The Progressive Bitcoiner Podcast

Giving a voice to the individuals and communities who have used Bitcoin to foster positive changes for personal, social and environmental issues.

TPB75 – Mi Primer Bitcoin with John and Reyna

“Bitcoin breeds curiosity. And that curiosity paired with agency over your own life is so powerful” – John My guests today are John and Reyna from Mi Primer Bitcoin. Mi Primer Bitcoin (My First Bitcoin) is a nonprofit based in El Salvador, built around a core concept: that independent, impartial, community-led Bitcoin education...

TPB74 – Bitcoin is Hope with Bryon and Christine

“Bitcoin is Hope.” – Christine We have a special bonus episode this week! My guests today are Bryon and Christine. Bryon and Christine are both educators from the midwest, have been in the Bitcoin space for quite a while and have been leading the way in many regards from the progressive bitcoin side....

TPB71 – Scaling Bitcoin with Erik

“Bitcoin is most useful if more people use it.” – Erik My guest today is Erik. Erik is a UX designer and has worked on many bitcoin projects including Hoseki and eNuts, a cashu wallet for android and iOS. Cashu is a free and open-source Chaumian ecash system built for Bitcoin that offers...

TPB70 – Dirty Coin with Alana Mediavilla

“I want people to become more curious about Bitcoin, even if they just want to prove it wrong.” – Alana My guest today is Alana Mediavilla. Alana is an award-winning filmmaker, producer, director, writer, founder, mother & wife, having previously produced content for some of the largest tech brands including Google and now...

TPB69 – Finding Signal through the Noise with George Kaloudis

“There’s a level of complete systematic subversion that buried into Bitcoin that even our most excited individuals aren’t too excited about.” – George Kaloudis My guest today is George Kaloudis. George is an author and former analyst at CoinDesk. We have an in-depth discussion about Bitcoin’s potential role in empowering disenfranchised progressives and...

TPB68 – Bitcoin is Direct Action with Margot Paez

“This is direct action. This is mutual aid. And doing it with people all over the world.” – Margot on using #Bitcoin for aid without borders My guest today is Margot Paez. Margot is a climate change physicist, Bitcoin mining researcher, and Fellow at the Bitcoin Policy Institute. She is one of my...