Grifting Kids: Pigzbe's Crypto Scheme
Channel: Serial Hobbyism
Date: 2024-04-04

A deep, critical dive into Pigzbe, which was a controversial company, device, and app (launched on Kickstarter, of course) designed specifically for the Wollo cryptocurrency and marketed to parents for kids. I'll leave it up to you to decide if this was nefarious or simply misguided. But it does open up an interesting discussion about parenting and teaching kids about money in the modern world. 

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TIMESTAMPS

0:00 Intro
1:03 The Idea 
2:01 The Wollo Cryptocurrency
4:18 How Crytpo Tokens Work
6:07 The Kickstarter Campaign
7:56 Pigzbe Collapses
08:41 Wollo Value
10:11 Filippo Yacob TEDx Talk
11:26 TED Talk Rant
13:11 Pigzbe Hardware
15:09 Wallet Confusion 
17:22 Pigzbe App
18:28 Spending Wollo 
19:52 Sponsor Message
20:38 Pigzbe Today
21:25 What the Experts Have to Say
22:03 Anna Frankowska
24:00 Pigzbe Closes
24:26 Filippo Yacob Today
25:18 Final Thoughts

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