What Grassroots Communities in Emerging Markets Can Teach Us About Bitcoin, Feat. Anita Posch

The Breakdown

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4.8 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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This episode is sponsored by Nexo, Arculus, and FTX US. Today NLW is joined by Anita Posch. Anita is the founder of Bitcoin for Fairness and the author of “(L)earn Bitcoin.” She is about to depart on a trip to southern Africa where she will conduct bitcoin education workshops and seminars while also learning from and collaborating with local grassroots bitcoin and blockchain organizations. Follow Anita on Twitter: @AnitaPosch Learn more about Bitcoin for Fairness: bffbtc.org - Nexo is a powerful, all-in-one crypto platform where you can securely store your crypto. Invest, borrow, exchange and earn up to 18% APR on Bitcoin and 20+ other top coins. Insured for $375M. Audited in real-time by Armanino. Rated excellent on Trustpilot. Get started today at nexo.io. - Arculus™ is the next-gen cold storage wallet for your crypto. The sleek, metal Arculus Key™ Card authenticates with the Arculus Wallet™ App, providing a simpler, safer, and more secure solution to store, send, receive, buy, and swap your crypto. Buy now at getarculus.com. - FTX US is the safe, regulated way to buy Bitcoin, ETH, SOL and other digital assets. Trade crypto with up to 85% lower fees than top competitors and trade ETH and SOL NFTs with no gas fees and subsidized gas on withdrawals. Sign up at FTX.US today. - Enjoying this content? SUBSCRIBE to the Podcast Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1438693620?at=1000lSDb Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/538vuul1PuorUDwgkC8JWF?si=ddSvD-HST2e_E7wgxcjtfQ Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9ubHdjcnlwdG8ubGlic3luLmNvbS9yc3M= Join the discussion: https://discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8 Follow on Twitter: NLW: https://twitter.com/nlw Breakdown: https://twitter.com/BreakdownNLW “The Breakdown” is written, produced by and features Nathaniel Whittemore aka NLW, with editing by Rob Mitchell, research by Scott Hill and additional production support by Eleanor Pahl. Adam B. Levine is our executive producer and our theme music is “Countdown” by Neon Beach. The music you heard today behind our sponsor is “Vision” by OBOY. Image credit: Alexander Sanchez/iStock/Getty Images Plus, modified by CoinDesk. Join the discussion at discord.gg/VrKRrfKCz8.

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0:00.0	The need for Bitcoin is the most in these countries.
0:03.7	And it's also the strongest argument when people say we don't need Bitcoin.
0:10.3	It uses too much energy.
0:12.0	It's not good for the climate and things like that.
0:14.0	You can always come back and it's in my point of view the most important thing about Bitcoin
0:19.8	being this empowerment for the
0:22.7	54% of humanity, which live under authoritarian rules.
0:28.4	And so that was basically the main point of interest for me.
0:32.5	I never saw it as a investment tool or something like that.
0:37.4	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW. as a investment tool or something like that.
0:40.9	Welcome back to The Breakdown with me, NLW.
0:46.7	It's a daily podcast on macro, Bitcoin, and the big picture power shifts remaking our world.
0:53.4	The breakdown is sponsored by nexus.io, Arculus, and FTX, and produced and distributed by CoinDesk.
1:00.8	What's going on, guys? It is Friday, February 25th, and today I am thrilled to welcome Anita posh to the show. But before we get into that, if you are enjoying the breakdown, please go
1:06.1	subscribe to it, give it a rating, give it a review. And if you want to get deeper into the
1:10.5	conversation,
1:11.6	come join us at the Breakers Discord. You can find a link in the show notes or go to bit.
1:15.9	Dotley slash breakdown pod. Now, as I said today, we are talking with Anita Posh.
1:22.0	Anita is a Bitcoin advocate, author, podcaster, and solopreneur. She's the author of Learn
1:27.3	Bitcoin, a book that actually
1:29.0	gives people tools to become financially sovereign. She's also the founder of Bitcoin
1:33.0	for fairness, a nonprofit, focused on bringing Bitcoin to billions through education and
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