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613 sats \ 11 replies \ @optimism 19h
Love this. I have tried this in disadvantaged communities myself. The problem I ran into though (which I suspect Anita ran in as well, because it's brought up strongly) is that if you train the trainer voluntarily, there's a higher than 50/50 chance that they'll start charging people for their knowledge.
I've also seen examples where this mixes with shitcoinery - my friend taught a course on Bitcoin basics only to come back to the same group a month later to find it seeded with BSV scammers and their "philosophies" while the membership was suddenly "paid" and "exclusive".
It's insane how much damage is still done every day by scammers, especially in vulnerable communities.
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179 sats \ 8 replies \ @siggy47 OP 19h
It is hard work doing it right. There aren't many like her. I give you huge props for doing this work.
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120 sats \ 7 replies \ @optimism 19h
No props deserved on my end, because the impact has not been close to a fraction of what I wanted to achieve... yet! Will keep going, but it's hard to get traction when the same people that are interested in Bitcoin are also really into getting rich real quick (and always getting scammed.)
On the upside, I have achieved building a great network of people that truly hate scammers. We fight them now and together we got entire governments to stop focusing on introducing MiCA-like regulations and instead go after the criminals.
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100 sats \ 6 replies \ @siggy47 OP 19h
Good to hear! The EU is coming around?
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156 sats \ 5 replies \ @optimism 18h
Oh no - I'm not doing this in the EU, but the non-EU UK/FR/ES/NL former and current territories in the Caribbean that for some twisted reason really want to copy the continental laws.
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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 OP 18h
Oh. I see. I am interested in the ABC islands. I have been to Aruba many times. There's a pancake place that has been accepting bitcoin for years. I know that isn't what you're talking about, though. I understand Curacao has had some real bitcoin adoption.
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136 sats \ 1 reply \ @BlokchainB 18h
Im finally going to try and teach my local community about bitcoin. I’m also going to add some fiat credit based money concepts but really demonstrate the power of bitcoin
Fear is im hosting this event and only 1 or two people show up
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113 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 18h
There have been places where I'd - figuratively - kill for having 2 people in a room that were interested in Bitcoin. I've had rooms where everyone was like "show me the yield bruh" and if I were lucky I'd orange-prospect-pill maybe 1 soul.
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108 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 4h
here's the article itself:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/africa-real-challenge-bitcoin-adoption
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36 sats \ 1 reply \ @OT 5h
It really is about education right? Like she said, you can't just so a 2 hour course and expect to master Bitcoin.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 5h
I have listened twice already. It really hits home. I'm guilty of a few of these practices she warns about.
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157 sats \ 0 replies \ @Car 11h
Loved that she called out Saylor. Slay! 🤣
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