Adopting Bitcoin Cape Town

Ray Youssef

Ray Youssef is the newly appointed CEO of NoOnes, a financial communication super app connecting the Global South to the world’s financial systems. Youssef is renown for building of one of the world's largest peer-to-peer platforms for buying and selling Bitcoin. He co-authored of the CivKit white paper, a decentralized open source protocol of Civilization 2.0. A passionate advocate for financial inclusion, Youssef believes that Bitcoin can play a major role in liberating the global south from poverty. He is also a vocal critic of centralized financial systems and has called for the creation of a "decentralized world order." Youssef is a serial entrepreneur and has founded several successful startups, including Paxful, which grew to over 7 million users in over 190 countries. He is also a member of the Built With Bitcoin Foundation, which is working to build schools, solar power systems and other infrastructure in Africa using Bitcoin. Youssef is a visionary leader in the cryptocurrency space and is working to build a more equitable and inclusive financial system for all. Here is a quote from Youssef that sums up his mission: "I believe that Bitcoin is the most powerful tool for financial inclusion and liberation that the world has ever seen. I am on a mission to make the poor rich and to liberate the global south from poverty. This is why I am sharing CivKit with the world."


Session

01-27
10:55
30min
CivKit
Ray Youssef

Ray Youssef is the co-founder and CEO of Paxful, one of the world’s largest peer-to-peer platforms for buying and selling Bitcoin. All his business ventures were founded on P2P, starting with the first successful startup in P2P ringtones.

Youssef is on a mission to liberate the global south from poverty “breaking the financial apartheid” which is why he is sharing CivKit with the world.

The very first version of Bitcoin Core had functions for an orderbook and escrow. Those when combined with a wallet give us the three essential ingredients for a decentralized p2p electronic marketplace. An unstoppable, permissionless free market is the one thing humanity needs most and the final vision of Satoshi Nakamoto, are embodied In CivKit.
CivKit is a decentralised open source protocol of Civilization 2.0 The kernel of governance in code built around Bitcoin

Machankura Stage