Bitcoiners - Live From Bitcoin Beach
Live From Bitcoin Beach! This channel showcases the thoughts and views of Bitcoiners coming through El Zonte, El Salvador, also known as Bitcoin Beach. It highlights the Salvadoran Bitcoin community thriving day-to-day using BTC as actual money. The podcast features local Bitcoiners and well-known figures discussing Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador and its global impact. It also offers practical tips for those considering moving to El Salvador.
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This Bitcoin Startup in El Salvador Runs With No Bank, No KYC, and No Middleman | Jon Byrne of BitTasker
Would you sell your house, go all in on Bitcoin, and move to El Salvador without ever setting foot in the country? Jon Byrne did exactly that. I sat down with the BitTasker founder to hear how a kid from Ireland grew up around the violence of the Troubles era, then apartheid-era Johannesburg, then the Celtic Tiger collapse, and finally took one last look at the fiat world and decided sound money w
These Salvadoran Brothers Are Building What Bitcoin Country Looks Like in 2030 | Diego Villeda & Mauricio Villeda of The Bitcoin Life
Would you trust two brothers with zero aviation experience to run El Salvador's helicopter tours, plane charters, and Bitcoin travel experiences? Thousands of Bitcoiners already have. Today on Live From Bitcoin Beach, I sit down with Mauricio and Diego Villeda, founders of Bitcoin Life, the Bitcoin tourism and concierge service company that convinced El Salvador's Minister of Defense to
Is Bitcoin Adoption in El Salvador a Myth? A Local Entrepreneur Gives His Honest Answer | Pierre Valiente of Bitcoin Casa
How does one ride with the wrong passenger turn an ordinary driver into a Bitcoin entrepreneur in El Salvador? I sat down with Pierre Valiente to find out, and his car rentals, airport transfers, and 14-room Bitcoin Casa guest house in San Salvador all accept Bitcoin, which makes life awkward for every critic who keeps telling me locals don't use it. The passenger was Sandy Wade, headed to th
STOP Moving to El Salvador for the Wrong Reasons: A Relocation Expert's Honest Warning | Jeni Ari of Livin Like a Local
Why do most expats moving to El Salvador pack up and fly home within three years, even after selling everything for their relocation dream of living abroad in Bitcoin country? Jeni Ari ( @jeniarilagringasalvadorena ) has watched it happen over and over, and she says the ones who make it have something the others don't. I've got Jeni back in the studio, and she's the founder of Livin
El Salvador's Bitcoin Dream vs. Reality: What Entrepreneurs Actually Find When They Arrive | Michael Ruiz & Luis Esparragoza of Build in El Salvador
Would you sell everything and move to El Salvador, or is that just a Bitcoin fantasy? The founders of Build in El Salvador (@BuildInES) reveal why Bitcoin expats thrive or quit. In this episode, Mike Peterson sits down with Michael Ruiz and Luis Esparragoza, whose community helps startup founders and Bitcoiners relocate, connect, and build businesses in one of the most talked-about emerging market
What Nobody Tells You About Starting a Bitcoin Wallet in El Salvador | Kevin Ayala, CEO Blink El Salvador
Would you trust Bitcoin and a Lightning Network digital wallet to rebuild your life in El Salvador after COVID destroyed your business and the banks turned away? Kevin Ayala (@KevinAyala24) did, and that choice runs through his whole story. He grew up training as a violinist in El Salvador's national orchestra, and he first heard about Bitcoin in 2009 from a high school teacher. He didn'
El Salvador's Bitcoin Experiment Just Reached a New Milestone & Nobody Is Talking About It | Renato Salazar of New Story Homes
Should families in El Zonte, El Salvador who've never owned anything pay their mortgage in Bitcoin, or does charity work better when it's free? New Story bet on the mortgage, and 122 families are about to become homeowners because of it. Mike Peterson sits down with Renato Salazar (@HolaIAmRenato) to talk about the project turning some of the most expensive land in El Salvador into first
How El Salvador's Bitcoin Ecosystem Launched a Tech Company in 28 Countries | Edgar Borja of K1 Technology
Why trust a custodian with your sats? Edgar Borja (@k1elsalvador) breaks down K1's self-custody Bitcoin ATM, on-chain and Lightning buying, and Bitcoin in Bolivia. Edgar walks through K1's new update, buying Bitcoin on the Lightning Network and on-chain, what's happening with Bitcoin adoption in Bolivia, and what it's like pitching investors 5,000 times. K1's machines now
Why Bitcoiners Who Rage Quit El Salvador After the IMF Deal Will Regret It | Will Lehr of Club Cocal, James of Beef Back Better & Bitcoin Farmers Market, Ronny Avendano of the Bitcoin Hardware Store
Is El Salvador still Bitcoin country, or did the world move on the moment the IMF deal got signed? Mike sits down with Will Lehr (@thewilliamlehr) from Club Cocal, James (@beefbackbetter) from Beef Back Better, and Ronny Avendano (@ronnyavendano_) from the Bitcoin Hardware Store to talk about the Bitcoin farmers market, El Salvador real estate, self custody, and what life on a Bitcoin standard act
Arrested and Debanked in Germany, Free in El Salvador: A Warning to Every Bitcoin Maxi in Europe | Michael Ballweg
What if the government used debanking and digital surveillance to silence you? Michael Ballweg (@Michael_Ballweg), founder of Querdenken, rebuilt on a Bitcoin standard in El Salvador and is now fighting for local AI and data sovereignty while Europe tightens its grip on free speech and privacy protection.Michael took a 180-person rally in Stuttgart and grew it into 1.3 million people in Berlin wit
He Sold Everything, Moved to El Salvador, and Found Something Bigger Than Bitcoin | Chris Meinhart
How much longer can productive labor stay trapped in a crumbling European fiat system before the logical move is to opt out entirely, escape rigid structures, and seek an anti-fragile alternative? Many wonder whether El Salvador is truly a sovereign haven or just a developing nation running a clever marketing stunt, but the answer becomes clear when you look at how the Ministry of Education and Bi
Is Bitcoin Backed by Anything? How a Coffee Farm in El Salvador Proved Peter Schiff Wrong
Can Bitcoin save traditional farming from total collapse? El Salvador's Cherito (@CheritoCafe) de-financialized his supply chain, uses a Bitcoin circular economy to bypass banks, and runs nodes inside his coffee lab! In this episode, we sit down with Jorge, globally recognized in the community as Cherito, to dissect how legacy financial institutions manipulate commodity pricing to trap agricu
Artificial Intelligence Meets Bitcoin: Inside Bukele’s Trillion-Dollar Plan for El Salvador | Will Hernandez of AsoBitcoin
Is El Salvador truly a Bitcoin paradise, or are banks winning the war? AsoBitcoin President Will Hernandez (@whbitcoin) reveals the truth about banking, taxes, and real estate.If El Salvador is the ultimate haven for financial freedom, why is it still an absolute nightmare for a Bitcoin company to open a simple savings account? There is a massive disconnect between political idealism and reality o
Cloning El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach: How India, Peru, & the Dominican Republic are Adopting Bitcoin | Plebs Together Strong, MOTIV Perú, Bitcoindominicana
Is legacy aid a fiat trap? See how unbanked communities use a Bitcoin standard and circular economy networks to achieve sustainable development. We recorded this episode right from the beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, following the conclusion of our global Bitcoin circular economy summit. Leaders from all over the world came into town to show how they are bypassing corporate charities and corrupt s
How Bitcoin Circular Economies Escape State Surveillance (Fedimint, Indonesia Bitcoin Ban, South Korea Bitcoin, Inah Citadel & White Paper House)
Can you truly protect your assets if a third party controls your data? The Global Circular Bitcoin Economy Summit in El Zonte just wrapped up, and the focus on the ground was centered entirely on the raw, unyielding mechanics of financial survival and digital sovereignty rather than price action or trading charts. This week, we are cutting straight through the fiat marketing noise to talk to the w
Uncle Rockstar Dev: BTCPay Server, Cypherpunk Ethos, Bitcoin Circular Economies and El Salvador
Is the Wall Street ETF narrative killing peer-to-peer Bitcoin adoption? Is Bitcoin failing if it only becomes a corporate store of value hoarded on Wall Street? Institutional demand and exchange-traded funds are not the end game for hyperbitcoinization. True freedom requires building an alternative economic system entirely outside legacy banking, proving that Bitcoin must function as everyday mone
Behind The World's First Bitcoin Air Taxi Network in El Salvador
Explore how James McBride (@cnasalvador) is building El Salvador’s sovereign aviation infrastructure. From ferrying a helicopter 3,000 miles to launching the first Bitcoin-friendly air taxi, learn how Cielo Norte Aviacion is decentralizing the skies and skipping fiat traffic jams.National sovereignty depends on more than just a digital currency because citizens remain limited by crumbling fiat inf
From Canada to El Salvador: Escaping Communism & Financial Surveillance For Bitcoin Country
George McBride (@georgemcbride_ ) and SatStreet facilitate Bitcoin OTC trading and asset management for family offices moving to El Salvador’s Bitcoin legal tender economy.Is your home country a fortress for your wealth, or is it a high-tax cage waiting to be locked by the legacy regime? George McBride from SatStreet joins the show to discuss why his family decided to exit Canada and go all-in on
The Brutal Price of Bitcoin Adoption In El Salvador (Inside Bukele's War on Crime) | Joe Nakamoto
Is Bukele a dictator, or is he simply executing the mandate of a population that was previously held hostage by gang violence and state corruption?Joe Nakamoto joins me to separate the propaganda from the facts surrounding the first nation to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. We examine the on-the-ground truth of what happens when a nation opts out of the broken fiat system and bets on a sovereign fu
Why Every Christian Needs to Understand Bitcoin (Biblical Stewardship & The Ethics of Money) | Jordan Bush & Ahshuwah Hawthorne of Thank God For Bitcoin Media
Are central banks stealing your soul? In this show we explore why fiat debasement is a moral crisis and why Biblical stewardship now requires Bitcoin. We dive deep into the ethics of money production, the "hidden theology" of the Bitcoin blockchain, and why the global Church is ditching the dollar to reclaim financial sovereignty. The modern church often ignores the financial rot that
The New Bitcoin Standard Is Here (And No One Is Talking About It) | Rod Roudi, Jack Lesser and Andrew Davis of Bitcoin Park
Is your body a fiat liability? Proof of Work is a biological law that your private keys cannot fix. We examine why the ultimate 2026 luxury is a total Digital Detox and the physical sovereignty found in a Bitcoin Citadel.Is it possible to be a sovereign individual if your body is a product of the fiat food system and your mind is enslaved by a dopamine loop? This episode destroys the myth that Bit
Can Bitcoin Be Hacked? The Secret History of Bitcoin Security & Satoshi’s Core Developers | Juan Galt
If Satoshi Nakamoto handed the keys to a single successor, is the network truly decentralized? We go deep into uncomfortable questions about who controls the Bitcoin blockchain and how the power to merge code has shifted since the Genesis block. Juan Galt (@JuanSGalt) joins us in El Zonte to break down the history of the maintainer role. He proves that the security of our money depends on janitor
Bitcoin Archive on El Salvador Before And After Bukele, Bitcoin Adoption, El Zonte & Circadian Health
Bitcoin Archive opens up about his 2026 El Salvador reset, life in El Salvador Before and After Bukele, Bitcoin adoption, and how he escaped the fiat rat race for a total Circadian Health and dopamine reset.Archie from Bitcoin Archive joins Mike Peterson to reveal the reality of his journey toward financial sovereignty. After years of explosive growth, he realized high-level content creation is a
Sovereign AI Hubs: Dubai Is Finished. This Is Why I Moved Everything To El Salvador | @ARQ.Studios
High-growth founders are leaving Dubai to build a sovereign AI stack in El Salvador. In this episode, we chat about how the Bitcoin Standard is attracting elite builders who are abandoning fiat luxury for true proof of work. Amir Starks (@starks_arq) explains the strategic transition from the Middle East to the volcanic energy of El Zonte to secure his agency's future.The disruption of legacy
Bitcoin 2026: Why India Will Trigger the Next Massive Bull Run ($1M BTC) | Aaronman
As the SGB Next Issue approaches in India, a massive question remains: Is government-backed gold enough to stop a 12% annual wealth dilution? Today, we explore why the Gold vs Bitcoin India debate is reaching a tipping point. If India already holds the world's largest private reserve of hard money, 35,000 tons of gold sitting in households, why is the state still clinging to a failing fiat st
Why Bitcoin Self-Custody Fails the 99%: Lost Keys, Wrench Attacks & Your Next Step | Obi Nwosu
Is the Be Your Own Bank dream a nightmare for most people? While the Bitcoin community has preached self custody as the only path to freedom, many are terrified of losing savings to a single technical error. Obi Nwosu (@obi) argues we have hit a wall with traditional sovereignty. Unless we make Bitcoin as easy as a group chat, we will never see the mass adoption required to topple the legacy finan
Canada Was the Beta Test. The US is Next (El Salvador is the Fix) | Rumble CEO Chris Pavlovsky
If the state can freeze your life savings for a peaceful protest, do you actually own your money? Chris Pavlovski (@chrispavlovski) moved Rumble to Florida after witnessing this reality in Canada. We explore how government censorship is a strategy to maintain the fiat status quo and why the only solution is to build a parallel world for the sovereign individual.The shift in Canada serves as a warn
Adam Back: How Bukele Is TACTICALLY Making El Salvador Wealthier Than Germany (Bitcoin Treasury)
Why did the academic elite fail to see Bitcoin coming? Dr. Adam Back (@adam3us), the inventor of Hashcash, explains that professors were too obsessed with centralized bank models to conceive of a proof of work system that replaces central authority. While the ivory tower refined flawed systems, cypherpunks built a reality that does not require a middleman.Adam’s journey started on the front lines
Thanks To Bukele's Bitcoin Law I'm Building a Parallel Food System in El Salvador | Texas Slim
Is your steak a byproduct of a corrupt financial ledger? Texas Slim (@modernTman) explains how food centralization serves as currency debasement. We discuss the 1971 "Big Fat Lie" and how ending the gold standard led to declining nutritional integrity via subsidized grains. Slim argues the health of our children is proof of work, noting the current legacy system is failing.Modern cattle
What Bitcoiners Must Know To Prepare for Climate Lockdowns (Even In El Salvador) | Patrick Hiebert of Autris (OTC: AUTR) and Veritas Villages
What is the point of a country that can freeze your bank account for your views? Today, I talk with Patrick Hiebert, founder of Autris (OTC: AUTR) and Veritas Villages, about why the "First World" is no longer the safest choice for your family. We dive into building Bitcoin citadels and why a "Tranquilo" life in El Salvador offers more security than the West.Patrick proves off-
El Salvador’s Dual Citizenship Secrets For Bitcoin Maxis (2026 Second Passport Guide) | Alex Recouso
If Bitcoin is the ultimate opt-out, why can a single border guard still ruin your whole plan?Mike Peterson sits down with Alex Recouso to get into dual citizenship, second citizenship, and global mobility from a Bitcoin maxi point of view. Alex explains why 2020 was the moment the lesson clicked. Bitcoin gives you permissionless money, but your body still moves through checkpoints, visas, and poli
Bukele’s Blind Spot: New Bitcoin Mining Tech That Can Turn El Salvador Trash Into Digital Gold | Dusan Matuska
Mike Peterson sits down with Dusan Matuska to unpack Bitcoin adoption in India while UPI dominates daily payments. They discuss why Bitcoiners call UPI “governmental lightning,” what that suggests about transaction monitoring, and how self-custody becomes a defining decision for anyone who cares about privacy and control.Dusan Matuska explains how a circular economy forms through local Bitcoin tra
How El Salvador Forced This Crypto Billionaire to Use Bitcoin (Proof The Circular Economy Works)
Can a rural village in El Salvador actually replace the central bank?Host Jethro Toro hangs out with Mike Peterson and the founders of Bitcoin Berlin, Evelyn Lemus and Gerardo Linares. They talk about a grassroots movement that is changing how people use money. We explore the true story of El Zonte, where a project focused on community development built a true circular economy. They used the Light
I Caught A CIA Agent At My Bitcoin Meetup: Is El Salvador Safe? | Kent Halliburton
Are you mining Bitcoin to secure the money of the future? Or are you just a "Fiat Hasher" using the network to stack more dying dollars? Kent Halliburton (@khalliburton) joins me to argue that most of the industry has the wrong incentives. We compare the early days of El Salvador surf tourism, when walking to the beach meant risking your life, to the current state of the network. Just as
Is El Salvador The LAST Place To Escape The Great Reset? (2026 Second Passport Guide) | Jennifer Harding
Is your citizenship a rug pull waiting to happen? We sit down with legal expert Jennifer Harding Marlin (@jh_marlin) to discuss why relying on a single fiat passport is a massive single point of failure. We explore the harsh truth for Americans facing restrictive FATCA banking regulations and why entrepreneurs are forced to renounce US citizenship just to protect their stack and keep their busines
$1B Founder: "The Banks Took My Home, So I Built A Company To Replace Them" | Jeremy Almond
Is Bitcoin actually helping anyone, or is it just another Wall Street game with better branding? In this conversation, Mike Peterson sits down with Jeremy Almond (@jeremyalmond) to argue that the answer shows up in Bitcoin circular economies, where people earn, spend, and save in Bitcoin as a medium of exchange, and where financial inclusion can look like a kid getting access to school, tools, and
Knut Svanholm: Why I’m Considering Moving to El Salvador After Meeting Bukele (And You Should Too!)
What if democracy can’t survive sound money, because it runs on promises it can’t fund?Knut Svanholm sits down with Mike Peterson in El Salvador, fresh from a formal night at the presidential palace with President Nayib Bukele. Phones taken, press everywhere, and a president who feels unnervingly normal to Bitcoiners. Knut’s take is blunt, El Salvador may have accidentally voted “one of us” into o
You Think You’re Sovereign Until You Test Bitcoin In The Real World (Not On Twitter) | Efrat Fenigson
What if the real trap is not working hard, it is spending your best years building someone else’s empire with money you do not even trust?Mike Peterson sits down with Efrat Fenigson (@efenigson) during Bitcoin Historico for a blunt conversation about the fiat system, corporate life, and why “growth for growth’s sake” eventually stops making sense. Efrat explains how years of being great at driving
The Most Extreme Way to Build a Bitcoin Circular Economy | Isabella Santos of BTC Isla
What if Bitcoin does not fail because of governments, banks, or the IMF, but because Bitcoiners themselves refuse to actually use it? In this episode, Mike sits down with Isabella Santos in El Salvador to confront one of the most uncomfortable questions in Bitcoin today. Is most “Bitcoin adoption” actually fake if merchants never see anyone spend sats?Isabella shares the unfiltered story of how BT
Bitcoin Country Or State Capture? Bukele Finally Exposed The Real Tension in El Salvador | Giacomo Zucco, Knut Svanholm, Jethro Toro
Recorded in the middle of Bitcoin Month, this episode brings together Knut Svanholm, Giacomo Zucco, Mike Peterson, and Jethro Toro in El Zonte, El Salvador. They unpack what it feels like to live through Bitcoin Historico at the National Palace San Salvador, Adopting Bitcoin in San Salvador, and the Bitcoin Beach Festival on the coast. From free pupusas and packed plazas to barefoot plebs and kids
Jeff Booth: Why President Bukele Understands Bitcoin Better Than Most Bitcoiners I Know
In this episode, I sit down with Jeff Booth inside the National Palace El Salvador to dig into a question a lot of people are asking in private. Is El Salvador still Bitcoin country, or did Bukele get captured by the IMF. Jeff shares how he ended up invited by the President, why he first thought he was being used as a marketing prop, and what actually happened during a long conversation on Bitcoin
Larry Lepard Predicts How The Fourth Turning Ends: $5M Bitcoin & Michael Saylor President In 2032!
What if a US dollar collapse is not doom talk from the fringe, but simply the logical end of the fiat currency game we are already playing. In this episode, Mike Peterson sits down with investor and author Larry Lepard inside El Salvador’s National Palace to unpack the thesis behind The Big Print book and why Larry believes the next massive round of money printing is not a question of if, only whe
Jack Kruse: Bukele is better than George Washington and Building What Americans Want in El Salvador
Dr. Jack Kruse explains why he believes El Salvador is the most asymmetric opportunity of our lifetime and why so many serious Bitcoiners are leaving the United States for El Salvador.Drawing on stories like buying a New York City corner in 1890 or the Louisiana Purchase for $12 million, he shows how rare it is to find a moment where land, leadership, and money all line up in your favor. Jack argu
They Never Taught You How Money Works, El Salvador Now Gives It To Kids | Lina Seiche
Coming from the “empire of bureaucracy”, Lina Seiche has seen what happens when regulation stifles innovation. In El Salvador, she’s found the opposite, a government removing red tape, empowering entrepreneurs, and even teaching children about financial education from an early age.She explains why this freedom to build, innovate, and educate is shaping a generation that understands money different
Bitcoin Is Nothing Without Health: Take Self Custody Of Your Biology In El Salvador Now | Christopher Wedick of Mind Shift Studios
What good is financial sovereignty if your body is still in custodial care? Mike Peterson sits down with Christopher Wedick to map out the Reclaiming Health and Longevity Symposium in San Salvador, a two-day meet-up where decentralized health meets decentralized wealth. They talk health sovereignty, community healing, and why El Salvador’s mix of safety, affordability, and sunlight makes it a real
Bitcoin Month In El Salvador: Real Adoption Or PR? Listen & Decide For Yourself | ft. Adopting Bitcoin
If you think the IMF is winning in El Salvador, think again! Bitcoin Beach founder's Mike Peterson sits down with Jethro, Kiki, and Charlie to show the receipts from the ground. We talk real Bitcoin circular economies, the merchants who now prefer sats, and how everyday life in El Zonte, El Tunco, and beyond has changed when money is freedom money.San Salvador’s historic center is about to be
How El Salvador Made Bitcoin Grow Faster Than the Internet | Jack Mallers
Jack Mallers and Mike Peterson share two unforgettable stories from Bitcoin’s early days in El Salvador. Strike once tested a small ten-cent reward for new users, and the strong response showed how even tiny incentives could spark Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador. They also tell how local kids used Strike and Bitrefill to buy Free Fire game credits online for the first time. Since they didn’t have
Entrepreneurs Are Rushing to El Salvador (Feeling FOMO Yet?) | Michael Ruiz of The Sovereign Mindset
After moving to El Salvador, Michael Ruiz found more than a new home and began creating content that connected him to new opportunities.A simple invitation to help with a real estate showcase opened doors to new opportunities and unexpected connections. What began as a single “yes” grew into a network of builders, educators, and entrepreneurs shaping El Salvador’s future.Watch the FULL EPISODE her
El Salvador’s Real Estate Price Is Out Of Control. Is It Too Late to Buy? | @GoodlifeElSalvador
Once seen as remote or undeveloped, El Salvador’s coastline is now attracting families, investors, and entrepreneurs drawn by new infrastructure, safer communities, and rising property values.Lexi Cross explores how this shift is redefining coastal living and what it means for those looking to invest in areas like Costa del Sol and Surf City.Watch the FULL EPISODE here: https://youtu.be/O9OQk2Y6sa
Bukele’s New Ally: The Famous Ex-Raver Helping Rebuild El Salvador | Max Keiser and @MURPHSLIFE
He walked away from the party life and found purpose in El Salvador. With Bukele’s vision behind him, he’s building schools and rebuilding hope, proof that faith, freedom, and Bitcoin can change a nation.Watch the FULL EPISODE here: https://youtu.be/3X2Ak8UzwTEConnect with Aaron:Website: https://murphslifefoundation.com/X: https://www.twitter.com/MURPHSLIFETikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@murphslif
The Dark Math Behind El Salvador’s Expensive Power And Bitcoin Mining | Josue Lopez
El Salvador is leading the world in Bitcoin adoption, but under the hood, its energy market tells a darker story. Josué López breaks down the brutal math behind El Salvador’s electricity costs and why mining Bitcoin here seems “impossible” under the current system. Decades of corruption and a pricing system tied to costly diesel generation reveal how El Salvador’s so-called “sustainable” energy mo
Even the United States Travel Advisory Had to Admit This About El Salvador | Lina Seiche
For years, El Salvador carried a reputation for danger and travel advisories ranked it among the least safe countries in the world.Lina Seiche, a German entrepreneur who built her company in El Salvador, shares why the country’s transformation is tangible, and how you can also feel it in the way new laws are constantly streamlining business operations by removing unnecessary bureaucracy.El Salvado
Is the IMF Quietly Controlling El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment? @EfratFenigson ft Mike Peterson
In this episode, Efrat sits down with Mike Peterson to hear the story of Bitcoin Beach from his perspective. Mike explains how a small surf town in El Salvador, El Zonte, became the birthplace of the first Bitcoin circular economy. What started with simple incentives for kids to stay in school and help their community grew into a model of financial inclusion that changed how families and businesse
Can Banks Stop Bitcoin? Lessons from El Salvador | Jeremy Almond & CK Snarks
In this episode, host Jeremy Almond sits down with Mike Peterson, the founder of Bitcoin Beach in El Salvador, and CK Snarks from the Human Rights Foundation to explore how Bitcoin is transforming lives at the community level and beyond.Mike shares the Bitcoin Beach perspective on how a small grassroot project in El Zonte grew into a movement that helped shape El Salvador’s decision to make Bitcoi
Stop Worshiping Bitcoin! El Salvador Proves It’s Just Money (Not a Savior) | Mike Peterson
Mike Peterson joins CK to share the story of Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, and how it became a model for a circular economy. The conversation explores his journey from a California surfer to a community leader in El Salvador, where bitcoin moved from theory into practice. Together, they discuss why bitcoin must be used as money rather than just digital gold, how saving in bitcoin changed
Is El Salvador Still Bitcoin Country? Here’s What Actually Changed | Mike Peterson
This is a special episode from The Sovereign Podcast, hosted by Michael Ruiz, where Mike Peterson joined as a guest.In this conversation, Mike shares the full story of Bitcoin Beach and how a grassroots project in El Zonte helped inspire El Salvador to make Bitcoin legal tender. He talks about how the project began, the challenges of community building, and the mindset shift that happens when peop
Bitcoin’s Biggest Threat Is Inside the Community | Jake Seifert of AirBTC
What happens when Bitcoiners stop waiting for legacy platforms and start building their own? In this episode, Mike sits down with Jake Seifert, co-founder of AirBTC, a Bitcoin-first alternative to Airbnb. Jake’s not just talking about circular economy theory, he’s out there trying to make it real, one travel listing at a time.They get into the friction points of convincing Bitcoiners to actually s
How a $300M Bitcoin Mining Project Is Being Built in El Salvador | Josue Lopez
What does it actually take to mine Bitcoin in El Salvador? In this episode, Mike sits down with Josue Lopez, CEO of Volcano Energy, to break down what’s really happening beyond the hype. Josue explains how his team is building energy infrastructure from the ground up, solar, wind, and geothermal, to support a truly sovereign energy mining operation. This isn’t about plugging into someone else’s gr
Even Saifedean Missed the Fiat Trap That’s Breaking Bitcoiners in El Salvador | Acreonte
What happens when a Salvadoran developer quits trading shitcoins, starts driving Uber, and ends up shaping national Bitcoin education policy? In this episode, Mike sits down with Acreonte, one of the first graduates of the Cubo Plus program and now a key player behind El Salvador’s push to integrate Bitcoin into its institutions.Acreonte shares what it’s really like to live on a Bitcoin standard,
Alternative Education In El Zonte - Homeschool; Skate, Paint & More | Ana Larios Pohl
For families considering life in El Salvador, this episode dives into what educational freedom really looks like on the ground. Mike talks with Ana Larios, co-founder of Escuela Libre and Skate, Paint & More, about building a community education program rooted in trust, creativity, and local connection.Ana shares how Escuela Libre grew from three families into a small but thriving homeschool c
Are Bitcoiners In El Salvador Just Rebuilding The System They Tried To Escape? | Will Lehr
What happens when Bitcoin meets real estate, alternative assets, and personal freedom? In this episode, Will Lehr breaks down how he went from helping clients invest in gold and silver IRAs to building a self-directed IRA platform that lets people hold Bitcoin, real estate, and more, all outside the traditional financial system.We talk about the mechanics of setting up a self-directed IRA, what ma
He Learned English From Pewdiepie And Is Now Running El Salvador’s National Artificial Intelligence Agency | Mario Flamenco
Mario Flamenco didn’t follow a typical path into government. As a teenager in one of the world’s most violent countries, he started watching Max Keiser and Stacy Herbert talk about Bitcoin on late-night reruns. A few years later, he’s working alongside them at the Bitcoin Office in El Salvador and now helping lead the country's AI and robotics strategy.In this episode, Mario shares how El Sal
Exposing Why Bitcoin Adoption Stalled in El Salvador (And The One Fix Everyone Missed) | Gaelle Wizenberg
What’s it really like moving to El Salvador? In this episode, Gaelle Wizenberg shares her story of starting over in Berlin, El Salvador, a small town with a growing Bitcoin circular economy and one of the few places in the world where living on Bitcoin is actually possible. From community building to starting a boutique wellness hotel, Gaelle breaks down the practical, emotional, and financial rea
Why I Left Canada to Build a Bitcoin Empire in El Salvador (And Found Freedom) | John McBride
What does it actually take to start a business or invest in El Salvador as a foreigner? In this episode, John McBride returns to share what he's learned after two years of building multiple businesses across the country. From launching True North Air to owning a coffee farm in El Salvador, John walks us through how he's approached investing in El Salvador with a long-term mindset and rea
Why Canadians Are Leaving Everything Behind for El Salvador (While They Still Can) | John McBride
John McBride didn’t plan on moving to El Salvador. It started as a short trip in 2022 to see if the buzz around Bukele’s El Salvador and the Bitcoin experiment was real. Two weeks later, he bought property. Today, he runs multiple companies, holds a Salvadoran passport, and sees the country as an “early-stage investment with traction.”In this episode, we talk about why John left Canada, how he eva
Bitcoin Gentrification in El Salvador: The Hypocrisy No One Talks About | Lexi Cross
Thinking about buying real estate in El Salvador or relocating with your family? In this episode, Mike Peterson sits down with Lexi Cross from Good Life ElSalvador to break down what’s really happening in the El Salvador real estate market. They talk about everything from turnkey condos and oceanview lots to Bitcoin purchases and foreign real estate investment. Whether you're planning a mov
Was Bitcoin Country a PR Stunt? Insider Reveals What Really Happened With Bukele and the Bitcoin Law | Lina Seiche
What actually changed with El Salvador’s Bitcoin law? In this episode, Mike sits down with Lina Seiche, creator of The Little Hodler and founder of a Bitcoin-focused business now based in El Salvador. Lina shares what it's really like on the ground, from working with the Ministry of Education on a nationwide Bitcoin school curriculum to navigating the evolving business environment.They dive i
Did Bukele Prove Bitcoin Adoption & Financial Sovereignty Will Never Be Voluntary? | Trace Mayer
Trace Mayer, Bitcoin OG and advocate for monetary sovereignty, joins us for a compelling deep dive into the real-world implications of El Salvador’s groundbreaking adoption of Bitcoin. This wasn’t a surface-level chat, we covered everything from Bitcoin in El Salvador to the broader global reset many are calling the Fourth Turning.We explored how President Bukele is reshaping El Salvador by combin
The #1 Reason Healthy Bitcoiners Still Feel Like Crap & the Decentralized Fix | Dr. Alison Monette
Can "quantum biology" explain why even the healthiest people are still getting sick? In this episode, Dr. Alison Monette reveals why circadian rhythm health is the true foundation of wellness, not diet, exercise, or even supplements. She explains how morning sunlight, light exposure, and your alignment with natural cycles may matter more than anything else you’re doing right now.We go de
Forget The US! This is how Latinos Are Building Wealth with Bitcoin from Home | Dulce Villarreal
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, I talk with Dulce Villarreal, a leading voice in the Bitcoin community across Latin America. Dulce is the founder of Liberia Satoshi and co-creator of Bitcoin for Open Source (B4OS), two grassroots projects focused on expanding Bitcoin education in Spanish for both beginners and experienced developers.We dig into why it’s so import
113 Kids Accidentally Solved Voluntary Bitcoin Mass Adoption (In Its Purest Form) | Brindon Mwiine
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, we talk with Brindon Mwiine, the founder of Gorilla Sats and Bitcoin Kampala, about how he’s building a real Bitcoin circular economy in Uganda. What started as an effort to share Bitcoin education with university students has grown into a community-driven project that supports an orphanage, a school, and dozens of local vendors, a
Bitcoin Failed to Stick in El Salvador? Mexico Found Out Why | Francisco Chavarria
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, this episode dives into Bitcoin adoption in Mexico through the eyes of Francisco Chavarria, co-founder of YoPaki, a culturally grounded Bitcoin app making digital money accessible to everyday users.Francisco shares his Bitcoin journey from discovering it through his dad and Max Keiser to building a company that offers a non-custodial wallet designe
Bukele Didn’t Kill the Bitcoin Law. He Made It Smarter | Gabriel Kurman & Ivan Kaleja
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, we’re joined by Gabriel Kurman (GAKU) and Ivan Kaleja of Bitcoin for Humanity, two of the earliest supporters of Bitcoin circular economies worldwide. We dive deep into how grassroots Bitcoin adoption is transforming communities around the world.We talk about the origins of the La Bitcoineta Project, how Latin America became a hub
How Mempool Space Is Quietly Powering Bitcoin’s Global Growth | Wiz
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, I sat down with Wiz, the co-founder of Mempool, one of the most important tools in the Bitcoin space. We covered a ton of ground in this one, from how he got into tech as a kid to what the Bitcoin mempool actually is and why it matters.Wiz breaks down how Mempool space helps people understand Bitcoin transaction fees, track confirmations, and now e
How Bitcoin Is Empowering Remote Communities in Peru | Valentin Popescu
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, I sit down with my good friend Valentin Popescu, a Romanian missionary doing incredible work in Peru. We talk about how he’s using Bitcoin as a real-world tool to bring hope and financial inclusion to some of the most remote and underserved communities in the country.Valentin shares his journey, from accidentally ending up in Peru
Orange-Pilling a City: How Santa Monica is Embracing Bitcoin | Lana and Dom
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, we’re diving into how Bitcoin is making waves in Santa Monica, California. I’m joined by Lana Negrete, the Mayor of Santa Monica, and Dom, a firefighter and Bitcoin advocate, who are on a mission to orange pill their city and bring Bitcoin-powered innovation to their community.We talk about how they’re using Bitcoin to drive touris
How One Woman is Building a Bitcoin Economy From Scratch in Mexico | Isabella Santos
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, I sit down with Isabella Santos, a journalist-turned-Bitcoiner who's building a circular economy on the island of Isla Mujeres, Mexico. She shares her journey from working in mainstream media—where she quickly realized how broken the system was—to going all-in on Bitcoin and helping communities take control of their financial
Why Bitcoin Is the Ultimate Tool for Peace and Voluntary Exchange | Knut Svanholm
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, I’m joined by Bitcoin educator and author Knut Svanholm for a deep dive into Bitcoin’s role in financial freedom, decentralization, and hyperbitcoinization.Knut shares how his travels led him to question the nature of money, freedom, and voluntary interactions, ultimately bringing him down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. We talk about how Bitcoin removes
Why Bitcoiners Should Pay Attention to Stablecoins on Lightning | Jesse Shrader
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador in this episode, I sit down with Jesse Shrader from Amboss to dive deep into the Lightning Network, stablecoins on Bitcoin, and how we scale Bitcoin for real-world use.We kick things off by discussing why stablecoins on Lightning could be a game changer and why most Bitcoiners aren’t paying enough attention to it. Jesse shares some eye-opening stats
How Bitcoin Saved This Man from Political Persecution and Financial Ruin | Enrique Ho
Live from Bitcoin Beach in El Zonte, El Salvador, in this episode, I sit down with Enrique Ho, a former traditional finance executive turned full-blown Bitcoin advocate. Enrique’s story is wild. One day, he was living the high life as a private equity guy in Panama. The next, he was on the run, hit with an Interpol Red Notice, accused of crimes he didn’t commit, and forced into exile. But here’s w
