Lessons Learned from Bitcoin Beach with Andrew Begin of Galoy

Lessons Learned from Bitcoin Beach with Andrew Begin of Galoy

Author: Choice January 28, 2022 Duration: 1:03:52

Host: Brian Harrington

Guest: Andrew Begin

Record Date: January 19, 2022

Record Location: Twitter Spaces


This was our first live recording during our Choice twitter spaces. Andrew Begin from Galoy stopped by to cover his great blog post on lessons learned from Bitcoin Beach. Bitcoin Beach was the tip of the spear several years ago with micro communities beginning to all adopt Bitcoin as money and Galoy came along side them to develop a Bitcoin wallet to match their needs. Andrew and Brian talk about what other communities are doing around the world now using takeaways and knowledge from the success of Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte El Salvador.


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