Yuri on How Bitcoin is Re-Shaping the Global Financial Landscape

Yuri de Gaia calls himself the “Bitcoin Aficionado” — he is exactly that and more. As the co-founder of HoneyBadger , Canada’s most reliable Bitcoin kiosks and a partner at L2B Global, a bitcoin financial service firm, Yuri is on the pursuit to help others build wealth and navigate a world of non-traditional finance. Bitcoin is reshaping the global financial landscape and many leaders in this community, like Yuri himself, are already exploring the technologies that build on Bitcoin’s monetary and non-monetary capabilities. On the surface level, he’s a successful businessman and entrepreneur, but Yuri’s vision for the future goes way beyond that. His dream is to build a citadel, a future in which bitcoin unleashes its true power and launch the world into a new economic and social reality. You can find Yuri’s blog here: https://degaia.co/ In this episode we talk about: - Bitcoin vs. other assets; Bitcoin’s comparison to gold - The basics of Blockchain and how a bitcoin wallet works - Bitcoin’s overall security and protocols in place - The overall architecture of Bitcoin and incorporation of payment solutions - What is the Lightning Network? Use cases of Bitcoin in POS systems- Bitcoin future and Yuri’s vision for his citadel