From Banks to Bitcoin: An Interview with Gregory Simon
Since getting involved in Bitcoin in 2012, Gregory Simon has been undeniably prolific in the community. His purchase of a 0.3 acre plot of land in Nicaragua brought him into the spotlight earlier this year, and he has since become a founding member of the Nicaraguan Bitcoin Foundation which hopes to foster financial and social prosperity for the country’s population. Gregory’s business history is impressive, having spent 14 years in equity sales for companies including Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan Chase. Since leaving the banking industry to travel the world in 2013, however, he has become....
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Gregory Simon wanted to move to a tropical paradise. So unlike most of us, he decided to move there - using bitcoin. Simon managed to buy a 0.3-acre plot of land in the Paradise Bay area of San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua using the digital currency. "By using BTC we were able to complete the transaction quickly with no need to involve banks or other third party intermediaries. I don't know yet what the house design will be, my girlfriend and I will be designing it together in the coming months," said Simon in a statement to CoinDesk. Having quit his job in the banking industry in 2012, Simon....
Coingateway is a nifty project created by three partners: Jay, Simon, and Nuno. The basic idea behind coingateway is to enable the purchase of merchandise from retailers that accept bitcoin through the use of an altcoin. Currently, there are a few altcoins available through which you can purchase products in bitcoin. These coins are Dogecoin, XCurrency, Litecoin, LibreXCoin, Syscoin, and Potcoin. Recently, we conducted an interview with Jay and Simon who are responsible for Sales, Marketing and Security. Unfortunately, Nuno, the programmer, was unable to participate in the interview as he....
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Many people dream of quitting their job, collecting their bags and jetting off to a tropical paradise forever. Many people dream, but few people act. Gregory Simon is one of the few who decided to act. This year he moved to Nicaragua and bought a 0.3-acre plot of land with bitcoin. Just minutes from the beach in an area of San Juan del Sur called Paradise Bay, he's hoping to build a home there with his girlfriend. "By using BTC we were able to complete the transaction quickly with no need to involve banks or other third party intermediaries. I don't know yet what the house design will be,....
Simon Dixon, the CEO of BnkToTheFuture.com and Funding Manager of Bitcoin Capital was hosted in an interesting interview on Money Talk, a program broadcast by Radio Television Hong Kong. Simon explained bitcoin in a simple way to the listeners who might have never heard about bitcoin before and commented on the enormous computing power endorsing the blockchain. Here are a few interesting quotes from that interview: There are 3 fundamental properties that are different when depositing your money at a bank rather than convert your money to bitcoin: When you deposit your money with a bank,....