John Carvalho is the CEO and founder of Synonym and has been in Bitcoin for over a decade. Right from the start, he knew he wanted to contribute to the ecosystem and dove head first into the technology.  In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, John shares his journey into Bitcoin, how he orange-pilled himself within a week, why he decided to found Synonym, and how their infrastructure contributes to growing the ecosystem. You can find John on X (Twitter) here:https://twitter.com/BitcoinErrorLog  You can find out more about Synonym here: https://synonym.to/  — 00:00 ..read more

Matyas Kuchar is the co-founder of BTC Prague, the biggest Bitcoin conference in Europe.  Matyas and his brother decided to create BTC Prague to celebrate Bitcoin as a whole and the Czech Bitcoin scene. Many Bitcoin products came out of the Czech Republic, and the community is thriving to this day.   In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Matyas shares his journey into Bitcoin, why he and his brother decided to hold the conference, what to expect this year, and how the Bitcoin community can use such events to attract even more people to the ecosystem.  You can ..read more

Joe Hall, or how he’s otherwise known, Joe Nakamoto, is a Bitcoin journalist and content creator.  He’s most famous within the communities for orange pilling absolutely everyone on the streets, in bars, or is small communities all around the world. Just a couple of months ago he still worked for Cointelegraph, but he recently decided to go freelance and create his own content.  In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Joe shares his journey into Bitcoin journalism and content creation, what he wants to change in the future and how he plans to expand his content creation bu ..read more

Matej Zak has been part of the Trezor team for a few years now. Initially, he started out as a product manager but slowly moved into a leadership role. This past year, he took over as the CEO of Trezor.  These days, Trezor and Matej are hyperfocused on offering as many self-custody solutions and services as possible. The company also recently announced that it’ll partner with more brokerages and exchanges to make it even easier for users to buy and HODL their Bitcoin.  In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Matej goes down his Bitcoin rabbit hole, discusses Trezor's futu ..read more

Jimmy Song is a Bitcoin educator, developer, entrepreneur, and author of Programming Bitcoin and The Little Bitcoin Book.  In addition, he’s a Bitcoin fellow at Blockchain Capital, a lecturer at the University of Texas, a speaker at Bitcoin conferences, an avid open source contributor, mostly in Bitcoin, and the instructor of a 2-day workshop for programmers, Programming Blockchain. He was introduced to Bitcoin by buying $100 worth of beef jerky back in 2013 for 0.25 BTC. Unfortunately he was also scammed out of 2 BTC with a Alitin Mint Adam Smith coin and knew from that moment on, that h ..read more

André Loja is André Loja is a native Madeiran, father of four, serial entrepreneur, and founder of the F.R.E.E. Madeira initiative. He manages a bunch of companies on the island, ranging from real estate to running a coworking space. In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, André talks about the advantages of living on Madeira, why the island is so bullish on Bitcoin, and what we can expect from the Bitcoin Atlantis 2024 conference. You can find André on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/andreloja You can find André on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreloja You can ..read more

Saifedean Ammous is an economist and best-selling author of the classic ‘The Bitcoin Standard’ published in 37 languages. Saifedean was a professor of Economics at the Lebanese American University from 2009 to 2019. On his own learning platform Saifedean.com he teaches courses on Bitcoin and economics in the Austrian school tradition. He also hosts The Bitcoin Standard Podcast. In this conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Saifedean talks about why politicians and economists embrace and justify inflation and why Bitcoin is the one true solution to currency devaluation. You can find Saife ..read more

Roy Sheinfeld is the CEO and co-founder of Lightning startup Breez. Breez is an all-in-one Lightning Network solution, where users can buy, sell, and pay for goods, services, and streaming content with a non-custodial, seamless, and open mobile platform.. In conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Roy talks about why the non-custodial aspect is crucial for Lightning, how the Breez SDK works and how the collaboration with Relai works. You can find Roy on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/therealkingonly You can find Roy on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roysheinfeld — 00:00 ..read more

Alex McShane is one of the organizers of the Bitcoin Amsterdam Conference, which is taking place on October 12-13, 2023. In conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Alex talks about the difference between American and European Bitcoin conferences, how he got from journalism to organizing conferences, and why he is fascinated by decentralized tools like Nostr. You can find Alex on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/mcshane_writes You can find Alex on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-mcshane-a487a8205 — 00:00 - Intro 03:50 - Difference between US and European Bitcoin confere ..read more

Andi Pitt is a co-founder and general partner at ego death capital, a Bitcoin focussed venture capital fund. Together with Nico Lechuga and Jeff Booth the company led a USD 4.5 million investment round in Relai. In his conversation with Relai CEO Julian Liniger, Andi talks about her learning from building a Bitcoin VC fund, how she got orange pilled and what excites her the most about the Bitcoin ecosystem at the moment. You can find Andi on X (Twitter) here: https://twitter.com/1andipitt You can find Andi’s LinkedIn account here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-pitt/ — 00:00 - Intro 04:50 ..read more