1 hr 27 min
Bitcoin in Turkey & Germany + much more w/ Kemal 'El Flaco' Yaşar of Galoy & Adopting Bitcoin new renaissance capital w/ frank corva
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- Investing
Kemal ' El Flako' Yaşar is an model Bitcoiner.
He discovered Bitcoin almost 10 years ago when he began using the network for remittance payments.
Not long after, he began participating in a Bitcoin meet-up in Munich, Germany (one of the oldest Bitcoin meet-ups; it started in 2010).
After years of educating people in Germany's Bitcoin scene, Kemal and his family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, where they currently reside.
In Turkey, Kemal helped found and educates people through the Yirmibir ("21", in Turkish) Bitcoin Community.
And most of his time is dedicated to his work for Galoy — a Bitcoin-focused company that provides banking services to Bitcoin users. Galoy is well-known for creating the Blink Wallet (formerly called the "Bitcoin Beach" wallet), which is the primary wallet used by those in the El Zonte ("Bitcoin Beach") community in El Salvador, as well as Stablesats, which allows people to hold synthetic US dollars on the Bitcoin network.
Kemal is also the co-organizer of Adopting Bitcoin, a Bitcoin/Lightning Network summit in which Bitcoiners from around the world come together to educate one another, brainstorm and collaborate in efforts to help foster greater Bitcoin adoption. The next Adopting Bitcoin conference will be held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 7th to 9th.
Attend Adoption Bitcoin: https://adoptingbitcoin.org/2023/#ticket
As Kemal puts it in the interview, and as you my have assumed from reading these show notes, he works 24/7 on Bitcoin. We salute him for his work.
Support Kemal, Galoy and Adopting Bitcoin via the following links:
Follow Kemal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_pretyflaco
Galoy: https://galoy.io/
Follow Galoy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaloyMoney
Download the Blink wallet: https://www.blink.sv/
Follow Blink wallet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blinkbtc
Follow Yirmibir Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yirmibirbitcoin
0:00 Introduction
6:47 Inflation in Turkey
16:02 Bitcoin in Turkey (& Germany)
32:32 Becoming a Bitcoin Beacon
37:04 Bitcoin & Global Cooperation
43:59 The Concept of Money & Financial Inclusion
53:23 Bitcoin Catalyzes Growth
59:28 The CFA Franc 1:02:36 Galoy, Blink Wallet & Stablesats
1:18:18 Restrictions in the US & New York
1:23:38 Adopting Bitcoin
1:26:22 Outro
#bitcoin #btc #turkey #istanbul #germany #munich #education #economics #finance #money #galoy #adoptingbitcoin #stablesats #bitcoinbeach #blinkwallet #cfafranc #elsalvador #sansalvador #newyork #bitlicense #global #cooperation
Kemal ' El Flako' Yaşar is an model Bitcoiner.
He discovered Bitcoin almost 10 years ago when he began using the network for remittance payments.
Not long after, he began participating in a Bitcoin meet-up in Munich, Germany (one of the oldest Bitcoin meet-ups; it started in 2010).
After years of educating people in Germany's Bitcoin scene, Kemal and his family moved to Istanbul, Turkey, where they currently reside.
In Turkey, Kemal helped found and educates people through the Yirmibir ("21", in Turkish) Bitcoin Community.
And most of his time is dedicated to his work for Galoy — a Bitcoin-focused company that provides banking services to Bitcoin users. Galoy is well-known for creating the Blink Wallet (formerly called the "Bitcoin Beach" wallet), which is the primary wallet used by those in the El Zonte ("Bitcoin Beach") community in El Salvador, as well as Stablesats, which allows people to hold synthetic US dollars on the Bitcoin network.
Kemal is also the co-organizer of Adopting Bitcoin, a Bitcoin/Lightning Network summit in which Bitcoiners from around the world come together to educate one another, brainstorm and collaborate in efforts to help foster greater Bitcoin adoption. The next Adopting Bitcoin conference will be held in San Salvador, El Salvador from November 7th to 9th.
Attend Adoption Bitcoin: https://adoptingbitcoin.org/2023/#ticket
As Kemal puts it in the interview, and as you my have assumed from reading these show notes, he works 24/7 on Bitcoin. We salute him for his work.
Support Kemal, Galoy and Adopting Bitcoin via the following links:
Follow Kemal on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_pretyflaco
Galoy: https://galoy.io/
Follow Galoy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GaloyMoney
Download the Blink wallet: https://www.blink.sv/
Follow Blink wallet on Twitter: https://twitter.com/blinkbtc
Follow Yirmibir Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yirmibirbitcoin
0:00 Introduction
6:47 Inflation in Turkey
16:02 Bitcoin in Turkey (& Germany)
32:32 Becoming a Bitcoin Beacon
37:04 Bitcoin & Global Cooperation
43:59 The Concept of Money & Financial Inclusion
53:23 Bitcoin Catalyzes Growth
59:28 The CFA Franc 1:02:36 Galoy, Blink Wallet & Stablesats
1:18:18 Restrictions in the US & New York
1:23:38 Adopting Bitcoin
1:26:22 Outro
#bitcoin #btc #turkey #istanbul #germany #munich #education #economics #finance #money #galoy #adoptingbitcoin #stablesats #bitcoinbeach #blinkwallet #cfafranc #elsalvador #sansalvador #newyork #bitlicense #global #cooperation
1 hr 27 min