EP25: Making Bitcoin Accessible w/ Conor Okus, Product Manager - Spiral

Builders In Bitcoin EP25: Making Bitcoin Accessible w/ Conor Okus, Product Manager - Spiral

I had the pleasure of sitting down with Conor Okus, former professional footballer and current Product Manager at Spiral. Conor’s practical and cooperative approach to life can be an inspiration for anyone looking to change gears in their career and start working in Bitcoin, specifically open source.

In this episode, we discuss and dig into:

• Conor’s career before Bitcoin and his path to Bitcoin
• the practicalities of sustainable open source development
• the importance of easily digestible and accessible educational resources for Bitcoin newbies
• and a lot more…

Resources:

Spiral: https://spiral.xyz/

Hello Bitcoin: https://hellobitco.in/

A Framework for Sustainable Open-Source Bitcoin Development: https://spiral.xyz/blog/a-framework-for-sustainable-open-source-bitcoin-development/

Bitcoin Mythology (clearing up myths about Bitcoin): https://bitcoinmythology.org/

Real Bedford FC: https://www.realbedford.com/

Episode sponsors:

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Conor Okus on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ConorOkus

Spiral on Twitter: https://twitter.com/spiralbtc

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And a massive thank you to:

- Producer - Tom Maxwell https://twitter.com/tomjmaxwell

- Theme Composer - Max Wellington https://twitter.com/immaxwellington