The available solution to get Bitcoin access to the African unbanked communities, who have no access to electricity and internet connection. Bitcoin adoption is possible, and I think projects like Machankura are groundbreaking.
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100 sats \ 9 replies \ @south_korea_ln 7 Sep 2023
https://8333.mobi/
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0 sats \ 8 replies \ @lightwalker OP 7 Sep 2023
https://8333.mobi/malawi
Is a web interface. Machankura is basically USSD based
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0 sats \ 7 replies \ @south_korea_ln 7 Sep 2023
Removing the www it worked... did you receive 1000 sats just now? How long does it take to show up on your phone? You then need to cashout wherever internet is available? Do you pay fees to cashout? Who lets you cash out? Instead of cashing out, can you transfer to non-custodial wallet?
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100 sats \ 4 replies \ @lightwalker OP 7 Sep 2023
Oh! Almost instantly reflected in my wallet. Just got an sms like within seconds. Thank you. I can instantly withdraw to another lightning wallet. @south_korea_ln
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @south_korea_ln 7 Sep 2023
Cool! Is it being used a lot? Is it growing?
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @lightwalker OP 7 Sep 2023
People are yet to realize its potential. Majority of the unbanked population rely on mobile money services, which are expensive for cross-border payments. Machankura charges a flat fee of 1%. I'm one of the early adopters of Machankura, and am working on introducing more people to the service.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @lightwalker OP 7 Sep 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @lightwalker OP 7 Sep 2023
Which country is this?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chairman_pretense 7 Sep 2023
Would love similar projects to spin up in other countries. My main lightning spending wallet is non custodial, but would love to send around some sats by SMS. Wonder if something like this could be built on top of cashu or fedimint?
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