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29.1k sats \ 76 comments \ @JoeNakamoto 18 Sep 2023 bitcoin

Hi all,

I spent 10 days in Cuba meeting, mixing and investigating Bitcoin in Cuba.

The result is a 30-minute documentary that I really hope you will learn from and enjoy.

Please shill the video harder than communism f*cked Cuba.

I've been instructed to avoid returning to Cuba for the next few years by exiled Cubans. Turns out freedom of speech can get you into trouble.

If you want to support the Cubans on the ground, send sats to:

bitcoincuba@getalby.com

Muchas gracias,

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728 sats \ 8 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

Joe and @sn Please pay attention to this proposal. Like I said here: #257205

Will be nice initiative for SN to start a "pay it forward" movement with Bitcoin. This is true story, I was part of it in 2021 (https://kindnesscontagion.co.uk/index.php/story/) I do not want to sell or shill anything, just Bitcoin adoption.

Let's get some cubans onboard! Doing this scenario described in that post. Let's make it happening in Cuba!

I WILL PAY FOR A CUBAN BEER!

10 sats \ 4 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

Happy to help - this sounds great! What do you need from me?

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Sep 2023

Not from you especially. From cubans, reading this post #257205

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

Nice! I've DM'd them 😊

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

They're gonna do it at the meetup on Saturday apparently—i'd love to hear back!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 19 Sep 2023

I already organized a thread for that here. #258853

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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @nemo 18 Sep 2023

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284 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

Imagine me Darth meeting communist leaders... How much choke force you want me to show?

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 18 Sep 2023

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593 sats \ 1 reply \ @Natalia 18 Sep 2023

nice video! the person who is 24 yrs was so funny. " I am self-administering for my retirment fund." " How old are you?" " I am 24 "

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

Hahah yeah he's such a chief

660 sats \ 7 replies \ @Tjacten 18 Sep 2023

Wow 20 pesos for 389 sats 😳

21 sats \ 6 replies \ @nemo 18 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Tjacten 18 Sep 2023

Lol I ment the guy giving the girl 20 pesos 17 minutes in the video. He was obviously flirting with her.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @nemo 18 Sep 2023

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606 sats \ 1 reply \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

heheh flirting king—I'll take it!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 19 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Tjacten 18 Sep 2023

🍻 👍

277 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

you are doing an amazing work with all these "on the ground" reports! Thanks you!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

Thank you—there's more where that came from!

275 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

Paco: there's no seat belts...

Paco, seat belts are for pussies, just to trick your mind that you need for "safety"... is heavier than communist propaganda. Just think about that...

btw... I love how Paco is always eating in all videos 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

122 sats \ 3 replies \ @criptopanas 18 Sep 2023

Great work @JoeNakamoto!!!

You're not too far from Venezuela.

You should explore the BTC situation over there and see the hyperinflation effects. The problems between BTC miners vs the Dictador, sorry I mean the Government...And experience first hand the colapse of the country with the biggest oil reserves...

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

Yeah I really want to mate! Funding, finding the time etc.

Right now it's Peru then I need to take a break

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @designsats 18 Sep 2023

Isnt it still a death-wish for foreigners?

1 sat \ 0 replies \ @nemo 18 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @designsats 18 Sep 2023

Lovely to see P2P trading thriving. This is the way.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

Exactly!

39 sats \ 0 replies \ @Radioed1t 18 Sep 2023

Excellent video. Loved seeing real life examples of Bitcoin usage irl!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @023ad18700 14 Oct 2024

Bay of bitcoin pigs

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BTCLNAT 1 Sep 2024

Bitcoin in Cuba today has changed. There are some Bitcoiner communities, people are learning and teaching about Bitcoin. Work is being done to establish a Circular Economy based on Bitcoin, adapted to our circumstances.

There is still a long way to go, it is true, we have to learn, it is also true but we are already moving forward. We are using more places without KYC to buy BTC, lnp2pbot on telegram is one of those places. Mostro on Nostr is another.

We only hope that sooner rather than later, many Cubans adopt Bitcoin to progress.

If you search on BTCMAP, you will find businesses in Cuba that accept BTC. If you come to Cuba, do not forget to visit them.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @_stacktoshi 19 Sep 2023

Brilliant video. Those are true bitcoiners. I hope American bitcoiners don't have to escape to Cuba ever, but it looks like that might not be a terrible outcome if they drop communism and fiat.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @juanito 19 Sep 2023

Thanks for the report.

Do you have LNurl addresses or a way to donate to the people shown on the video other than the alby address? Would like to send them a small donation.

0 sats \ 4 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

Ace! yah man it's in the description:

If you want to support the Cubans on the ground, send sats to: bitcoincuba@getalby.com

62 sats \ 3 replies \ @nemo 16 Oct 2023

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41 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 16 Oct 2023

Bueno

33 sats \ 1 reply \ @juanito 16 Oct 2023

bien!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nemo 16 Oct 2023

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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @billiam 19 Sep 2023

When Peru?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinosphere 19 Sep 2023

Literally:

The adventures of Legendary Joe and his trusty sidekick Paco fighting communism!

Epic stuff. Will share around.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @runningbitcorn 19 Sep 2023

Joe you fucking legend. Wen Argentina ser?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @locomancell 19 Sep 2023

It's like rum and Coke on the rocks with a tad of lime

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SovranSystems 18 Sep 2023

Great job buddy!

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bitcoinisawesome 18 Sep 2023

You guys did such a great job portraying the life raft that bitcoin is, great job! It’s difficult for me to understand why there is such a disconnect from the masses and the obvious safe haven bitcoin can be. This video should be enough proof for anyone.

How can anyone label bitcoin as anything but remarkable after seeing something like this?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 19 Sep 2023

THIS THIS THIS

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @artdesignbySF 18 Sep 2023

Will sent a few sats their way. Good work!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @03962ef985 18 Sep 2023 freebie

Hey

0 sats \ 26 replies \ @siggy47 18 Sep 2023

I'm watching on the big screen with my wife.

106 sats \ 22 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

... and after 2 min she will say: ok let's not move to El Salvador, let's go to Cuba 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

0 sats \ 21 replies \ @siggy47 18 Sep 2023

That's what's happening!

20 sats \ 2 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

would you imagine yourself living in Cuba, now?

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 18 Sep 2023

Seriously? Definitely not. Years ago I was in Mexico with friends. Castro had a deal with Mexico that if U.S. citizens would fly to Cuba their passports would not be stamped so that U.S. authorities would not know they entered the country. Cuba wanted dollars. Some of my friends went. I wouldn't. I would not support that government.

443 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

I would not support that government.

Well said. Few tourists realize that all money they spend there end up in govs hands... except Bitcoin.

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20 sats \ 17 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

omg... we should stop posting here...

20 sats \ 16 replies \ @nemo 18 Sep 2023

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21 sats \ 14 replies \ @DarthCoin 18 Sep 2023

oh man... I hope you are joking. I survived 20 years of pure communism and escape to the so called "free world", then I realized that is just another shit world, only that now is named "socialism" instead of communism (same pig with lipstick). And now you want me to go to Cuba? FUCK NO!

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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 18 Sep 2023

I do love those cars!

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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @JoeNakamoto OP 18 Sep 2023

awesome :D

477 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 18 Sep 2023

We watched it. Excellent job! My wife wanted to say that the video made it very easy to understand bitcoin for someone who hasn't studied it.