Tony Yazbeck - The Bitcoin Way

Tony, co-founder of the Bitcoin Way, shares his personal experience of living through financial instability in Lebanon and losing all his savings overnight. This experience led him to discover Bitcoin and its potential for financial sovereignty. Tony emphasizes the importance of Bitcoin's decentralization and fixed supply, distinguishing it from other cryptocurrencies that are backed by fiat or controlled by human beings. The Bitcoin Way offers services to help individuals protect their Bitcoin self-custody, secure their devices, and ensure their personal sovereignty. The Bitcoin Way focuses on open-source and verifiable Bitcoin products, emphasizing self-sovereignty and security. They recommend keeping hardware wallets disconnected from computers to avoid potential bugs or problems. They also advocate for using open-source nodes that are dedicated to Bitcoin only. The Bitcoin Way believes that everyone should become self-sovereign and not rely on faceless institutions. They emphasize the importance of self-custody and warn against the risks of convenience and laziness. They predict that governments will eventually be forced to adopt Bitcoin and criminalize attempts to disrupt it. Education and self-custody will play a crucial role in onboarding new users to Bitcoin.