Testing the first Bitaxe made in Kenya, from the PCB up! It’s working. Big thanks to all the guys who made it happen from the community - Simon, Diviter, Kurt, and Gearbox We call it “Bitshoka”, which is just Bitaxe in Swahili. :)

Nairobi protests are getting bigger. As darkness sets in a couple hours from now it will likely heat up.

Playing with midjourney video. Impressive! Prompt: [A Masai warrior rides a zebra through the savannah], 2d view, retro nostalgia --ar 1:1 --motion high --video 1

Quad9 (aka 9.9.9.9) Really amazing service. Needs support.

A white browed coucal catching a skaapsteeker snake.

There are worse places to live than Nairobi. “Green city in the sun”

The Kenya VASP bill is poor execution on a bad idea. It’s a gift to rent seekers and a blow to innovation that punishes startups with red tape. Loose definitions of virtual “assets” and “tokens” increase uncertainty and allows regulatory overreach. They’d be better off just defining bitcoin vs other cryptocurrencies as commodity vs securities and letting the already existing Capital Markets Authority deal with it. PDF of the bill: 📄.pdf

Adults need self control. Powerful adults need it more.

Doing a Bitaxe giveaway at our monthly bitcoin meetup this evening at Waitabit Coffee.

Rose Njeri, a 35 year old software engineer and mother of two, was picked up and held by police for 5 days in Kenya. Why? Because she created a site to allow people to easily write an email to their representatives - pushing back on the new Finance Bill 2025. Back in 2016-2018 we spoke about how bad this “Computer misuse and cybercrimes act of 2018” was for Kenyans, and that it would be used for spurious charges like this against people just like Rose Njeri. This is wrong and we need to both push back on new bills as well as change old ones.