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Juan Cienfuegos

BitCorner is a Bitcoin podcast born in El Salvador: The Bitcoin Country podcast. Hosted by Juan, the show delivers deep, uncompromising conversations on money, sovereignty, and freedom, straight from the front lines of Bitcoin adoption.

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  • Oct 26, 2025 · 46 min

    The Block: Where Every Bitcoiner Leaves a Question for the Next

    🇸🇻 SUPPORT THE SHOW 🎧⚡ 🟦 Blockstream Jade – The BEST Bitcoin hardware wallet. 🔐 Use promo code BITCORNERPODCAST for 10% off: 👉 https://store.blockstream.com/?code=BITCORNERPODCAST 🟠 Bitcoin Conference 2026 – The world’s biggest Bitcoin event is back in Vegas! 🎫 Use code BITCORNER here: 👉 https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2026 🐂 Bull Bitcoin – Buy Bitcoin directly into self-custody, the no-KYC way to stack sats. 🪙 Sign up here: 👉 https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registration/bitcornerpodcast Every story, every spark, every question led us here — to The Block. The moment where one Bitcoiner hands the mic to the next, and together we build something bigger than ourselves. To everyone who made this season possible — from El Salvador to every corner of the world — thank you. You didn’t just show up for Bitcoin. You showed up for truth, freedom, and education. 🎬 The Block is now live — our season finale that connects every guest through one question. Watch it, feel it, and get ready for Season 05… Because what’s coming next will raise the bar again. 📲 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST 🎧 Fountain: https://tinyurl.com/yck8u6sa 🎵 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdcsyy4u 🍎 Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/cj5wkhxv 🎬 Rumble: https://tinyurl.com/3bc6bvtn 📺 YouTube: /@bitcornerpodcast 👤 CONNECT WITH JUAN 🌐 Website: https://flow.page/bitcorner 📞 X / Twitter: https://x.com/TheJuanSC 📸 Instagram: @bitcorner_official 📧 Email: bitcornerpodcast@proton.me This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejuansc.substack.com

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  • Sep 26, 2025 · 1 hr 2 min

    Adopting Bitcoin: Grassroots Education & The Future of Bitcoin in El Salvador 🇸🇻 | Season Finale

    🇸🇻 SUPPORT THE SHOW 🎧⚡ 🟦 Blockstream Jade – The BEST Bitcoin hardware wallet. 🔐 Use promo code BITCORNERPODCAST for 10% off: 👉 https://store.blockstream.com/?code=BITCORNERPODCAST 🌋 Adopting Bitcoin 2025 – The grassroots Bitcoin conference in El Salvador! 🎫 Use code BITCORNER for discounted tickets: 👉 https://pretix.eu/galoy/ab25/redeem?voucher=BITCORNER 🟠 Bitcoin Conference 2026 – The world’s biggest Bitcoin event is back in Vegas! 🎫 Use code BITCORNER here: 👉 https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2026 🐂 Bull Bitcoin – Buy Bitcoin directly into self-custody, the no-KYC way to stack sats. 🪙 Sign up here: 👉 https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registration/bitcornerpodcast 🎯 Episode Thesis Season Finale 🎉 — We close this chapter of the BitCorner Podcast with a special conversation with Kiki, organizer of Adopting Bitcoin and board member of My First Bitcoin. This episode is about the real state of Bitcoin adoption: from El Salvador’s grassroots education movement to global macro headwinds in politics, regulation, and economics. We explore how communities are building circular economies, why education must come before adoption, and what the future of Adopting Bitcoin 2025 looks like. It’s not just El Salvador. It’s about what Bitcoin means for the world — and why this is only the beginning. 🎙️ About the Episode What does adoption look like when you zoom out from the headlines? In this episode, Kiki and I discuss: 🔸 Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador: myths vs. reality 🔸 The IMF deal and whether Bitcoin is still alive on the ground 🔸 The critical role of education before introducing money 🔸 What Adopting Bitcoin 2025 will bring — from devs to plebs 🔸 Circular economies and lessons learned from the last year 🔸 Spanish-speaking Bitcoin content and its growing impact 🔸 Europe’s role in Bitcoin adoption and what the future holds 🔸 Politics, Trump, and whether leaders will follow Bukele’s example We also reflect on what it means to build in Bitcoin long-term and leave a cliffhanger for what’s next in Season 5. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 🇸🇻 SUPPORT THE SHOW 🎧⚡ 🟦 Blockstream Jade – The BEST Bitcoin hardware wallet. 🔐 Use promo code BITCORNERPODCAST for 10% off: 👉 https://store.blockstream.com/?code=BITCORNERPODCAST 🌋 Adopting Bitcoin 2025 – The grassroots Bitcoin conference in El Salvador! 🎫 Use code BITCORNER for discounted tickets: 👉 https://pretix.eu/galoy/ab25/redeem?voucher=BITCORNER 🟠 Bitcoin Conference 2026 – The world’s biggest Bitcoin event is back in Vegas! 🎫 Use code BITCORNER here: 👉 https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2026 🐂 Bull Bitcoin – Buy Bitcoin directly into self-custody, the no-KYC way to stack sats. 🪙 Sign up here: 👉 https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registration/bitcornerpodcast 🎯 Episode Thesis Season Finale 🎉 — We close this chapter of the BitCorner Podcast with a special conversation with Kiki, organizer of Adopting Bitcoin and board member of My First Bitcoin. This episode is about the real state of Bitcoin adoption: from El Salvador’s grassroots education movement to global macro headwinds in politics, regulation, and economics. We explore how communities are building circular economies, why education must come before adoption, and what the future of Adopting Bitcoin 2025 looks like. It’s not just El Salvador. It’s about what Bitcoin means for the world — and why this is only the beginning. 🎙️ About the Episode What does adoption look like when you zoom out from the headlines? In this episode, Kiki and I discuss: 🔸 Bitcoin adoption in El Salvador: myths vs. reality 🔸 The IMF deal and whether Bitcoin is still alive on the ground 🔸 The critical role of education before introducing money 🔸 What Adopting Bitcoin 2025 will bring — from devs to plebs 🔸 Circular economies and lessons learned from the last year 🔸 Spanish-speaking Bitcoin content and its growing impact 🔸 Europe’s role in Bitcoin adoption and what the future holds 🔸 Politics, Trump, and whether leaders will follow Bukele’s example We also reflect on what it means to build in Bitcoin long-term and leave a cliffhanger for what’s next in Season 5. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Intro & Season 4 recap 01:13 – Season 5 preview 03:13 – Welcome Kiki — Barcelona / Cypher Conference recap 05:00 – Kiki’s background: hospitality → Bitcoin 09:15 – First lightning & adoption stories (street vendors, merchants) 11:04 – How Adopting Bitcoin evolved: tracks, workshops, hacker lounge 16:00 – Key themes: regulation, education, circular economies 21:42 – El Salvador in the wild — grassroots adoption & conference highlights 23:16 – Hardware wallet safety tips 25:54 – Top-down moves vs bottom-up momentum 27:13 – IMF deal reality check: what’s really changed? 29:04 – Merchants, Chivo & everyday usage 33:58 – Spanish content: the 50/50 commitment 37:45 – Season finale games & audience questions 38:32 – Advice for builders & next generation 46:43 – Traveling to El Salvador for Adopting Bitcoin 01:00:09 – Final thoughts & Season 5 teaser 📲 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST 🎧 Fountain: https://tinyurl.com/yck8u6sa 🎵 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdcsyy4u 🍎 Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/cj5wkhxv 🎬 Rumble: https://tinyurl.com/3bc6bvtn 📺 YouTube: /@bitcornerpodcast 👤 CONNECT WITH KIKI 🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/bitcoinbabey 🌐 Adopting Bitcoin: https://adoptingbitcoin.org 📚 My First Bitcoin: https://miprimerbitcoin.io 👤 CONNECT WITH JUAN 🌐 Website: https://flow.page/bitcorner 📸 Instagram: @bitcorner_official 📞 Twitter/X: https://x.com/TheJuanSC 📧 Email: bitcornerpodcast@proton.me This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejuansc.substack.com

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  • Sep 17, 2025 · 36 min

    Gen Z, Student Debt & Bitcoin: Halston Valencia on Why Young People Are Choosing Bitcoin Over Fiat

    🇸🇻 SUPPORT THE SHOW 🎧⚡ 🟦 Blockstream Jade – The BEST Bitcoin hardware wallet. 🔐 Use promo code BITCORNERPODCAST for 10% off: 👉 https://store.blockstream.com/?code=BITCORNERPODCAST 🟠 Bitcoin Conference 2026 – The world’s biggest Bitcoin event is back in Vegas! 🎫 Use code BITCORNER here: 👉 https://tickets.b.tc/event/bitcoin-2026 🐂 Bull Bitcoin – Buy Bitcoin directly into self-custody, the no-KYC way to stack sats. 🪙 Sign up here: 👉 https://app.bullbitcoin.com/registration/bitcornerpodcast 🎯 Episode Thesis Millennials were told to save money, buy houses, and invest in stocks. Gen Z is realizing that path doesn’t work anymore. Halston Valencia, a 23-year-old Bitcoiner, shares why her generation is rejecting fiat advice, how Broken Money by Lyn Alden opened her eyes, and why Bitcoin is the only tool that lets young people preserve purchasing power and reclaim sovereignty. This is an honest, raw, and inspiring conversation about debt, inflation, financial education, and why Bitcoin is the lifeboat for a generation drowning in negative real wages. 🎙️ About the Episode What does it mean to be Gen Z in a world of student debt, sky-high rent, and collapsing trust in institutions? In this episode, Halston and I explore: 🔸 Why Gen Z is turning away from fiat and traditional “wealth-building” advice 🔸 How reading Broken Money changed her worldview and led to Bitcoin 🔸 The absence of Austrian economics in universities and why that matters 🔸 The parallels between Millennials (2008 crash, COVID, housing crisis) and Gen Z (student loans, rent crisis) 🔸 Self-custody as the non-negotiable path to sovereignty 🔸 Opportunities for women in Bitcoin compared to fiat finance 🔸 Why financial education must change — and what she’d redesign for the next generation 🔸 Her work with Adam O’Brien, Bitcoin Well, and Get Based, plus launching The Adam O’Brien Show ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 – Bitcoin and Gen Z: does the new generation really care?01:40 – Welcome Halston Valencia03:20 – From university to the Bitcoin rabbit hole11:35 – Self-custody and why “not your keys, not your Bitcoin”13:40 – Millennials vs. Gen Z: what changed along the way20:10 – Rent crisis, wages, and the economic wake-up call22:50 – Orange-pilling friends & education outside the system24:05 – The Game: which Bitcoiner would you go on vacation with?30:35 – The history of money, Adam O’Brien, and new projects33:47 – What’s next for Halston in Bitcoin35:38 – Final message to young people about Bitcoin36:10 – Episode closing 📲 SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST 🎧 Fountain: https://tinyurl.com/yck8u6sa 🎵 Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/bdcsyy4u 🍎 Apple Podcast: https://tinyurl.com/cj5wkhxv 🎬 Rumble: https://tinyurl.com/3bc6bvtn 📺 YouTube: /@bitcornerpodcast 👤 CONNECT WITH HALSTON 🐦 Twitter/X: https://x.com/Halstonvalencia 🎥 Podcast: The Adam O’Brien Show (Thursdays, 6 PM ET) 👤 CONNECT WITH JUAN 🌐 Website: https://flow.page/bitcorner 📸 Instagram: @bitcorner_official 📞 Twitter/X: https://x.com/TheJuanSC 📧 Email: bitcornerpodcast@proton.me This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thejuansc.substack.com

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