Working on removing myself from Google: Step 1: get a @GrapheneOS phone (a Pixel 🤦‍♂️) ✅ Step 2: start using @npub18q57...rs6f mail ✅ Step 3: start using Proton Docs ✅ Still many steps ahead, but the direction is clear. View quoted note →

The perfect finale to my #Bitcoin week in #Zambia: Women's workshop with @npub1g0tj...f4my and 20 curious women, lively discussions, great questions and fantastic tutors: Natasha, Tamara and Tilo did a fantastic job! All received and sent their first sats. @Bitcoin for Fairness

Some similarity between Trump's so-called "shithole country Zimbabwe" and Trump himself: both presidents want to break the constitution by extending their terms of reign, preferably as monarchs.

Zimbabwe protest: Harare shuts down as Blessed Geza calls for Emmerson Mnangagwa to resign

Many streets across Zimbabwe remained deserted and empty on the day of a planned protest.

Add facial recognition to KYC social media and free speech is dead. Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned a fan over his T-shirt design And he didn’t even wear it to the venue! The 2017 design was „disrespectful“ to the CEO of the company behind MSG. All these whiny little boys who can’t stand being criticized. 🤦‍♂️

The Verge

Madison Square Garden’s surveillance system banned this fan over his T-shirt design

MSG uses tools like facial recognition on attendees.

@calle is going nuts on bsky. Let’s show them how we zap!

Trying to upload a 3.2 GB video file with Starlink from Zambia. Yesterday it took around 5 hours to upload a video of the same size. Just to give you an impression of how difficult it is to work here.

First time I was speaking at a wedding venue today. 🤓 20 students of the Information & Communication University Lusaka received their first sats and heard about how they can use and learn more about Bitcoin. I talked especially about the differences to Casino coins and scams as those are prevalent around here. Emmanuel shared his personal story from being a student and in crypto to the Bitcoin only community lead of @npub1g0tj...f4my . He learned through pain as so many do.

Today we @Bitcoin for Fairness conducted the first ever Bitcoin developer meetup in Lusaka, Zambia together with @npub1g0tj...f4my I’m very happy about over 20 people showing up and having great conversations. On Sunday we will do a hackathon!

Today we visited one of Quantum Hashes mining sites in Zambia. @npub1g0tj...f4my brought 30+ people who were able to get a better understanding of the mechanics of mining. Thanks to the donors of our initiative @Bitcoin for Fairness we were able to make it happen!

Kicking of Bitcoin Week Zambia with a meetup in Lusaka. A coproduction of @Bitcoin for Fairness and @npub1g0tj...f4my

And the next good news for privacy today! View quoted note →

Good news as the regulations in the USA always trickle down to other countries. View quoted note →

Conducted this workshop in Zimbabwe today. Participants found it „eye-opening and transformative“. I love how people here get Bitcoin much faster than those in the „developed world“.

Anyone still using Muun wallet? What are your experiences at times when onchain fees are high? I remember people had troubles with Lightning payments. @BTC Sessions ?

Turn off auto download of media in WhatsApp and set up auto delete of messages. Spyware is deployed via media files on your phone. Sometimes also weeks or months later. View quoted note →

Look what I found in an artist’s studio in Harare. An old Reuters trading keyboard. It has a „Mine“ key on the top right.

Good development. We need cash for privacy and to trade non KYC bitcoin. Hopefully other countries are listening: Sweden is not the only Nordic country backpedalling on plans for a cashless society. Last year Norway, which has a popular equivalent to Swish called Vipps MobilePay, brought in legislation that means retailers can be fined or sanctioned if they will not accept cash. The government has also recommended that citizens “keep some cash on hand due to the vulnerabilities of digital payment solutions to cyber-attacks”.

the Guardian

As cyberwarfare threat looms, cashless Nordic nations go back to banknotes | Miranda Bryant

Nordic countries were early adopters of digital payments. Now, electronic banking is seen as a potential threat to national security

Happened in Zimbabwe two times in the last 20 years. View quoted note →

Agree. They still have no clue, but think they do. View quoted note →

Alternative network access is needed! Starlink is the best and most affordable option to national providers, but what if Elon decides to cut off customers or whole countries?

the Guardian

Internet shutdowns at record high in Africa as access ‘weaponised’

More governments seeking to keep millions of people offline amid conflicts, protests and political instability