S7 Bonus: Joe De Pinto, Haste Arcade

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4.6 • 216 Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Joe De Pinto was born and raised in Los Angeles, and was drafted to play professional baseball in the minors for the White Sox. He's always had an active lifestyle, and now lives at the beach and surfs regularly. In 2015, he and his current co-founder started a company called Barpay, which makes it easier to get drinks at busy bars. In January 2021, Joe and his co-founder are sitting in their office, frustrated that no one was getting what Bitcoin - that is BSV, not BTC - was originally created for. They asked themselves, what could we build to illustrate the utility of blockchain? This is the creation story of Haste Arcade. Our Sponsors: * Check out Kinsta: https://kinsta.com * Check out Red Hat: https://www.redhat.com * Check out Vanta: https://vanta.com/CODESTORY Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/code-story/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	You know, we're sitting there in the office in January 2021.
0:05.0	We're working on bar pay, but we're just getting frustrated because it's like, man, no one's seeing, you know, what this actual Bitcoin stuff is supposed to be used for, what it, you know, maybe not supposed to be used for, but what it can be used for, these micropayment.
0:18.0	What could we build? What could we show our friends that's like, hey,
0:21.2	this is a really simple way to understand some of the utility of blockchain. And it's not just
0:26.6	about, oh, let me buy this coin and tell my friend to buy it so that the price goes up. Like,
0:31.1	in my opinion, that's nonsense. That was never what the original purpose of Bitcoin was supposed
0:36.5	to be.
0:39.0	This is Joe DePinto.
0:42.4	I am one of the co-founders of Haste and the Haste Arcade.
0:59.2	This is Code Story, the podcast bringing you interviews with tech visionaries who share in the critical moments of what it takes to change in industry and build and lead.
1:01.1	A team that has your back.
1:04.0	I'm your host, Noah Laparte. And today how Joe DePinto set off to prove the utility of Bitcoin and made the world's first instant leader payout platform.
1:13.6	All this and more. On Coat Story.
1:21.1	Joe DePinto was born and raised in Los Angeles and was drafted to play professional baseball in the minors for the White Sox.
1:28.8	He's always had an active lifestyle and now lives at the beach and surfs regularly.
1:33.3	In 2015, he and his current co-founder started a company called Bar Pay, which makes it easier to get
1:38.3	drinks at busy bars. And the product took off.
1:42.6	In January 2021, Joe and his co-founder were sitting in their office,
1:47.1	frustrated that no one was getting what Bitcoin, that is BSV, not BTC, was originally
1:53.6	created for.
1:55.3	They asked themselves, what could we build to illustrate the utility of the blockchain?
2:02.4	This is the creation story of Haste Arcade.
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