Bitcoiners - 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

While most shows talk about price predictions and study charts, we at Bitcoin Beach are using bitcoin as a unit of exchange, right now. Alvaro Sol and IBEX are making it happen in real-time with a hyper-efficient settlement layer that we call the lightning network.Alvaro introduces the BAZ app, it's a super app just launched in Mexico to 20 million users. You will be able to use it to buy, sell, send and receive bitcoin through the lightning network.  "...we are able to settle on the supply chain side with split payments" - Alvaro Sol"(BAKKT with IBEX)... will be able to deliver fiat to fiat settlements with customers not even knowing that bitcoin is in the middle of it... ... what we are selling is the fin-tech experience." Alvaro Solalvaro@poweredbyibex.ioTwitter: @AlvaroJSolLive From Bitcoin Beach

El Salvador’s latest new hot spot is cool. Cooler than El Zonte ….Temperature wise. Nestled high up on the northern flank of Volcán de Usulután in the department of Usulután is El Salvador’s newest growing bitcoin community.Its new residents and returning special guests to the show , Nicki and James sit down with Mike Peterson to talk about why they made the move from San Blas.Answer: the people, the climate and the topography.They arrived in El Salvador from New Zealand about 18 months ago in an all or nothing move escaping medical tyranny. Hear how they have thrived since their move. Catch-up in their YouTube shows and their new products for sale at the bitcoin farmers market.YouTube:  @njelsalvador  Twitter: twitter.com/njelsalvadorLive From Bitcoin Beach

Your Mission : Go to a small tropical island, be-friend the local population. Your goal : Build a self-incentivized circular economy, culminating in an island wide festival featuring a soccer tournament, food vendors and a permanent garbage collection program.Your Tools : Bitcoin, community co-operation and several gallons of paint.Mike Peterson hears the inspiring journey of Sam & Quentin. It's a boy meets girl story, but it's also a story of courage, trust-building and innovation."The island was populated 40 years ago ... of people fleeing the war" - Quentin.The island had an issues with trash and animal feces mixing with the incoming tides. The rain storms would frequently leave the occupants without power, sometimes for days. Enter : Trash Collection Sunday's for the kids"For every trash bag they return full, we give them the equivalent of one dollar to their bolt cards that they in turn go to spend in the shops that have the POS that accept the payment with the bolt card. We inject bitcoin, we clean the island and at the same time we promote the circular economy with the POS in the shops of La Pirraya." - QuentinThe kids were given Bolt Cards from Fernando Motolese of Brazil's Praia Bitcoin. See our previous episode "Fernando Motolese -Praia Bitcoin, ahead of the curve in Brazil. BTC on swipe cards, bracelets + more"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnktkRqG_Jo"Everything worked out perfectly, better than we expected, actually" - SamTrash Collection Sunday's was just the precursor to future success on the island. Their idea was to invite people to visit the island for a giant island wide festival.  Which meant that all the cleaning work was incentivized by the upcoming festival."The festival was a great idea in the sense that it gave purpose to our work..." - Quentin"The whole day was just full of emotion... it was very exciting to see all these people come together..." - SamGreat story... Much Watch!!!!Follow Sam and Quentin here....@SamSuarez08@TheBTCBackupAlso, see our Mi Primer Bitcoin Episode "John Dennehy - Education is the foundation of everything else. Mi Primer Bitcoin / My First Bitcoin"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSU8Pr9OAaALive From Bitcoin Beach

Back in 2020 Lina Seiche posted her first comic. She had an idea for a tweet. She thought it made more sense as a comic. That comic, about surviving the bear market, was a hit. " ...that was a niche that I found and it had a very nice side-effect for me ...people don't really argue with comics that much ...it's more wholesome." - Lina SeicheMike Peterson sits down with Lina Seiche to hear her journey to create the most adorable bitcoin comic hero. She talks about her experiences in El Salvador, her home in Turkey where she met President Bukele and her future, making animated comics and custom plushies.https://thelittlehodler.comhttps://twitter.com/linaseichehttps://www.instagram.com/linaseiche/https://www.instagram.com/thelittlehodler/Live From Bitcoin Beach