In this episode I host a Kiwi Bitcoin Builders call with a few people working on Bitcoin businesses, education, and projects in New Zealand.
We debrief on the success of the recent Bitkiwi meetup event in Queenstown and also share some of the things that people are working on.
These will become monthly calls so If you are working on a Bitcoin project in New Zealand of any kind do please reach out to me and we can connect, just send me an email me at hello@thetransformationofvalue.com
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