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A purely peer-to-peer version of electronic cash would allow online payments to be sent directly from one party to another without going through a financial institution.
A @GoFundMe campaign raised more than £55,000 for a Gaza family trying to escape the war.
Most of the money raised never reached them.
Banking rules and sanctions prevent direct payouts in Gaza, so the funds had to go through an intermediary. When that arrangement collapsed, the family was left without the support raised for them.
Bitcoin platforms like Agora and Geyser send funds directly to recipients’ own wallets, using community verification instead of giving control to a single intermediary.
Read how these tools are helping people in crisis.
My latest piece in Forbes featuring @SoapboxTech @geyserfund @ODFoundation @HRF.
forbes.com/sites/digital-ass…
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Three years ago we became nomads, not knowing what came next.
Trying to discover bitcoin was part of the plan but reconnecting with our roots in India and throwing the country’s first bitcoin festival was not.
Shout out to @travelwbitcoin who went from a naysayer to the lead organizer of this event 🥹🥳
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BREAKING: 🇦🇷 BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA JUST REVEALED THE NEWEST STATUE OF #BITCOIN CREATOR SATOSHI NAKAMOTO
THIS IS THE LARGEST SATOSHI MONUMENT IN THE WORLD
HONORING THE GREATEST INVENTOR OF ALL TIME
BEAUTIFUL 🧡
I've been working on a new electronic cash system that's fully
peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party.
The paper is available at:
bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf
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We get charged a small fee on every mobile money payment, so it’s easy to lose track of how much all those fees actually add up to.
At @UseKesh we just shipped a feature that keeps a running total of what you would have paid in M-Pesa fees for the same transactions. And by the way, we don’t charge any fees.
Here’s how much I’ve saved in fees since I started transacting on Kesh in June:
ALT Total amount of money saved by not transacting on M-Pesa
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The “Tando”of Thailand is live, powered by Bark! 🇹🇭
Pay any QR code in Thailand. Seller receives local Bhat (฿)
Built as a fork of Noah Wallet with @CashuBTC support
