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Building a Bitcoin circular economy in a South African township | Partnering with The Surfer Kids | Inspired by Bitcoin Beach.

I'm gonna be in Las Vegas, if you're there, come and watch this. We're gonna talk about spending sats! (Shock! Horror!)

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Check out nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqpq0vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqpvsrel orange pilling tourists!

Visitors always welcome! Because it's good for Bitcoin.

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i don't think they're catholic...

The South African government wants to regulate independent podcasts.

Yeah, because that's worked so well to ensure the veracity of traditional media.

I'm sure they'll do a great job, nothing to worry about!

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It's more than just a little ironic that the software that runs the open source decentralized Bitcoin network lives on a completely centralized closed source platform.

Ordinary people only begin to think about self-custody when they own something that's worthwhile taking custody of.

Before that, you can explain it all you want, they're not gonna care.

The Garden Route in South Africa, a 300km stretch of unspoilt coastline, is slowly (or quickly, depending how you look at it) turning to Bitcoin.

Witsand, Mossel Bay, Plettenberg Bay, these are the hubs. But there are smaller areas in between, developing local circular economies. https://video.nostr.build/0e5d294a526b485767d87955e437946098d5dac12f0fecc049cd47d76f26f8c9.mp4

Would you believe me if I told you this kid is only 6 years old?

Little Ama has a bright future in surfing! (Not least of all because his coaches earn their salaries entirely in sats!)

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Watch as Project Community Lead nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgqgdwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkcqpq0vudmjqhr8kn2kv2pxhezt2h5t5c9zauwq8qr56nhdn64yacsqyqpvsrel explains the new arrangement with painted shack owners, each receiving 7,000 sats a week.

Previously, the only requirement was that they either save or spend it at local merchants WITHOUT converting to fiat.

Now, they also https://m.primal.net/QPYL.mp4 need to clean up.

A powerful new documentary is in the making:

Bitcoin Rising โ€“ The Path to Freedom in South Africa

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Shot in our own community and nostr:nprofile1qyt8wumn8ghj7ct5d3shxtnwdaehgu3wd3skueqpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqqg95ghc22gnqa24263k9dgwwgtsn2ssx52qhszg7sp8he5psn8wjt58gqyuh, the film is focused on people building real economic freedom, in two very different communities, demonstrating the fact that Bitcoin is for anyone.

Please consider supporting this independent film & help spread the word about grassroots Bitcoin adoption.

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The full trailer is on the crowdfund page below.

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There's a future world champ among these kids. I predict sometime within the 7th or 8th Epoch... https://video.nostr.build/7a2d2c8194c4a931b5a0e32133bf7eb0c22a16e88d6a2e972487a86601e048ba.mp4

Stoked!! The Surfer Kids has its first female Surf Coach!

Linomtha (14) has been consistently attending the daily program for 7 years. She joined when she was only 7!

She was recently appointed as junior coach, along with 6 young men. All of whom have been surfing with us for several years and have learnt advanced surf skills.

Youngsters can choose to opt in as junior coaches from age 14 onwards, and can progress to senior coaching positions when they turn 18. Linomtha is the first girl to break through that threshold and be appointed as a junior coach.

Recruiting (and retaining) girls has been challenging, for various reasons. But hopefully, with an inspiring role model to look up to, more girls will join!

And, off course, as with our entire team, Linomtha will now earn her Junior Coaching salary paid entirely in sats!

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Good morning.

Here's why Nostr matters to me. It's personal now.

Elon Musk is making exaggerated claims about South Africa. His statements imply there's an ongoing genocide currently happening against white people, which there isn't. I should know. I'm white and I live in South Africa.

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And try as I might, corrective statements I make on twitter get very little traction, far less than my average post.

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It may be true, it may not, but it's obvious that it's in the interest of Elon's algorithm to remove all nuance from the conversation and make it as divisive as possible.

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Case in point, this "major political party" he refers to got less than 10% of the vote in recent elections and they've been shrinking, not growing. Their habit of singing a song that calls for killing "boers" (aka white people) is absolutely despicable. But most people (of all races) can see that and have little appetite for it.

Which is why there's no reason to expect that its leader, Julius Malema, will ever be South Africa's next president. Off course this may change, the future is uncertain, but as things stand now, it is a HIGHLY unlikely expectation.

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Don't me wrong. There are huge problems in South Africa. Our current president doesn't have the backbone to condemn the very obvious racist rhetoric of parties like the EFF, while pretending that very serious concerns raised aren't real.

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And in a way it's good that someone like Elon draws attention to it.

However, I'm almost certain that his particular rhetoric isn't helping nearly as much as it's dividing people and inflaming the situation. And I wish he'd instead draw more attention to and amplify many of the more reasonable voices that do speak about this.

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But this won't happen.

If it bleeds it leads. And if someone controls the algorithm, why would they push something that draws less attention to their own platform?

Simple answer is, they won't. And this is why Nostr matters, to me.

It doesn't fix this today.

But at least I know there's a potential solution. Ready for us, when we are ready for it.

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