#006: Shishir Gupta (Sorted) on Bringing Bitcoin to One Billion Devices
Bitcoin is for everyone (including $10 feature phones) 🌍⚡️
We sat down with Shishir Gupta, MD of Sorted, to talk about bringing bitcoin to the devices billions already use every day.
For many, financial access is still broken.
Remittances drain income as sending money to family means fees, delays, and middlemen. And while the world obsesses over shiny new apps on their latest iPhones, there’s over a billion people still using feature phones and low-powered smartphones.
So Sorted decided to flip the script.
They’re bringing bitcoin to feature phones. Helping sats move as easy as sending a text. No speculation. No hype. Just real tools solving real problems. And the proof is already here: 250k+ downloads and backing from @Tether_to.
And with Breez’s support they’re pushing the mission further.
Feature phones don’t have the power, storage, or hardware to run Lightning. The Breez SDK changes this. No channels. No liquidity. No setup fees. Just bitcoin that works, even on the most limited devices.
Leaving Sorted free to do what they do best: build for everyday adoption.
Here’s Shishir's story 🎧