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I did something really cool with Bitcoin this week! I sent more than 700 payments (to over 700 different individuals) across 8 different African countries in less than 40 minutes. To do this I used the nprofile1qqsglefmxagcu0d7nw4jdkgj9ysqrk9cst0fg44hkz9kzhu39hyt7jsh9lfqf batch-payments feature. Here's a guide: https://bitcoinekasi.com/2025/08/03/the-complete-beginners-guide-to-blink-batch-payments/ No red tape, no forms, no documents, no permission needed from anyone. All in all, precisely 2,100 sats were sent to each person, 778 people in total, spread out across the African continent. That's a total 1,619,100 sats split between more than 700 people across eight different countries. With the entire process taking about 35 minutes. From beginning to end. Oh. And and the transaction fees were practically zero. It cost basically nothing to do this. No banking fees. No commissions. No cut for the middle man. Yes, it is custodial. But. Imagine trying to do this with the fractured fiat banking system.... ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ This is all part of our ongoing efforts to help build Bitcoin circular economies across the continent, supported by Bitcoin Beach. The recipients were selected by asking project leaders from more than 20 different African Bitcoin Circular Economy projects to collect wallet usernames for merchants, staff and project volunteers. Herewith a breakdown of those projects and the number of recipients within each project: Bitcoin Ekasi 🇿🇦 South Africa – 84 Bitcoin El Zera 🇿🇦 South Africa - 71 Bitcoin Githurai 🇰🇪 Kenya - 10 Bitcoin Ubuntu 🇿🇦 South Africa - 16 Bitcoin Kampala 🇺🇬 Uganda - 27 Orphans of Uganda 🇺🇬 Uganda - 36 Soweto Btc 🇿🇦 South Africa - 21 Bitcoin Loxion 🇿🇦 South Africa - 13 Bitcoin Dua 🇬🇭 Ghana - 40 Bitcoin Babies 🇰🇪 Kenya - 14 Afribit Kibera 🇰🇪 Kenya - 97 Bitcoin Karoo 🇿🇦 South Africa - 24 Bitcoin Anambra 🇳🇬 Nigeria - 19 Bitcoin Calbar 🇳🇬 Nigeria - 63 BTC PLETT 🇿🇦 South Africa - 44 Bitcoin Sisonke 🇿🇦 South Africa - 11 BTC Shule 🇧🇮 Burundi - 13 Bitcoin Arusha 🇹🇿 Tanzania - 23 Bitcoin Witsand 🇿🇦 South Africa - 23 Bitcoin Chama 🇰🇪 Kenya - 12 Bitcoin Vitcoria Falls 🇿🇲 Zambia - 117 And all i needed were wallet usernames. No proof of address, no ID documents. I didn't even need to know their real names. Insanely cool! I absolutely love Bitcoin! https://blossom.primal.net/a5bb31c75d0111bcc0a21484e923bdedc27831571e47dae95d1803f6157fbf36.png
With support from Bitcoin Beach we helped kick-start 23 circular economy projects across the African continent throughout 2023 - 2025. I'm considering the idea of planning an extended trip in 2026, to visit as many of these projects as possible. Maybe 2 -3 weeks, visiting 10 - 15 projects, something like that. If we turned this into an organized group thing, who'd be keen to join? It's just an idea for now, nothing at all confirmed, but trying to gauge interest. https://blossom.primal.net/9c35a557520da5c3b917858c611f1eaef463354984e74cb765166b8e81a227c8.png
Today was a good day. Blessed and grateful. https://image.nostr.build/c30c32e24f8e992bd0adbc538fd366692c904239d69c60bf931cabc690022240.jpg
