Altradits ⚡

Bitcoin in. M-Pesa out. Pay with Bitcoin in Kenya, receive shillings on M-Pesa. kTown for shops, Ye₿ente for you, an API for builders. Kisumu.

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

Today I juggled class, open-source bitcoin learning and a job hunt to keep this going. Not stopping.

Help:
⚡ Donate sats / sponsor a shop: https://t.co/PHMUfRaG62
💼 Pay Kenyans in sats
🤝 Collaborate

Full story: https://t.co/br4sMP3deb

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

Shop no. 4 in Kisumu now takes bitcoin 🟠

Lake Basin Mall Hotel, run by Nancy. My favourite food spot, and omena makes my day.

We set out for 1 merchant a week. We're at 4.

Customers pay in sats. Nancy gets M-Pesa.

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

The demo: I convert some of my own shillings to sats and pay at the till.

Every merchant is amazed and asks why more people don't use this.

My nightmare: where do people in Kisumu EARN bitcoin? A merchant needs a spender.

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

@Coin_Scoop @JBIinc_bitcoin Exactly, most of them agree because they have nothing to loose, but an extra source of income to tap into.

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

@JBIinc_bitcoin Thank you so much, any assistance gets one more shop registered and another conversation about Bitcoin started.

The same shops then get curious about Bitcoin latter and we already have a monthly meetup waiting for them.

[日本ビットコイン産業株式会社 @JBIinc_bitcoin]

ここから活動の支援を行えるとのこと。
https://t.co/7WZwU1ycdm

( @altradits )私たちは日本のビットコイン企業です。あなたの取り組みに心から敬意を表し、応援いたします。

[日本ビットコイン産業株式会社 @JBIinc_bitcoin]

素晴らしい活動を発見しました。
ケニアのキスムで、お店を回りビットコイン払いのQRコードを配る人がいます。さらに、1枚約1ドルの設置費用を自己負担で。目的はビットコインの認識を変える為。

お店はビットコインを知らなくても、いつものスマホ送金で受け取れます。
https://t.co/cES0KKnJ2g

[Bushy @Bushell53]

I built a global bitcoin-only shop to answer one question: will people actually pay with bitcoin?

Everyone says bitcoin needs to be used for payments. @jack's said it for years, @spiral_xyz and @blocks are building for it, and even @Revolut seem to be coming round (thanks, @davidmarcus). I agree. If it's going to fix money, people have to spend it.

The tools keep getting better. @TheBlueMatt on Lightning, @callebtc on ecash, @ArkLabsHQ on Ark, @evankaloudis at @ZeusLN. And @MartyBent, @saylor and @Breedlove22 have spent years telling the world why it matters.

But there are very few places that show why paying in bitcoin is better, and even fewer that won't take anything else. So I built one.

hats and stuff sells embroidered hats and stuff, made near you in the US, EU or UK. It's bitcoin only. No cards, no PayPal, no buy now, pay later. No debt.

I put everything in the open. Every price is what it costs us plus a fixed 12,500 sats, and today a hat from us costs about the same as ordering direct from our maker. Our sales are public too: five orders so far, all from me and friends.

It turns out it's better for me as well. Sats convert to pounds instantly for 1%, where cards would have cost me 1.5% and five days of waiting. Any profit goes back into bitcoin.

I'm one bloke with a full-time job. I won't get rich at these margins, and that isn't the point.

The point is the mission: to find out whether people will pay with bitcoin when it's the only option. Every order is an answer.

Let's find out. 🧢⚡ https://t.co/rgVoYTOwHr

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

@Bushell53 Trust will get us there.

Phase 2 will see these shop owners subscribe to Bitcoin meetups that are currently ongoing monthly at @BitDevsKsm

Or we could make arrangements if they are busy with a few partners.

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

Two Kisumu shops now take bitcoin. Customers pay in sats, and merchants get M-Pesa.

Each QR costs me $1. Merchants don't pay me, and I have no sponsor. I'm doing it so Kisumu's next bitcoin advocates find shops that already accept it.

Story: https://t.co/OMixv8dfIz

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

@gideonafo1 Absolutely.

[Bitsavers Eduhub @BitEduhub]

@BitEduhub Cohort 4 took longer than we planned. Halfway through, @DorisOlela stepped up and led this cohort home. 🎓

Thanks to @MyFirstBitcoin_ for the curriculum and support.

Here is the Graduation date:
Fri 13 Nov · 7:00 PM EAT · X Space

🔗 https://t.co/0LXLAf2Q6z

#Bitcoin #BitcoinEducation

[ARNOLNYMOUS⚡️ @arnolnymous]

Bitcoin Graduations Everywhere!

[African Bitcoiners ⚡ @afribitcoiners]

🏆 We begin by celebrating Kenya’s Ngacha Naomi (@NgachaNaomi1) as our #21 Most Impactful African Bitcoiner of 2026! 🇰🇪

Through Bitcoin Babies (@BtcBabies), Naomi is showing what Bitcoin can look like when it meets one of the most important parts of society: motherhood.

She and her amazing team have built a programme supporting new and expectant mothers with weekly Bitcoin stipends, practical education, and opportunities to build sustainable livelihoods.

In 2026, Bitcoin Babies has supported 53 mothers across Kenya, Burundi, and Pakistan, delivered a 48-week curriculum, graduated two Kenyan cohorts, and expanded internationally.

Beyond the numbers, Naomi is helping mothers learn about money, build businesses, and participate in local economies through Bitcoin.

Her work is a powerful reminder that Bitcoin's impact is also about people, families, and creating new possibilities.

Thank you, Naomi, for the work you continue to do through Bitcoin Babies and for putting Bitcoin into the hands of mothers who can use it to build a better future. 🧡

Africa sees you. 🧡

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

I'm open to sponsors and collaborators. $1 puts one more shop on bitcoin.

Product: https://t.co/M2Lq9QBM9D
Support: https://t.co/PHMUfRbdVA
Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/sAJ6tc2OMN

[ARNOLNYMOUS⚡️ @arnolnymous]

Episode 2 of 𝐁𝐈𝐆𝐆𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐍 𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐂𝐎𝐈𝐍 is out.

🇮🇩 Featuring the incredible team and community of @bitcoinindo21.

25 minutes insights in the Peaceful Fight against Counterforces.

https://t.co/hjIfGRJgR1

[Codedscientist @Codedscientist]

A man spent years teaching people about Bitcoin, but when he admitted he wasn't rich from it, one of Bitcoin's biggest figures mocked him. What happened next made him a millionaire.

> Andreas Antonopoulos had been educating people about Bitcoin since 2012.

> He wrote books, gave hundreds of talks and helped thousands of people understand Bitcoin.

> But there was one thing he didn't have, a massive Bitcoin fortune.

> In December 2017, Roger Ver, popularly known as Bitcoin Jesus, questioned why Andreas hadn't become rich from Bitcoin despite being an early advocate.

> Andreas replied that he had actually bought Bitcoin early.

> But in 2013, he sold his holdings to pay rent and support his family.

> He had spent years working on Bitcoin without a steady income and couldn't afford to keep holding.

> That response changed everything.

> Bitcoin supporters began sharing his donation address, encouraging people who had benefited from his work to give something back.

> Within three days, hundreds of donations had poured in.

> One person sent 79 bitcoin:native, while another donation was worth $1.2 MILLION at the time.

> By December 8, Andreas had received approximately 102 bitcoin:native worth $1.6 MILLION at the time.

> At today's Bitcoin price, those 102 bitcoin:native would be worth approximately $7.5 MILLION.

> Andreas was so overwhelmed that he described reading the messages with tears in his eyes.

> He had spent years helping people discover Bitcoin and when the community found out he wasn't wealthy, they sent him a fortune.

[Altradits ⚡ @altradits]

Today was interesting.

Went out to deliver a QR code that enable a Marchant receive Bitcoin into their MPesa, but ended up getting 2.

One Hotel and one cosmetics shop.

A video dropping tomorrow.

#Bitcoin #kisumu

[My First Bitcoin @MyFirstBitcoin_]

WOOOOOOW ⚡️ ⚡️ One gift of 0.01 BTC just carried the Bitcoin Education Fund past 0.03 BTC, and we're already closing in on 0.04!

Thank you to everyone behind the 31 gifts so far.

Every gift counts twice here: half of each grassroots donation received through December 31 goes to the top 50 communities on the My First Bitcoin leaderboard, distributed by February 15, 2027.

Help us reach 0.04 BTC at https://t.co/KcJ4SH1Z6m

#MyFirstBitcoin #BitcoinEducatorsNetwork #BitcoinEducationFund