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 nostr: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.... โ ๏ธโ ๏ธโ ๏ธโ ๏ธโ ๏ธ
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 ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa โ 84
Bitcoin El Zera ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 71
Bitcoin Githurai ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya - 10
Bitcoin Ubuntu ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 16
Bitcoin Kampala ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda - 27
Orphans of Uganda ๐บ๐ฌ Uganda - 36
Soweto Btc ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 21
Bitcoin Loxion ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 13
Bitcoin Dua ๐ฌ๐ญ Ghana - 40
Bitcoin Babies ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya - 14
Afribit Kibera ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya - 97
Bitcoin Karoo ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 24
Bitcoin Anambra ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria - 19
Bitcoin Calbar ๐ณ๐ฌ Nigeria - 63
BTC PLETT ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 44
Bitcoin Sisonke ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 11
BTC Shule ๐ง๐ฎ Burundi - 13
Bitcoin Arusha ๐น๐ฟ Tanzania - 23
Bitcoin Witsand ๐ฟ๐ฆ South Africa - 23
Bitcoin Chama ๐ฐ๐ช Kenya - 12
Bitcoin Vitcoria Falls ๐ฟ๐ฒ 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!
