“The West was built with looted funds. The way the world is today with the inequalities it contains is not because the world is inherently this way. We’re seeing a slow correction of countries back toward a more neutral baseline” - Ahmed
“I think humans can fix almost everything and Biticoin is a very powerful tool towards that” - Ahmed Gatnash
My guest today is Ahmed Gatnash. Ahmed is author of “The Middle East Crisis Factory” and Executive Director of the Kawaakibi Foundation, an accelerator for thinkers and doers, with a focus on the future of freedom in the Middle East and North Africa. In this episode we discuss using Bitcoin as a tool for human rights and financial freedom, the complex politics and need for new progressive paradigms in the MENA region, democracy efforts globally, the end of monetary imperialism in Africa, Bitcoin adoption challenges and use cases for the oppressed, the outsized focus Bitcoin ETFs and Wall Street, and more.
https://progressivebitcoiner.com/tpb72-shifting-paradigms-in-the-middle-east-with-ahmed-gatnash/
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My conversation with Ahmed Gatnash, Executive Director of the Kawaakibi Foundation and author of “Middle East Crisis Factory,” on shifting paradigms in the Middle East and globally, pro-democracy and human rights efforts, and more.
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"The more people that use and adopt #Bitcoin, the more useful as a tool it is for everyone...to say that #Bitcoin is a libertairian, Austrian economic project is insanity. Bitcoin is just money, an alternative to fiat money that works." - nostr:npub1zqsu3ys4fragn2a5e3lgv69r4rwwhts2fserll402uzr3qeddxfsffcqrs
More and more ideologies will continue to come into and interact with Bitcoin as the tent expands. Bitcoin is for anyone and everyone and does not belong to one ideological camp.
"I think the biggest benefit immediately is privacy...and another one is in order to onboard people with zero fees."
#cashu is a game-changer for privacy and onboarding people to #Bitcoin. This and more in our latest TPB ep (link in bio)
“Bitcoin is most useful if more people use it.” - Erik
My guest today is nostr:npub1zqsu3ys4fragn2a5e3lgv69r4rwwhts2fserll402uzr3qeddxfsffcqrs . Erik is a UX designer and has worked on many bitcoin projects including Hoseki and eNuts, a cashu wallet for android and iOS. Cashu is a free and open-source Chaumian ecash system built for Bitcoin that offers near-perfect privacy for users of custodial Bitcoin applications.
We discuss Bitcoin design, usability, cashu and the privacy benefits and importance, scaling bitcoin both at a protocol and cultural layer, political ideologies, freedom of speech, hope for reform, and more.
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“Curiosity keeps us challenging what we hear and what we see, and it prevents us from sounding the same.” - nostr:npub1q2sz9496kfdr2t2tpqgy6ecvrjgxcuhwfzcr898w7a5gw4ryt2ksg07zym
Great reception from folks on our latest episode. Tune in today, and share with a skeptical progressive friend 😉
Double the fun this week! Catch our latest epsiode with nostr:npub1q2sz9496kfdr2t2tpqgy6ecvrjgxcuhwfzcr898w7a5gw4ryt2ksg07zym on her #bitcoin mining documentaries, inlcuding "Stranded" and "Dirty Coin" and also check out nostr:npub1trr5r2nrpsk6xkjk5a7p6pfcryyt6yzsflwjmz6r7uj7lfkjxxtq78hdpu latest article in Bitcoin magazine about the same subject Alana protrays in her films!
"You as a creator...need to have enough ego to think 'no, it needs to get done and it needs to be me that does it this way.' If you really just go no ego, you stop creating." - nostr:npub1q2sz9496kfdr2t2tpqgy6ecvrjgxcuhwfzcr898w7a5gw4ryt2ksg07zym
What's stopping you for creating? This & more in our latest TPB episode via YouTube or wherever you get your pods (link in bio)
“I want to ignite a curiosity about #Bitcoin in people.” - nostr:npub1q2sz9496kfdr2t2tpqgy6ecvrjgxcuhwfzcr898w7a5gw4ryt2ksg07zym
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My guest today is Alana Mediavilla. Alana is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, director, writer, founder, mother & wife, having previously produced content for some of the largest tech brands including Google and now as founder and CEO of Filmkik, a remote video production company. Alana joined me to discuss her short film Stranded, focussing on Bitcoin miners monetizing stranded energy for good, and upcoming film Dirty Coin, a bitcoin mining documentary.
We talk about the impacts of bitcoin mining, misconceptions around its energy use and environmental impact, and how Bitcoin serves as a monetary lifeline for people in restricted economies.
We discuss privacy and technology, and Alana shares with us her creative motivations, life lessons for being a creative and filmmaker, the balance in everything.
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