Emancipation From Financial Patriarchy with Anita Posch

 
 

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“Everybody says ‘yeah, it’s great for people in Kenya, or Zimbabwe’, but then everybody’s just interested in the price, and what Elon Musk is saying again.”
— Anita Posch

SHOW DESCRIPTION

Location: Remotely
Date: Thursday 11th November
Project: anitaposch.com
Role: Author, Podcaster, Educator

It’s easy to forget that those who have acquired Bitcoin are still early adopters, with the enthusiasm and courage to have found the appropriate resources needed to investigate this still nascent and mysterious creation. 

However, the key to the next wave of Bitcoin adoption, encompassing a wider cross section of society, is education specifically tailored to the needs of later adopters. For these people Bitcoin is surrounded in myths and impenetrable concepts.

This is precisely the goal of Anita Posch’s new book (L)earn Bitcoin. It provides both the why, and the how, and is written for those to whom Bitcoin is a vague alien technology. Most importantly, the book provides guidance on how to take those initial steps to build confidence, and critically, safely buy and store bitcoin.

Anita is also well known for being a leading Bitcoin educator in parts of the world for which sovereign wealth is literally life changing. In particular, Anita has travelled throughout Africa, teaching people with limited resources how to acquire and use Bitcoin. She is particularly focused on supporting vulnerable groups of women around the world for whom denial of sovereign wealth is culturally or even legally condoned. 

In this interview I talk to fellow Bitcoin podcaster, author, advocate, and educator Anita Posch. Anita explains how Bitcoin provides emancipation from financial patriarchy at both the individual level and nation state level. We also talked about Anita’s educational work in Africa, the importance of building bridges and trust with communities in developing nations.

TIMESTAMPS

00:03:14: Introductions
00:05:36: El Salvador
00:08:38: "(L)earn Bitcoin", by Anita Posch
00:13:26: Bitcoin kids
00:14:34: Anita in Africa
00:15:57: Female inequality in a patriarchy
00:21:48: Banking services in Africa
00:27:45: Mobile monies across Africa
00:29:20: Introducing Bitcoin to Africa
00:31:56: Introducing Minimint from Blockstream
00:38:38: Technical challenges in Zimbabwe
00:39:32: Lightning facilitating Bitcoin as a medium of exchange
00:44:35: The Muun wallet
00:45:24: Lightning is Bitcoin
00:46:04: Anita's return to Africa and resources required
00:53:58: Zimbabwe post-hyperinflation
00:55:31: Final comments

 

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