Israeli Bitcoin OG Meni Rosenfeld Was Mining Bitcoin at One Dollar!!!!

About This Episode

On September 15, 2025, Yitzy's crypto-centric lawfirm, ⁠DLT LAW⁠, sponsored the ⁠Blockchain Expert⁠ conference in Airport City, Israel. During the conference, Yitzy recorded a series of interviews with entrepreneurs and legal professionals. In this conversation, Yitzy interviews Meni Rosenfeld, a true Bitcoin OG and chairman of the Israeli Bitcoin Association, about his early journey (mining in 2011, chatting with Satoshi on the bitcoin forums when BTC was trading at ONE DOLLAR!!!, spinning up Israel’s first BTC↔ILS exchange, and organizing the first local meetups). We discussed the evolution of the ecosystem from solo mining and Mt. Gox wires to today’s community, Meni’s current projects (math tools and a memory/bluff card game), and his “mini-maximalist” view: Bitcoin has proven utility and principles, while other crypto projects still need to prove themselves.