#601 The Story Behind Bitcoin Pizza

The Pomp Podcast

Anthony Pompliano

Business, Investing

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Nick Sopchak and Rushir Parikh are the co-founders of PopChew, where creators launch their food brands. PopChew has developed a new drop-ship style of executing the launch and operations of a national food brand. In this conversation, we discuss Bitcoin Pizza, the origin story, how we launched it, metrics of success, what we are doing next, and why virtual food brands are the future. ======================= LMAX Digital - the market-leading solution for institutional crypto trading & custodial services - offers clients a regulated, transparent and secure trading environment, together with the deepest pool of crypto liquidity. LMAX Digital is also a primary price discovery venue, streaming real-time market data to the industry’s leading analytics platforms. LMAX Digital - secure, liquid, trusted. Learn more at LMAXdigital.com/pomp ======================= NEAR, now listed on Okcoin.com, is an open-source platform that accelerates the development of decentralized applications overcoming high fees and slow speeds with its fast, scalable, low-cost, and climate-neutral blockchain protocol. This is why NEAR was recently awarded the Climate Neutral Product Label from South Pole. One transaction on NEAR consumes about 1300x less carbon than a similar transaction on other chains. Learn why NEAR is the infrastructure for innovation at NEAR.org (N-E-A-R [dot] O-R-G) today. ======================= Cosmos is building the Internet of Blockchains, marking a new era of interoperability, scalability, and usability. The free flow of assets and data between blockchains with bridges to Ethereum and Bitcoin will unleash the potential of DeFi, NFTs, and much more. Dive into Cosmos at cosmos.network/pomp =======================

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0:00.0	What's up, everyone? This is Anthony Pompliano. Most of you know me as Pomp. You're listening to the Pomp
0:07.4	podcast, simply the best podcast out there. Now let's kick this thing off. Nick Sobechek and Roshir Parik are
0:14.0	the co-founders of Popchoo, where creators launch their food brands. Popchu has developed a new
0:18.9	drop ship style of executing the launch and operations of a national
0:22.4	food brand. There are also the infrastructure behind Bitcoin Pizza. In this conversation,
0:27.9	we discuss Bitcoin Pizza, the origin story, how we launched it, the metrics of success, what we are
0:33.5	doing next, and why virtual food brands are the future. I really enjoyed this conversation
0:39.3	with both Nick and Roushear. I hope that you enjoy it as well. Before we get into the episode,
0:44.3	though, I want to quickly talk about our sponsors. First up is Elmax Digital. They're the number
0:49.1	one institutional crypto exchange. They offer clients the deepest pool of crypto liquidity on the planet,
0:55.0	underscored by 100% uptime track record through volatility spikes. You can leverage LMAX
1:01.0	groups liquidity relationships and ultra low latency technology. LMAX Digital is the market
1:06.3	leading solution for institutional crypto trading and custodial services. They feature this central limit
1:11.6	order book streaming spot Bitcoin, Ether, Lightcoin, and Bitcoin Cash, and it's all paired with
1:16.7	US dollar, euro, and yen. LMAX Digital, might not be known by the retail world, but every
1:23.1	institution knows who Elmax Digital is. I've had the CEO and founder of Elmax Group on the podcast
1:28.6	before. I'm super impressed with the business and I think that they are going to continue to be a
1:33.3	key piece of infrastructure. If you're an institution, you should be using Elmax Digital. They're
1:38.0	secure, liquid, and trusted. You can learn more by going to elmaxdigital.com slash pomp. Again, Elmaxdigital.com slash pomp.
1:47.9	Next up is NIR, an open source platform that accelerates the development of decentralized applications, overcoming high fees and slow speeds with its fast, scalable, low cost, and climate neutral blockchain protocol.
1:59.9	This is why NIR was recently awarded the climate-neutral product label from South Pole.
2:05.7	One transaction on NEAR consumes about 1,300X less carbon than a similar transaction on other chains.
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