Bitcoin Builders

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Ray Youssef on Building an Unstoppable Open Bitcoin Markets Protocol for the World Apr 26, 2023

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Ray Youssef is the co-founder and former CEO of Paxful. He's spent the last 8 years working to open up bitcoin access and financial freedom in the global south. Although Paxful is no more, Ray's mission continues. He and his team have just announced Civ Kit, a proposed protocol for open, unstoppable peer-to-peer bitcoin markets. On this episode Ray and NLW discussed what happened with Paxful, what Ray learned, and why Bitcoin is more important than ever.

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Bitcoin Builders is produced and hosted by Nathaniel Whittemore. Lead researcher is Scott Hill. Edited by Kyle Barbour-Hoffman. Images by Midjourney. Theme music is "Everybody Dance" by True Ripper, licensed via Track Club. Ad music is "Easy's First Tiger" by Bossfight

Will Russia Mining Bitcoin for Trade Drive the Next Wave of De-Dollarization? Apr 21, 2023

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Welcome back to the Bitcoin Builders Weekly Breakdown. The Weekly Breakdown is a chance to cover the most important news stories in and around the Bitcoin community. This week, NLW looks at:

Increase in the percentage of BTC held by entities with less than 1 BTC
Lack of stress around recent price action
Bernstein report saying Bitcoin is poised for biggest bull run ever
Arkansas passes right to mine bill
NYT mining fud fails to resonate
Russia exploring mining bitcoin and using crypto for cross-border settlement

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Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com

Spiral's Steve Lee on the Lightning Development Kit and How Everyone Can Contribute to Bitcoin Apr 18, 2023

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Steve Lee is lead at Spiral, the Block's independent Bitcoin-focused subsidiary. In this episode of Bitcoin Builders, NLW and Steve discuss Spiral's mission to support Bitcoin, their grants program, their work on the Lightning Development Kit, and why even non-technical people can contribute to Bitcoin.

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Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com

Leverage Gone, Tourists Flushed: Bitcoin's Beautiful Late-Cycle Reset feat. Glassnode's James Check Apr 13, 2023

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In this data driven episode of Bitcoin Builders, Glassnode's James Check (Checkmate on Twitter) walks through the onchain data, discussing:

The changing of hands from the leftover top buyers to new post-FTX bargain buyers
The shift away from whales towards smaller holders
Why the most recent run past $30,000 has been driven by spot buying rather than leveraged trading

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Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com

How Bitcoin Unlocks Last Mile Energy with Erik Hersman of Gridless Apr 11, 2023

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Erik Hersman is the CEO of Gridless, a bitcoin mining company that leverages bitcoin production to make mini grids and last mile energy production economically viable in Africa. The company has pilots in Kenya and Malawi and recently raised a seed round led by Block and Stillmark. In this episode, NLW and Erik talk about their shared social entrepreneurship background, how Erik and Gridless came to bitcoin, and how bitcoin transforms energy economics around the world.

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Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com

The State-by-State Battle for the Right to Mine Bitcoin Apr 11, 2023

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On this edition of the Bitcoin Builders Weekly Breakdown, NLW looks at a number of the big stories shaping bitcoin over the past week. He discusses the shutdown of P2P bitcoin marketplace Paxful, coming just months after the closure of Local Bitcoins. He also talks about Texas Senate Bill 1751 and the state-by-state battle for "Right to Mine" legislation.

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Thanks to our sponsor: In Wolf's Clothing // Wolf is the first startup accelerator focused exclusively on Bitcoin and Lightning // Learn more at wolfnyc.com

Introducing Bitcoin Builders Mar 31, 2023

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Bitcoin Builders is a show all about the developers, entrepreneurs, creatives, communities, artists and others participating in the Cambrian explosion of building on Bitcoin, Lightning and other freedom tech.

This is the Bitcoin show all about the fun, optimistic, irreverant side of Bitcoin, and features news shows, discussions, interviews, educational series and so much more.

It's hosted by NLW, host of The Breakdown, and is the first new spinoff show of The Breakdown Network.

Learn more at Breakdown.Network. Let's Build!