Can Bitcoin Work as Money? Inside Bulgaria’s Merchant Movement

Can Bitcoin really work as money? 🚀 In this episode, I sit down with Joro in Bulgaria—a former Big Four auditor who left his career to ride his motorcycle across the country verifying merchants on BTC Map and building a grassroots Bitcoin community. We dive into merchant adoption, Bitcoin as freedom money, and why real-world use matters for the future of the network. Timestamps: Intro [00:00] Joro’s Background [1:04] Motorcycle Journey [2:16] Merchant Adoption [5:38] Advice for Starting a Circular Economy [10:34] Bitcoin Education [13:02] Bitcoin Misconceptions [16:44] Two Most Critical Things to Understand [22:41] Great Financial Crisis Red Pill [24:30] Austrian School of Economics [27:31] How Has Bitcoin Changed You? [30:50] Individual Human Action [38:43] Bitcoin Adoption in Bulg