Here’s to the Freedom Fighters. Remembering the Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989, and all those who daily fight for freedom, human rights, and democracy around the world and advocate for freedom tech, like #Bitcoin ✊ https://www.forbes.com/sites/oliviaenos/2024/06/04/remembering-tiananmen-35-years-later/?sh=2dd2e99b6e7f

TPB90 - Bitcoin is Winning, What now? with Avik Roy is out now 🗣️🎧🎥 In this episode we discuss: - Current political landscape for Bitcoin - Bitcoin as a progressive tool - Election 2024, Trump, and more Watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts by searching for “The Progressive Bitcoiner”

TPB89 - Bitcoin Privacy, Development, and Education with @satsie 🇹🇭 🇱🇹 is out now 🗣️🎧 In this episode we discuss: - Life as a Bitcoin developer - "Ossification" - Education, the importance of privacy and self-custody & more Watch now via our YouTube Channel, or listen wherever you get your pods by searching for “The Progressive Bitcoiner.” Head to our website to learn more (link in bio)

🚨Tomorrow🗣️🎧 Don't miss our #tpbpod episode with @Kent Halliburton , CEO & Co-Founder of @Sazmining, a hosted bitcoin mining provider utilizing 100% renewable energy 🌊 We discuss entrepreneurship, the economics and sustainability of bitcoin mining & more. Subscribe today at the link in our bio

“I’m not convinced we live in a democracy really. I think it’s just a facade of a democracy and especially when you understand lobby groups exist that’s just paying for influence.” - @npub1hwgw...03sg It’s grim, but we’re combating misinformation with data and great stories 🧡 This and more in our latest #tpbpod, out now wherever you get your podcasts (link in bio)

In honor of #EarthDay2024, we're premiering our conversation "Bitcoin Mining is Climate Action" w/ @npub1n3sj...te5l and @npub12lzw...ntw2 today at 5pmEST via our YouTube Channel: https://tinyurl.com/mv8jd48d 🌱 Here's Margot discussing the need for immediate action via #Bitcoin and the market 🔽

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Since our relaunch in July 2023, we’ve aired over 40 high signal, #Bitcoin  conversations with guests from around the world. #Bitcoin is hope, a tool for financial freedom and empowerment, a global phenomenon giving power to the people. Can you spot your favorite guest? ✌️🧡

"Basic income is not left or right. It's forward." - Scott Santens My guest today is Scott Santens, with special guest co-host and friend of the pod Margot Paez. Scott is a leading Universal Basic Income (UBI) advocate and has been researching the subject since 2013. He is also the President and Founder of the Income to Support All (ITSA) Foundation which supports ambitious projects that help realize a foundation of unconditional universal basic income through research, storytelling, and implementation. In this episode we discuss Universal Basic Income's potential to address poverty, inequality, and the future of work. Santens explains how UBI can empower individuals, boost entrepreneurship, and create a more voluntary labor market, while addressing misconceptions and basic facts of what UBI is. We also explore the intersection of UBI and Bitcoin, with particular focus on renewable bitcoin mining projects and community benefits. Listen via our website

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TPB81 - Universal Basic Income: Coercion or Freedom? with Scott Santens

“Basic income is not left or right. It’s forward.” – Scott Santens My guest today is Scott Santens, with special guest co-host and friend o...

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A #nostrfirst sneak peak of Tuesday's TPB episode, featuring Universal Basic Income (UBI) expert and advocate Scott Santens and special guest co-host @npub12lzw...ntw2 In this clip @Trey Walsh , Scott and Margot discuss #Bitcoin and UBI. For those skeptical of UBI, or specifically of the how and what of Bitcoin and UBI, check out this clip and also be sure to listen wherever you get your podcasts to the 1hr50min of fantastic content, myth-busting and education on UBI in Tuesday's episode.

🚨 EU TAKES MASSIVE SURVEILLANCE STEP FORWARD ON CRYPTO TRANSACTIONS UNDER THE GUISE OF STANDARD INDUSTRY PROTOCOL 🚨 “On Thursday, MEPs approved with 529 votes in favour to 29 against and 14 abstentions, the first piece of EU legislation for tracing transfers of crypto-assets like bitcoins and electronic money tokens. The text –which was provisionally agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators in June 2022- aims to ensure that crypto transfers, as is the case with any other financial operation, can always be traced and suspicious transactions blocked. The so-called “travel rule”, already used in traditional finance, will in future cover transfers of crypto assets. Information on the source of the asset and its beneficiary will have to “travel” with the transaction and be stored on both sides of the transfer.” Particularly concerning language: “…aims to ensure that crypto transfers, as is the case with any other financial operation, can always be traced and suspicious transactions blocked.” However, the rule also goes on to say, “The rules do not apply to person-to-person transfers conducted without a provider or among providers acting on their own behalf.” I will continue to research and consult with @Lyudmyla Kozlovska and others keeping a close eye on this and write a more thorough newsletter response on this. While this seems to specifically target the industry, at least for now it seems this rule DOES NOT apply to a self-hosted to self-hosted, peer-to-peer transaction. Take self-custody of your bitcoin folks!

Crypto-assets: green light to new rules for tracing transfers in the EU | News | European Parliament

Parliament endorsed the first EU rules to trace crypto-asset transfers, prevent money laundering, as well as common rules on supervision and custom...

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Starting this week, 10% of all sats streamed/boosted to us on @Fountain will be donated to @OpenSats and HRF’s Bitcoin Development fund. This is just the beginning, and I will look to more ways to increase our contributions beyond just our fountain stream revenue, but starting here first. It’s a small step to help support open source devs and visionaries. Without them there is no future built by Bitcoin and freedom tech 🧡 tinyurl.com/yckadxbx View quoted note →

TPB79 - #Bitcoin on the Ballot in 2024 with Kyle Schneps is out now. In this ep we discuss: - Bitcoin’s generational divide - Political opportunism against Bitcoin - Bitcoin advocacy efforts, the upcoming U.S. election & more Listen on @Fountain 🗣️🎧 tinyurl.com/mph7k95n or wherever you get your pods

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🎉FREE @npub1eequ...at9s T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY🎉 In honor of our recent ep with Sam from @Wavlake & @npub1eequ...at9s I'm doing a giveaway! To get one t-shirt of your choice from https://lightning.store/ (US residents only): Subscribe to the TPB YouTube Channel: ▶️ http://zurl.co/VT9p ▶️Follow us on any of our social media channels (check link in bio) ▶️Quote this note with a link to your favorite TPB episode Giveaway ends tomorrow, March 14, at 5pmEST

We're trying to build a new infrastructure for music, and that's what needs to happen." - Sam My guest today is Sam Means. Sam is a musician, podcaster, entrepreneur, co-founder of Hello Merch, founder of @npub1eequ...at9s and co-founder of @Wavlake . Sam joins me to discuss how Wavlake is building a new online ecosystem for musicians & listeners to directly transact using Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. We dive into Sam's journey, Bitcoin for creatives, challenges in the music industry, building local communities and events around Bitcoin and Nostr, creating cool and user-friendly products, Bitcoin education and adoption and much more. Listen wherever you get your pods by searching “The Progressive Bitcoiner” or via our website ⬇️ tinyurl.com/35p55vvz

🚨NEW EPISODE TOMORROW🚨 I recently sat down with Sam to chat all things @Wavlake , @npub1eequ...at9s , the cultural and creative opportunities in Bitcoin and more. This was a fun convo that’ll leave you feeling so optimistic about what’s being built in this ecosystem. Giving some extra love to #nostr in this up too 💜

"If you're born in a cage, if you're born in prison, then freedom will look funny to you. But with a tool such as Bitcoin, this actually opens your eyes to your rights as a human, your rights as a citizen.” - Marcel My guest today is Marcel Lorraine. Marcel is the Founder & CEO of Bitcoin Dada, a women centric entity that is working towards educating African women into Bitcoin. In this episode we discuss the systemic barriers women face in Africa, how Bitcoin can help transform opportunities and beliefs, the strength of Bitcoin Dada’s grassroots community approach, the role African women play as the foundation of communities, practical use cases and adoption challenges, and more.

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TPB77 - Empowering African Women through Bitcoin with Marcel Lorraine

“If you’re born in a cage, if you’re born in prison, then freedom will look funny to you. But with a tool such as Bitcoin, this actually open...

NEW TPB EPISODE TOMORROW 🗣️🎧 Ben de Waal joined me to discuss “What is #Bitcoin ?” This is a great episode to share with newbies and Bitcoin OG’s alike, with Ben breaking down the fundamentals of Bitcoin. Tune in tomorrow! (🎧🎥 links ⬇️)