What does real Bitcoin adoption look like, and are Bitcoiners themselves getting in the way?

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What You’ll Learn:

1. What traveling across Africa revealed about real-world Bitcoin adoption

2. Why different people and communities need Bitcoin for very different reasons

3. How businesses can use Bitcoin beyond payments—from savings to loyalty and employee incentives

4. Why dogma, jargon and ideology could be holding back Bitcoin’s path to mass adoption

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About Santosh Vadivelu:

Santosh Vadivelu, founder of Student of Bitcoin, is focused on making Bitcoin more accessible, cultural, and relevant to everyday people beyond the tech crowd.

He's written two illustrated books: one introducing Bitcoin to beginners, and Cairo to Cape Town, which captures 400 days across ten countries exploring Bitcoin adoption in Africa.

He organized India's first Bitcoin accelerator, twelve weeks built around a single question: kill the idea, or commit to it.

He's also an angel investor, having written checks across social networks, tourism, mining, and exchanges to test different applications of the technology.

Website and Social Platforms

www.studentofbitcoin.com

https://x.com/studentofbtc

https://www.linkedin.com/in/santoshsv/

https://www.youtube.com/@studentofbitcoin

https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0C4G536KV

Banks solved yesterday's problem. Technology has a better answer.

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What You'll Learn:

1. Why "cash under the mattress" became a rational financial decision for millions

2. How tokenized dollars, stocks, and Treasury bills are changing investing forever

3. Where Bitcoin fits alongside stablecoins in the future of money

4. Why the next generation may wonder why we ever trusted banks to hold our wealth 

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About Ahmed Wehbi:

Ahmad works at the intersection of finance and technology. A former consultant with McKinsey, he pivoted into building accessible decentralized technologies that advance personal sovereignty, with a focus on underserved markets.

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmad-wehbi/

X: @wehbix

Website and Social Platforms

https://sovra.money/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/sovramoney/

X: https://x.com/sovra_money

Instagram: http://instagram.com/sovra.money

Quantum computing is coming! Separate the hype from the real risks before it's too late.

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What You'll Learn:

1. Why the quantum threat is real, but not as immediate as many headlines suggest

2. What "Harvest Now, Decrypt Later" means for your data, Bitcoin, and cybersecurity

3. How Bitcoin can evolve to remain secure in a post-quantum world

4. What governments, banks, and businesses should be doing today to prepare

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Mohamed Bassiouny is the Quantum Risk & Cybersecurity Lab Lead at QuRISK. You can reach out to him here:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mbassiouny/

https://mohamedh.me/

QuRisk is a consulting firm specialized in quantum risk management and cybersecurity, built to bridge the gap between deep quantum science and the people who have to act on it.

They operate on two fronts: securing quantum projects through their Quantum Risk Management Framework (QRMF), and strengthening organizations' resilience against the quantum threat by guiding their PQC migration.

https://www.qurisk.fr/

https://www.linkedin.com/company/qurisk/

Some of the Resources mentioned by our guest:

The Quantum Safe Sentinel Newsletter https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/the-quantum-safe-sentinel-7383837750254333952/

Project Eleven

https://report.projecteleven.com/

Coinbase Independent Advisory Board On Quantum Computing and Blockchain

https://assets.ctfassets.net/sygt3q11s4a9/6EjYavuGdtJDYCqaJrASj9/9f464a8bf26f44bd6c85710fe7e4a29f/Quantum_Computing_and_Blockchain_v10.3_15April2026.pdf

Bitcoin adoption looks very different when you live through inflation, capital controls, and economic instability.

In this episode, Sajith Caldera explains why he left a lucrative crypto career to focus on Bitcoin adoption, self-custody, and financial education in Sri Lanka.

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What You’ll Learn:

1. Why he walked away from the crypto industry for Bitcoin

2. How Sri Lanka’s economic crisis changed people’s view of money

3. Why self-custody and financial freedom matter

4. How grassroots Bitcoin adoption is growing in South Asia

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Reach Out to Sajith:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sajithcaldera/

X: https://x.com/bitcoinsaj

Bitcoin Sri Lanka:

https://bitcoinsrilanka.org/

https://www.youtube.com/@bitcoin-srilanka

Running a small business today? AI, inflation, and debt are changing the rules.

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In this episode, Sean McGrattan shares what it actually feels like to run a business in today’s environment, where costs are rising, uncertainty is constant, and entrepreneurs must continuously adapt to survive.

What You’ll Learn:

1. How inflation and rising costs are squeezing small businesses

2. The real impact of debt and interest rates on growth and survival

3. How AI is changing productivity, and what it means for entrepreneurs

4. Why understanding money is critical for long-term business success

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Check Out the Bitcoin Primer and Reach Out to Sean:

https://medium.com/@smcgratt/the-bitcoin-primer-4219dd02a661

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-mcgrattan-002b1949/

How do you onboard 100 million people to Bitcoin by 2030?

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What You’ll Learn:

1- Why most people misunderstand Bitcoin in the first place

2- How education and storytelling drive Bitcoin adoption

3- The biggest mistakes beginners make when entering Bitcoin

4- Why hard money could change politics, energy, and the future

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Learn More About AmityAge and Reach Out to Dusan:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dusan-matuska/

https://x.com/dusan_matuska

https://x.com/AmityAge

https://www.amityage.com/

Gen Z is asking hard questions about money, the system, and the future of work.

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What You’ll Learn:

1. Why many young people feel the financial system is no longer working

2. What universities aren’t teaching about money and monetary history

3. Why Bitcoin is resonating with a generation raised inside the digital world

4. How discipline, long-term thinking, and sound money change incentives

   
   

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Reach Out to Halston:

https://x.com/halstonvalencia

https://www.linkedin.com/in/halstonvalencia/

Switzerland, Decentralization & Bitcoin’s Marketing Power. How does Bitcoin grow without a CEO, PR team, or ad budget?

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What You’ll Learn:

1. Why Bitcoin grows through aligned individuals, not a marketing department

2. How Switzerland’s decentralized governance mindset mirrors Bitcoin’s structure

3. Why “signal over noise” beats traditional crypto marketing

4. The risks of centralized platforms, CBDCs, and paper Bitcoinization

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Reach Out to Swiss Hodler and learn more about his projects:

https://x.com/SwissHodler

https://x.com/21Bitfluencers

https://x.com/BitcoinSkiers

How to Build a More Resilient Bitcoin Custody Model

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What You’ll Learn:

1. How to identify weak points in common self-custody setups

2. The trade-offs between hardware wallets, DIY tools, and multisig

3. How a forensics expert thinks about Bitcoin security

4. Practical ways to minimize trust and improve resilience

   
   

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Reach Out to Seed:

X: https://x.com/sesi_the_man

Check out Seed Signer open source project:

www.seedsigner.com

Smart people still say “no” to Bitcoin. Here’s why (psychology, ego & fear).

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What You’ll Learn:

1. Why “learned helplessness” keeps people trapped in fiat thinking

2. How fear of embarrassment blocks even high-IQ investors

3. Why altcoins exploit unit bias + dopamine (and wreck portfolios)

4. How Bitcoin rewires time preference, discipline, and conviction

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Reach Out to Bitmund Freud:

What You’ll Learn:X: https://x.com/BitmundFreud