The Kevin Rooke Show
TLS101: Andrew Begin on Building Galoy, Bitcoin Communities, and Enterprise Lightning Adoption
Mar 15 2023 • 1hr 21m
Show Notes
In our conversation, we covered the task of building and sustaining Bitcoin communities such as Bitcoin Beach and Bitcoin Jungle, the tools Galoy is building to help these communities thrive, as well as enterprise Lightning adoption.
→ Galoy: https://galoy.io/
→ Lessons Learned from El Zonte: https://galoy.io/bitcoin-banking-for-communities-lessons-learned-from-el-zonte/
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Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
02:08 - Andrew Begin Intro
12:33 - Why Are So Few Tech Products Built For IRL Communities?
16:36 - Lessons Learned from Bitcoin Beach
23:15 - Bitcoin Adoption in El Zonte & El Salvador
28:50 - Stablesats & Stablecoins in El Salvador
33:40 - Custody and Bitcoin Banking
42:06 - Advice for Building a Bitcoin Community
51:18 - Enterprise Lightning Adoption
1:13:01 - The Lightning Round
Activity
@vindard
10,000 sats
Mar 16 2023
Go Andrew!