Fellow Class of 2017 Bitcoiner Conor Okus is part of the founding team that is building out Hello Bitcoin, a series dedicated to being "Your friendly place to learn about Bitcoin." He is also host of Advancing Bitcoin, a podcast related to the 2-day Advancing Bitcoin event in London, featuring developers and designers who are making it easier to onboard new Bitcoiners. His day job is Product Manager at Square Crypto, where he and his team focus specifically on improving the developer experience in Bitcoin via the Lightning Development Kit.
Conor is Changing the Tide by helping guide the building out of ways for developers to choose Lightning features they want to integrate into their Bitcoin wallets. His team is also funding BTCPayServer, Bitcoin Core developers, designers working in the Bitcoin Design Community, and Lightning infrastructure projects. Outside of his 9-5, he is working tirelessly with others to build out educational material (like "Hello Bitcoin") to onboard new people, as well as help decentralize the funding of Bitcoin's and Lightning's open-source development.
We talk about:
*what drew him into Bitcoin
*the ethos of Square Crypto, and Jack Dorsey's desire to build "the native digital currency of the Internet"
*the first three episodes of "Hello Bitcoin," as well as what is coming in the next two
*what he's most excited about over the next couple of years
*how to onboard others to Bitcoin in a way that helps them "get it"
Links:
Conor's Twitter handle: @ConorOkus
Hello Bitcoin Twitter handle: @hello_bitcoin
Hello Bitcoin website: https://hellobitco.in/
Advancing Bitcoin podcast website: https://podcast.advancingbitcoin.com/
Advancing Bitcoin Twitter handle: @advbitcoin
Square Crypto Twitter handle: @sqcrypto
Adopting Bitcoin website: https://adoptingbitcoin.org/
**Note: Nothing in this podcast constitutes financial, legal, or medical advice. The content within is solely for educational purposes. Please consult tax, legal, or medical professionals before making financial, medical or other decisions based on what you hear.**
Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo Renthlei
Graphics: Kal Kassa
Host: Jon Crabtree
Producer: Jon Crabtree