Is El Salvador truly a Bitcoin paradise, or are banks winning the war? AsoBitcoin President Will Hernandez (@whbitcoin) reveals the truth about banking, taxes, and real estate. If El Salvador is the ultimate haven for financial freedom, why is it still an absolute nightmare for a Bitcoin company…
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Cloning El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach: How India, Peru, & the Dominican Republic are Adopting Bitcoin | Plebs Together Strong, MOTIV Perú, Bitcoindominicana
Is legacy aid a fiat trap? See how unbanked communities use a Bitcoin standard and circular economy networks to achieve sustainable development. We recorded this episode right from the beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, following the conclusion of our global Bitcoin circular economy summit. Leaders...
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How Bitcoin Circular Economies Escape State Surveillance (Fedimint, Indonesia Bitcoin Ban, South Korea Bitcoin, Inah Citadel & White Paper House)
Can you truly protect your assets if a third party controls your data? The Global Circular Bitcoin Economy Summit in El Zonte just wrapped up, and the focus on the ground was centered entirely on the raw, unyielding mechanics of financial survival and digital sovereignty rather than price action…
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Uncle Rockstar Dev: BTCPay Server, Cypherpunk Ethos, Bitcoin Circular Economies and El Salvador
Is the Wall Street ETF narrative killing peer-to-peer Bitcoin adoption? Is Bitcoin failing if it only becomes a corporate store of value hoarded on Wall Street? Institutional demand and exchange-traded funds are not the end game for hyperbitcoinization. True freedom requires building an…
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Behind The World's First Bitcoin Air Taxi Network in El Salvador
Explore how James McBride (@cnasalvador) is building El Salvador’s sovereign aviation infrastructure. From ferrying a helicopter 3,000 miles to launching the first Bitcoin-friendly air taxi, learn how Cielo Norte Aviacion is decentralizing the skies and skipping fiat traffic jams. National...
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From Canada to El Salvador: Escaping Communism & Financial Surveillance For Bitcoin Country
George McBride (@georgemcbride_ ) and SatStreet facilitate Bitcoin OTC trading and asset management for family offices moving to El Salvador’s Bitcoin legal tender economy. Is your home country a fortress for your wealth, or is it a high-tax cage waiting to be locked by the legacy regime? George...
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The Brutal Price of Bitcoin Adoption In El Salvador (Inside Bukele's War on Crime) | Joe Nakamoto
Is Bukele a dictator, or is he simply executing the mandate of a population that was previously held hostage by gang violence and state corruption? Joe Nakamoto joins me to separate the propaganda from the facts surrounding the first nation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. We examine the...
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Why Every Christian Needs to Understand Bitcoin (Biblical Stewardship & The Ethics of Money) | Jordan Bush & Ahshuwah Hawthorne of Thank God For Bitcoin Media
Are central banks stealing your soul? In this show we explore why fiat debasement is a moral crisis and why Biblical stewardship now requires Bitcoin. We dive deep into the ethics of money production, the "hidden theology" of the Bitcoin blockchain, and why the global Church is ditching the...
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The New Bitcoin Standard Is Here (And No One Is Talking About It) | Rod Roudi, Jack Lesser and Andrew Davis of Bitcoin Park
Is your body a fiat liability? Proof of Work is a biological law that your private keys cannot fix. We examine why the ultimate 2026 luxury is a total Digital Detox and the physical sovereignty found in a Bitcoin Citadel. Is it possible to be a sovereign individual if your body is a product of…
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Can Bitcoin Be Hacked? The Secret History of Bitcoin Security & Satoshi’s Core Developers | Juan Galt
If Satoshi Nakamoto handed the keys to a single successor, is the network truly decentralized? We go deep into uncomfortable questions about who controls the Bitcoin blockchain and how the power to merge code has shifted since the Genesis block. Juan Galt (@JuanSGalt) joins us in El Zonte to…
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Bitcoin Archive on El Salvador Before And After Bukele, Bitcoin Adoption, El Zonte & Circadian Health
Bitcoin Archive opens up about his 2026 El Salvador reset, life in El Salvador Before and After Bukele, Bitcoin adoption, and how he escaped the fiat rat race for a total Circadian Health and dopamine reset. Archie from Bitcoin Archive joins Mike Peterson to reveal the reality of his journey…
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Sovereign AI Hubs: Dubai Is Finished. This Is Why I Moved Everything To El Salvador | @ARQ.Studios
High-growth founders are leaving Dubai to build a sovereign AI stack in El Salvador. In this episode, we chat about how the Bitcoin Standard is attracting elite builders who are abandoning fiat luxury for true proof of work. Amir Starks (@starks_arq) explains the strategic transition from the...
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Bitcoin 2026: Why India Will Trigger the Next Massive Bull Run ($1M BTC) | Aaronman
As the SGB Next Issue approaches in India, a massive question remains: Is government-backed gold enough to stop a 12% annual wealth dilution? Today, we explore why the Gold vs Bitcoin India debate is reaching a tipping point. If India already holds the world's largest private reserve of hard…
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Why Bitcoin Self-Custody Fails the 99%: Lost Keys, Wrench Attacks & Your Next Step | Obi Nwosu
Is the Be Your Own Bank dream a nightmare for most people? While the Bitcoin community has preached self custody as the only path to freedom, many are terrified of losing savings to a single technical error. Obi Nwosu (@obi) argues we have hit a wall with traditional sovereignty. Unless we make...
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Canada Was the Beta Test. The US is Next (El Salvador is the Fix) | Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovsky
If the state can freeze your life savings for a peaceful protest, do you actually own your money? Chris Pavlovski (@chrispavlovski) moved Rumble to Florida after witnessing this reality in Canada. We explore how government censorship is a strategy to maintain the fiat status quo and why the only...
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Adam Back: How Bukele Is TACTICALLY Making El Salvador Wealthier Than Germany (Bitcoin Treasury)
Why did the academic elite fail to see Bitcoin coming? Dr. Adam Back (@adam3us), the inventor of Hashcash, explains that professors were too obsessed with centralized bank models to conceive of a proof of work system that replaces central authority. While the ivory tower refined flawed systems,...
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Thanks To Bukele's Bitcoin Law I'm Building a Parallel Food System in El Salvador | Texas Slim
Is your steak a byproduct of a corrupt financial ledger? Texas Slim (@modernTman) explains how food centralization serves as currency debasement. We discuss the 1971 "Big Fat Lie" and how ending the gold standard led to declining nutritional integrity via subsidized grains. Slim argues the health...
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What Bitcoiners Must Know To Prepare for Climate Lockdowns (Even In El Salvador) | Patrick Hiebert of Autris (OTC: AUTR) and Veritas Villages
What is the point of a country that can freeze your bank account for your views? Today, I talk with Patrick Hiebert, founder of Autris (OTC: AUTR) and Veritas Villages, about why the "First World" is no longer the safest choice for your family. We dive into building Bitcoin citadels and why a...
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El Salvador’s Dual Citizenship Secrets For Bitcoin Maxis (2026 Second Passport Guide) | Alex Recouso
If Bitcoin is the ultimate opt-out, why can a single border guard still ruin your whole plan? Mike Peterson sits down with Alex Recouso to get into dual citizenship, second citizenship, and global mobility from a Bitcoin maxi point of view. Alex explains why 2020 was the moment the lesson…
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Bukele’s Blind Spot: New Bitcoin Mining Tech That Can Turn El Salvador Trash Into Digital Gold | Dusan Matuska
Mike Peterson sits down with Dusan Matuska to unpack Bitcoin adoption in India while UPI dominates daily payments. They discuss why Bitcoiners call UPI “governmental lightning,” what that suggests about transaction monitoring, and how self-custody becomes a defining decision for anyone who cares...
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How El Salvador Forced This Crypto Billionaire to Use Bitcoin (Proof The Circular Economy Works)
Can a rural village in El Salvador actually replace the central bank? Host Jethro Toro hangs out with Mike Peterson and the founders of Bitcoin Berlin, Evelyn Lemus and Gerardo Linares. They talk about a grassroots movement that is changing how people use money. We explore the true story of El...
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I Caught A CIA Agent At My Bitcoin Meetup: Is El Salvador Safe? | Kent Halliburton
Are you mining Bitcoin to secure the money of the future? Or are you just a "Fiat Hasher" using the network to stack more dying dollars? Kent Halliburton (@khalliburton) joins me to argue that most of the industry has the wrong incentives. We compare the early days of El Salvador surf tourism…
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Is El Salvador The LAST Place To Escape The Great Reset? (2026 Second Passport Guide) | Jennifer Harding
Is your citizenship a rug pull waiting to happen? We sit down with legal expert Jennifer Harding Marlin (@jh_marlin) to discuss why relying on a single fiat passport is a massive single point of failure. We explore the harsh truth for Americans facing restrictive FATCA banking regulations and why...
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$1B Founder: "The Banks Took My Home, So I Built A Company To Replace Them" | Jeremy Almond
Is Bitcoin actually helping anyone, or is it just another Wall Street game with better branding? In this conversation, Mike Peterson sits down with Jeremy Almond (@jeremyalmond) to argue that the answer shows up in Bitcoin circular economies, where people earn, spend, and save in Bitcoin as a...
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Knut Svanholm: Why I’m Considering Moving to El Salvador After Meeting Bukele (And You Should Too!)
What if democracy can’t survive sound money, because it runs on promises it can’t fund? Knut Svanholm sits down with Mike Peterson in El Salvador, fresh from a formal night at the presidential palace with President Nayib Bukele. Phones taken, press everywhere, and a president who feels…
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You Think You’re Sovereign Until You Test Bitcoin In The Real World (Not On Twitter) | Efrat Fenigson
What if the real trap is not working hard, it is spending your best years building someone else’s empire with money you do not even trust? Mike Peterson sits down with Efrat Fenigson (@efenigson) during Bitcoin Historico for a blunt conversation about the fiat system, corporate life, and why...
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The Most Extreme Way to Build a Bitcoin Circular Economy | Isabella Santos of BTC Isla
What if Bitcoin does not fail because of governments, banks, or the IMF, but because Bitcoiners themselves refuse to actually use it? In this episode, Mike sits down with Isabella Santos in El Salvador to confront one of the most uncomfortable questions in Bitcoin today. Is most “Bitcoin…
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Bitcoin Country Or State Capture? Bukele Finally Exposed The Real Tension in El Salvador | Giacomo Zucco, Knut Svanholm, Jethro Toro
Recorded in the middle of Bitcoin Month, this episode brings together Knut Svanholm, Giacomo Zucco, Mike Peterson, and Jethro Toro in El Zonte, El Salvador. They unpack what it feels like to live through Bitcoin Historico at the National Palace San Salvador, Adopting Bitcoin in San Salvador, and...
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Jeff Booth: Why President Bukele Understands Bitcoin Better Than Most Bitcoiners I Know
In this episode, I sit down with Jeff Booth inside the National Palace El Salvador to dig into a question a lot of people are asking in private. Is El Salvador still Bitcoin country, or did Bukele get captured by the IMF. Jeff shares how he ended up invited by the President, why he first thought…
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About this show
Live From Bitcoin Beach! This channel is an opportunity to showcase the thoughts and views of Bitcoiners coming through El Zonte, El Salvador.
Also known as Bitcoin Beach, this location is ground zero of the Bitcoin and Orange Pill revolution sweeping the nation since President Nayib Bukele made Bitcoin legal tender.
We showcase the bustling Salvadoran Bitcoin community, thriving day-to-day using BTC as actual money.
From local Bitcoiners to to well-known figures like Giacomo Zucco of Plan B Network, Francis Pouliot of Bull Bitcoin, Robert Breedlove of the What Is Money Show, Max Keiser & Stacy Herbert, Greg Foss of Looking Glass Education, Dr. Jack Kruse of Kruse Longevity Center, and many others, we'll provide an insider's perspective on how Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador is reshaping the landscape locally and globally.
We will also be discussing practical tips for those considering moving to El Salvador.
Make sure to subscribe and leave us a re
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