Today we @Bitcoin for Fairness conducted the first ever Bitcoin developer meetup in Lusaka, Zambia together with @Bitcoin Zambia 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. @Bitcoin Zambia 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 @Bitcoin Zambia

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

They love free speech, but only for themselves.

the Guardian

Marco Rubio says South Africa’s ambassador to US is ‘no longer welcome’

US secretary of state accuses Ebrahim Rasool of being a ‘race-baiting politician who hates America’ and Donald Trump

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

Neues Interview mit mir „Warum Bitcoin mehr ist als nur eine Kryptowährung“

Spotify

Anita Posch: Warum Bitcoin mehr ist als nur eine Kryptowährung

Erfolgsfaktor Frau - Weibliche Erfolgsgeschichten von Frauen für Frauen - by Tina Zacher · Episode

Now is the time for them to „get“ Bitcoin. I hope they do. View quoted note →

Toffees are money! The ZiG (Zimbabwe Gold) is legal tender in Zimbabwe. It was introduced a year ago, after the Zimbabwe Dollar hyperinflated. The exchange rate to the USD is 1:31 now. Prices in many shops are stated in USD and who is able to holds and uses USD . There is one catch though: there are no USD coins in circulation. That’s why you’ll get something else as change; like these five toffees each for 5 cents that we (had to) accept today.

Dear @Lyn Alden , Recently you asked on Nostr, what you could analyze for us. I’d love to have your input on the surge of stablecoins and how it relates to bitcoin volumes. Would be lovely to hear your thoughts.

Bitcoin & Crypto Trading Blog - CEX.I

Stablecoin Landscape: What 2024 Reveals About 2025?

Despite the hype of memecoins and AI in 2024, stablecoins have emerged as one of the most impactful drivers of crypto adoption.

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

Greetings from Zimbabwe, one of the countries that Trump called a ‚shithole‘. Well, we have eggs here.