Bitcoin for Fairness with Anita Posch
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Anita Posch is a fellow Bitcoin podcaster, author, advocate, and educator. In this interview, we discuss her mission to educate Bitcoin educators in emerging countries, the challenges Africans face using Bitcoin, and the numerous innovative Bitcoin initiatives happening in Africa.
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Bitcoin has a tremendous capacity to help people, particularly those living in emerging economies, but a lot of people associate it directly with scams. A large part of this is due to misreporting within mainstream media. Traditional media outlets have incredible reach but seem to lack the care required to provide authoritative balance.
Last Saturday, The Times printed an article with the headline “How the Bitcoin boom led to ‘a giant fleecing of ordinary people’”. The article focused on the numerous events in crypto over the past few months that have wiped out retail investors. But, at no point in the article is there any attempt to differentiate Bitcoin from the crypto market.
The Bitcoin community is therefore lucky to have fearless advocates like Anita Posch, pushing back against the mainstream FUD to educate people on the ground level. This is hard, lonely, but vital work, to provide access to uncensorable money to those who need it the most. It is this type of work that has made the growth and adoption of Bitcoin, despite all the obstacles, a silent revolution.
Anita has focused a lot of attention on Africa. She has visited and helped people throughout the continent. Against a backdrop of countries suffering from crippling inflation, corruption and strict currency controls, there are numerous innovative initiatives empowering ordinary people through Bitcoin. These are inspirational stories of normal people doing extraordinary things.
But Anita is one person. She is therefore focused on maximising her impact by educating the educators. To this end, Anita has set up a non-profit initiative, Bitcoin for Fairness. Please give generously. That way you can help Bitcoin’s silent revolution to continue.
TIMESTAMPS
00:01:13: Introductions
00:04:57: Becoming nomadic
00:11:08: The unbanked in Africa, and queer rights
00:21:16: Corruption in Zimbabwe
00:26:44: Solar power plants in South Africa and Zimbabwe
00:29:22: Educating the educators
00:35:38: Obtaining Bitcoin in Zimbabwe
00:37:59: The Bitcoin Ekasi project in South Africa
00:47:33: Bitcoin for Fairness
00:54:27: People thinking Bitcoin is a scam
00:57:57: The importance of Fedimint to Africa
01:02:46: Next steps, and beginnings of Bitcoin mining in Zimbabwe
01:06:18: Bitcoin is the silent revolution
01:08:35: Final comments
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Connect with Anita:
On Twitter
Anita’s non-profit initiative Bitcoin for Fairness
Crowdfunding via Lightning for Bitcoin for Fairness
Anita’s website
Mentioned in the interview:
The Challenges Of Using Bitcoin In Zimbabwe | Alexandria - The Anita Posch Show, Apr 28th 2022
Zimbabwe: Starvation Pounds Inflation-Hit Urban Zimbabweans - AllAfrica, Aug 19th 2022
Blueberries for Bitcoin in Zimbabwe | Dr. Edwin Moyo - The Anita Posch Show, Aug 1st 2022
Abe Cambridge: Invest in Solar Powered Bitcoin - The Anita Posch Show, Mar 2021
Bitcoin Ekasi Township One Year Later - Bitcoin Magazine, Hermann Vivier, Aug 16th 2022
Expanding Bitcoin Custody Models With FediMint - Bitcoin Magazine, Marty Bent, Jul 26th 2022
Baltic Honeybadger 2022 - European Bitcoin Conference [Riga, Sep 3rd-4th]
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