Nico is a Venezuelan American entrepreneur who found himself immediately drawn to Bitcoin because of the immense implications the technology has to change the world and himself.

Nico and Ced chat about:

- Getting everything he ever wanted growing up

- How the 2008 financial crisis changed everything for him

- Dealing with loss through escapism

- Bitcoin gave him reason to get up

- Why he dropped out of college and flew to Venezuela

- Why his Uncle was mining in the Venezuelan "bush" with generators and a used helicopter

- Why he left Venezuela

- The new counterculture of responsibilty

Nico co-founded BITVOLT.com, a miner hosting company. Nico currently produces @SimplyBitcoin_, a 10 minute weekday show on YouTube tailored to deliver daily news from the Bitcoin-Maximalist-Pleb perspective.

Follow Nico on Twitter @BITVOLT7