Beyond The Price

Reaching Normal People in Thailand (Piriya Sambandaraksa, Right Shift)

Piriya Sambandaraksa is the managing director of Chaloke.com (a trading and investment education company), producer of Bitcoin Talk, founder & CEO of Right Shift, founder & CEO of Bitcoin Legacy, organizer of the Thailand Bitcoin Conference, and translator of multiple Bitcoin books. We talk about translating The Fiat Standard and other books into Thai, why Bitcoin appeals to Thai people, the relative strength of the Thai bhat compared to the Japanese yen, the low level of trust in Thai government, Piriya's background as a trader and YouTube educator, the problem of bitcoiners only making content for other bitcoiners, strategy and tactics for reaching non-bitcoiners, the Thailand Bitcoin Conference, Piriya's experience with diet experimentation and incredibly positive results with low-carb and carnivore diets, the fallacy of the local circular economy, and the need for price to go up much further for us to get serious adoption and usage. Links: * Piriya’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/piriya [https://twitter.com/piriya] * Piriya’s Nostr: https://njump.me/npub1prya33fnqerq0fljwjtp77ehtu7jlsjt5ydhwveuwmqdsdm6k8esk42xcv [https://njump.me/npub1prya33fnqerq0fljwjtp77ehtu7jlsjt5ydhwveuwmqdsdm6k8esk42xcv] * Right Shift’s website: https://rightshift.to/ [https://rightshift.to/] * Thailand Bitcoin Conference: https://www.thailandbitcoinconference.com/ [https://www.thailandbitcoinconference.com/] Transcripts and more available at beyondtheprice.substack.com [http://beyondtheprice.substack.com/]. If you enjoyed what you heard, a rating or review really helps me out! Thank you! Email me at: beyondtheprice@substack.com [beyondtheprice@substack.com] Follow me on Nostr: https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k [https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k] Get full access to Beyond The Price at beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe [https://beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Is China Warming to Bitcoin? (John Riggins, Bitcoin Magazine)

Use discount code BEYOND20 for 20% off tickets to Bitcoin Asia in Hong Kong this May 9-10. John Riggins is Head of Operations, Asia Pacific for BTC Media (Bitcoin Magazine). In this episode we talk about his Bitcoin in Asia podcast, which ran from 2019-2020, his experience with Bitcoin Magazine in China from 2016, especially with the mining boom and subsequent ban (and less-known backstory), the origins and editorial policy of Bitcoin Magazine, the upcoming Bitcoin Asia conference in Hong Kong, whether bitcoin as a money vs. bitcoin as a platform is the next big debate in bitcoin, why he's optimistic about bitcoin regulation in China and especially in Hong Kong, other developments throughout Asia, and finally, whether Asia could see the next El Salvador. Links: * John Riggins’ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DistRiggs [https://twitter.com/DistRiggs] * Bitcoin Magazine: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/ [https://bitcoinmagazine.com/] * Bitcoin Asia conference: https://bitcoin2024.b.tc/asia [https://bitcoin2024.b.tc/asia] * “A $200M Mining Heist and a Life Sentence”: https://blocksbridge.substack.com/p/mining-heist-life-sentence [https://blocksbridge.substack.com/p/mining-heist-life-sentence] * South China Morning Post article: https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3232044/crypto-mining-chinese-official-given-life-prison-scheme-involving-bribes-and-support-cryptocurrency [https://www.scmp.com/tech/policy/article/3232044/crypto-mining-chinese-official-given-life-prison-scheme-involving-bribes-and-support-cryptocurrency] Transcripts and more available at beyondtheprice.substack.com [http://beyondtheprice.substack.com]. If you enjoyed what you heard, a rating or review really helps me out! Thank you! Email me at: beyondtheprice@substack.com [beyondtheprice@substack.com] Follow me on Nostr: https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k [https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k] Get full access to Beyond The Price at beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe [https://beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Bitcoin is Alive in Australia (Chris Pavlesic, Bitcoin Alive Conference)

Bitcoin Alive is on March 23 in Sydney! Use discount code BEYONDTHEPRICE for 10% off tickets. Chris Pavlesic is a co-organizer of Bitcoin Alive, founder of Coinstop, country manager for Bitrefill, and adviser at The Bitcoin Adviser. We talk about organizing Australia’s first Bitcoin-only conference, stories from last year, founding a Bitcoin company and doing things “the Bitcoin way”, self-custody cultures, regulatory environment, inheritance planning, and how Chris hasn’t checked the price of bitcoin in over 2 years! Links: * Chris Pavlesic’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/lungdoge [https://twitter.com/lungdoge] * Bitcoin Alive website: https://bitcoinalive.io/ [https://bitcoinalive.io/] * Bitcoin Alive Twitter: https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive [https://twitter.com/BitcoinAlive] * Bitcoin Bush Bash: https://bitcoinbushbash.info/ [https://bitcoinbushbash.info/] * Bitcoin Sydney: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/bitcoin_sydney/ [https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/bitcoin_sydney/] * The Bitcoin Adviser: https://www.thebitcoinadviser.com/ [https://www.thebitcoinadviser.com/] * Coinstop: https://coinstop.io/ [https://coinstop.io/] * Bitrefill: https://www.bitrefill.com/ [https://www.bitrefill.com/] If you enjoyed what you heard, a rating or review really helps me out! Thank you! Email me at: beyondtheprice@substack.com [beyondtheprice@substack.com] Follow me on Nostr: https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k [https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k] Get full access to Beyond The Price at beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe [https://beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Bitcoin in the Classroom (John & Adam, Mi Primer Bitcoin)

Mi Primer Bitcoin (My First Bitcoin) is a bitcoin educational non-profit that started in El Salvador but is quickly spreading throughout the world with its open-source curriculum. Their growth in the El Salvador school system has been explosive and they offer a model that anyone in the world can replicate so I was really excited to talk with them, especially as you may remember Teruko a few weeks ago mentioned she's helping translate their curriculum into Japanese and will be launching a Japanese podcast based on it. My guests are John Dennehy, founder and executive director, and Adam Nili, COO. We talk about John's background as a journalist and protester, launching a bitcoin educational organization after El Salvador made bitcoin legal tender, how adoption in El Salvador is going and what lessons it offers other communities and countries, how My First Bitcoin has modeled their organization after bitcoin in the sense of having rules not rulers, so that anyone can join what they're doing, and much more. This conversation pumped me up so I hope it has the same effect on you. Links: * Mi Primer Bitcoin website: https://miprimerbitcoin.io/en/my-first-bitcoin/ [https://miprimerbitcoin.io/en/my-first-bitcoin/] * Mi Primer Bitcoin Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyfirstBitcoin_ [https://twitter.com/MyfirstBitcoin_] * Mi Primer Bitcoin Nostr: https://njump.me/npub17cyatz6z2dzcw6xehtcm9z45m76lde5smxdmyasvs00r4pqv863qrs4ml3 [https://njump.me/npub17cyatz6z2dzcw6xehtcm9z45m76lde5smxdmyasvs00r4pqv863qrs4ml3] * John’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jdennehy_writes [https://twitter.com/jdennehy_writes] * Adam’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/adam_nili [https://twitter.com/adam_nili] * John’s Nostr: https://njump.me/npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l [https://njump.me/npub1gaxapm9t9damh6q2lpc04ptcyeh0ysfdfzzs997agu3ae80ftrns7t985l] If you enjoyed what you heard, a rating or review really helps me out! Thank you! Email me at: beyondtheprice@substack.com [beyondtheprice@substack.com] Follow me on Nostr: https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k [https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k] Get full access to Beyond The Price at beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe [https://beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Take Your Business Global by Accepting Bitcoin (Adam & Cole, Coinos)

Listen on Fountain & earn bitcoin: https://fountain.fm/episode/YIfXmtlNMicyzTljW6K6 [https://fountain.fm/episode/YIfXmtlNMicyzTljW6K6] Coinos is the easiest way I’ve seen for businesses to start accepting bitcoin as a payment method. The interface is super simple as they abstract away a lot of the complexity that merchants don’t want to deal with at the beginning. They even utilize Liquid in addition to Lightning. Naturally, we talk about the state of merchant adoption of Bitcoin but we also discuss Bitcoin scaling solutions like Lightning and Liquid and more philosophical questions like the tension between building totally self-sovereign Bitcoin tools that are true to the ethos but hard to use vs. building easy-to-use tools that make some compromises in terms of custody, as well as whether we want gradual change or overnight revolution, whether open source is a viable business model, and whether to stay anonymous as a Bitcoiner or not. Lots of food for thought! My Coinos page: https://coinos.io/beyondtheprice [https://coinos.io/beyondtheprice] Links * Coinos: https://coinos.io/ [https://coinos.io/] * Adam’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/adamsoltys [https://twitter.com/adamsoltys] * Cole’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/coinoswallet [https://twitter.com/coinoswallet] * BTC Map: https://btcmap.org/ [https://btcmap.org/] If you enjoyed what you heard, a rating or review really helps me out! Thank you! Email me at: beyondtheprice@substack.com [beyondtheprice@substack.com] Follow me on Nostr: https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k [https://njump.me/npub1cndrh68pp75xz2znpzzarrj9tyqvenlnn4azf39x4sftq2z0v2esntxq6k] Get full access to Beyond The Price at beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe [https://beyondtheprice.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]