Bitcoin is NOT Digital Gold: 4 Mini Interviews from BTC Balkans 2025

About this episode

In this episode, Kyle Huber interviews four Bitcoin builders at BTC Balkans 2025 about Bitcoin's role as a store of value and medium of exchange.

At BTC Balkans 2025 in Sofia, Bulgaria, I spoke with 4 Bitcoin builders on what actually drives adoption.In this episode, we explore a foundational Bitcoin question:Can Bitcoin really be a store of value if it isn’t used as a medium of exchange?Across these short conversations, you'll hear insights from working on Bitcoin payments, to living on a Bitcoin standard and navigating the broken world of fiat finance. We dig into why grassroots adoption matters, how language shapes understanding, and why freedom in Bitcoin comes from use, not abstraction.Topics include: • Medium of exchange vs store of value • Bitcoin vs fiat payment systems • Adoption, optimism, and real-world use • Why freedom isn’t stored — it flows Timestamps:Intro to the Conference [ 00:00 ]Musqet CEO David Parkinson [ 0:29 ]Taylan on Turkey Adoption and Gen Z [ 9:06 ]Tony on Slovenia Bitcoin AdoptionBen de Waal on Living on a Bitcoin Standard [ 20:03 ]CONNECTBTC Balkans English Stage: BTC Balkans 2025 - EnglishMusqet on X: https://x.com/Musqet_Bitcoin Tony on X: https://x.com/ToniCepon Ben de Waal on X: https://x.com/Ben_deWaal Taylan on X: https://x.com/taylanbtc Kyle on X: https://x.com/thekylehuber Kyle's…

People in this episode

Host: Kyle Huber

Guests: David Parkinson, Taylan, Tony, Ben de Waal

Topics covered

• Medium of exchange vs store of value
• Bitcoin vs fiat payment systems
• Adoption
• Optimism
• Real-world use
• Grassroots adoption
• Freedom in Bitcoin

Keywords

• Bitcoin
• adoption
• medium of exchange
• store of value
• fiat finance
• grassroots
• freedom
• payments

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Sofia, Bulgaria

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