There are various Bitcoin ‘circular economies’ but we talk with Fernando Motolese about how he started Bitcoin Beach Brazil, as well as his efforts in creating a new merchant POS terminal device, Bitcoinize. We discuss:

• How Bitcoin Beach Brazil started
• Onboarding merchants
• Bolt card
• Tech stack
• Tourists and Locals experience
• Bitcoinize device
• HODL vs Spend
• Fundraising

Links:

• Fernando Motolese X: @MotoleseOficial 
• Bitcoinize site: bitcoinize.com
• Bitcoinize POS on X: @BitcoinizePOS 
• Bitcoin Beach BR fundraiser: https://donate.praiabitcoin.org/
• X: @BitcoinBeachBR 

Sponsors:

• Swan.com (code LIVERA)
• CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
• Mempool.space

Stephan Livera links:

• Follow me on X @stephanlivera
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