The First Bitcoin Circular Economy - Arnhem City Netherlands with Patrick van der Meijde SLP556
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Patrick van der Meijde, founder of BitKassa and co founder Arnhem Bitcoin City joins me to talk about his experience with co-founding one of the earliest Bitcoin ‘circular economy’ communities in 2014. 

• How he got started

• Taking payments pre-lightning

• Are there enough people spending?

• Resurgence in circular economies

• Adopting Bitcoin Arnhem City

Links:

•  X: @PatrickvdMeijde)

• Site: adoptingbitcoinarnhem.com)

• Site: arnhembitcoinstad.nl) 

• Cofounder @BitKassaNL)

• Cofounder Arnhem Bitcoin City @Bitcoinstad)

• Youtube: 10 years of merchants accepting bitcoin in Arnhem)

Sponsors:

• Swan.com) (code LIVERA)

• CoinKite.com) (code LIVERA)

• Mempool.space)

Stephan Livera Links:

• Follow me on X: @stephanlivera)

• Subscribe to the podcast)

• Subscribe to Substack)

Chapters/Timestamps:

• 00:00 - Introduction and Background

• 01:55 - Bitcoin Narratives in 2014

• 04:45 - Transaction Fees and Challenges

• 08:46 - Arnhem Bitcoin City and its Evolution

• 09:55 - Context of Arnhem City in the Netherlands

• 11:45 - Capital Gains Tax in the Netherlands

• 12:33 - Impact of AML Regulations

• 14:13 - Merchants Keeping Bitcoin

• 15:00 - Swan.com

• 16:14 - Mempool.space

• 17:11 - Coinkite.com

• 18:40 - Merchant Churn and Turnover

• 23:35 - Importance of Local Community

• 28:55 - Adopting Bitcoin Conference in Arnhem

• 31:32 - Transition to Lightning Network

• 35:45 - Success Rates of Lightning Network Payments

• 36:30 - Improvement of Lightning Network

• 37:53 - Conclusion and Event Details