My guest in this episode is Tim Akinbo. He comes from Nigeria and is involved in the Bitcoin space since 2014. I got to know Tim when I asked for bitcoin donations for a school in Harare, Zimbabwe. He contacted me on Twitter and offered to setup a BTCpayserver so that we can receive lightning payments, too. That was of great help. I looked him up and realized that Tim is also a Bitcoin Core contributor, Software developer and has a lot of experience with e-commerce and international payments.“I think from an individual perspective, Bitcoin will make it possible for people to really, really save, on the African continent.” – Tim Akinbo“I really have not been able to figure out, if any other Altcoin really has any use case, besides probably providing some avenue for a speculation, but in terms of real world use cases, I don’t think that any of the so-called limitations of Bitcoin are strong enough to actually kind of overcome it’s network effects and liquidity.” – Tim AkinboOur topics:How he learned about BitcoinHis contribution to Bitcoin CoreThe use-cases for Bitcoin in Nigeria and GhanaMethods of payments in NigeriaHow Bitcoin is traded in AfricaWhy the trading volume in Africa increased during the Corona pandemicHis perspective on zimbo.cashUse-cases for AltcoinsThe deprecation of the Naira and other African currenciesBitcoin as a store of value for African peopleHis new project to make full nodes in Africa visibleSubscribe to my weekly newsletter to (L)earn Bitcoin - it’s free: https://anita.link/weekly

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