@Noelyne „When people see that Bitcoin isn’t just something to learn about or hold, but something they can actually use to pay for goods, services, or support their communities, adoption shifts from theory to lived reality.“ #abct26

@Sharon Murugi presenting the work of @Btrust Builders educating developers in the Global South. #abct26

Awesome presentation about Bitcoin as money and how many problems it solves for people on the continent to cross financial borders. Look it up on #abct26 YouTube channel. View quoted note →

Judy from @HRF explaining how Bitcoin is an important lifeline for people plagued by making payments across borders and resisting authoritarians peacefully. #abct26

So what?? A „social“ network of bots?! 😂 View quoted note →

Just tested a solution that converts EUR from a bank account into sats to a Lightning address within 5 minutes. Once set up, it just works. #abct26 South Africa is an innovator in showing Bitcoin is money. #build

WhatsApp never could be trusted in the first place. Telegram is even worse. No end-to-end encryption at all. Only if you use private chats and they break every time you switch the device. Signal, SimpleX and soon White Noise are the way to go if you want to protect your privacy. View quoted note →

@calle @jack Bitchat in Uganda: government is celebrating how they managed to contain bitchat. have you heard of this, anything true or just usual government speak?

Nilepost News

The IT taskforce behind the Bitchat block: Uganda’s homegrown cyber defense triumphs

The success of this approach was crucial in maintaining a stable digital environment during the elections, preventing the potential spread of false...

Nothing new in Uganda. Sadly the same tactics in all authoritarian regimes. Surveillance, brutality, lies, corruption.

the Guardian

Uganda’s president calls opponents

Yoweri Museveni wins seventh term but poll criticised by observers and rights groups over repression of opposition and internet blackout