Changing the Tide Jonathan Crabtree

Kgothatso Ngako is the lead catalyst at Machankura, a service on the Bitcoin and Lightning Networks that enables people in Ghana, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia (so far!) to send and receive Bitcoin over cellular network protocols (GSM and USSD) using Lightning addresses.

He is not only Changing the Tide with this service but also through Exonumia Africa, his open-source initiative to translate leading Bitcoin content into native African languages.

Imagine millions of people across the continent of Africa understanding and using Bitcoin. Not on smartphones. But on feature phones that act like "hardware wallets."

This is the future Machankura is creating. And it's happening now.

Links:

Kgothatso's Twitter handle: @440UrPp
Machankura's Twitter handle: @Machankura8333
Exonumia Africa's Twitter handle: @ExonumiaAfrica
Machankura's website: https://machankura.com/

Note: Nothing in this podcast constitutes financial, legal, or medical advice. The content within is solely for educational purposes. Please consult tax, legal, or medical professionals before making financial, legal, or medical decisions based on what you hear.

Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo Renthlei
Graphics: Kal Kassa
Host: Jon Crabtree
Producer: Jon Crabtree

Bryan Nonni is a software engineer at one of the world's largest payment companies and co-founded the Terminus Electric Money Lab in Atlanta in June 2022. The goal of Terminus is to be the bridge between "Transaction Alley" in Georgia and the Lightning Network via shared work and hackerspace, as well as hosted events.They are Changing the Tide by educating some of the largest payments companies in the United States (and the world) about Bitcoin and Lightning–from the grassroots all the way to the c-suite levels.Links: ​Bryan's Twitter handle: @nonni_ioTerminus's Twitter handle: @terminusbtcTerminus's website: https://terminus.money/Note: Nothing in this podcast constitutes financial, legal, or medical advice. The content within is solely for educational purposes. Please consult tax, legal, or medical professionals before making financial, legal, or medical decisions based on what you hear.Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo RenthleiGraphics: Kal KassaHost: Jon CrabtreeProducer: Jon Crabtree

Michael Bumann (Bumi) is co-founder of Alby, an open-source project with two products: a browser extension and an API for web monetization via the Lightning Network.Creators and consumers can connect their node or existing wallet to their Alby extension and quickly begin transferring or receiving value on the web. Even on sites that aren't Lightning native (think YouTube).And now, with the API, mobile and other applications can be added to the mix.Alby is Changing the Tide. One Chrome extension at a time.Links: ​Bumi's Twitter handle: @BumiAlby's Twitter handle: @getAlbyAlby's website: https://getalby.com/Note: Nothing in this podcast constitutes financial, legal, or medical advice. The content within is solely for educational purposes. Please consult tax, legal, or medical professionals before making financial, legal, or medical decisions based on what you hear.Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo RenthleiGraphics: Kal KassaHost: Jon CrabtreeProducer: Jon Crabtree

Doug is the founder of BitRamp, a service built on top of Azteco to onramp businesses and individuals to the Bitcoin network.Business owners and individuals can quickly set up a terminal and Azteco account to sell Bitcoin vouchers. Voucher buyers can then scan the QR code on the voucher with a Bitcoin Lightning wallet of choice to easily redeem and start using!No week-long wait times while an entity gathers and stores sensitive personally identifiable information from the person trying to obtain Bitcoin in a honeypot, in order to finally "approve" their ability to obtain an entry in the Bitcoin database. No account-based service preventing someone from storing the exact Bitcoin amount they want or sending and receiving exactly what the individual deems necessary at the moment.Ethical Bitcoin on-ramps through BitRamp and Azteco are Changing the Tide. And quickly.Links: ​BitRamp's Twitter handle: @bit_rampBitRamp's website: https://bitramp.co/Note: Nothing in this podcast constitutes financial, legal, or medical advice. The content within is solely for educational purposes. Please consult tax, legal, or medical professionals before making financial, legal, or medical decisions based on what you hear.Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo RenthleiGraphics: Kal KassaHost: Jon CrabtreeProducer: Jon Crabtree

Texas Slim is the driving force behind the Beef Initiative.Its mission is "to improve the health and security of our local communities through the expansion of market access to quality animal protein by building decentralized networks of values-aligned ranchers, processors, distributors, butchers, grocers, restaurants, and consumers and providing access to the tools necessary, including bitcoin, to form more secure localized food supply chains."He is Changing the Tide by introducing ranchers and farmers to better money, in the form of Bitcoin on Lightning, than they currently receive from their incentives paid out by governments and corporations.Links: ​Slim's Twitter handle: @modernTmanSlim's newsletter: https://inititive.substack.com/Beef Initiative's Twitter handle: @beefinitiativeBeef Initiative's website: https://beefinitiative.com/Note: Nothing in this podcast constitutes financial, legal, or medical advice. The content within is solely for educational purposes. Please consult tax, legal, or medical professionals before making financial, legal, or medical decisions based on what you hear.Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo RenthleiGraphics: Kal KassaHost: Jon CrabtreeProducer: Jon Crabtree

Roy Sheinfeld is CEO and Co-founder of Breez. He calls Breez "the interface of the peer-to-peer Lightning economy."Roy is Changing the Tide in so many ways. From a mobile app that serves as a fully-featured Bitcoin and Lightning node, to innovating the Lightning Service Provider concept, to forthcoming single-purpose apps, Breez allows individuals to send and receive on-chain and Lightning payments to and from anywhere worldwide, anytime, cheaply, and without permission.Download it today on iOS or Android.Links: ​Roy's Twitter handle: @therealkingonlyRoy's Medium page: https://medium.com/@kingonlyBreez's Twitter handle: @Breez_TechBreez's website: https://breez.technology/Breez's Medium article "Lightning is a Liquidity Network": https://medium.com/breez-technology/lightning-is-a-liquidity-network-550896ca27eaNote: Nothing in this podcast constitutes financial, legal, or medical advice. The content within is solely for educational purposes. Please consult tax, legal, or medical professionals before making financial, legal, or medical decisions based on what you hear.Music: "Summer Nights" by Bobo RenthleiGraphics: Kal KassaHost: Jon CrabtreeProducer: Jon Crabtree