On Jan 3, 2009 the Bitcoin network went online with the first public block being mined. Today on Jan 3, 2026 the USA under President Trump went to war against Venezuela to "run the country" and "make it great again". Just ten days before the USA bombarded parts of Nigeria to take out ISIS militants and protect Christians. Coincidentally both countries are rich in oil and natural resources. Trump also said: “American dominance in the western hemisphere will never be questioned again.” It's the usual interventionism that they sell us as "in the name of peace - to install democracy" when in reality it's an imperialistic power grab financed with your tax money, in your name. This is possible with state money. Non-state money like bitcoin in self-custody gives agency back to the people. Bitcoin is an exit strategy, and this is what it was made for - money that can't be taken away from us to finance their wars. #daily

Happy birthday, Bitcoin! Opt-out of war with self-custodied bitcoin. I am grateful for the ultimate „fuck your war“ - you can’t use my money for your imperialistic power plays - tool.

My first long form article via @YakiHonne 💪 2026 will be Nostr first! Will include it with other Freedom Tech tools into our programs in Southern Africa. View quoted note →

Writing a review of our @Bitcoin for Fairness in 2025. It’s tedious work, but helps me to reflect on the many things that we made happen this year. Next step: getting the review ready as my first long form post on Nostr.

Has anyone used sms4sats recently? My sats weren’t automatically refunded as promised. Their email support is unreachable (Telegram option - I am not using telegram)

Google has changed its sign up process (maybe not news, I haven't tried for a while). No more receiving to one time numbers, now you have to send a text message to them from your phone. Everything step we take is kyc-ed. Preserving one's privacy is getting harder and actually impossible as most countries do not allow burner numbers.

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Favorite place to relax in winter. Wishing you happy holidays, rest and peace! We will need power and perseverance in 2026. With the global increase of authoritarianism our fight for privacy, freedom tech and resistance money matters more than ever.

Today we had 20 people from different African regions in our @Crack the Orange live call learning about Bitcoin, running nodes and merchant adoption. Looking forward to see the impact of their work over the next years! All students have a scholarship funded by donors of @Bitcoin for Fairness.

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My most important talk of 2025: „privacy, self-custody, and permissionlessness are non-negotiable“ My insights from spending the last five years working on Bitcoin education across several African countries. I explain why real adoption requires local solutions, not “adoption theater,” and why privacy, self-custody, and permissionlessness are non-negotiable. I also highlight powerful stories of activists, community builders, and initiatives shaping the future of Bitcoin on the continent.

What’s next? Size of our underwear, sexual partners, health records… Outrageous.

Incredible impressions over Mauritius.

Privacy should be the default! @Obi 🔅 and @Farida Nabourema at @Africa Bitcoin Conference