My guest today is Diana, she is the co-founder of Bitcoin House Bali and organizer of the Bitcoin Indonesia Conference. She left a corporate life in Germany in 2022, sold her belongings for Bitcoin, moved to Bali, and began rebuilding local Bitcoin adoption through practical education and community infrastructure. In this episode, we look at the realities in Indonesia: bank accounts closed after short inactivity, constant transaction monitoring, restrictions on moving money across islands, and limited financial agency for women. Bitcoin offers sovereignty in that environment. We discuss the role of women in integrating Bitcoin socially, the expansion to 38 meetups across Indonesia, and the aim of decentralizing leadership. We also cover lessons from running a national conference under bureaucratic pressure, and what it means to work in a place where censorship and instability are already visible. 

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-- CHAPTERS –

00:00 - Coming Up…

01:10 - Introduction to Diana

03:40 - Starting Bitcoin House Bali

10:10 - Ad Break:  Trezor & BitVault

11:34 - How Diana Educates Locals

14:14 - How Bitcoin Helps Protect People & Human Rights 

20:00 - Encourage Women to Join Bitcoin

25:29 - Ad Break: Abundant Mines & Expat Money

27:42 - Lessons from Organizing a Conference

32:00 - Future Vision for Bitcoin in Indonesia

36:00 - Personal Lessons From Diana’s Journey

39:20 - Efrat on the Changing Financial System

41:20 - Quickfire Questions & Closing Thoughts