Obi Nwosu is the CEO of Fedi and a full time Bitcoin advocate. Fedi, Inc. is a global Bitcoin adoption technology company. Fedi's main product, the Fedi mobile app, is designed to support billions of humans using Bitcoin securely, privately, and scalably. Obi continues to support initiatives that advance the Bitcoin ecosystem and make owning and using Bitcoin easy for everyone. He is a board member for ₿trust, a not-for profit organisation originally conceived by Jack Dorsey and Jay-Z to fund the location, education, and remuneration of Bitcoin developers in the global south, starting with Africa. His passion for Bitcoin began as the CEO and co-founder of the UK Bitcoin-only Exchange Coinfloor, which he ran for nearly 8 years until it was sold in late 2021.

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00:00:00 Okcoin promo 00:01:05 iTrustCapital promo 00:01:43 Growing up in the UK with Nigerian roots 00:03:35 Father's early education, mother's work ethic 00:07:32 Inspired by his parents' achievements 00:11:02 Relationship with money 00:12:24 Computer club in secondary school led to computer science 00:17:42 Early days of .com industry 00:18:55 Building websites in the 90's 00:21:17 Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web3 00:22:18 Coinfloor, UK's longest-running Bitcoin exchange 00:26:13 CoinFLEX and CoinCorner 00:30:54 Bitcoin Amsterdam and Bitcoin 2023 promo 00:31:57 Fold app promo 00:32:40 Why Bitcoin? 00:41:08 Fedimint, importance of self custody 00:45:24 Building a company on coding, coaching and collaboration 00:50:23 How Fedi works 00:53:39 How does custody work? 01:00:00 Fedi helping get Bitcoin to billions 01:02:08 Web3 has been hijacked 01:04:01 Adoption of Bitcoin in Nigeria, Africa 01:06:00 How BTC eliminates structural roadblocks to prosperity 01:09:15 Bitcoin starts to win in 2023 01:16:43 Focus on building, bullish on Bitcoin, "cockroach currency"