Welcome to Almost Here, Around the Corner of Future Technology Podcasts with Richard Jacobs.

Future Technologies are poised to transform our lives for better or worse for the focus of this podcast.

Almost here means these technologies are now here and starting to be used.

We're just around the corner.

From Bitcoin to artificial intelligence, 3D around the corner, from Bitcoin to artificial intelligence,

3D printing, blockchain, virtual reality, and more.

Good morning, good afternoon, but evening depending on where you are in the world.

This is Tracy Murda on behalf of Richard Jacobs here at Future Tech Podcast.

And today I have a very esteemed guest, York Vonikvitz, of Bitwala, as well as

the CEO of Bitcoin Berlin. York, thank you for joining me this morning or afternoon or evening

for where you are. Thank you so much for your time today.

Hello, Tracy. No worries. I'm glad to be on the show.

Well, you've got a lot of different, you know, information and bits and pieces of the

Bitcoin puzzle to share with us today.

So why don't we just jump right in.

Tell me a little bit about yourself and the background and what got you started in Bitcoin blockchain technology to begin with?

So that's quite a long story.

I started quite early with blockchain and Bitcoin.

So the first time when I heard about it, it was 2011.

So from my educational background, me and my co-founder,

Young, we studied business administration and economics.

And so our interest into economics and financial world and the financial system was always there.

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