A Bitcoin Reality Check in Venezuela with Jill Carlson, Alejandro Machado & Jamaal Montasser

Mr Obnoxious - Podcast autorstwa Peter McCormack

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Interview location: New York
Interview date: Monday 13th May, 2019
Company: Open Money Initiation
Role: Co-Founders - Jill Carlson, Alejandro Machado & Jamaal Montasser

Venezuela is often promoted as an ideal use case for Bitcoin, a deflationary currency in a country suffering hyperinflation. Despite the examples of people mining Bitcoin or using Bitcoin to hold value, real adoption is complicated.

In Venezuela, people are using a range of currencies including the Dollar, the Peso and Bitcoin, but there are times when the Bolivar must be used, even though getting hold of the currency can be difficult.

The Open Money Initiative is a non-profit organisation whose motivation is believing that access to a free and open financial system is a human right. Their design-led approach is to understand the human experiences of survival in Venezuela and to support and inspire their partners to develop products and services that help people.

In this interview, I talk with the team from OMI about their work, their design-led approach to research, the reality of money within Venezuela, and how Bitcoin can help.

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Helpful Links:

Connect with Jill:
- On Twitter @_jillruth
- Her website: http://jill-carlson.com/
- On Medium
- On LinkedIn
- On AngelList

Connect with Alejandro:
- On Twitter @alegw
- His articles at Caracas Chronicles
- His website: https://alejandro.macha.do/
- On Medium
- On LinkedIn
- On AngelList

Connect with Jamaal:
- On Twitter @jammontasser
- On Medium
- On LinkedIn

Connect with Open Money Initiative:
- Website
- On Twitter
- On Medium

Mentioned in the interview:
- Previous WBD Venezuela shows
- IDEO
- Initiatives:
- AirTM
- Bitcoin Venezuela (Randy Brito)
- ZCash and Venezuela
- Mining in Venezuela
- Local Bitcoins in Venezuela

Other relevant WBD podcasts:
- WBD071: Update on the Venezuelan Political Crisis
- WBD021: Token Economics and Raising Crypto Capital with Jill Carlson
- WBD019: How Venezuelans are Using Bitcoin to Counter the Effects of Hyperinflation with Alejandro Machado

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