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Erik Hersman
whiteafrican@iris.to
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Tech, Africa, Bitcoin mining at Gridless. Kenya Relay: wss://nostr-1.nbo.angani.co
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whiteafrican 2 years ago
Damn, Paxful going down sucks for Africans. Looking forward to the Nostr and Bitcoin “roll your own” p20 Bitcoin future. Is it #noones?
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whiteafrican 2 years ago
Whenever I fly above a nighttime America I’m always amazed, stunned, inspired by the amount of capital and infrastructure in this country. So many cities that are alone larger in infrastructure than whole countries elsewhere.
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whiteafrican 2 years ago
I was in SF March 2020 when Trump closed international flights to the US. I was in SF March 2023 when SVB imploded. Guess I should stop visiting SF…
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whiteafrican 2 years ago
Back in the US. I'm in SF for a couple days, then Tennessee. Philip is off to Houston for Empower conference. Busy times!
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whiteafrican 2 years ago
Had a good day checking out some geothermal in Kenya. A lot of opportunities in that space for mining.
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whiteafrican 2 years ago
Disappointed with the lack of technical honesty and lack of objectivity in MIT Tech Review piece on Bitcoin mining. “As long as bitcoin miners can profit from proof of work, Weaver says, they will choose proof of work: “The only way to reduce Bitcoin’s criminal energy consumption is for the value itself to be destroyed. If Bitcoin becomes worthless, then bitcoin mining stops.” Yes, incentives work. That’s why it was built this way. “Criminal”? Hyperbole is apparently good, solid media.
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whiteafrican 2 years ago
So strange to hear someone talking positively about CBDC’s in Africa. Ridiculous.
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whiteafrican 2 years ago
Apparently Vitalik will be in Nairobi this week. Web3 people are very excited about it.