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An Interview with Machankura Founder, Kgothatso | BitKE 📺www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nYfr_7bgww

234 sats \ 3 comments \ @KenyaCoin 7 Oct 2022 bitcoin

25 sats \ 1 reply \ @ln_cortado 7 Oct 2022

Thanks for sharing. It would have been great if there was a quick summary.

Bookmarked and looking forward to watching the whole thing.

This is exactly the type of thing that will skyrocket Bitcoin adoption - we need to focus most on where Bitcoin/Lightning helps people the most - and that is exactly in the third-world.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @KenyaCoin OP 7 Oct 2022

Here's the corresponding blog post:

[VIDEO INTERVIEW] A Chat with Founder, Machankura – The First Bitcoin USSD Service in Africa https://bitcoinke.io/2022/10/a-chat-with-machankura

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @KenyaCoin OP 7 Oct 2022

Chapters

00:00 - Intro 02:44 - How did Machankura come up? 04:30 - The Meaning of Machankura 05:09 - Challenges of a USSD crypto in Africa 07:47 - About legal implications 10:10 - About the expansion of Machankura 11:06 - Coming up with Usernames 13:12 - Number of current users\Countries 14:48 - About Satoshi's 16:26 - Ease of getting a Machankura account 17:41 - Base network of operation 22:05 - Transaction rates\fees 22:50 - Machankura partnerships 24:54 - Futuristic plans 25:53 - Advice to Start-Ups