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.
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"