Bitcoin via USSD in Africa!
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zencaster
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Machankura
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Background Research
Questions:
- Kgothatso, tell us your story, how did you first get interested in crypto and specifically Bitcoin? ✅
- What was your ‘eureka’ moment, when you realised that Bitcoin could indeed be a revolutionary step in the right direction for Africa? ✅
- But why Bitcoin? ✅
- You touched a bit on your innovation, Machankura, what is lightning? ✅
- Most people are used to apps being used for these kinds of transfers, you went for USSD, what is it and why did you decide on it? ✅
- USSD works with all phones, smart and feature, was this an intended plan or a beautiful consequence? ✅
- You mentioned that it is system-to-user, are there blockchain records of these ‘transfers’? ✅
- USSDs fall into the mobile money category, which is from my knowledge regulated by the centralised financial bodies, what risk & perhaps benefits if there are any does this pose for Machankura users and the entire system? ✅
- From a technical standpoint, how do you run the system nodes, how do the transfers essentially work in this instance? ✅
- What would it take for you to deem Machankura as a success, for it to expand across the continent to more countries? ✅
- 3 words on how you feel about the market/space ✅
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