Building Bitcoin and Lightning Companies with Caralie Chrisco of Wolf

In this episode of Coin Stories powered by Bitdeer Technologies Group (NASDAQ: BTDR), Caralie Chrisco and I discuss:
- Wolf -- The Bitcoin and Lightning accelerator in NYC
- Companies building on Bitcoin and Lightning Network
- What mistakes do Bitcoin entrepreneurs commonly make?
- What kind of Bitcoin companies are needed most?
- Is there going to be a Bitcoin "killer app"?
- Female founders and women in Bitcoin

Bio: Caralie Chrisco is Program Director at Wolf. She started her Bitcoin career at Chaincode Labs then went on to lead Gemini’s open source grant program. Previously she was a talent manager for actors and is thrilled to still nurture and develop talent within the Bitcoin space.

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🗒️ IN THIS EPISODE:
00:00 Growing up in Louisiana
00:56 Representing actors, switching to tech
2:47 Working with ₿trust
3:41 What is Wolf Bitcoin Accelerator?
4:58 Bitdeer Technologies Group promo
5:57 What does Wolf do?
6:54 Why don't we see more Bitcoin companies?
8:39 Bitcoin use cases
9:29 Common Bitcoin building space mistakes
11:04 Popularity of lightning wallets, mining
12:21 Bitcoin 2024 promo
12:42 Speed Bitcoin Lightning Wallet promo
12:56 Coinkite Coldcart Wallet promo
13:12 The Bitcoin Way promo
13:34 More women in Bitcoin space
15:43 Cohort themes
16:43 Creating Bitcoin app
17:31 Spreading Bitcoin awareness
18:22 How did Caralie learn about Bitcoin?
20:08 Fountain App promo

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