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If so, what sections would you like to see?
Student of Bitcoin
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๐ก Bringing bitcoin ideas to life
๐ Empowering bitcoin entrepreneurs
๐Cairo to Cape Town
Highlighter newb here, trying to get a creator profile setup it fails to publish the event. I figure it thing to do with the relay. Do I need to run my own for this to work?
The past year on the road, merchant adoption has been a priority for us. Why? They are the key to network effects for acceptance/payments.
Weโve been talking about a maturity model and finally put it on paper last night. Here is v1 based on our interactions with merchants and our bitcoin preferred juice shop in Uganda.
Would appreciate your feedback/comments on this.
We see the maturity of a merchant in three levels based on how money is used.
Level 1: SoV OR MoE (merchant onboards with either user case based on their need/pain)
Level 2: SoV & MoE
Level 3: SoV & MoE & UoA
There is maturity within each use case (ie SoV: storing in exchange vs cold storage). Weโre weak on the UoA use case so if you have experience with merchants pricing in sats, would love your thoughts!
Weโre hoping to continue flushing this out to create more collateral to help further merchant adoption.


What a day at Mohlakeng, Johannesburg ๐คฉ
1 Radio interview (our first!)
5 #bitcoin payment
1 merchant onboarded
HUGE ๐ to the Bitcoin Mohlakeng Society (@๐Sun Sats @SisonkeBTC Thami & Tumi) for welcoming us and arranging such an awesome day!
๐ @jabulani for making it happen
We met a lovely lady to runs a day care, a designer who makes clothing with a swag, a fast food vendor and a math tutor!
Looking forward to seeing the positive impact they continue to make in their community.


On a the lookout for a part time CTO to help launch a few open source products. Reach out if interested.
Your incentive? Progressing bitcoin adoption!
Weโve been on the road for a year now and have encountered a few problems (traveling, earning sats, on-boarding users, etc). Weโd like to build a proof of concept and need a technical expert to join this journey.
Successful meetup in Gabarone chatting about their circular economy OlaBitcoin.


So much happening with Nostr protocol. Whatโs the best post/article/pod to catch up the recent developments? Feeling behind ๐
We left home exactly 1 year ago to learn more about #Bitcoin's use around the ๐
๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐น๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ฐ๐ช๐บ๐ฌ๐ท๐ผ๐น๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฆ
-Traveled ~45,000 km (14 countries)
-Founded 2 BTC preferred biz @Juicyb_shop
-Onboarded 12 biz
-Spoke at our first conference @AdoptingBTCcpt
-Attended 8 meetups (presented at 4)
-Paid 28 biz in #bitcoin
-Invested in @BitcoinMatatuKE
-Painted our logo at @BitcoinEkasi
-Left behind 7 #bitcoin treasure
We've connected with some of the most genuine, kind, and helpful people thanks to #bitcoin
None of this would have been possible without them!
Not all of them are on Nostr yet but here goes ๐๐ฝ @Brindon โก๏ธ @Man Like Kweks @npub1jj75...cksp @Kal Kassa @Run with Bitcoin @kgothatso@8333.mobi @BitcoinEkasi @Bitcoin Victoria Falls
Special thanks to @Man Like Kweks for the dope track 100Mill
๐จ 30 Day Whiteboard Challenge ๐จ
Day 18 (Jan 7): sent sats to 2 students @blinkbtc , they were quite surprised with the speed of lightning!


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Day 16 (Jan 5): tipped the owner of this restaurant with #Bitcoin
Day 17 (Jan 6): waited for 30 minutes outside the same place but no interactions, didn't pick the best time to hold the board.
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/47be2323cfe5bdd7b9eec93ab87d1fc6747f22d684474b08d0364b558e7ed68f.webp#m=image%2Fwebp&dim=1024x768&blurhash=%23MEooT-o00RktSt7oKM%7Cj%5B_4xbMwsSxas%3At7ofRjESogi%5EV%3F-oofNHt7aeIUWBkCWXkCNGRkxajsIoIpf%2BofNHaes-Rjj%5BE1NGtRozNGNGazoLt69ZR%2B-%3BWVIUkCofWBs%3A&x=f4242efee17e9e97038107c58551310e02f0ae21c32dd03132f8501b8445f4f3
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Day 13 (Jan 2): tipped our server in #Bitcoin
Day 14 (Jan 3): had 4 people stop by and ask about #Bitcoin two of them received their first sats
@brindonmwiine
Day 15 (Jan 4): the day got away and I didn't hold the board ๐
https://nostrcheck.me/media/public/a89ecffe9f57ccb91a44fc755de728255abfe94901d775d873a7b5a3b0805f73.webp#m=image%2Fwebp&dim=720x960&blurhash=_XHekBIVxaM_V%3FRiRj_ND%24ITs.o%23ogozyEniM_jYoLR*t7.9bIa%7DRjRit6R*kDWUa%7DRjRjt7ofM%7BWAofR*oLj%5DofjZayogayRjayj%5BofxukCofjYRiaeRPjsRjt7t7j%5BoL&x=933af8d5ce885995456f4a1812b812e400e30f36c1325378e4f62541fb019339
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Day 12 (Jan 1): new year, new haircut - paid in #Bitcoin
๐๐พ @Brindon โก๏ธ who on-boarded the barber
https://nostrage.com/media/public/bb3ec960566b586c06989c0d0e8dcb5d1eb467ff5693bc9654292487ce6835c2.mp4#m=video%2Fmp4&dim=720x480&x=64d52708f594e8a1a3a4f76deef7275c8ad5184480c9473d8f60a0c9b6f4628b
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Day 11 (Dec 31): paid for laundry and tipped our server in #Bitcoin
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Day 10 (Dec 30): Onboarded a laundromat in Kampala! You can now get your laundry done with #Bitcoin
Here is his pay code if you'd like to welcome him to #Bitcoin - nvlaundry@blink.sv


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Day 9 (Dec 29): while looking for a place to stay in Kampala we sent an apartment owner their first sats!
In 2023, my and wife I decided to sell our home, leave ๐จ๐ฆ We began our #Bitcoin pilgrimage around the world ๐ย in August.
Since then weโve travelled to 10 countries, ~20,000 km, onboarded 7 businesses onto #Bitcoin, and sent ~40 people their first sats!
๐จ๐ญ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐จ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐น๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฌ๐ช๐น๐ฐ๐ช๐น๐ฟ๐บ๐ฌ
Our goal is to continue learning about #Bitcoin, see how it's used in each community, lend a hand along the way and of course, onboard as many businesses as possible.
We're looking forward to sharing more about our pilgrimage in 2024 and wish you all a prosperous year ahead!
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Day 8 (Dec 28): travel day, all things packed so didn't hold the board.
I did however leave behind #Bitcoinโฏโฏโฏ treasure (seed words) 21K sats up for grabs. Move the funds if you find them!
๐Balfour House, Kimathi St, Nairobi (Artcaffe)
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Day 7 (Dec 27): Watched a movie!
Never thought I'd take @BrindonMwiine and @afansabila to watch King Khan #SRK on the big screen #dunki
-tipped our Uber driver in #Bitcoinโฏโฏโฏ
-gave a salesperson in the mall their first sats
https://nostrage.com/media/public/6722630b624ebf567733941307d20b86e6d218fa9e8710900b5ed2e106aac07b.webp#m=image%2Fwebp&dim=540x960&blurhash=%5DBG%5Bfyk7_KR8s9059ORpE2x%5Dpc_Lxw-7RQ%3F0%3FHS4I.T0%25gM%7C9Ha*nNpJxG-oxtt6E%2BWX-UD*oNRkV%40I%3AIox%40%3FajEaKxaoM&x=b9f5126db03da54065f69265a98c97db28c13583f344679fe58522f8c0a09c54
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Day 6 (Dec 26): We took a stroll in a nearby hotel's garden thanks to @manlikekweks
- 2 ladies said YES because #Bitcoinโฏโฏโฏ is interesting
- 2 pilots said YES because they wanted to be nice ๐
- We tipped our server in #Bitcoinโฏโฏโฏ
https://nostrage.com/media/public/f79d1a34612b9bee29792a3d46a961fb01fcd6feb1e8749d19ffeacbf3be8c1f.webp#m=image%2Fwebp&dim=720x960&blurhash=_HF%24O%23-B8%5E-%3Bb%5DIotl7%7CInRPx%5E%24gsStR%7D%5Divsl%25NNGV%40WE57M_xuSOV%40R-V%5BnOV%3FxuV%5EaJxuR*T0s%3AaxIoNFozozR%3Aa_o2NGjExaj%5Dfln%23WBt8t7RjM%7BoJWBW%3Bf%2BjbRkoI&x=8480fdd6db7e0a72765a6702a94d2ea3e16efa6b2617f04eb1b09fd16460cd30
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Day 5 (Dec 25): Xmas day! We stayed at home all day to enjoy the BBQ @manlikekweks organized.
We focused on the chefs and I spoke with them while cooking. @MasterGuantai and @manlikekweks had a deep convo in Swahili to describe #Bitcoin
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