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An important part of my professional journey is Produlz, a company I founded in 2006. Since then, we have grown into an audio production company specializing in voiceover recordings in multiple languages—the first of its kind in Brazil with a 100% online workflow.

In 2010, Produlz reached its peak, being nominated twice at MTV VMB, with the "Cala Boca Galvão" campaign and the parody "Justin Biba," which garnered over 40 million views. The collaboration with the comedy channel Galo Frito earned us the Web Hit of the Year award.

After successfully running Produlz for 15 years, the challenges brought by the pandemic and the rapid evolution of AI led to the loss of all our contracts.  Then, in September 2021, I started the Praia Bitcoin project, by replicating the Bitcoin Beach experiment in El Salvador, aiming to promote the use of Bitcoin as a means of payment among local residents and merchants.

Within Praia Bitcoin, I created solutions to help the community adopt Bitcoin in their daily lives. One of the key innovations is the Bitcoinize Machine, created to sell fruits at the local public school, now distributed in over 41 countries and used at conferences worldwide, facilitating Bitcoin transactions for local businesses.

This effort is part of a broader vision that extends beyond Jericoacoara—the creation of a Confederation of Bitcoin Circular Economies, connecting like-minded communities worldwide to share knowledge, resources, and experiences in building resilient, Bitcoin-based economies.

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