OKIN | Nikolai Tjongarero
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BTC ONLY | SovereignKey | @EasySats_ | @BTCMiningNam | FreedomTech
Joined October 2009
Before they start coming out of the woodworks…. I’M BITCOIN ONLY. ✅ No, I don’t care about your token. ✅ No, I don’t think you need NFTs or the tokenization of everything under the Sun. ✅ No, I don’t want to take your course on trading. #BTC #Bitcoin #SelfCustody
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Grateful for this opportunity to pitch Bitcoin Adoption to a Bank 🙌🏾. Tried something different which seems to have peaked their interests 🥳. Was given 30 minutes originally, which turned into them giving me a full hour & I somehow went 23 minutes over that answering questions.
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Our very own @MissNamibia2023 "FACE OF THE UNIVERSE" the one & only @JameelaUiras using #Bitcoin in El Salvador 🇸🇻. Soon she'll be using it in Windhoek, #Namibia 🇳🇦 to buy herself food & more here too. #MissUniverse2023 🥳🥳.
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Plane ticket - paid for in Bitcoin .Accommodation - paid for in Bitcoin .Uber - paid for in Bitcoin .Food - going to be paid for in Bitcoin . Man, it’s just a breath of fresh air being able to live off your Bitcoin while in Cape Town 😎
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Let’s be honest, if most of you guys on the TL actually spoke to the women in your lives about their traumas, you’d realize that an insanely high number of them have been sexually assaulted/raped before. But the truth is, you don’t want to have the uncomfortable conversations 🤦🏾♂️.
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Zack Snyder's Justice League is the Justice League we all deserved. That's how you tell a Super Hero movie 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 #SnydersCut
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There are times in this life you might just get to meet people who have done what many couldn’t fathom & even what they themselves might only realize the impact of in hindsight. It was truly an honour to hear @jack speak in person, but also to interact with him in real life 🙌🏾
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Just arrived in Nairobi 🇰🇪🛬 & the 1st thing I see as I exit is the @tando_me sign . LET’S GO @AfroBitcoinOrg 🙌🏾
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I know people will be dunking on your today @PeterSchiff but let me be the first to do so from Namibia 😅. Thank you for the years of entertainment around Bitcoin 🙏🏾.
@Rhythmtrader Keep dreaming. Bitcoin is never going to hit $100,000!.
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Merry Christmas to me 🥳🥳🥳. This was a tough decision between buying more Bitcoin, buying a new server or spoiling myself for the first time in a very long time. My mental health matters to me, so this will be great this December 🦾
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Don't let them fool you into thinking Bitcoin in Africa is a myth. Either come help build, or stand & watch it get built, but nobody will ask for permission anymore 🦾. "122 Bitcoin projects now span 19 African countries, driving financial innovation and empowering communities.".
🚨🚨African Bitcoin Ecosystem Surges by 67% in Just One Year! 🚀. 👉 122 Bitcoin projects now span 19 African countries, driving financial innovation and empowering communities. From education to circular economies, the future of Bitcoin in Africa is brighter than ever!
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All 4 of my Nieces just got their very own Cold Storage “Wallets” along with their Fingerprints thanks to @SeedSigner 🦾 Can’t wait to give them their access to the gift that keeps on giving. Now to move their coins from the old #Bitcoin Apps to these new Watch-Only “Wallets” 🤓
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Not gonna lie, this @saifedean book ‘The Bitcoin Standard’ has got me highlighting quotables & info to clap back with 😅. I love history & research, so this right here is like being in a heaven of monetary lessons from the past to the present 🙌🏾
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Every-time I watch this video I think… how in the fuck did Ancient people come up with these techniques. Like, how did they know this was even possible bro? 🤔.
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Still can’t believe it but I’m beyond blessed to have been able to sit with Good Morning Namibia on @NBCNamibia to speak a bit about #Bitcoin 🙏🏾. Looking forward to being invited back for a more in-depth discussion around some things @EasySats_ plans to introduce in Namibia 🇳🇦
Spoke to my Mom & she said I did “Great” so I’m definitely beyond happy🥳. Now to watch a recording she made & then write to @NBCNamibia to request the clip to share further with Namibians & the rest of the world. So grateful for the opportunity to share about Bitcoin in Namibia.
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Meeting Bitcoiners at @AdoptingBTCcpt in real life you only get to speak to on Twitter is definitely a wild experience… . Talking about Bitcoin adoption in @BitcoinWitsand & then BOOM! @BitcoinUbuntu shows up like a Ninja 🥷🏾😅
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@NKondjashili @mirakulous_ Heard? People clearly don’t remember the age of unncensored videos 😂 The Dirty South brought all the 🔥 back then.
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Being around other Bitcoiners just hits differently & now I need to go to more conferences 🫡
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Only games on my phone are #Bitcoin games where I can earn § 🤓. S/O @zebedeeio @ZBD_Play @THNDRGAMES @VikerGames for the § I keep stacking & for helping me pay my mobile phone bill every week through @bitrefill 🙌🏾⚡️
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My dream came full circle & @440UrPp made it happen 🙌🏾. Namibia 🇳🇦 I hope you’re ready because @Machankura8333 is here & you can now use a USSD code to send & receive #Bitcoin on any phone, even a “Tamagotchi” 😏. Here I’m redeeming an @Azteco_ voucher I bought from @EasySats_
There has got to be a way to get a Bitcoin wallet onto a non-smartphone mobile phone. Someone out there is definitely smart enough to figure this out. I believe in you 🙌🏾. *Like on one of these right here 🤔
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Only on Chapter 5 of The Fiat Standard by @saifedean . This book deserves a timely read, don’t rush through it. There are so many 💎 💎 💎 in there
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I cannot fit everything into a single post, but to say that @AfroBitcoinOrg was an amazing journey I am forever grateful for would be an understatement🙏🏾. I had no clue how much I missed my #Bitcoin family & how much the new & old additions inspire me to do more than I did before
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If @SamouraiWallet was on iOS it would be a tough time out there for many other #Bitcoin Wallet providers & that’s a fact. Many should pray they stay away from the iPhone market for as long as possible, because nobody has built anything even close to what that wallet can do 🤯
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It still blows my mind that I don’t even need to build a #Bitcoin Node when I can repurpose on old laptop which has 1TB HDD (yup, I didn’t use a SSD for this) & install @getumbrel on it using Command Line in the Terminal 🤓. #StackSats #NinjaMoves⚡️
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It’s wild how blessed & honoured I feel to be on the list of the Most Impactful African Bitcoiners of 2023, let alone to make it into the Top 10 🥳. Thank you @afribitcoiners for this blessing of acknowledgement 🙌🏾. We will build this future we want to live in tomorrow, today 🦾.
Our 10th Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2023 is.@OKIN_17, the founder of.@BTCMiningNam and @EasySats_. He is a true Bitcoin Maxi from Windhoek, Namibia. Join us in applauding his outstanding contributions to Bitcoin education and mining across Africa!
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Momma!! We’re going to the @AfroBitcoinOrg in Kenya 🇰🇪🥳🥳🥳.
We are pleased to announce that Nikolai Tjongarero will be one of the speakers at the upcoming Africa Bitcoin Conference. OKIN is a Bitcoin Maxi, Digital Entrepreneur, Published Poet & Social Commentator born & raised in Windhoek, Namibia. He is also a Bitcoin Miner & runs
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"Bitcoin is the hardest money ever invented: growth in its value cannot possibly increase its supply; it can only make the network more secure and immune to attack. For every other money, as its value rises, those who can produce it will start producing more of it. " @saifedean.
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Momma!! We’re going live on National TV to speak about Bitcoin in Namibia 😬. They said I was dreaming, but we now experience dreams as reality 🙌🏾. #NBC #NationalBroadcaster #Namibia #Bitcoin #Africa #Media #MSM #P2P.
Catch @OKIN_17 live on @NBCNamibia Good Morning Namibia tomorrow Morning at 7am, speaking about our initiative & why we see Bitcoin as the tool that will give Namibians the Keys to their own Kingdom 🥳. #NBC #NationalBroadcaster #Namibia #Bitcoin #Africa #Media #MSM #P2P
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Yesterday I made it a point to get a picture with some seriously amazing Bitcoiners on Dsy 1 of the @AfroBitcoinOrg . We’re definitely out here making memories worth remembering 🙌🏾
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Finally got the new @EasySats_ merchandise yesterday 🥳🥳🥳 . Yes, that is the Bitcoin Block when I decided to create #EasySats
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Builders are truly building 🦾🥳.
Freezer (work in progress): Self Custody Bitcoin on absolutely any phone. If you would like to be among the first people in the world to use Freezer (and possibly Cell, the 2nd iteration of Project Super Saiyan) find us in Cape Town, January 26-26 2024.
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Like I said, Africans are building solutions with #Bitcoin that have only started to scratch the surface 🥳. Great work on expanding customer options @Machankura8333 🍾👏🏾👏🏾.
🚨 new feature alert 🚨. Clans give you the ability to send and receive Bitcoin as a group on machankura. Sending Bitcoin requires approval from the members/admins. With the added option to equally distribute the balance to all members (Hello to the stokvels and chamas 👋👋)
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That feeling when you realise that when @saifedean wrote 'The Bitcoin Standard' in 2018, he quoted the ATH of #BTC to date as being $7,888 😏
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Last night was definitely mad fun with the Orange Pilling. I ended up spending some time chatting with the Car Guard at Wolfshack & he too downloaded a @Machankura8333 Wallet 🤓. Please do show lucasm@8333.mobi some Sats love. He mainly gets paid from tips 🙏🏾. Namibia, we’re up🫡
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Okay. I just tested this out & it legit gives you a static QR code that can be paid instantly 🤯 . I don’t think you understand how game changing this is going to be for African Merchants like WeChat Pay QR codes were for Chinese Merchants 🙌🏾 . Well done @Machankura8333 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
@Machankura8333 @muzlimdeveloper Wait a minute… does that mean that anyone with a Machankura Wallet has a static QR code by just using the format ?
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Just finished off the first 27 pages ( first two chapters) of the Fiat Standard by @saifedean & I can already tell this is going to be an amazing read 🙌🏾
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We are all trash. I say this because, at some point in life, any of us could have made a woman uncomfortable, could have made her feel less than & might not have realised it & thus continued to perpetuate it. So I say we are all trash, until we work to make sure none of us are.
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I’ll be writing @apollosats reviews of my favourite #Bitcoin Apps:. Signing Device - @SeedSigner .Desktop - @SparrowWallet .Node - @RaspiBlitz, @start9labs .Non-Custodial - @SamouraiWallet, @MuunWallet, @Breez_Tech, @BlixtWallet, @ZeusLN .Custodial - @Machankura8333, @zebedeeio
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There has got to be a way to get a Bitcoin wallet onto a non-smartphone mobile phone. Someone out there is definitely smart enough to figure this out. I believe in you 🙌🏾. *Like on one of these right here 🤔
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Ooohwee!! @bluewalletio finally hit us with that sweet BIP47 Reusable Payment Code integration 🥳🥳🥳. I’m so trying this out when paying my Nieces next month & moving forward after that 🙌🏾
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Always an interesting feeling to see videos of my Father from over 30 years ago, speaking about the Namibian Fight for Liberation, in real time, from the then South African Apartheid Government. This month marks the 27th year since the passing Daniel J.K. Tjongarero 🙏🏾
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We legit had too much fun at this Kenyan launch of @Machankura8333 yo. But to be honest, the realest part was the continuous love shown from people I’ve only ever met online till this trip. I & @EasySats_ are truly thankful to all of you for the love 🙏🏾.
Enjoying every minute of the #MachankuraKE launch. Fantastic journey & inspirational African #Bitcoin stories. The future is VERY BRIGHT
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"Unsound money is at the heart of the modern delusion believed by most voters and those unfortunate enough to study modern macroeconomics at university level:.
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Okay… I just made a payment into my @SamouraiWallet through my Sentinel Watch Only Wallet which is connected to my laptop based @RoninDojoNode 🤓 . I’m getting better at this & it’s scary fun 🥳😈
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The life & times of OKIN a few hours before leaving Kenya & still not packed for the trip. I made it though 🤷🏾♂️. A massive S/O to @Machankura8333 @btc_dada @GorillaSats & the one & only @rkirubi for an insane time. #Bitcoin is the Future, Today that I’m proud to build with y’all
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Seriously? This is a VERY bad take 👀. Especially when Africans have already demonstrated the benefits that come to the Electrical Grid when Bitcoin Miners are the buyer of last resort & are able to utilize Sustainable Energy Models at different cycles in the process.
For the record, I'm against any form of #bitcoin mining anywhere on the African continent. The little energy we have needs to be dedicated to regular data centers and industrialisation 💯.
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"To try to commit fraudulent transactions to the Bitcoin ledger is to deliberately waste resources on solving the proof‐of‐work only to watch nodes reject it at almost no cost, thereby withholding the block reward from the miner." @saifedean - The #Bitcoin Standard
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Just paid for all my flight tickets to @AdoptingBTCcpt by using the Bitcoin option of payment available on @CheapAir . I don't know about anybody else but seeing the 3 on-chain confirmations go through & the confirmation email come in at almost the same time was magical 🪄🤯🥳
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If you can’t finish it all, just read a little each day & you’ll be amazed at all the information you retain. Finished Th Bitcoin Standard & now I’m busy with The Fiat Standard… once I’m done with this I’ll end of the Trilogy with Principles of Economics. Thank you @saifedean
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This needs to go on a T-shirt @saifedean . "Bitcoin is the first example of a digital good whose transfer stops it from being owned by the sender.".
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Just got my 1st official invoice from my Social Media & Graphic Design Person 🥳. Why am I happy? Because she accepts Bitcoin for her services, which means I found another way to achieve my goals without bending the knee to banks. Namibian Bitcoin Circular Economy being built 🦾
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My @ubuntu based @getumbrel #Bitcoin Node experiment is almost fully synched up (installed it using Command Line even) 😎. Yes, this is off of a 1TB HDD Dell Laptop running the latest version of Ubuntu 😎
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@adamcurry is a LEGEND!! Helped change my life a few years ago & there was no way I could see the turns I'd take. 🫡.
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Just got to the @vexl Kenya meetup with @JosefTetek & saw these amazing signs 🤩. *also realized we’re wearing each others T-shirts without trying
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Tell those Teachers of mine who once doubted my abilities that I’m Teaching about the future in spaces they probably thought I wouldn’t return to proximity of…. Because here I stand, a testament to how Bitcoin can help you become a better man 🫡
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Oh, we're definitely gonna have a discussion tonight. Someone bring bail money, because we all know they're gonna kick me out before the end. NTN theater right now for the QvR "Were we better of during Apartheid" National debate. I'm a walking in at the whites only entrance
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Friday Pub Lunch of Namibian Steak & a few Draughts 🍻paid for using #Bitcoin . I was going to pay for it, but one of my brothers decided it was time for him to spend some Sats 🤷🏾♂️. #Windhoek #Namibia #SmokeyMare #LifeIsForTheLiving
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@MTshwete Ha!!! Wait till you encounter an 8 year old Asian kid on your favorite game, then come back and tell us how crap the game is (leaving out how you got handled & then disrespected by said 8 year old). #ISaidWhatISaid.
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Back to the air we go… this time to celebrate my birthday & to Co-Host my 1st Conference, the amazing @AdoptingBTCcpt on the 24th & 25th of January 🎤. Join us for what is gearing up to be one the greatest conferences on the African Continent for 2025 & the years to come 🥳
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Just had a convo with my Niece about self-custody & the diff between hot & cold storage devices using the example of my @SeedSigner @Trezor @SparrowWallet & @bluewalletio. Why? Because she asked about this being delivered today 🙌🏾 Thank you @blinkbtc & @BitBoxSwiss from Namibia🇳🇦
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See you sooner than later @Machankura8333 🫡. Can’t believe I haven’t been on a plane or out of my country since 2019
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Got to meet up with @LamekNdjaba yesterday to give him his @vexl shirt & also ran into @The_Boy_Jay who just put his latest album up on @wavlake & is loving @blinkbtc 🙌🏾. Bitcoin in Namibia 🇳🇦 is starting to make sense to more than just me 🫡
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Not sure how many times we need to scream this but here w ego:. Run your own self-hosted AI instead of feeding even more data to Big Tech companies. Get yourself a @start9labs server & run FreeGPT without OpeAI knowing what you’re doing 🤷🏾♂️.
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People don’t understand the power of an Open Peer-2-Peer Marketplace because they’ve never had truly open & free ones to operate on. Once Africa wakes up to the fact you can sell any goods & services via @vexl to anyone & be paid directly in Bitcoin, the game changes 😎.
“Bitcoin should be peer-to-peer, not peer-to-exchange-to-peer.” .Okin’s Vexl meetup at Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town.
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Come to think of it, @bluewalletio might just be one of the best ones out there with the ability to have multiple wallets created relatively easily. Making it simpler to have “savings”, “spending” & “vault” wallets 🤓.
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It’s conference day!🥳. And even though Twitter decided to suspend the @AdoptingBTCcpt account just before the conference, we’re ready to rock & roll… also, we’re live on Nostr 😎. *heard we might be sold out of tickets before lunchtime
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This weekend I’m testing out @PhoenixWallet fully. Just redeemed an @Azteco_ #bitcoin voucher from @EasySats_ to pay for my food & drinks. Heard the Ribs are amazing so I’m probably going to have that 600g Pork Ribs with Greek Salad & Fries… for N$195 🥰 . #ProofOfLife
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I don’t know about y’all, but I’m already living a #Bitcoin life out here in #Namibia 🇳🇦 while showing friends at bars & restaurants how to accept & pay in Bitcoin on the fly 😎. *quick practice for the @EasySats_ #TPOK Event tomorrow
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This was too good of a day!! . @GridlessCompute really shocked me with all they are doing & I can’t wait to work on some collaborations with them & @BTCMiningNam 🥳.
We just had an amazing [F I R S T ]@BitcoinMatatuKE visit to @GridlessCompute with @masterguantai @OKIN_17 @440UrPp. Impressed by their work stabilizing the power grid & supporting #Bitcoin. Excited to conduct a Ugandan pilot study & contribute to their mission. 👇🏾Enjoy Video
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I tell women to shoot first & argue the case in court instead… ain’t no reason to give grace to those who want to inflict harm onto you. 🤷🏾♂️.
You should see the glitch when I tell men that if a man ever hit me, I'd be aiming to kill him. They literally can't fathom women inflicting equal or more damage because they genuinely think they're better than that. But somehow women should see male violence as a minor mistake.
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Namibians making waves in more sports than you can count 🦾.
🇳🇦 Geraldo Bok is one to watch in the #2022MMAAfrica semi-finals!. The Namibian Lightweight announced himself in Johannesburg with this powerful TKO finish against 🇲🇺 Vedaman Canee.
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The crazy thing is I pay around the same amount for plane tickets using @travalacom as I do using fiat services, but I get to spend Bitcoin instead of selling it to buy plane tickets 🥳. But people will tell you you can’t buy anything with Bitcoin & nobody uses Lightning 🤷🏾♂️🤣🤣
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I'm on the last chapter of this wonderful book & I feel so sad that it's ending I don't want to read the last 40 pages. Can't even express how much I've learned while reading it's 300+ pages. Thank you for The #Bitcoin Standard @saifedean
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I’m reading this @gladstein piece on the IMF & World Bank… boy oh boy is there a lot packed in there & there damn sure are a whole lot of quotables 🤓 . Might just make a mini-thread of my favorite ones once I’m done with the Essay 🙏🏾
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Today I’m wearing the @r0ckstardev @BtcpayServer chain I got from @JosefTetek, as well as some @blinkbtc & @EasySats_ merchandise to help me speak to MSM at this workshop 😎. I call this the collaboration outfit 😅
Ha! Today we speak to the Mainstream Media & I think I still have too many slides for my "Presentation". lol. Glad to be reciving more & more calls of people asking if now is a good time to buy. Got 3 messages this morning 🦾. Isn't it just wonderful to see?
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There are people building some truly wonderful initiatives out there… you just have to be willing to open your eyes to the reality outside of the digital echo-chamber.
Grant announcement:. Circular #BTC Africa Fund, supported by @Bitcoinbeach. First announced at @AdoptingBTCcpt, these projects will each receive 15 million sats to continue building circular economies in #Africa:. @BitcoinWitsand .@BitcoinVicFalls .@bitcoin_dua .@BitcoinKampala
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No excuse. The @saifedean Trilogy is out & you can even read it for free 🦾
You can now find Principles of Economics on the same link!.
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My contributions of two establishments that currently accept #Bitcoin for food & drinks in my hometown to @BTCMapDotOrg are LIVE! . This feels amazing because I did the additions & used the tags myself via @openstreetmap with their edit function 🤓. *new skill added to toolbox 🥷🏾
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Yup!! I did it! . I passed with a proper percentage & got that 2nd #Bitcoin Certificate from @saylordotorg 🥳🥳🥳. I’m certified baby!! Again. *probably should have taken more than 20 minutes to finish the 2 hour exam though 😅. #BitcoinEducation #Namibia #Africa
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Aye!! So glad to finally share this conversation I had with @noelynesumba from @TheBitcoinLayer about Bitcoin in Namibia 🇳🇦, my journey this far with BTC & some do the plans for the near future 🙌🏾. Tune in and let us know what you thought about it 🫡.
🚨NEW VIDEO🚨.Bitcoin Is Reshaping Namibia's Commerce | @Okin_17 - Innovative ways to earn and utilize #bitcoin through content creation, music, podcasts, etc. - Africa's first Value-for-Value Podcast 2.0.- Shaping the future of Africa's bitcoin economy
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Just bought Mathew, who works as a Car Guard & accepts Bitcoin, a burger using Bitcoin 😎. He also sells mobile airtime through @bitrefill with BTC he earns playing @THNDRGAMES games. Bitcoin Entrepreneurs are everywhere 🦾 Send some Sats to his @blinkbtc address if you can
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Q: Why don’t you just build a wallet if you’re going to do all this studying?. A: Great wallets backed by great devs already exist, so I can just show people how to use em. Q: So what are you doing/learning?. A: Whatever my mind spins up into reality boy boy 😎. S/O to @EasySats_
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