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Many thanks to @HRF for featuring our interview with Robert Kirubi in the latest Financial Freedom Report!

Link to the interview and to subscribe to the Financial Freedom Report in the comments.

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Mantra.press is more experimental, while

is more mainstream.

Yet, certain components of Mantra can be incorporated into Machankura.

More on this from

“At the end of the day, you cannot leave — there’s nowhere to go. Everywhere [you go], you’re going to get there and try to warn people that there’s trouble coming…”

on how the recent AI-assisted Bitcoin software hacks will happen across all software systems

"There's a whole community in Kibera that uses Bitcoin day-to-day, and you will never see that business come across to you..."

Robert Kirubi recently explained to a banker in Kenya that members of the

community have been using bitcoin as everyday money for years now

"[Bitcoin] gives us some sovereignty, optionality... Now, we can go to the external world and we've got some leverage now... We can face the world as a world as a sovereign country."

Robert Kirubi on what Bitcoin and Bitcoin mining can do to help Kenya 🇰🇪 to become more sovereign.

"The most interesting thing is that if you try to hold them accountable as an organization, you cannot because [they don’t] exist as a body..."

on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the primary global standard-setting body for AML/KYC laws

"Chat Control 2.0 [...] will be very beneficial for China, Russia, Iran — anybody who wants to undermine any kind of democratic standards or any kind of progress of Western civilization."

on what's at stake with Chat Control 2.0

"It was honestly even shocking for me..."

Human rights defender

explains what it was like to witness up close the European Parliament's emergency vote for Chat Control 1.0.

The

/ Surfer Kids team has seen the youth that they work with begin to believe more deeply in themselves as they train and compete at higher levels — sometimes even in national competitions.

The

speaks to this positive shift:

"Luthando was one of the guys who stood with me. He was always there with all the support he [could] give, waking me up in the morning, checking up on me..."

The

describes how

was there for him in difficult times and how being a part of the

/ The Surfer Kids community has changed his life in profound ways.

Hermann Vivier of

describes how the capital flow regulations being proposed in South Africa 🇿🇦 are comparable to Executive Order 6102, which prohibited U.S. citizens from owning gold.

Such regulations become particularly dangerous in high-inflation environments.

Many, many thanks to

for featuring our interview with Francisco Calderón (

) in the latest Financial Freedom Report! ⚡️⚡️⚡️

We deeply appreciate your helping us to highlight the work that Francisco and the team at

are doing to help the people of Venezuela 🇻🇪, Cuba 🇨🇺, Bolivia 🇧🇴 and beyond.

Links to the interview with Francisco and to subscribe to the Financial Freedom Report in the comments.

Hermann Vivier, founder of

, is optimistic that the ANC, the political party in favor of what amounts to a proposed Bitcoin ban in South Africa 🇿🇦, may be voted out of power sooner than later.

Bitcoin History: When Local Bitcoins shut down in 2020, Venezuelans 🇻🇪 turned to #LNP2P bots on Telegram for #bitcoin trading.

proposed the idea of using hold invoices for this tech, and Lightning Labs implemented them soon after.

#lightning #history #btc #p2p

"If we are God's children, do we not grow up?"

Hannah Rosenberg of Lightning Labs, with quite the quote in the midst of a discussion about whether human beings are inevitably hierarchical, even in the #Bitcoin space

Many thanks to

for featuring our interview with Faisal Saeed Al Mutar of Middle East Uncovered and Ideas Beyond Borders in this week's Financial Freedom report! ⚡ ⚡ ⚡

"That's just privilege"

-Faisal Saeed Al Mutar, on academics who dismiss Bitcoin's value

Thank you very much to

for recommending our interview with

and

(and

) of

in the Financial Freedom newsletter!

Links to subscribe to the newsletter as well as the to interview in the comments.

The team at

created their own versions of

and #Lightning #wallets so that the people in their #communities could more easily use the technology.

El equipo de Cuba Bitcoin crearon sus propias billeteras #Cashu y Lightning para que las personas de sus comunidades pudieran utilizar la tecnología con mayor facilidad.

of

explica por qué

fue desarrollado en #Nostr:

Catrya of Cuba Bitcoin describes why Mostro was developed on Nostr:

"La idea es crear un protocolo decentralizado y resistente a la censura en el cual las personas puedan intercambiar por cualquier moneda en cualquier parte del mundo." -Catrya

"The idea is to create a decentralized and censorship-resistant protocol in which people from anywhere in the world and with any type of money can trade/change their money for bitcoin."

"No hay adopción de Bitcoin sin educación."

"There is no Bitcoin adoption without education."

After teaching the

and Trezor Academy programs, Forte and the team at

created their own program, tailored to the needs of Cubans, called Bitcoin Fácil (Easy Bitcoin).

Despues de enseñar las programas de Mi Primer Bitcoin y Trezor Academy, Forte y el equipo de Cuba Bitcoin crearon su propio programa, adaptado a las necesidades de los cubanos, llamado Bitcoin Fácil.

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa,

and his team have been working on a plan to help make #Jamaica more resilient against future storms.

It's call "Project Island Resilience," and it includes #solar energy, #Starlink access, and #Bitcoin #nodes.

Learn more:

Bitchat as "Emergency Tech" in Jamaica

In the wake of Hurricane Melissa, everyday people turned to Bitchat while traditional communication tech was down.

describes what this was like:

"I think a lot of coders, programmers, and engineers that do open-source [work] are operating are operating at a higher vibration."

, founder of

Dread speaks to how the code that open-source developers write doesn't just benefit their own pockets, but the world.

Having a diverse cross section of #Bitcoin developers around the world isn’t only good for the security of Bitcoin, but it helps to fulfill the vision of making bitcoin global money.

Words of wisdom from

of

.

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Trying out some new relays.

Please give a like or comment if you see this.

Much like the work that #Gridless does, #Bitcoin #miners in #Venezuela can not only help build out Venezuela’s electrical grid, but subsidize the cost of power for Venezuelans.

explains:

Much like the work that #Gridless does, #Bitcoin #miners in #Venezuela can not only help build out Venezuela’s electrical grid, but subsidize the cost of power for Venezuelans.

explains:

Ronnie Mdawida, co-founder of

, explains why the residents of Kibera, many of whom are of lower socioeconomic status, prefer Bitcoin to bank accounts.

You can now watch (not only listen to) our latest episode with Ronnie Mdawida, co-founder of

on

!

https://fountain.fm/episode/Zo397IZcKzTlIa968DUi

The revolution in Iran isn’t just based on the Iranian people’s ideological differences with the regime.

It’s about the dire economic hardships everyday Iranians face.

breaks this down as well as how and why Iran is facing a currency devaluation crisis.

Samaourai Wallet used to be a very popular tool in #Iran, as it helped #activists and those donating to activists to protect their #privacy.

tells the story of how Keonne and Bill once even created a smaller Samourai pool just for Iranians.

This is just a test.

Same here. Phoenix is legit.

My favorite part of this is that there’s no sell button on Swan’s site. Yet, he’s selling #bitcoin in the background.

Bureaucrats gonna bureaucrat

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#bitcoin #btc

You can find us here

Marcel Lorraine of Bitcoin Dada says we need all hands on deck if we’re to achieve #hyperbitcoinization https://youtube.com/shorts/qUk3mFnDW8w?si=jinihSSaR9MI8EGe

This is where we’re at #bitcoin https://open.substack.com/pub/frankcorva/p/the-boring-phase?r=297bb&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post

Why does the price of #bitcoin go up over time? https://youtube.com/shorts/2ZR30Upzpc8?si=by5x9ja4zFLQcr2U

.

recounts when

retweeted #Bitcoin and Black America https://youtube.com/shorts/u5zkYziEmA0?feature=share

Big fan of this guy. It was an honor to meet him in person https://cdn.nostr.build/i/ed0b314fef31d6688e8a09b4d650e15b68ae19a0cdf621589d7c562800ac0b43.jpg

You guys heard about

‘s new book yet? #bitcoin #stacksats https://youtube.com/shorts/UpHB8O4-CF0?feature=share

We discussed how #Bitcoin can help Latin Americans, the nature of money and #hyperinflation in #Venezuela, with the incredibly wise Mauricio Di Bartolomeo, CSO of #Ledn

Di Bartolomeo and some truly remarkable insights to share…

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