2024-12-26T09:13:20+0000

Official Podcast Episode: https://www.stephanlivera.com/556 Patrick van der Meijde, founder of BitKassa and co founder Arnhem Bitcoin City joins me to talk about his experience with co-founding one of the earliest Bitcoin ‘circular economy’ communities in 2014. - How he got started - Taking payments pre-lightning - Are there enough people spending? - Resurgence in circular economies - Adopting Bitcoin Arnhem City Timestamps: 00:00 - Introduction and Background 01:55 - Bitcoin Narratives in 2014 04:45 - Transaction Fees and Challenges 08:46 - Arnhem Bitcoin City and its Evolution 09:55 - Context of Arnhem City in the Netherlands 11:45 - Capital Gains Tax in the Netherlands 12:33 - Impact of AML Regulations 14:13 - Merchants Keeping Bitcoin 15:00 - Swan.com 16:14 - Mempool.space 17:11 - Coinkite.com 18:40 - Merchant Churn and Turnover 23:35 - Importance of Local Community 28:55 - Adopting Bitcoin Conference in Arnhem 31:32 - Transition to Lightning Network 35:45 - Success Rates of Lightning Network Payments 36:30 - Improvement of Lightning Network 37:53 - Conclusion and Event Details Links: - X: @PatrickvdMeijde : https://twitter.com/PatrickvdMeijde - Site: adoptingbitcoinarnhem.com : https://adoptingbitcoinarnhem.com/ - Site: arnhembitcoinstad.nl : https://www.arnhembitcoinstad.nl/ - Cofounder @BitKassaNL : https://twitter.com/BitKassaNL - Cofounder Arnhem Bitcoin City @Bitcoinstad : https://twitter.com/Bitcoinstad - Youtube: 10 years of merchants accepting bitcoin in Arnhem : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40piVp4TcDg Sponsors: - Swan.com (code LIVERA): http://swan.com/livera - CoinKite.com (code LIVERA): http://coinkite.com/ - Mempool.space: https://mempool.space/ Stephan Livera links: - Follow me on X @stephanlivera : https://twitter.com/stephanlivera - Subscribe to the podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1415720320?to=page - Subscribe to Substack : https://stephanlivera.substack.com/