Abubakar
Abubakar Nur Khalil

🇳🇬 Bitcoin Core contributor | Recursive Capital | Btrust

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npub1sn0q3zptdcm8qh8ktyhwtrnr9htwpykav8qnryhusr9mcr9ustxqe4tr2x

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Last Notes

2026-03-20 16:10:04 UTC

Eid Mubarak 💚

2026-02-23 16:06:05 UTC

In my latest piece for Forbes Crypto, I go through Nigeria’s new tax laws and its implications for Bitcoin and Stablecoin holders and VASPs in 2026 📌
The new laws introduce several changes, including taxes of up to 30% on profits for Bitcoin and stablecoin holders, a 30% corporate tax for VASPs on digital assets operation (e.g. from tx fees), and introduces the potential for digital assets transactions tracking by the government (i.e. direct txs and flows to individuals’ bio and other personal info) 🛑 👁️
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/02/23/what-nigerias-2026-tax-laws-mean-for-bitcoin-holders-and-vasps/

2026-02-18 13:27:11 UTC

Ramadan Kareem, May Allāh accept our Ibādah this holy month 💚

2026-02-16 17:33:50 UTC

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Btrust Builders cooking in 2026 🔥
#nevent1q…ns95

2026-02-10 14:03:42 UTC

Always value your boundaries above any comfort that could come from its violation.

2026-01-18 22:21:26 UTC

Absolute cinema, Congratulations to Senegal! 🇸🇳🔥

2026-01-18 21:25:54 UTC

What a game! 🇸🇳🇲🇦⚽️

2026-01-17 18:35:07 UTC

Hell yeah! 🇳🇬🔥🔥
https://blossom.primal.net/75ceac34e845ee71216bc5561d9b77cd7059f6ef4af618bd419b7579c239e07e.jpg

2026-01-15 19:56:53 UTC

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Great projects in there 📌

2026-01-15 19:36:22 UTC

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Huge congratulations to the winners 🔥
#nevent1q…gm2s

2026-01-14 22:53:44 UTC

Gutted, but well played, congratulations to Morocco 🇳🇬🤝🇲🇦

2026-01-10 18:01:51 UTC

Hell yeah! 🇳🇬🙌

2026-01-10 17:45:32 UTC

Almost there! 🇳🇬🔥

2026-01-06 17:04:07 UTC

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What a night, all incredible memories and vibes 🧡🔥
#nevent1q…28t2

2026-01-05 19:26:58 UTC

🇳🇬🔥

2026-01-03 21:07:00 UTC

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Nearly all of them, for sure

2025-12-31 22:03:20 UTC

In my last post for 2025 in Forbes Digital Assets, here are the top 16 conferences to mark in your calendar for 2026, across 5 continents and 14 countries, with something in there for everyone 🔥📌
🇰🇪🇦🇹🇩🇪🇿🇦🇺🇸🇳🇴🇨🇿🇨🇭🇧🇷🇫🇮🇦🇪🇭🇰🇳🇱🇨🇦
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/12/31/top-16-bitcoin-conferences-to-attend-in-2026-from-around-the-world/

2025-12-18 23:55:38 UTC

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This is just the beginning 🌎🌍🌏🔥
#nevent1q…ft5m

2025-12-13 08:03:31 UTC

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Welcome our last set of grantees for 2025. Congratulations to these rockstars! 💪🔥
#nevent1q…ls2v

2025-12-05 12:43:57 UTC

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Thank you so much, honored! This is for all to the young folks in Africa, thank you for all you do 🙏🏽🔥
#nevent1q…5l9x

2025-11-22 19:14:35 UTC

With Africa's rise in share of global Bitcoin mining hashrate now just under 4%, the question is how this hash power is being used and by whom 📌
In my latest for Forbes Crypto, I look into Africa's "Hashrate Exfiltration Problem" and future outlook.
"Put simply, “hashrate exfiltration” is the use of a region's hashrate by a foreign entity or power in furtherance of its interests, often at the region's expense. [...] The legacy of resource extraction in Africa may see another unfortunate renaissance in Bitcoin mining if care is not taken."
"Africa’s resilience against all these odds will set the global template for building resilient money and energy infrastructure, ensuring a future of hope and abundance for all."
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/11/22/africas-bitcoin-mining-hashrate-exfiltration-problem/

2025-11-21 20:00:59 UTC

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We are looking for Bitcoin-only, mission-aligned, principles-led, and focused people to join our Board.
Applications for the Btrust Board are now open, goodluck! 🔥
#nevent1q…yjer

2025-11-17 00:02:13 UTC

Yet another world cup without Nigeria 🇳🇬💔

2025-11-08 06:44:07 UTC

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Yup, very true.

2025-11-07 18:09:13 UTC

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See you all in Mauritius 🇲🇺 🔥
#nevent1q…hc9u

2025-11-04 00:13:45 UTC

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Thank you Rachel

2025-11-03 22:53:36 UTC

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I want to say a huge thank you to @nprofile…nj96 for starting this historic initiative. Thank you to everyone who has helped us along the way, the team, mentors, and community.
The Global Majority will lead Bitcoin development and ensure we all continue to have freedom money 🫂❤️
#nevent1q…0a3j

2025-11-03 21:02:58 UTC

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Thank you! 🫡

2025-11-03 15:40:37 UTC

It is much easier to focus on what you don't have than to cherish what you do.
Shift your gaze. True strength lies in celebrating what you have; use that to fuel your focus and build from there.

2025-11-01 18:15:28 UTC

If your principles are conditional, then you never had them in the first place.

2025-11-01 00:07:25 UTC

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Chance's was pretty good

2025-10-31 17:28:55 UTC

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🔗 https://ffm.to/letgodsortemout
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2025-10-31 17:21:14 UTC

The Clipse LET GOD SORT EM OUT is Album of the Year 🔥
https://tidal.com/album/447060804

2025-10-31 01:45:55 UTC

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My pleasure, always! Looking forward to round 2 🤝

2025-10-30 18:55:52 UTC

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Thanks again for having me @nprofile…9wl9, I really enjoyed the convo and unpacking the Bitcoin ecosystem and recent developments, our work at Btrust and more 💪🔥
#nevent1q…cvuf

2025-10-30 05:49:50 UTC

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I had a blast. Glad I could make things easy, I deeply enjoyed the pod, conversation we had and your well thought out questions. Thank you so much for the kind words, warmth, and doing this. I look forward to seeing you again and doing another one.

2025-10-29 01:07:25 UTC

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Looking forward to this, great convo with CK from @nprofile…n022 📌
#nevent1q…dfa3

2025-10-16 15:44:27 UTC

At Btrust, we believe visa restrictions should never be the deciding factor for limiting the growth of Bitcoin FOSS engineers.
Incredibly proud about the "Btrust Pull Partnership", excited to see how this evolves 🔥
https://blog.btrust.tech/introducing-the-btrust-pull-partnership/

2025-10-14 17:53:57 UTC

🇳🇬🔥

2025-10-03 18:04:43 UTC

Bitcoin is money

2025-10-03 02:12:35 UTC

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Thank you Sekina, glad to hear that 🙏

2025-09-13 22:03:36 UTC

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Thanks again for having me @nprofile…tvrg, really enjoyed this one!
Great nuanced discussion across Bitcoin dev, grants, VC funding, Africa and beyond 🔥🙌
#nevent1q…9kr3

2025-08-22 23:08:54 UTC

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Naija 🔥
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2025-08-21 16:50:18 UTC

In the end, we know we tried
♾️ / 21M

2025-08-04 13:39:15 UTC

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Huge congratulations Ella, you'll kill it there! Keep crushing it!! 🧡🔥

2025-07-18 01:06:41 UTC

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💯

2025-07-17 23:48:49 UTC

Round 2 🔥🙌
https://tidal.com/browse/track/448742085?u
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2025-07-16 23:55:12 UTC

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💙

2025-07-02 18:38:34 UTC

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Huge congratulations to these Rockstars! 🙌🔥
#nevent1q…rkcu

2025-06-06 14:54:45 UTC

💚 عيد مبارك
Eid Mubarak 💚

2025-05-16 19:36:16 UTC

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Congratulations to all the grantees! Looking forward to the great work from the various events and developer education programs 🚀🔥
Thank you for your work ❤️
#nevent1q…4td0

2025-05-11 22:14:14 UTC

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Thank you 🙏🏾

2025-04-28 22:31:23 UTC

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Thank you Marce 🙏🏾

2025-04-28 22:28:30 UTC

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Thank you Frank, really appreciate it 🙏🏾

2025-04-28 22:10:34 UTC

The past year has been the pleasure and honor of a lifetime: working with and leading incredible people in contributing to pushing the Bitcoin space forward, and learning so much along the way 🔥
Thank you all for the wishes, trust, and support! ❤️🫂
Just getting started 🚀
https://blossom.primal.net/88881ed47abccb5276645b0b6eb4d1abbea34f64680c1071b07103d840ddfa54.jpg

2025-04-25 09:25:27 UTC

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See you all in Riga! 🇱🇻🧡🔥
#nevent1q…5hre

2025-04-10 21:50:33 UTC

Read more: https://medium.com/@johnosezele/african-bitcoin-newbies-shock-mit-bitcoin-hackathon-with-second-place-win-4cc2d5422d31
https://m.primal.net/QLLK.png

2025-04-10 21:19:59 UTC

Thank you to @nprofile…hydu for featuring @nprofile…07rk in their latest Financial Freedom Report 🧡🔥
Read more abd subscribe here: https://hrf.org/latest/hrfs-weekly-financial-freedom-report-69/
https://m.primal.net/QLJq.jpg

2025-04-03 15:44:02 UTC

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We're back! See you in Mauritius for the second edition of the #BtrustDeveloperDay 🇲🇺🧡🔥
#nevent1q…afrw

2025-03-19 01:03:38 UTC

@nprofile…x8ld 's Stratum V2 pool highlights that global stakeholders are committed to enhancing and protecting Bitcoin, a $1.6 trillion asset, for current and future generations, ushering in a new era for Bitcoin mining.
Huge congratulations to the Demand (DMND) Team on their funding close and launch of their SV2 pool 👏
My latest piece for Forbes Digital Assets 🔥
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/03/18/demand-launch-first-stratum-v2-bitcoin-mining-pool-following-vc-close/

2025-03-14 05:05:15 UTC

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Welcome Btrust's Q1 2025 round of grantees, huge congratulations to these rockstars! 🧡🔥
#nevent1q…0xwt

2025-03-13 17:11:42 UTC

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Welcome Btrust's Q1 2025 round of grantees, huge congratulations to these rockstars! 🧡🔥
#nevent1q…qssv #nevent1q…0xwt

2025-03-12 22:32:19 UTC

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🤝🏾

2025-03-05 19:22:06 UTC

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Thank you for all the work through the years 🧡

2025-03-01 14:11:04 UTC

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Haha, same

2025-03-01 14:10:35 UTC

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OFF, BTCPrague, Baltic Honeybadger and ABC25, see you at one of these 🫡

2025-03-01 14:05:59 UTC

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Thank you, yeah, unfortunate

2025-03-01 02:03:28 UTC

With so many conferences, it gets difficult to navigate and keep track, from Africa to Europe, Asia to the Americas, here are the top 15 Bitcoin conferences from March to December 2025 🔥
🇱🇻🇺🇸🇳🇴🇨🇿🇹🇷🇹🇼🇲🇺🇨🇭🇧🇷🇫🇮🇦🇪🇭🇰🇳🇱🇨🇦
My latest for Forbes Digital Assets 📌
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/02/28/the-top-15-bitcoin-conferences-in-2025-to-attend-from-around-the-world/

2025-02-19 18:39:42 UTC

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Welcome to Nostr Btrust Builders 🚀🔥
#note13ks…gz6q

2025-02-19 17:47:09 UTC

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Welcome to Nostr Btrust 🫡 🔥
#nevent1q…a72y

2025-02-14 19:37:37 UTC

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Bitcoin not Crypto,
Don't let them deceive you

2025-02-09 20:14:42 UTC

The Replit AI Agent is impressive; it created a working simple web dashboard that connects to phoenixd to display the balance and list of payments ... all in just minutes 👏🔥
https://m.primal.net/OYRy.jpg

2025-02-05 21:26:47 UTC

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Football X Bitcoin 🔥 ⚡️
#note1fhk…rkwq

2025-02-01 21:57:58 UTC

A few days ago at the PlanB Forum in El Salvador, Tether announced that they are bringing USDT to Bitcoin
This marks a new Era for Bitcoin as a global monetary network amidst increasing demand, in addition to Bitcoin, for cheap, instant global USD payments 📌
In this piece, I cover the announcement, Taproot Assets on the Lightning Network, stablecoins on Bitcoin and its potential benefits and consequences, and the future of USDT on Bitcoin 🔗
My latest for Forbes Crypto
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/02/01/tether-to-introduce-usdt-to-bitcoin-and-the-lightning-network/

2025-02-01 20:52:51 UTC

Wild, absolutely historic
STAY HUMBLE
https://m.primal.net/OLrv.jpg

2025-01-18 19:08:30 UTC

Btrust will now be publicly publishing annual reports on all our activities and grants to the public.
Huge thank you to the Btrust team for an incredible 2024! ❤️
Here is our 2024 year-in-review 📌
https://blog.btrust.tech/btrust-2024-in-review/
TL;DR From training the first female African Bitcoin Core contributor to hosting our first Developer Day, 2024 was a landmark year in decentralizing Bitcoin open-source development in the Global South.
Here’s some of what we achieved:
• Graduated 17 developers from our Btrust Builders Cohort 3, focusing solely on open-source Bitcoin development
• Supported 11 developers through grants; 5 now working on long-term projects like Bitcoin Core, BTCPay Server and Lightning Dev Kit (LDK)
• Expanded BitDevs meetups to 5 African cities: Kaduna, Abuja, Lagos, Nairobi & Accra
• Held the Annual Btrust Gathering to plan for 2025
• Hosted the first Developer Day in Nairobi: 250+ attendees
The grind continues in 2025 🔥

2025-01-03 03:45:11 UTC

Great convo 📌
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crRU0BwYA98

2024-12-31 23:24:06 UTC

For my last piece for Forbes Crypto of 2024, I covered the surge we experienced in Bitcoin mining in Africa in 2024, led by Ethiopia, where Africa now produces 3% of global hashrate (up from 1% just a year ago), and the outlook for Bitcoin mining in Africa in 2025 🌍🔥
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/12/31/africa-produces-3-of-global-bitcoin-mining-hashrate-via-renewables/

2024-12-20 23:25:46 UTC

Final Call: Applications for Btrust Builders’ 2025 ₿OSS Cohort Close Next Week 📌
"This [...] program is designed to identify and push passionate software developers in Africa to contribute to Bitcoin open-source software (₿OSS)."
https://blog.btrust.tech/final-call-applications-for-btrust-builders-2025-oss-cohort-close-next-week

2024-12-20 13:53:26 UTC

It warms my heart immensely to see African devs building highly impactful Bitcoin tech and significantly contributing to Bitcoin infrastructure. Thank you to all the builders! ❤️🌍
Africa will continue to shape and define the long term success of Bitcoin as a technology 🔥🚀

2024-12-15 17:11:16 UTC

I highly recommend The Bitcoin Leap by @npub1tl8…2v29 as your holiday read of choice!
A great primer into how Africa is becoming the continent leading global Bitcoin development and innovation and the first book on the topic 🔥
Thank you Charlene ❤️
https://m.primal.net/Mwzi.bin
https://m.primal.net/Mwzj.bin
https://m.primal.net/Mwzk.bin

2024-10-23 12:45:29 UTC

A good walkthrough on the insights from the classic—Marcus Aurelius' meditations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Auuk1y4DRgk

2024-10-17 19:32:11 UTC

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Thank you 🙏🏽

2024-10-17 19:04:00 UTC

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🔗 Website Github: https://github.com/btrustteam/website

2024-09-20 19:45:38 UTC

Btrust will be running a Developer Day on Dec 8, 2024 at this year's @npub1dtv…wc6t in Nairobi 🇰🇪 🚀
It'll be a full day dedicated to open-source Bitcoin development, learning, and collaborating with Bitcoin devs 🔥
🔗 Read more about it here:
https://blog.btrust.tech/announcing-the-africa-bitcoin-conference-dev-day-by-btrust/

2024-09-16 18:26:33 UTC

It's important to note that intelligence in one domain doesn't inherently translate to others.
The shock comes when you assume an expert on topic X is somehow impervious to bias, propaganda, cognitive dissonance, and bad takes on topic Y.
Know this and know peace.

2024-09-10 17:15:13 UTC

Users don't care about Y, therefore we should reduce the focus on Y—or discard it entirely—shouldn't be a rule builders follow under the guise of pragmatism.
Users may not care now, but the point of it all is to protect them & do things better.

2024-08-31 13:20:43 UTC

Running Obscura VPN
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2024-08-29 20:28:42 UTC

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It was great to finally connect Khush! Looking forward to all the great work ahead 🙏🏾

2024-08-28 11:56:13 UTC

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💯🔥

2024-08-28 10:45:09 UTC

Here is my talk, "A Bitcoinized Africa," from last week's @npub1yul…ncdu Baltic Honeybadger '24 conference #BH2024
This year, I decided to give a more concise presentation, based on a lot of feedback and requests, on why Africa will continue to play a significant role in Bitcoin's overall development and future success.
Share this presentation with anyone curious about "what material benefits Bitcoin brings to humanity" or "what Africa's role is in the future of Bitcoin."
"Africa will not only continue to show what Bitcoin can do but, more importantly, it is going to show what we can do with Bitcoin" 🔥
Full video 🎥 (15 mins)
https://v.nostr.build/23YW9Ad3A0SIP223.mp4

2024-08-15 18:26:07 UTC

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Looking forward to this, 🇱🇻 Riga is going to be 🔥
#note1qsv…n6c3

2024-08-08 22:06:21 UTC

I am honored and immensely appreciative of the trust placed in me to lead Btrust.
Looking forward to all the great work ahead 💪🏾🔥
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/business/jay-z-and-jack-dorsey-backed-bitcoin-non-profit-trust-appoints-bitcoin-core-developer-as-interim-ceo

2024-07-24 22:37:20 UTC

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Sure, happy to send you an invite. Check DMs.

2024-07-24 19:57:36 UTC

Regarding the recent Proton Wallet, I respect their conscious effort to be transparent and open about the tradeoffs / threat model (especially in their recent blog posts; see below).
I just tested out the wallet, great work.
Though not perfect ATM, they seem to be on a good path so far in building a Bitcoin-only wallet to simplify sending and receiving Bitcoin for their 100 million Proton users.
Presently, they appear to use the Bitcoin Dev Kit (BDK; see below) as a dependency, with coinjoin and the Lightning Dev Kit (LDK) on their radar. Hopefully, we will see silent payments integrated down the line, too.
Nevertheless, as a Proton user, I look forward to seeing how the Proton Wallet evolves 🔥
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More Reading 📌
- Initial announcement: https://proton.me/blog/proton-wallet-launch
- The wallet's security model: https://proton.me/blog/proton-wallet-security-model
- Github repo: https://github.com/ProtonWallet/andromeda
- Potential future dependencies: https://github.com/ProtonWallet/andromeda/commit/211dc5a86f20455cdba99e0a51a37a61ef70577c

2024-07-01 21:47:14 UTC

🇵🇹 🔥

2024-06-27 22:10:34 UTC

The African Bitcoin ecosystem will ONLY move forward when we have more builders and value creators than talkers and value extractors.

2024-06-26 22:44:48 UTC

In my latest piece for Forbes Crypto, I highlight the whirlwind of events following the controversial finance bill, the protests and its success, the resilience of the youth and their view of Bitcoin's role in Kenya's future 🇰🇪 ❤️
Noelyne Sumba, a stellar Kenyan Bitcoiner and Machakura team member, put it best, "Many young Kenyans see Bitcoin as a way to escape the restrictive monetary policies imposed by international financial institutions, which have contributed to the country's economic challenges. Integrating Bitcoin into the financial system could reduce reliance on foreign debt and offer a way out from oppressive government policies that hinder economic and individual growth."
Very proud of—and inspired by—the resilience shown by fellow Kenyan Bitcoiners and the youth on the ground in fighting against this bill and winning.
Here's to amplifying the voices of those we've lost over the last week and those who continue to fight 🕊
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/06/26/kenyan-youth-embrace-bitcoin-amid-deadly-protests-over-finance-bill/

2024-06-25 20:42:37 UTC

🇰🇪

2024-06-22 20:10:30 UTC

Appreciate the recent Volt shoutout and kind words from @npub1qny…95gx and @npub1guh…6hjy on @npub10ut…xdlq 🔥
Thank you for highlighting the Nigeria situation and Volt announcement @npub1rsc…peqk 🧡
https://v.nostr.build/Z54lx.mp4