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Episode 7 of Bitcoin Takes by Vexl 🎙️
If Bitcoin really wins, at some point the question stops being:
“How much fiat is my Bitcoin worth?”
And as @OKIN just said:
“How do I get Bitcoin when nobody wants my fiat?”
If Bitcoin really wins, at some point the question stops being:
“How much fiat is my Bitcoin worth?”
And as @OKIN just said:
“How do I get Bitcoin when nobody wants my fiat?”
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Join us for a Vexl Brunch at @Bthechange 🥑
Grab some food, chat & connect with Bitcoiners, speakers and the community.
After the brunch, we’ll run a Vexl Session with a quick intro, guided walkthrough and a chance to try the app.
See you in Glasgow!
Grab some food, chat & connect with Bitcoiners, speakers and the community.
After the brunch, we’ll run a Vexl Session with a quick intro, guided walkthrough and a chance to try the app.
See you in Glasgow!
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7. ročník @ChainCampCZ a my se sem pořád rádi vracíme! 💜
A pokud ještě nemáš vstupenku, tak využij náš kód pro 10% slevu:
chaincamp.cz/?promo=VEXL
Po rozkliknutí odkazu, klikni na tlačítko "Chci vstupenku" a vyber si úroveň vstupného.
Tak komunito. V září zase v Ostravě 👋🏻
A pokud ještě nemáš vstupenku, tak využij náš kód pro 10% slevu:
chaincamp.cz/?promo=VEXL
Po rozkliknutí odkazu, klikni na tlačítko "Chci vstupenku" a vyber si úroveň vstupného.
Tak komunito. V září zase v Ostravě 👋🏻
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Bitcoiners trying to explain why chasing shitcoins is waste of time.
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In the West, financial sovereignty is a Twitter debate.
In Burundi, people are shipping code for it.
The story behind FREETI and BitDevs Gitega - and why Vexl supports them. 🧵
In Burundi, access to money is closely tied to the state. For many, formal banking has never been a realistic option.
So "who actually controls my money?" isn't a thought experiment there. It's answered every single day.
That’s why Bitcoin lands different here.
Not as an investment.
A way to hold your own money, move it without permission, and transact without a bank in the middle.
But a tool only matters if people know how to use it.
That's https://freeti.org/ - Free Tech Institute, a non-profit in Burundi. They've spent years teaching Bitcoin, privacy and freedom tech there.
Not just how to use the tools. How to build them.
This June, together with BitDevs Gitega and @Africa Free Routing, they ran two Bitcoin P2P hackathons in Bujumbura.
→ 30 developers
→ 10 teams
→ 10 working prototypes
10 teams entered.
10 teams shipped.
This wasn’t a beginner workshop.
Teams were spinning up Lightning nodes, connecting APIs, and building fully self-custodial setups.
Real infrastructure. Built in two days.
And the two winning teams?
NtareBTC Pay - near-instant Lightning payments across Africa, without the usual remittance fees.
FashaBTC - a Bitcoin mutual aid network. Launch a campaign in two minutes and receive support directly, from anywhere.
Ncuti’s team also built Muhira Bitcoin for Burundi’s savings associations.
They set out to fix four basic problems:
→ 10–15% lost to international transfer fees
→ 3–7 days for payments to arrive
→ Paper records with no traceability
→ Diaspora members locked out entirely
Their own line, from their slide:
"Even from far away, a member should never lose their place in their association."
That's what Bitcoin is here for.
It's easy to argue about financial sovereignty in the abstract when your bank works.
When moving your own money can mean a 15% fee and a week of waiting, the conversation gets very practical very quickly.
Every prototype shipped open source. Public repos, documented and ready for whoever builds next.
Vexl’s part? Funding and mentorship.
FREETI, BitDevs Gitega and Africa Free Routing built the rest.
Bitcoin doesn’t need another use case.
Sometimes the use case is simply having an alternative.
In Burundi, they’re not debating financial sovereignty.
They’re building it.
Follow the people doing the work:
FREETI - training the builders
BitDevs Gitega - running the hackathons
freeti.org ⚡️
In Burundi, people are shipping code for it.
The story behind FREETI and BitDevs Gitega - and why Vexl supports them. 🧵
In Burundi, access to money is closely tied to the state. For many, formal banking has never been a realistic option.
So "who actually controls my money?" isn't a thought experiment there. It's answered every single day.
That’s why Bitcoin lands different here.
Not as an investment.
A way to hold your own money, move it without permission, and transact without a bank in the middle.
But a tool only matters if people know how to use it.
That's https://freeti.org/ - Free Tech Institute, a non-profit in Burundi. They've spent years teaching Bitcoin, privacy and freedom tech there.
Not just how to use the tools. How to build them.
This June, together with BitDevs Gitega and @Africa Free Routing, they ran two Bitcoin P2P hackathons in Bujumbura.
→ 30 developers
→ 10 teams
→ 10 working prototypes
10 teams entered.
10 teams shipped.
This wasn’t a beginner workshop.
Teams were spinning up Lightning nodes, connecting APIs, and building fully self-custodial setups.
Real infrastructure. Built in two days.
And the two winning teams?
NtareBTC Pay - near-instant Lightning payments across Africa, without the usual remittance fees.
FashaBTC - a Bitcoin mutual aid network. Launch a campaign in two minutes and receive support directly, from anywhere.
Ncuti’s team also built Muhira Bitcoin for Burundi’s savings associations.
They set out to fix four basic problems:
→ 10–15% lost to international transfer fees
→ 3–7 days for payments to arrive
→ Paper records with no traceability
→ Diaspora members locked out entirely
Their own line, from their slide:
"Even from far away, a member should never lose their place in their association."
That's what Bitcoin is here for.
It's easy to argue about financial sovereignty in the abstract when your bank works.
When moving your own money can mean a 15% fee and a week of waiting, the conversation gets very practical very quickly.
Every prototype shipped open source. Public repos, documented and ready for whoever builds next.
Vexl’s part? Funding and mentorship.
FREETI, BitDevs Gitega and Africa Free Routing built the rest.
Bitcoin doesn’t need another use case.
Sometimes the use case is simply having an alternative.
In Burundi, they’re not debating financial sovereignty.
They’re building it.
Follow the people doing the work:
FREETI - training the builders
BitDevs Gitega - running the hackathons
freeti.org ⚡️
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Buying Bitcoin is not opting out when every purchase is linked to your identity, bank account, and home address.
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"Ultimately, saying that you don't care about privacy because you have nothing to hide is no different from saying you don't care about freedom of speech because you have nothing to say." @Edward Snowden on KYC
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Rules are rules 🤷🏻♂️
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Don’t let convenience stop you from owning your Bitcoin!
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Are you new to Bitcoin?
You should avoid:
👮🏻♂️ KYC surveillance
💸 leaving Bitcoin on the exchanges
💩 crypto diversification
but study instead:
🔑 self-custody
🫂 circular economies
🕶️ P2P & noKYC mindset
You should avoid:
👮🏻♂️ KYC surveillance
💸 leaving Bitcoin on the exchanges
💩 crypto diversification
but study instead:
🔑 self-custody
🫂 circular economies
🕶️ P2P & noKYC mindset
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Bitcoin is winning as an asset and losing as money. Somehow, Bitcoiners are celebrating both.
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