Foster Inclusion

In this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Bastian Feder of Lipa App - https://getlipa.com/ - the Swiss app for cashless payments with bitcoin!

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

0:38 - Why Bitcoin?

2:19 - How merchants benefit from Lipa

3:14 - The difference between onchain & lightning fast transactions

8:50 - Simplifying bitcoin payments for merchants & customers

14:37 - Non-custodial, merchants are free

17:24 - Micropayments

19:14 - Bitcoin price volatility & cash flow management

21:25 - Empowering merchants who do not understand Bitcoin

30:31 - Experience Lipa at Department 66 in Bern, Switzerland!

31:08 - Where to find Lipa App

Where to find Lipa: 

👉 Website: https://www.getlipa.com/en/index.html

👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/lipa_btc

👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lipa_btc/ 

Stay Connected! 

👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaidahGomez

👉 Twitter: https://twitter.com/fosterinclusion

👉 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fosterinclusion/

👉 Subscribe in your favourite podcast player: https://anchor.fm/fosterinclusion

This is the extended version of my 'Bitcoin in the Caribbean' conversation with Rohan Smith, a software developer from Jamaica who is based in Scarborough, Tobago.

If you have already listened to the edited version (Episode 11), skip to the 50-minute mark of this episode to hear the rest of our conversation about relationships, love, spirituality, giving, food, and so much more.

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If you are based in the Caribbean, care about saving your money and maintaining purchasing power in the face of inflation, this episode is for you!

Rohan shares:

• how he got into Bitcoin,
• a simplified analogy to understand why bitcoin's value goes up with time,
• how to acquire bitcoin in the Caribbean, and
• tips on what to expect if you're new to Bitcoin.

Connect with Rohan on Twitter: @frazras

Stay Connected:

Email: saidah@fosterinclusion.com

Twitter: @fosterinclusion or @saidahgomez

Instagram @fosterinclusion

If you are based in the Caribbean, this episode is definitely for you! 

Rohan Smith, a software developer from Jamaica based in Scarborough, Tobago, joins me to discuss Bitcoin in the Caribbean.

If you care about saving your money and maintaining purchasing power in the face of inflation listen in! 

Rohan shares:

• how he got into Bitcoin,
• a simplified analogy to understand why bitcoin goes up in value with time,
• how to acquire bitcoin in the Caribbean, and
• tips on what to expect if you’re new to Bitcoin.

If you're interested in hearing our conversation go beyond Bitcoin - we speak about relationships, love, spirituality, giving, food, and so much more - download Episode 12, the extended version of this episode. You can skip to the 50-minute mark to pick up where this conversation ends. 

Connect with Rohan on Twitter: @frazras 

Stay Connected:

Email: saidah@fosterinclusion.com

Twitter: @fosterinclusion or @saidahgomez

Instagram: @fosterinclusion

In this episode, I discuss Financial Inclusion in Ethiopia and Eritrea with Kal Kassa of Bitcoin Birr & Bitcoin Nakfa. 

I first became aware of Kal in an article called Check Your Financial Privilege by Alex Gladstein for Bitcoin Magazine. Kal is in the media business and a daily user of bitcoin using the lightning network. After studying at Chapman University, he returned to his native Ethiopia where he began his career in Business Advisory for privatization clients making investments into the country. Today, Kal manages various bitcoin-centric initiatives between San Jose, Austin, and Addis Ababa. Bitcoin Birr and Bitcoin Nakfa have received millions of satoshis in donations from NFL player Russell Okung and Ray Youssef, CEO of Paxful. 

Join us for this entertaining look into financial inclusion and how the lightning network facilitates small, cross-border transactions. 

Where to Find Kal, Bitcoin Birr and Bitcoin Nakfa: 

Website: https://github.com/BitcoinBirr 

Social Media: @KalKassa @BitcoinBirr  @BitcoinNakfa 

References: 

Check Your Financial Privilege: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/check-your-financial-privilege 

Bitcoin Legal Tender Ethiopia: https://www.change.org/p/ministry-of-finance-and-economic-development-bitcoin-legal-tender-for-ethiopia 

Stay Connected: Is there a topic you'd like to have covered on the podcast? Send me an email: saidah@fosterinclusion.com. 

Website: https://fosterinclusion.com/podcast-1 

Social Media: @fosterinclusion (please note that the Twitter handle has changed)

In this episode, I interview Ashley Chen from BitcoinWisdomforBusyPeople.com. 

I met Ashley in 2018 at the Crypto Valley Conference in Zug, Switzerland.

Ashley's an engineer-turned-marketer, specialising in bridging the communication gap between technology and everyday people in diverse cultural and societal contexts. Her experience includes executing multilingual campaigns for Australia’s largest telco and working in Switzerland’s Crypto Valley on a prominent blockchain project. She grew up and was educated in a multicultural environment in Australia and is fluid between different cultures, speaking English and Chinese Mandarin.

Ashley now dedicates her time and energy to helping the global Chinese-speaking community learn about Bitcoin. Her company is an authorized Bitbox02 hardware wallet reseller in Asia.

Where to find Ashley:

Twitter: @BTCWisdom4BP

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleychen/

Website (English & traditional Chinese): https://www.bitcoinwisdomforbusypeople.com/

Stay Connected:

Is there a topic you'd like to have covered on the podcast? Would you like to be a guest? Send me an email at saidah@fosterinclusion.com

Website: https://fosterinclusion.com/

Twitter: @saidahgomez

In this fourth Foster Inclusion episode, my husband and I continue with our candid and casual conversation about bitcoin and identity. He sips beer while I enjoy Prosecco. Our speech gets a little slurred from time to time but we manage to share how our identities and experiences contribute to our Bitcoin curiosity.