Any voting mechanism based on money is ultimately rigged. Like Proof of Stake. It just perpetuates that the wealth stays with the wealthy (overwhelmingly in male hands) who get more wealthy over time.

Lightning is dead. Bitcoin is slow. Really? This is how one can pay with bitcoin while the receiver gets Kenyan Shilling into their M-Pesa account. There are 30 Mio people in Kenya using M-Pesa. Every street vendor, every taxi driver, every store uses it….you get the idea. @Alby @npub1tand...8sax

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It‘s not a Trump pump! Just the usual halving cycle 🤷‍♂️ What Bitcoin does.

Stay humble, stack freedom! Congratulations to all the spenders and savers. Let‘s keep on making number of people who gain freedom and independence from financial control!

Been a guest at the recent BitDevs Nairobi socratic seminar. We've been discussing responsible Bitcoin development, privacy and uncensorability. Thanks @okjodom for the invite. @npub1tand...8sax @npub1tuje...llxq

Exploring Nairobi we Bitcoin for Fairness met the Tando team who released a fantastic app! 30 Mio. ppl in Kenya can now be paid with #Lightning and receive KES in their M-Pesa account. Basically you can pay everything with #bitcoin and the recipient doesn't need to learn anything about it. It is so important in countries where people live from paycheck to paycheck, they need to be able to spend their bitcoin. I confirm it works like a charm, paid taxi drivers for groceries, eating dinner in a restaurant etc.

These are the outskirts of an urban center. Which one? Hint: I was surprised to see so much green.

For anyone in Nairobi or who’s attending AfroBitcoin…the Bitcoin ATM listed on CoinRadar is a Bitclub network machine. Bitclub is a huge scam. I didn’t know that this still exists! https://coinatmradar.com/bitcoin_atm/4670/bitcoin-atm-general-bytes-nairobi-kenrail-towers/

Gonna visit Zambia in a couple of months…great to see the initiative growing. Livingstone at Victoria Falls and on the border to Zimbabwe is a tourist hot spot and as such a great location for Bitcoin acceptance and knowledge spreading. Been there four years ago. Coming back. View quoted note →

👏🏼 aaaaand another Bitcoin educator is born in Kenya. Congratulations! Our scholarship program for aspiring educators and community builders is open… apply if you want to share knowledge in your region

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Self-custody your Bitcoin. Tell your friends and family to do the same. If they don’t understand tell them the story of Ibrahim Abdallah in Lebanon. “This war between the United States and Iran is affecting us internally,” he said. “All I know is that we are innocent victims of a war that we’re not part of. To be honest, I see a dark future.” “Even if I wanted to rebuild (his bombed house) it, my money is stuck in the bank. I want to be able to rebuild our future. But the banks have taken all our money.”

the Guardian

‘Here’s how it feels’: how a Lebanese businessman lost everything in five years of turmoil and war

Beirut property developer among many denied access to fortunes by banks after a financial crisis and now reeling from effects of Israel’s airstrikes

„So what do you value more? Getting rich or helping spread a tool to liberate people who are currently subject to the whims of tyrants and rent seekers?“ Important message from @Shinobi

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The Trump Pump: A Road To Capture And Failure

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New ideas for taxes and fees? Look no further: Zimbabwe has it all. The national post and telecom authority will charge WhatsApp group leaders by issuing licenses. https://iharare.com/heres-how-much-potraz-will-charge-for-whatsapp-group-licenses-in-zimbabwe/

Research, knowledge, patience, long-term strategy and out of the box thinking are always being rewarded. Thanks to Satoshi and all the Cypherpunks who built the fundaments for this ground breaking technology, which can be used as a tool against power abuse and for personal freedom.

From 2025 on visitors to Kenya must declare the IMEI of their phone at entry!! With this obligatory declaration Kenyan authorities can track everyone in realtime. The IMEI is the unique identifier of your device, you can not change it. As soon as you use a SIM card / or eSim - these have their own unique IDs as well, which then are associated with your IMEI. This is a global standard.