Fodé Diop is a Bitcoin and Lightning developer from Senegal. The cypherpunk is also the founder of the Bitcoin Developers Academy, and co-founder of the first African Bitcoin Conference in December 2022 in Ghana. More details expected soon at https://twitter.com/diopfode
00:00 Promo codes
01:59 Live from Oslo Freedom Forum
02:20 Wanted to be Michael Jordan
04:30 Attending Emporia State University in Kansas
05:32 Life in Senegal in West Africa
07:41 French involvement in Senegalese currency
08:29 Senegalese repressed by monetary policy
09:28 IMF cut currency value in half
11:02 Dropped out of college
11:29 Homeless at an airport in Minnesota
13:07 Maintaining optimism
14:24 Developing interest in computer science
15:12 Transitioning out of homelessness
18:41 First job in programming
20:29 Finding Bitcoin
20:55 Moving to Hollywood
22:55 iTrustCapital break
23:43 Fold app break
24:18 Impact of 2008 recession, moving to Las Vegas
30:29 Web3, altcoins, Ethereum
31:24 Mining for Bitcoin in Hawaii
32:10 Bitcoin Developers Academy
34:56 Human rights, spreading Bitcoin in Africa
37:01 Helping Africans acquire BTC
38:46 Adopting Bitcoin in Africa
40:59 First African Bitcoin Conference
42:14 Adopting Bitcoin in Senegal
43:16 Inflation and economic situation in United States
44:28 Fodé's family's financial status
45:17 Bitcoin is freedom
47:35 Lightning network is universal
48:43 Taro, stablecoins
50:12 Sending Bitcoin, converted to mobile money
50:46 Riding the price dip, patience