Randy Brito: How People Are Using Bitcoin in Venezuela

Randy Brito is the founder of bitcoinvenezuela.com and the CEO of Locha Mesh. In 2012 he started publishing educational material about Bitcoin in Spanish and translated the interface of the Electrum Wallet. We are talking about the economical situation in Venezuela, how authorities extorted miners in 2015 and how people are using bitcoin today. We talk about: Started bitcoinvenezuela.com in 2012 Economical situation Venezuela Spanish translator for electrum wallet 2012 Bitcoin is used to get money in and out of Venezuela Most liquid currency in Venezuela in the moment How people buy online in the US and get delivered to the border ~ 300.000 people use bitcoin People fled Venezuela with their families with the help of bitcoin 2015 authorities extorted miners Origin of the Petro Seized mining devices are used by the government ---------- More: https://bitcoinundco.com/en/randy-brito-venezuela/ ‎ ---------- Thank you to my sponsors: Card Wallet - the safest cold storage solution. No software needed. Order now and get 20% off! (time-limited) https://www.cardwallet.com/anita ---------- and ---------- Check out the LTB Network https://letstalkbitcoin.com/ ---------- Other relevant episodes: The Petro Is a Scam and Bitcoin Is the Only Way to Send Money to Venezuela https://bitcoinundco.com/en/petro-scam-bitcoin-venezuela/ Locha Mesh: Chat and Send Bitcoin Anonymously Without Internet https://bitcoinundco.com/en/locha-mesh/ Richard Myers: About Bitcoin Without Internet and the Importance of Financial Freedom https://bitcoinundco.com/en/richard-myers-gotenna/ ---------- Follow: Subscribe to Anita's mailing list: https://anitaposch.com/newsletter/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/anitaposch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anitaposch/ YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/c/AnitaPosch ---------- Donate: Do you like what you hear? If yes, then please support my podcast. Every donation is used to produce episodes, finance travel costs and make the show better. PayPal https://paypal.me/AnitaPosch BTC https://tallyco.in/AnitaPosch/ Lightning https://tippin.me/@anitaposch

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