🥫 1 can = 22 sats

This week on Supply Shock, Pete Rizzo spotlights Bruno Oliveira, the Brazilian Bitcoiner stacking sats by redeeming aluminum cans.

When inflation eats wages, Bitcoin’s scarcity is a lifeline, and one can is equal to 22 sats.

“It's not even about becoming rich. It's just not about becoming poorer,” Oliveira told Rizzo.

He hits the streets at 5-6 am on weekends, collects cans and sells them for Brazilian reals, then buys BTC with the fiat via Pix.

Bruno says just start where you are, use the tools you have (Pix today; Lightning when it’s everywhere) and keep going. 

It could be that micro-onramps combined with local payments rails are a path to emerging-market adoption — and stories like Bruno’s might inspire others to do whatever is in their power to join Bitcoin.

Full episode on YouTube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts and X.

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