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January 7, 2024 · 16m

The African village mining Bitcoin, by Ian Birrell (Bitcoin Out Loud - THE Bitcoin Podcast)

"Bitcoin certainly seems to offer something positive in societies scarred by autocracy, colonialism, military coups and woeful governance — as seen with those computers in a concrete shed in rural Malawi turning water into streams of cash to fund electricity."

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1 Bitcoin certainly seems to offer something positive in societies scarred by autocracy, 2 colonialism, military coups, and woeful governance, as seen with those computers in a concrete 3 shed in rural Malawi turning water into streams of cash to fund electricity.

5 The Bitcoin Block Height is 824773 and the value of one Bitcoin is still one Bitcoin.

6 Today's episode is Bitcoin Out Loud, where I read a Bitcoin or Bitcoin adjacent piece 7 of writing out loud.

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Bitcoin certainly seems to offer something positive in societies scarred by autocracy,

colonialism, military coups, and woeful governance, as seen with those computers in a concrete

shed in rural Malawi turning water into streams of cash to fund electricity.

Greetings and salutations, my fellow plebs. My name is Walker and this is The Bitcoin Podcast.

The Bitcoin Block Height is 824773 and the value of one Bitcoin is still one Bitcoin.

Today's episode is Bitcoin Out Loud, where I read a Bitcoin or Bitcoin adjacent piece

of writing out loud. Today, I'm reading The African Village Mining Bitcoin by Ian Burrell.

This is a great piece to send your friends and family who still just think Bitcoin is

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"Bitcoin certainly seems to offer something positive in societies scarred by autocracy, colonialism, military coups and woeful governance — as seen with those computers in a concrete shed in rural Malawi turning water into streams of cash to fund electricity."

On this Bitcoin Out Loud episode, Walker reads The African village mining Bitcoin by Ian Birrell

Go to bitbox.swiss/walker and

Ian Birrell on X: https://twitter.com/ianbirrell

The African village mining Bitcoin: https://unherd.com/2024/01/the-african-village-mining-bitcoin/

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