Build With Bitcoin
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Lynne - A Bitcoiner since 2013, Lynne is an entrepreneur and investor, co-founding MITA Ventures in 2012 after transitioning from Wall Street and traditional finance at Merrill Lynch. She's an active mentor at Google for Startups in Mexico/LatAm.
Israel - An entrepreneur in the Bitcoin space since 2014, co-founded a company for remittances. Curious minded and analytical, has held different roles within Venture and Finance. He actively supports technology ventures in the LatAm region.
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Build With Bitcoin
014 - Obi Nwosu: Connecting Communities with Freedom Technologies
Obi Nwosu, co-founder of Fedi, shares his journey as an entrepreneur and his work to scale Bitcoin. He discusses the creation of CoinFloor, a secure and reliable Bitcoin exchange, and his decision to sell the company to focus on empowering disempowered communities. He introduces Fedi as a community-centric platform that combines chat, value transfer, and app customization.
Obi emphasizes the importance of trust and community support in the adoption of Bitcoin and the usability of Fedi. The team his working on making the Fedi app accessible and user-friendly for non-technical users, while also providing tools and services for more sophisticated users. The goal is to roll out the product to millions, if not billions, of people globally.
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https://fedimint.org/
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Obi Nwosu's Background
02:21 Launching CoinFloor
04:45 Transitioning from CoinFloor to Fedi
08:01 Federations: Trust and Decentralization in Fedi
17:11 Addressing Usability in Bitcoin Adoption
23:22 The Importance of Trust and Community Support in Bitcoin Adoption
32:15 The Second Phase: Product Market Fit
39:29 Enabling Transactions with Small Fees
43:45 Rolling Out to Millions, If Not Billions
49:42 The Vision and Core Beliefs of Fedi
57:34 Empowering Disempowered Communities
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