OD Shifta²

ex-@Business | @UW alum 🐾

[Paul @proofofpaul]

The whitepaper's title says "Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash." Somewhere along the way we turned it into "custodian-to-custodian IOU system." @hodlhodl is the correction: no KYC, no custody, multisig escrow. Your keys the entire trade.

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

@NYCFireWire

[OKIN | Nikolai Tjongarero @OKIN_17]

We’ve got @PauIoes & @femilonge on stage speaking about the change in how we send, save & support home with Bitcoin vs The Diaspora Dollar, moderated by the one & only @marcelorraine 🦾

#ABCD2025

[Lorraine Marcel @marcelorraine]

Day 1 of the @AfroBitcoinOrg Diaspora!!!
We ready!!!!
Cc @Farida_N @OKIN_17 @440UrPp @PauIoes @PoleVaultDream @Britney_TM @nduku_jay

#bitcoin #ABCD25

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

Looking forward to this Bitcoin workshop at @Makerere University 🇺🇬. Huge thanks to Drew and the @Blockstream team for all the support.

[Bitcoin Innovation Hub @Btchubafrica]

🚨 The Wait is Over! Registration is Now LIVE 🚨

We’re thrilled to officially launch the first-ever Bitcoin Workshop at @Makerere University 🇺🇬 and Year 2 to Year 4 BSc CS & SE university students are invited!

⚡ Dive into the future of money, technology & innovation.

[Bitcoin Innovation Hub @Btchubafrica]

🚨 The Wait is Over! Registration is Now LIVE 🚨

We’re thrilled to officially launch the first-ever Bitcoin Workshop at @Makerere University 🇺🇬 and Year 2 to Year 4 BSc CS & SE university students are invited!

⚡ Dive into the future of money, technology & innovation.

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

Excited to be selected as a speaker for the inaugural Africa Bitcoin Conference Diaspora (ABCD) in Boston @AfroBitcoinOrg Friday, August 15 @ Royal Sonesta Hotel.

[Africa ₿itcoin Conference @AfroBitcoinOrg]

We are excited to announce that Pauloes Berhe will be one of the speakers at the Africa Bitcoin Conference Diaspora in Boston, USA!

Pauloes Berhe is an inspiring Eritrean human rights advocate who co-founded and serves as the CEO of the Bitcoin Innovation Hub in Kampala, Uganda. The hub is dedicated to promoting Bitcoin adoption and fostering professional skills and development.

Don’t miss any of his speech at the ABCD, Get your tickets now!
https://t.co/ZfGwuNQOG2

#ABCD2025 #Bitcoin #AfricaBitcoinConference #BostonUSA

[Win Ko Ko Aung / ဝင်းကိုကိုအောင် @wkkaung]

To the global Bitcoin community: My home country, under military rule, has just experienced one of the strongest earthquakes of the 21st century. #HelpMyanmarRecover #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #MyanmarEarthquake

https://t.co/qUjJVSEkU6

[Farida Bemba Nabourema @Farida_N]

They laughed at it. They mocked it. They called it a bubble, a gimmick, a fool’s gold. They said Bitcoin would fail at $1, then $10, then $100. When it surpassed $1,000, they said it was an anomaly. At $10,000, they called it unsustainable. At $50,000, they labeled it a fad. And when Bitcoin’s momentum pushed toward $100,000, they doubled down on their skepticism.

They declared that Bitcoin was only for tech enthusiasts, a niche tool confined to the digital playgrounds of the West. Yet, in Africa, Latin America, and Asia, it spread. They said it created no value but billions of dollars now flow through it, empowering the unbanked, shielding savings from inflation, and transcending borders. Every prediction of its collapse fell flat.

It is okay to be wrong. It is okay to be surprised by something you do not understand. Technology, by its very nature, challenges what we know. It forces us into discomfort because it is meant to be new, to be different. Not understanding Bitcoin, or any other groundbreaking innovation is not a failure. But persisting in refusing to learn, refusing to question your assumptions, is.

The fact that you don’t understand how something works does not mean it doesn’t work. The plane still flies; the internet still connects; the heart still beats. Bitcoin continues to thrive, not because it is perfect, but because it solves real problems for real people in ways no system has before.

In the face of skepticism, Bitcoin endures. It persists because its value is not in its price, but in its promise , a promise of autonomy, sovereignty, transparency, and freedom.

Humility is not in having all the answers; it is in accepting that we may not see the full picture yet. Bitcoin invites us not just to criticize, but to learn, to ask, and to grow. Because history has taught us this: the ideas they dismiss today are often the ideas that shape tomorrow.

Here’s to a world where Bitcoin is no longer just an idea but an unstoppable reality: born from the audacity, mockery, and sheer resolve of visionaries who dared to challenge the status quo. Out of the 180 currencies that make up this world, Bitcoin has risen to become the 6th largest monetary asset, a symbol of true freedom in a rigged system.

Those who have cheated the system, who have won the lottery of birth, may not understand why others refuse to earn, save, and trade in currencies that can be devalued and manipulated at will by a select few. But the rest of us understand. Bitcoin is not just a currency; it’s a declaration of independence, a hedge against the arbitrary, and the greatest invention of this century.

Farida Bemba Nabourema

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

.@elonmusk start here:

https://t.co/2XyDdZNCQP

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Seriously

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

.@elonmusk, first day on the job, can you focus on this list of reps trying to end free speech?

[Noah Hurowitz @NoahHurowitz]

Here’s the roll call for tonight’s vote on H.R. 9495, which would have granted unilateral power to the Treasury Secretary to sanction any nonprofit it deems a supporter of terrorism — a power staunchly opposed by civil-society groups as govt overreach

(Dems in italics, independents underlined)

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

Bitcoin adoption in Africa

[Africa ₿itcoin Conference @AfroBitcoinOrg]

https://t.co/Kc3vqpJGOp

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

They’ve closed my account, have they deleted any of my PII?

Probably not, @NALAmoney.

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

And just like that, given no reason or explanation, I’ve been blocked from using their platform.

Maybe because my email was associated with a nonprofit human rights org — @ReclaimEritrea

Maybe they don’t want to do business with a human rights advocate?

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

Hello @NALAmoney it’s been two (2) months I’ve been blocked from using the app, blocked from support, can’t verify, w/ no reason or explanation.

I’ve been extremely patient, I’ve tried logging out, opening a new account, nothing helps.

I’ve opened several tickets, to no avail.

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

This has been a terrible experience.

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

Hello @NALAmoney it’s been two (2) months I’ve been blocked from using the app, blocked from support, can’t verify, w/ no reason or explanation.

I’ve been extremely patient, I’ve tried logging out, opening a new account, nothing helps.

I’ve opened several tickets, to no avail.

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

Did I do something wrong? Every time I open the support chat screen, regardless of whether I’m logged in or not I get this error message.

Meanwhile my friends and colleagues are using chat support, and can send and receive w/ no issues.

Works for everyone but not for me.

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

Was it ever really about Hamas? https://t.co/stoN2KFmZP

[@timnitGebru (@dair-community.social/bsky.social) @timnitGebru]

Can our people live a second without a war?

[OD Shifta² @PauIoes]

KJP

[Western Lensman @WesternLensman]

UNREAL. Doocy asks KJP why the Biden/Harris admin can send immediate funding to Lebanon without Congress coming back, but can’t do the same for add'l disaster funds to NC.

KJP calls his question “misinformation."

After a testy exchange, she storms out.