TPB60 - How Bitcoin Benefits Workers with Dom Bei and Lisa Hough

TPB60 - How Bitcoin Benefits Workers with Dom Bei and Lisa Hough

Author: Bitcoin is for Everyone November 7, 2023 Duration: 1:21:05

"If you really care about fixing problems, you really have to take a look at these solutions like Bitcoin."

My guests today are Lisa Hough and Dom Bei. Lisa is a former natural gas trader and currently serves as the VP of Strategic Relationships at Custodia Bank. Dom is a proud fire fighter, former President of the Santa Monica Fire Fighters, and Founder of Proof of Workforce, a non-profit helping workers, unions, and businesses with education-based Bitcoin adoption. Lisa also serves on the board of directors at Proof of Workforce. 

In this episode we explore Bitcoin's potential as a tool for better savings for workers, as well as examining renewable mining incentives, pension solvency, income inequality, government surveillance, financial privacy, and uniting political divides. We also get into Bitcoin's decentralized nature protecting human rights and economic justice globally, contrasted with proposed anti-privacy regulations. Lisa and Dom made this a fun, personal, and relatable discussion and I'm incredibly grateful for their work in the bitcoin space, and how they are both reaching mainstream audiences about the benefits of Bitcoin. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6ST-SsGdFI 

Lisa Hough: https://twitter.com/lisa_hough_ 

Dom Bei: https://twitter.com/Beiwatch1 

Trey Walsh: https://nostree.me/Trey@progressivebitcoiner.com 

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00:00 Start
00:00:06 Intros
00:02:25 Bitcoin Solutions
00:10:20 Bitcoin for Pensions
00:23:10 Bitcoin & Progressives
00:31:15 Energy Usage Debate
00:37:13 Financial Privacy 
00:44:18 Political Divides
00:49:51 Broken Money
00:58:59 FinCEN Regulations
01:13:31 Surveillance Dangers
01:20:52 Conclusion

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There’s a common story told about Bitcoin, one focused on speculation and a certain type of enthusiast. The Progressive Bitcoiner exists to tell the rest of the story. This podcast moves past the headlines to explore how this technology is being used in tangible, human ways around the world. You’ll hear from organizers, developers, and everyday people who are applying Bitcoin as a practical tool for financial inclusion and personal autonomy. Each conversation focuses on real-world impact, whether that’s supporting human rights work, providing an economic lifeline in unstable regions, or simply offering a new way to think about value and community. Hosted by Bitcoin is for Everyone, the discussions are grounded in education and firsthand narratives, linking the technical foundations to broader cultural and societal shifts. The aim isn’t to hype an asset, but to document a movement. Tune in for a perspective that is often missing from the mainstream conversation-one that finds the progressive potential within a protocol and amplifies the voices already building a more accessible future with it.
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