My guest today is Carol Souza, co-founder of Area Bitcoin, one of the largest Bitcoin education platforms in Latin America, reaching hundreds of thousands across Brazil and the Portuguese-speaking world. Her path began not in tech or finance, but as a dentist, where Brazil’s inflation, POS payment fees, and daily operational fragilities pushed her to study money and ultimately adopt Bitcoin as a survival tool for her clinic. We discuss Brazil’s long history of hyperinflation, savings confiscation, and the deep fiat mindset that still shapes economic life. Carol explains how PIX, open banking, and the proposed Drex CBDC form a sophisticated financial-surveillance architecture, and why she sees Bitcoin as a sovereignty instrument rather than a speculative asset.

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-- CHAPTERS –

00:00 - Coming Up

01:42 - Intro To Carol Souza: Bitcoin Advocate

03:40 - Carol's Journey to Bitcoin

07:00 - Bitcoin & Broken Money in Brazil 

11:15 - Ad Break

12:40 - Outcomes of Bitcoin Education

13:50 - Challenges of Accepting Solutions Like Bitcoin

18:30 - Is Digitalization a Barrier?

21:20 - Crypto vs. Bitcoin

23:20 - Brazil's CBDC - Pix & Drex

26:55 - Ad Break

29:05 - CBDC in Brazil Contd.

31:30 - Big Tech Censorship & Surveillance

34:00 - Bitcoin Education and Activism

37:00 - Open Source Education, AI & Vibe Coding

45:00 - Designers & Developers Training in Bitcoin

47:00 - Teaching Complex Bitcoin Concepts

48:40 - The Future of Bitcoin Education