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February 20, 2024 · 1h 32m

Machankura: Bitcoin without Internet - Kgothatso Ngako (Bitcoin Talk on THE Bitcoin Podcast)

" Machankura is a result of that bank account account being frozen… Do I spend time figuring out and getting my account unfrozen, or do I build something else?"

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1 fiat and the USD is the foundation of all international trade, right, of all international 2 transactions.

For countries like South Africa, when we were not in the gray list, it was easier to 3 transact.

And I 4 once got my bank account frozen, trying to buy rights to a book.

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fiat and the USD is the foundation of all international trade, right, of all international

transactions. For countries like South Africa, when we were not in the gray list, it was easier to

transact. I could do stuff. Once we got on the gray list, it became harder to transact. And I

once got my bank account frozen, trying to buy rights to a book. Ultimately, that's where I was

okay, I cannot be using fiat for anything that I'm passionate about, because the inconvenience of

having to go to a bank and figure out why your account was frozen, and then continue doing the

things you set out to do with the budget you had, or now the budget you no longer have access to,

is very hard and it's time wasted. And fun fact, my triangle is also a result of that bank account

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" Machankura is a result of that bank account account being frozen… Do I spend time figuring out and getting my account unfrozen, or do I build something else?"

On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast , Walker talks with Kgothatso Ngako , the creator of Machankura . Machankura is a solution that allows anyone with a feature phone to use Bitcoin; no internet connection required.

Go to bitbox.swiss/walker and

Kgothatso on X: https://twitter.com/440UrPp

Kgothatso on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/npub1773r2y5zl3sa7xufmye96un3hf02rse8j82hkd45ps0wvk2hrkasslesjt

Machankura on X: https://twitter.com/Machankura8333

Machankura website: https://8333.mobi/

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