Come along as I buy a few items in a small shop in my Kenyan village using bitcoin with our Tando app & @Wallet of Satoshi Tando is bringing global mobile money to all of Kenya as a Medium of Exchange with a simple app for sats spenders that feels just like the Mpesa app everyone here is already used to. The only difference is you spend bitcoin instead of the local fiat. You should come to Africa Bitcoin Conference in Nairobi in December to try it out! I heard @ODELL and @Marty Bent are thinking of coming on a previous RHR.

Yo @Nathan Day I've got an interesting question for you about BTCMap... Is the intention to display all businesses that accept BTC? OR Is the intention to display all businesses where you can spend BTC? The subtle difference there could open up many more listings. With apps like what we are building with Tando, or similarly Bringin, BitcoinJungle, Mt Pelerin, Opago, Lipa, etc.... we are seeing more tools that let people spend, but the receiver doesn't even know Bitcoin is being used by the payer. In a few days, we will publicly launch Tando which turns all 100,000+ business in all of Kenya into a biz you can spend bitcoin at. From street vendors to shopping malls, spend sats anywhere, easily. So the question is, how does that affect BTCMap when the entire country of Kenya is orange for sats spenders? I imagine most users of BTCmap want to know where they can spend?

How it started. How it's going.

🔔Main Engine Start... another @Geyser update on our latest progress. geyser.fund/entry/3402

Am I going crazy @Super Testnet or were you recently offering an NWC workshop video? Did it happen? Did I miss it?

Workshops

Is anyone working on a nostr based customer support ticket system? Like a ZenDesk or FreshDesk, but nostrized?

GM. We're getting ⚠️ dangerously close ⚠️ to having an app that will let ANYONE spend bitcoin ANYWHERE in Kenya. Exciting AF! Latest progress update:

Geyser | The #1 Bitcoin Crowdfunding and Fundraising Platform

A Bitcoin crowdfunding platform where creators raise funds for causes, sell products, manage campaigns, and engage with their community.

Project campaign page:

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Feeling grateful!! Today Tando nearly broke into the Top 10 of African projects on @Geyser . Just 387,621 sats away from being in the Top 10. Feeling blessed to be in the company of so many other legends! Let's do this fam!

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Thanks to all contributors!

Tando Progress Update 001

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One of our @Geyser rewards is an in-app shoutout. Here's a mockup of what it might look like with a few of the first contributors listed. Feedback? @npub1epne...d0hm, @Zaawaadi, @NoWasteBTCsigns Who else should be listed? 🤔😉 Claim your spot here! geyser.fund/project/tando

Aaaand we're live on @Geyser! Turning Kenya orange! Tando.me is an app that lets anyone spend bitcoin ANYWHERE in Kenya! Check it out:

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A Bitcoin crowdfunding platform where creators raise funds for causes, sell products, manage campaigns, and engage with their community.

M-pesa is the most dominant mobile payments network in Africa with over 90% of the population using it for day-to-day spending. Tando will let anyone send sats over M-pesa payment rails. ✅ Bitcoin as a Store of Value ✅ Bitcoin as a Medium of Exchange Check out the campaign to see our progress so far, and if you can contribute sats, we'd greatly appreciate your support!

@npub1teaw...gq5u Verifying My Public Key: "tando_me"

Writing code... not sure if that makes me cypherpunk or not, but I hope others find it useful once it's ready. 🙏