2024-01-27 –, Machankura Stage
Advocating for Bitcoin Adoption is a very unique endeavour, but at the same time a shared story of humanity & The Pursuit of Knowledge (TPOK).
Unique because most don't come to Bitcoin itself in the same manner, or for the same incentives, but those who stay & do the Proof of Work soon realize how it could do more for those around them, thereby, by extension doing more for themselves.
With EasySats it has always been my mission to find innovations that allow anyone to easily purchase Bitcoin, while using vehicles like the ‘TPOK - How to Accept & Earn’ educational sessions to ensure they are made aware of how they can accept it for their goods & services as well as securely store it themselves, without the need for continued interaction with others... Yes, even me.
Innovation doesn’t have to be expensive, especially when even leveraging something like tickets to an event can illustrate this while directly putting Bitcoin in the hands of the attendees.
In Namibia, I've found it beneficial to firstly, "Meet people where they are" & to secondly, engage about the use cases that will spark their curiosity, instead of confusing or alienating them with technical jargon.
My initial step has always been a conversation, one that leads to discovering a use-case that Bitcoin can help solve, or a worry it can help alleviate. It starts with a conversation because Bitcoin isn’t about Me & the countless hours of Proof of Work I have, it’s about how it makes the life of the person I’m speaking to better/easier than it has been… It’s about solutions to real life problems, today.
Regardless if you’re the Cleaner, Car Guard, Chef or the CEO, the conversation allows for us both to meet each other at a point of understanding instead of “indoctrination” & to build from there. Price doesn’t matter as much once people start thinking in terms of global purchasing power & how their use cases have been addressed.
Once you introduce that people can earn Bitcoin & not just buy it, there's a shift in most conversations. Especially once I show the person I’m speaking to how they can purchase something as vital today as Mobile Airtime with Bitcoin they earned, doing something as simple as playing games on that very phone.
For someone from The West, 600 or 3000 Sats people earn from watching adverts mid-game; writing reviews on products & services; listening to podcasts; creating content; etc… might be cents, but for many Africans those Sats stack up in terms of local currency allowing for the purchase of things like Mobile Airtime yes, but also food & entertainment, while opening doors to entrepreneurial endeavours for the person who earned the Bitcoin & can now hold the keys to their own kingdom.
I am a Bitcoin Maxi, Digital Entrepreneur, Published Poet & Social Commentator born & raised in Windhoek, Namibia. I hosted the first African Podcast to be listed & streamed Bitcoin to via Podcasting 2.0, named #FromTheJump & I am also the Chief Bitcoin Officer at both EasySats & Bitcoin Mining Namibia. Bitcoin Education & Experimentation are truly some of my many passions.